The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1924-04-10
KNIGHT PLAYS
GREAT GOLF TO .
GET TO FINALS
Merriman Also Wins Semi
Finals OF North And
( South Tourney

PINEHURST, N c.. April 9.--As q
result Of two well-played matches IN
the semi-finals today, Fred w. Kni&ht
Of Philadelphia and B. p. Merriman OF
Waterbury, Conn, tomorrow will meet
here in S6-hoie match for the title In
the annual north and south amateur
golf tournament.
After the semi-final round Of is holes
had been played this morning II was
decided not to play the finals today,
but to make 1t a 36-hole match and
play 1t off tomorrow.
Knight had nip and tuck battle with
p. 8. p. Randolph, Jr., Point Judith,
R. L., coming from behind In the last
three holes and evening the match on
the eighteenth to win on the nineteenth.
Merriman won from w. C. Fownes, Jr,
OF Pittsburg, two and one, thanks to
Indifferent putting by the Pittsburger
in the latter stages Of the contest.
Knight and Randolph came to the
turn with the latter two up. Both got
birdie fours oA<the first and a par four
gave the second to Randolph. RAN
dolph also annexed the third, getting Q
birdie three to Knights par four. On
the seventh Randolph went three up
with an eagle three to Knights birdie
four. Knight regained a hole on the
eighth, to 6, and repeated on the
tenth with a par four to Randolph's
five. Randolph won the eleventh with
a par four, but knight got It back on
the thirteenth with q par four to RAN
dolph's six. The fourteenth went TO
Randolph with an eagle three to
with a four to Knights five when the
latter was laid stymie. Knight, three
down, began to fight. He was off the
edge of the green with his second or
the sixteenth Rnd sunk 1t for a pay
four when Randolph trapped his drive
4 \ IL Ct~.
Knights drive stopped dead to the pin
for an easy birdie two. while Randolph
took four. Randolph was better ON the
drive for the eighteenth, but knights
third stopped four feet from the pin
and he. sunk an easy four, while Ram
putt coming back and was forced to
take five, which squared the match.
Birdie Wins Match
On the extra hole Randolph hooked
into the rough off the tee, while knight
was In the fairway. Knight hoied out
with a birdie four to Randolph's par
five and the match was Knights.
Fownes started off like winner
against Merriman after the latter had
captured the first with a birdie four
to the Pittsbu;ger's par five. Fowncs
took the second four to five, the third
with birdie three and the fourth with
an eagle two to Merriman's birdie three.
Fownes was two up. Fownes went into
the trap on the fifth with his approach,
and was again trapped when he over
shot, and Merriman won It with a five.
Merriman also took the sixth with a
five, and the match was all even a
minute later. Merriman went ahead
when he took q two for the par five
seventh, while Fownes was making 1t
In an eagle three. Merriman made it
two up on the ninth with a four to
Eownes' five, and added another on the
tenth with par four. Fownes took the
eleventh four to five, and Merriman
was two UP, but on the thirteenth Mer-
riman got q par four to Fownes' five.
Fownes won the sixteenth four to five.
The seventeenth was halved and the
match went to Merriman.
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