The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-07-14
BOB GREGORY TO| MEET GRESHAM IN
 STATE GOLF FINAL
Selma Youth Eliminates Two Magic City Golfers
 Friday

Leased Wire to The Age-Herald.) MOBILE, Ala, July 13.-Either Glen Crisman or Selma, or Bob Gregory of Birmingham, will be crowned golf champion of the state of Alabama here tomorrow, as these two men meet in a 36-hole match Saturday In the finals of the state champion ship tournament, which has been In progress here since Wednesday.
 Crisman, sensational young golfer of Selma. Ala, won his way into the finals today when he easily put two opponents away, defeating Bob Brooke in the morning round, and 1. while he trimmed Houston Davis In the afternoon, 5 and 4. Both are Bir- mingham golfers.
 Gregory also played excellent bolf to win the honor of meeting the Selma youngster defeating W. W. Wood of Birmingham, in the morn ing, and and E. F. Johnstone, Jr., e of Mobile, in the afternoon in spirited match which ended at the 18th hole.
 Johnstone and Gregory fought out probably the hardest match of the entire tournament and at the same time turned in remarkably low scores. At the club house turn after nine holes. Gregory had his Mobile op- ponent one down. The tenth hole par. Johnstone won the eleventh with a par four but went one down again when Gregory took the twelfth with par three.
 Carried To Last Hole.
 They squared the thirteenth with par lives then Johnstone squared the match again at the short fourteenth with a par three. One the long fif- teenth Johnstone went one up for the first time during the match when he turned a perfect four for a -fx-tn t N-eG h par four5 but Gregory evened mat ters when he made a par four on the difficult seventeenth hole.
 Johnstone lost the match and his chance to represent Mobile in the state championship today, on the Birmingham opponent sending the ball 250 yards down the fairway. When Gregory sent his mashie shot into tennis court to the right of number IS green it looked as if John stone had the hole cinched.
 However. Johnstone's approach fell against fence surrounding the ten his court which Gregory had found, Gregory had a chance to play out and did so and was on the green In three. Johnstone had practically an unplayable lie, took two strokes to get and another to get on the green, losing the hole and match by one stroke.
 MORNING ROUND
 Results in today's play, morning round. Championship Flisht-Crisman beat Brooke, and 1; Davis beat Levert, 8 and l. Johnstone beat Moragues and 3; Gregory beat Wood, and 2.
 Second Flight-Speer beat Yerkes 4 and g. E. Smith beat Prowell, and 1; At kinson beat Corwin. up in 20 holes; Third Flght-Kirtland beat Lowder, ' and 6; Budd beat Culver. and 1; For cheilner beat J. H. Burton, Jr.. 1 up: S. Fourth Flight-wheeier beat Graham. l up in 23 holes Cromwell beat Holloway by. default; Wells beat Mclaughlin by default; Waterman beat Clark. ? up.
 Fifth Flight-Taylor beat McPAillips, 1 and (finals).
 up; seibes beat Tyler. up; Hampstead beat Pipes by default; Tullis beat Mo
 Second Consolatfon-Peck beat Wood ney. by default pr. White beat G. D. Third onsolation-sheridan beat Fo- shoe. and 3; Wilson beat Frost by de- fault; Syson beat L. T. Smith by default J. Fl; Burton, Jr. beat T. H. Lining, 4 Fourth Consolatlon-Fitts beat Stevens by defanlt; H. Crawford beat McClelland
 AFTERNOON RouND
 ReSuItS or afternoon round follow:
 Championship Flight-Crisman beat Da- wis, and 4 Gregory beat Johnstone up. Second Flight-E. Smith beat Speer 5 and 4; Atkinson beat R. Crawford, 3 Third Flight-Kirtland beat Budd, ? and l; s. K. Taylor beat Forcheimer. 5 Fourth Flight--Cromwell beat Wheeler, up in 1s holes; Waterman beat Wells. 3 and 2.
 First Consolation-Seibels beat Tigrett, l up; Tullis beat Hempstead and 3.
 Second Consolstion--Peck beat Rawlings by default; Dr. White beat F. E. Court ney, and 2.
 Third Consolation-Wilson beat Sheri- dan, and $; Syson beat J. H. Burton. Sr, 1 up.
 Fourth Consolat.on--H. Crawford beat Ftts by default; Higgins beat Otis by default.
 fs SATURDAYS EARRINGS
 The pairings for the finals today in the different flights and consultations will be as follows, all to play 36 holes, Is in the forenoon and the same in the afternoon:
 mptonship-Crisman vs. Gregory.
 Second Fight-E. Smith vs w. J, At kinson.
 Third Flight-Kirtland vs. s. K. Taylor Fourth Flight-Cromwell vs. Waterman Second Consolation--Peck vs. Dr. White. Third solation-Wlson vs. Syson.
 Fourth Consolation--H. Crawford vs Higgins.
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