The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-06-20
Field To Be Reduced To 16 Contenders In Wednes- days Play
By HOMER GEORGE

the southern amateur golf champion ship play at Roebuck Country club yesterday. Of that number it re- mained for slight-built boy of Is, hailing from the city of Selma to show the way with the low medal. This youngster is Glenn Crisman. who recently won the Mont somery invitation tournament; and the total he turned in was 73. just three strokes better than any other player made.
 From all the great gob of players just sixty four remain and of these only thirtw-two are in the first di-
 ision. Today sixteen will be eimi- mated from the championship flight leaving an equal number to bat tie for the title. Unless som ething so far beyond the predictions of all who watched yesterdays play goes wrong, young Crisman will be among those to try for the title and, if it was not for the fact that most med alists are beaten, he would be a fa- vorite to win. This jinx is ac- counted against him. however, by most followers of golf.
 In the drawings for play of the first division, Crisman got the initial place in the upper bracket and will meet J. Perry Greene of Atlanta. He should have no trouble disposing of him if he plays anything like the golf shown here and displayed at Montgomery during that meet. At the top of the lower bracket is Bob Baugh. Jr.. who has been shooting such wonderful golf here during the past five days and who lost the pro- fessional tournament by one stroke Bob and Glen played together in qualifying and it is a toss up as to which would lick the other in a match. Baugh was second, tied with fA11 1.,.Yr ,1,,1a D n in the qualifying round his medal score being 76.
 Godchnux A Favorite.
 In the upper bracket with Young Crisman is the boy who has been con- sIdered favorite in the tournam ment- Frank Godchaux, who is playing that he attends Vanderbilt univer- sity. but whose home is in New Or leans Godchaux was runner-up against Bobby Jones last year and has always been prominent in any kind of match play. His shooting last year. was wonderful. but he has not been quite So good this season. Today he was missing quite few of his tee shots-that Is, was making shots far from satisfactory to him and he says this accounted for his qualifying score of IT,
 In ths same upper bracket are some ether very fine golfers who will make 1t hard for Crisman and GodchauX. For instance. GodchauX has no great cinch in his first match, be- ing called upon to meet Paul F. Had dock of Charlotte, N, C.. sterling golfer who was recently low medalist in the Pinehurst tournament for the championship of the two Carolinas. Paddock was having quite lot of trouble yesterday, however. and was not anyways near his usual game. Another fine player is Brinke of Louisville, who put out Perry Adair last year. Charles Black of Atlanta is also in this flight and he will be a hard man to beat. His medal today was IT.
 R. r. Lockett of New Orleans, who shot a 79 and who is a most dan gerous match player, is in the upper bracket also. along with Tess Brad shaw of Atlanta. Here is a player who is never licked until the final putt drops. F. M. LaXton, winner of the Carolinas title, had 79 yester- day, and is likewise in this bracket, with c. V. Rainwater Of Atlanta, one of the gamest players in America. Dr. A. B. Harris. who was tied with Bob Baugh, Jr., for second low medal, another star in the upper list All together this bracket seems to be the hardest of the two and the winner will suerly know he has been playing golf when he gets to the finals.
 Bauxh Tops List.
 In the lower bracket Bob Baugh tops the list. but he is not alone always a fine shot, is here. Perry was shooting good golf in spots Tuesday, His tee shots were won ders, but he was far from good on his approaches, while tn his second shots he found several traps and bad spots, all of which combined to hold his medal to s1. He ought to do much better in match play. Louis Tachu of Louisville. sterling golf CT whC scored 77, Is the first op- ponedt Perry will meet. The win ner of this match will likely be the pick to fight 1t out with Baugh. However, several others are in the bracket who may cause an upset.
 T. w. Palmer of Miami is here. He shot 7S, and complained considerably about some fearful luck which be- fell him. He is a good match play CT and is accounted as having mere than a fair chance. He will meet Baugh Thursday in case both he and the Birmingham boy win their We'd nesday matches, which seems most likely. Mallory c. Jones of Druid Hills, Atlanta, is in the bracket. but will have to show some improvement to be considered seriously against the other stars of the lower list. How ever, he Is a thoroughly game, capa- ble player and may cause sur prise. Chick Ridley, one of the ster- ling Atlanta golfers. is in the crowd and should have no trouble beating Crawford of Birmingham in his first match. Pollock Boyd, the young star from Chattanooga who flashed across the horizon in brilliant dis play two years ago, is down here also, as Is Jenks Gillem. who sur passed all players in one respect.
 cillem'. Great r Ro1nd. @ d.
 Gillem played the second side in par 33, which is the first time this has been done in about five years. He had a A on the first nine. however. and is not really con- sidered a dangerous competitor so far as the championship is con- cerned, though all admit that he may spill the beans for somebody in case he gets going good for a round or so. He virtually shot his head off today in that second nine and was the sensation of the day. It sounds like the play of a dubb to say he was eleven strokes better on one nine than the other. but many play CTS had six to ten strokes better on the second nine than the first.
 Altogether, 1t would seem that the winner of the lower bracket will have much easier time than the winner of the top list Unquestion- ably Bob Baugh, Jr., is the favorite in the lower crowd. He should make a runaway of it against l.. A. Mon tedonico whom he meets Wednes- day. He will then go against the winner of the T. w. Palmer Emmett Spicer, Jr., match and should lick either of these. Meanwhile Tachu and Perry Adair will fight hard battle while Mallory Jones should