19, 1918
VOL. XXI,
SATURDAY MORNING, JANUARY
FIVE CENTS
FOLLETT TURNS THE TRICK
Leads Field by Two Strokes for 'Medal
in Advertisers' Tournament
George Mutton and Purvi Opn
the Wk' Ply wltn llt
Ball on Saturday
Spurred to superhuman
efforts by an outlay of
rewards the equal of
which lias never yet been
seen in any golf tourna
ment no les than a
prize for every other
player engaged in the
competition t he old
champions and medal men of the Adver
tising League drove off last Monday in
the qualifying round against a strong
contingent of hopefuls and dark horses.
Backed for first place were a variety of
stars, with resplendent records. There
was Louis Hamilton, first division man on
any circuit, holder of last year's medal,
who had been slipping in a few days pre
liminary practice and become well nigh
infallible; there was E. T. Mason, the
Framirigham shark, who took the grand
prize and the championship 36 holes
from the whole brilliant array two years
ago, including Harold Slater and E. M.
Purves. Here was Purves himself, and
the pioneer of the course, Geo. C. Dutton,
who is always found gravitating towards
the top.
The line up included some thirty more
of the eager golfing world, destined to be
divided into four classes by the day's
play.'
Let us say at once that a new star
arose out of the constellation, W. H.
Follett of Scarboro went out in 42. So
far he had the best of the Avhole congre
gation except Hamilton. Marshall Whit-
latch, a chronic terror for the first string,
came into the turn only one stroke to the
bad, on a par with Manson and II. B.
Kennedy in Eacebrook.
But on the homeward trip Follett let
himself out, kept a straight line and
putted with an abandon which cut the
nine holes to 41, and doubled his lead
over the nearest competitor. There turned
out to be none of the clan hanging to
his skirts at the turn. E. M. Purves of
Woodland, harking back to that other
day when once before he missed the medal
by a hair, cracked out a 41 on the last
nine, and strode into second place with a
total of 85.
This settled the donations for the
gross score. But by the simple rules of
mathematics the interest in this gross
business was mild compared with the
rivalry developed by twice as many
awards awaiting the four highest net
scores in order of their excellence. These
half a dozen scratch men might get the
headlines, but they could never get either
the variety of play, nor yet aspire to the
slimness of total possible to any wielder
of the brassie, under happy handicap
conditions.
Playing straight golf with the best
of them, by the time an allowance of 14
had been discreetly subtracted . A., E.
Gardner of Dunwoodie was safely landed
with a net score of 75, and the first
money (Eed Cross Money) Kennedy, who
had raced the leaders to the turn with no
handicap at all, overlooked a trap or two
on the back stretch and so had to be con
tent with second place and 79 at the
finish. W. II. Hamilton of New Haven
found an 81 good for third prize, a
stroke better than that recorded by E.
J. Barber of Englewood and William
Campbell hailing from Detroit, his near
est rivals, and dividers of the last trophy.
DUTTON AND PURVIS START THE FROLIC
In this wise were the assembled golfers
i . i 1 j -1 T J 1.1. i. C
divided into Classes, anu iur me rest ui.
the week they are hard at the . match
play culminating in the annual cham
pionship, which we shall record in due
time. But as a preliminary canter, before
the medal round was played, Gen. C. Dut
ton and E. M. Purves had already come
into their own, and lifted all the booty
allowed them or any man in one tourna
ment. The occasion was a four-ball, best
ball handicap event, pulled off Saturday
last. Their best ball was an 87, 43 out
and 44 in. To be sure they had a handi
cap, the prodigious figure of one stroke.
For which, as it turned out, they had no
more need than they had of arctics. For
the most dangerous competitors, William
McCord of Knolhvood playing with
Daniels from the Eichmond County
chalked up a net of 89; and the scratch
men, Manson and Whitlatch took this
occasion to get their rube shots out of
their systems.
The summary of these events follow:
Qualifying round, Advertising Men 's
Tournament. Monday, January 14th.
A., R. Gardner, Dunwoodie 44 45 89 14 75
H. B. Kennedy. RaceLrook 43 52 95 16 79
W. H. Hamilton, N. Haven 51 46 97 16 81
E. J. Barber, Englewood 50 52 102 20 82
Wm. Campbell, Detroit 49 47 96 14 82
W. H. Follett, Scarboro 42 41 83 0 83
John Woods, Pinehurst 52 51 103 19 84
R. M. Purves, Woodland 44 41 85 0 85
M. Whitlatch, Pinehurst 43 43 86 0 86
L." Hamilton, Garden City 42 45 87 0 87
Geo. C. Dutton, Woodland 48 45 93 9 93
E. TV Manson, Framingham 43 50 93 0 93
H. B. Lewis, Merrimac Val 45 49 94 6 88
J. D. Plummer, Springfield 55 42 97 14 83
S. H. Patterson, Plainfield 46 51 97 8 89
J C Martin, Huntington V. 49 50 99 10 89
W. M. McCord, Knellwood 52 47 99 14 8b
Continued on page four)
'HISS BALL111 STARS
Taking All Possible Trophies in Tennis
Mack Wins Tbe Championship
Whlthad aharen Honors In
Mixed Doabln and Is
Itunntr Up
SE:
CLAEENCE MACK of
the Ann Arbor Country
Club made good his first
appearance on the Pine
hurst courts by hammer-'
ing his way through tho
field in the Annual
championship contest for
the Pinehurst cup. Many
of the old contestants were absent on
duty, notably J. D. E. Jones, who has
held the cup many times and who last
year completed his third leg on the old
cup, and Throckmorton, sometime Pine
hurst champion, and Always dangerous,
Hugh Whitehead of the Norfolk Club
was Mack's hardest rival. These two
met in the final round. The score is a
fair indication of the play. It was an
even thing, as observed from the side--lines,
with the staying power obviously
in Mack's favor. There was no striking
contrast between the games. It was a
battle of long rallies, of endurance, and
final accuracy. At this game Mack was
able to. land three points to Whiteheads
two. And this was the outcome of every
set. ' Apparently playing even the whole
while, Mack still eked out all three sets
straight, 6-3, 6-4, 6-4.
Whitehead was the only entry that
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