VOL. XXI, NO. 16
SATURDAY , MORNING, MARCH 23, 1918
FIVE CENTS
A NEW CHAMPION
Hill Star Swings Into the Tin
Whistle Firmament
Jloleon Win Thro Day IIattI
With FnwiiM, GrvRg und
SEVENTY-ONE strong
the aspirants for the
championship of the
Tin Whistle Club toed
the tee of number 2 at
Pinehurst Monday last.
They were prepared for
three days' medal play,
54 holes, scratch to de
cide the momentous question. This led
to a sustained contestant, in which every
fellow had two night interim to examine
the scores of his opponents and to figure
what he had better expect of himself on
the morrow.
From the very beginning the contest
was narrowed to four men barring
some phenominal play from the trailers,
or some unexpected reversal of form. As
a matter of fact the whole outfit were
afflicted with a bad epidemic of super
fluous shooting on the last round which
caught two of the leaders for a heavy
set-back.
Irving S. Robeson, back in his old
form, brought in the best card of the
first day, playing up to the best stand
ard of the Spring Tournament with a
79. As a matter of actual fact Dr.
George T. Gregg of Oakmont equalled
the play, but under the club rules was
penalized two strokes for coming in
after the appointed hour and the ap
pearance of the moon. This left H. C.
Fownes, the champion of the Spring
Tournament in second place with an 80,
and L. D. Pierce fourth with 83. This
was close enough to suit the most sporti
ly inclined, and left much to future play
and conjecture. Behind these the stal
warts of the clan could muster nothing
closer than an 86, held by W. H. Gregg,
Jr., from St.. Louis, and a number of
87s handled by Becker and Hamilton,
Clapp and Dunlap. .
With the main focus then on the four
loaders, and an occasional glimpse at the
87 men to see if any of them were surg
ing into the phenominal for a look-in,
the second's day play began Robeson
held his precarious position on the pin
tle with an eighty, leading the host
with 159 for the thirty-six holes. Dr.
Gregg clung to him shot for shot, and
was still behind exactly those two penal
ized strokes. Pierce duplicated the 80,
and Fownes well to 83, which left these
two tied in third place. Louis Hamilton
was the only one of the lower level to
show signs of breaking into the danger
ous class. He made him an 81, which
left him only five strokes behind Pierce
and Fownes.
The last day was many a man 's Water
loo. Whether the signs of the Zodiac
were wrong set for medal play, or a
spell was cast by some anti-golfing voo
doo, we cannot say. But the scores
soared, and many a handsome slate was
spoiled. In the general demoralization
both Fownes and Gregg were swept
along out of the running. Gregg
skipped from 80 to 90, and Fownes to
net score he ran away from the whole
company, with a card of 213. He led
them all the way. But one prize being
enough for one man, H.. R. McKenzie
who had the second best net for the first
day, got a prize with his 69. By the
same token Dr. Gregg got the prize for
the best score on the 18 holes. The
Second best net score was turned in by
S. II. Fields with 229.
The Summary
I. S. Robeson 79 80 80239
L. D. Pierce 83 80 81244
II. C. Fownes 80 83 88253
Dr. Geo. T. Gregg 81 80 90254
C. L. Becker 87 84 87258
J. H. Clapp 87 87 89263
Donald Parson 86 89 88263
E. M..Taft 88 89 94271
T. A. Kelley 89 .87 95271
C. B. Fownes 89 94 88271
HAIL THE LITTLE POP
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EVEN UP AT THE THIRD HURDLE
88. Robeson meanwhile held his own,
Dortent or no, and with another clean 80
cinched his cup, and won his nich on the
tablet, along with the inevitable Whitte-
more. His score was 239. Pierce held
on pretty well, being only 81 this last
day, and 244 for the whole play.
But this was by no means all the con
test. For there were prizes and compe
titions every day for the best net score,
club handicaps, and for the best total
gross best total net of the first and of
thft dav's Dlay, as well as second prizes
in both classes. Becker, the bookkeeper,
had no trouble in following the course
of events, and enforcing the old and just
rule that no man with a major prize
could also pull down a minor one.
Hence it was that M. -p. -Byrnes oi
New York, handicap 30, landed him a
substantial memento of the fact that in
W. H. Gregg
Geo. T. Dunlap
L. A. Hamilton
Dr. Myron T. Marr
C. B. Hudson
A. L. Carr
F. S. Danforth
T. A. Cheatham
W. E. Truesdell
G. W. Statzell
H. G, Streat
Dr. J. S. Brown .
C. Ii: Lay
W. L. Milliken
C. L. Jones
J. D. Hunter
S. H. Fields
J. G. Nicholson..
R. II. Hunt
W. B. Merrill
(Continued on
86 92 99277
87 91 99277
87 81 89257
89 84 86268
88 88 101277
94 87 88269
93 83 93271
89 86 99274
89 86 93268
92 94 93279
93 96 96285
97 . 90 99286
94 92 84287
96 97 94287
99 95 95289
97 96. 96289
95 96 98289
101 92 99292
95 102 96293
95 96 106297
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Vindicated in Runoff With Klnderlon
Lambert Uplwn Illdca to Victory
Bel-Mich IIort Too Vast for
Tborouffhbrtd Flld
BEFORE we go any
further let us say that
next week there prom
ises to be a horse race
in Pinehurst. . These
Lady Bettys and Molly
Os, Kinderlous and di
vers other blue blooded
favorites have been di
viding up honors in the running busi
ness, until Mrs. P. C. Thomas decided
that it was time to have, a-show down
once and for all. So - she put up $100
in purse to be donated to, the winner
an open event for Thoroughbreds to be
pulled off at the meet next Wednesday.
Every stable in the place has an eye on
the coin, and unless we are deluded,
Lthere will be something to see when that
bunch turns into, the stretch Wednes
day. On the 13th in a match race Little
Pop, ridden by the redoubtable Why
mark, bearing the triumphant colors of
the Nibbs stables was pitted in a match
against Kurd's Kinderlou. ' This re
sulted in a dead heat, which had the
effect of dividing the. racing world here
abouts into two camps, or debating so
cieties, who repaired in full force and
with intense partizan enthusiasm to sup
port their favorites for a run off on the
20th. So they yelled their encourage
ment and their imprecations while the
horses circled the arena in scenario style.
Call made the fatal mistake of letting
the running Betty get a clear lead at
the post. This fixed the position of the
contestants not only for the start, but
for every heart-breaking foot of the way.
Like a tandem team they started, and
tandem still they finished in the same
order.
The Steeple Chase was a very-pretty
and well run spectacle. Dave, the Nibbs
entry, bearing Whymark,' started off like
a mad horse. Call took up the challenge
on Little Horn, and from the first hurdle
clung to his heels all the way round the
full course. Some idea of the. pace can
be judged from the fact that the cham
pion Melos never got out of third place
at any stage of the proceedings. Com
ing into the. streateh Hurd's Hurdler
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