The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-06-07
Cyril Walker Wins National Open Golf Tournament
GOLF TOURNEY
 IN SEMI-FINALS
Locke, Lone Magic City Man, In MOntgOm-
 cry Meet

MONIGOMEh1, Ala, June D. Especial. )-Jack and Files Crenshaw, of Montgomery, Charles o. Locke, of Birmingham Glenn Crisman, of Selma, winner of the 1923 tournament here, entered the semi-finals of the Montgom- cry Country club invitation tournament here today, when they successfully dis posed of opponents in the second rounds.
 Glenn Crissman, sterling player from the suburban city, is considered the fav- orite to repeat as his game throughout the three rounds played so far has been close to par.
 Ike Osbun, of the Birmingham Coun- | try club, in his second round, matches with Jack Crenshaw, furnished the thrill of the day when he carried the prodigous youngster to the nine teenth hole and lost only to an eagle 3. Osbun was hitting them straight down the middle with all clubs, alternating with the Montgomerian in holes won, until he reahced the seventeenth, where he placed his tee shot within easy put ting distance and won the hole with a par 3. He advanced to the eighteenth l up. There he cracked one 276 yards down the center, but played an ap- proach into a wire fence and lost the hole for a halved matched on the eighteenth. Osbun Loses With Birdie As they approached the nineteenth tee, both players agreed to match for the victory in the event the hole was halved, but Crenshaw, after a perfect drive of some 260 yards, laid a brassie within 10 feet of the hole and dropped a putt which hit the back of the cup. Osbun gained a birdie 4, but could not cope with the brilliance of the local youth.
 Glenn Crisman found little difficulty in his match, with Johnnie Green, of Atlanta, winning, 8 to z. Green was completely off his game, and bowed to better than par score for the holes played.
 Capt. Fraser Hale, of Atlanta, had the hardest luck of the tournament with his puts and consequently lost to Files Crenshaw, of Montgomery. 6 and 4. The aviator from Atlanta was giving the wood shots a beautiful ride from every tee, but invariably had difficulty with the ball on the putting areas.
 Charles o. Locke, of Birmingham. beat a fellow townsman, T. J. Brown lee, 2 up, and as a result of his victory will meet Files Crenshaw in the semi finals. Locke was master of the sit uation from the first tee, having com plete control of every club in his bag.
 ,Jenks Gillem, of Birmingham, after a defeat by Ike Osbun in the morning round, surprised the gallery by losing 4 and 3, to John Tullis, of Montgomery, in the first round of the consolation.
 The largest gallery of the day, sens ing the tight match, followed the Cren- | shaw match and was rewarded with a display of perfect golf. Every hole won was won with birdie and the eagle 8, which fell to the local player on the nineteenth hole, was the result of a perfect drive, brassie and a brave putt. Crenshaw is known here as a player who always hits the back of the cup was occasioned by the eagle. Earrings for the semi-einals are:
 Files Crenshaw plays Charles Locke, of Birmingham; Jack Crenshaw plays Glenn Crissman, of Selma. Crissman is considered the favorite, as his game has been close to par throughout the match.
 Bob Thames, of Birmingham, played 20 holes to defeat E. B. Perrine, k. D. Hill also had to travel the long dis tance to take Hugh Morrow into camp in the third flight.
 A cloudburst interfered with the play just after noon, and many players were drenched, but the matches progressed in l order despite the general wetting, which further slowed an already heavy course. Balls were falling dead where they landed, and puts took the force of a drive when they were intended to carry across the green.