Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1924-08-07
Especial to Kennebec JournaD


Waterville, Aug. 6.-Of the first 16
men who started over the course at
the Waterville Country Club this morn
ing with their eyes on the silver cup
which represents the Maine amateur
golf title, but four remain tonight to
play in the semi-fnals of the Maine
championship golf tourney.
These four are Roger Snow of Port
land. r. l.. Erwin of Waterviile, Or. Ty
son of Augusta and Hiram Kicker of
Poland Spring. Thursday morning
Snow and Erwin and Tyson and Kicker
will play 36-hole matches to decide who
will be the two who will battle for the
premier honors.
Predictions as to the final outcome
of the tournament were not rife yes
terday. While many are still backing
Hi Kicker to carry off the trophy, there
are just as many behind any one of the
other three, all of whom are first class
players in every sense of the word.
Hi had n fairly easy battle in the
first round when he defeated c. Strout
of Portland and ). The older GEN
tleman (for Mr.. Strout is said to hold
tho honor of being the oldest in the
tournamenD had a bit of tough luck
on the third hole when his caddy found
the wrong ball and he played it for
the loss of the hole. +. White Of Web
hannet. one of the youngest on the
green, not yet voter, gave the Io-
land Spring contender about as stiff
fight as could be asked for and the
two went the whole Is holes, Kicker
winning l mp after the contest had
hung fire all the way.
DIR. Tyson. a former title holder, had
a battle with Booker Hichhorn, both
of Augusta, in the first round, the doc
tor finally winning / up. In the next
round Or. Tyson won easily from Or.
Winslow of Waterville 4 and 3
"Braggo" Erwin Of Waterville is still
in the running but had to work to stay
there. Billy Cook of Waterville and
Braggo fought a nice Is holes. Billy
losing by one hole. In the second
round Braggo had a still tougher prop
osition in Pete" Pierce of Augusta.
The Waterville player finally won on
the goth green / up.
Roger Snow of Portland had the
easiest day of any of the survivors
winning both of his matches by de
cisive margins. In the first round
gusta, s and Z and In the second
from H. C. Erswell of Portland and
5.
II. c. Erswell created two surprises
today. one perhaps the biggest of the
tournament when he defeated Har-
lard Turner of Portland, winner e
the state title last year and 3 in
the first round. Erswell played a SUI
perb game all the way through this
match and he was so far ahead Of
Turner at the end of tn first nine
holes that the defender lost his con-
fidenCe and at the 18th it was all
over The winner played par golf
part of the time and the rest Of the
time he was shooting brides and he
finished up three under par.
Erswelfs afternoon game was not
up TO his morning effort and it was
second surprise when he was so de-
cisiVely beaten by Snow.
Alton Blake of WatervilIe put UP a
fine battle against White Of Webhan-
net but lost on the final hole / up
although Blake's medal score was 70
and Whites so.
Some of the best matches Of the
day came in the second sixteen when
Hall and Briggs PLAYED 90 holes, Hall
II. Abbott. l up in 10 holes in the
first round and Fisher won from
York l up in 90 holes in the second
round. In this fight Fisher. Berry
Body and Hall are the ones who
will battle to the final.
In the third sixteen there were
more defaults although all Of the
matches played were close. Green
defeating Arnold. up in 10 holes.
In the first. beaten I 'Cht Blake won
from Strout after they had PLAYED
one extra hole, and Turner played
Niles for and l win
The weather was far from perfect
from the golfing point OF view. The
air was hot and oppressive and 1t
raned in late afternoon.
The Semi-final matches Will be SIS
holes. Is OF which will be PLAYED in
the morning and !, in the afternoon.
AS the nine hole course is 1903 Yards
in length 1t means that the PLAYERS
today will have to travel a total OF
1e,4le yards or over seven miles II
they play the whole course. PLAY
Will probably start about $50 A. NJ.
FIRST SIXTEEN
II. c. Erswell, Portland. defeated
Harlan Turner, Portland, 6 and :.
Roger Snow, Portland. defeated
W. F. Viles, Augusta, 5 and Z.
Pete" Pierce. Augusta, defeated
W. Williamson, Augusta 4 and 3.
R l.. Erwin, Waterville. defeated
Cook, Wateryille, / up.