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VOL. XXIL NO. 3
SATURDAY MORNING, NOVEMBER 30, 1918
FIVE CENTS
GATES COMES BACK
Dethroned Carolina Champion Leads
Procession in Antnmn Tournament
Win Qualifying' Hound Frm John
IttT. Scott, of Charlotte, by
Ono Stroke in 84
THERE WASN'T any
thing spectacular about
it. It was steady that
did it. Straight and
steady, cutting a 44 on
the first nine to a 41 on
0 -fl iU I the secona -t ranKiin i.
iEi Gates of the Broadacre
n lr3 Plantation swapped his
pruning shears for a bag of tricks long
enough to parade home with the medal
and the lowest score in the annual Au
tumn Golf Tournament held last Tues
day, the 26th of November, by the Pine
hurst Country Club. There were sixty
entries, including the full roll of the
home guard, and the reserves left when
the Wild Cat Division set out for war.
Speculation had pitted Gates against
Becker and Phillips and Dudley Dew
berry, a dark horse hailing from Wash
ington, as the most likey winners. But
coming down to cases, the contest was
made by John M .Scott of the Charlotte
Country Club. As a matter of fact, at
the end of the outward journey the fa
vorite was a stroke behind both Scott
and the veteran J. H. Clapp, who ap
peared on the seene just as the game
opened. These two hit out a 43 apiece,
leaving Gates tied at the turn ' with a
corporal 's guard including Becker, J . C .
Dilworth of Alleghenny, and C. F. Wat
son hailing from Baltusrol.
CHARLOTTE TAKES A HAND
. . Scott duplicated his performance on
his way in, and wound up with an 86.
Clapp and Dilworth fell for an 87, and
left Gates the only chance in the field
agains the Charlotte champion. So Car
olina fought it out all its own way.
Steady as a church the farmer peeled off
the holes only a fraction above even
fours down to the sixteenth. An ugly
seven at that juncture, hardly redeemed
by another four on the short seventeenth,
left him with a four on the eighteenth
for the medal. This eighteenth on No.
2 is a par four, but it is a very close and
hard four,' and calls for practically per
fect golf a long drive, a long and ac
curate approach over and between bunk
ers, and one shot to lay it dead . It is
in just this sort of a situation that R. R. Sharman 47 42 89
Gates is strongest. Dudley Dewberry 46 43 89
He rolled up to the green on schedule, C. F. Watson, Jr. 44 45 89
ran his third to a perch on the sand and C. L. Becker 44 47 91
sank the winning putt as prettily as a II . G. Phillips 47 45 92
picture. J. S. Brown 46 46 92
MAKEUP OF FIRST division J. A. Allen 45 48 93
Dudley Dewberry came in fifth in even J. R. Bowker 48 45 93
score with R. R. Sharman, of Youngs- J. T. Bray 49 46 95
town, and Watson. Becker led Phillips G. W. Watts 46 49 95
by a stroke and the rest of the first six- W. V. Kellen 48 49 97
teen were Dr. J. S. Brown, J. A. Al- R. C. Steece 51 47 98
len, Jock Bowker, T. J. Bray, Youngs- C. B. Hudson 49 49 98
town, another Carolinian, George W. T. A. Cheatham 46 52 98
Watts from Durham, and W.V. Kellen H. G. Waring 49 50 99
of the Country Club. This made up J. C. Taylor 46 53 99
fifteen that had fought their way into W. J. Hitchcock 42 48 100
the first flight. Awkwardly enough J. D. Armstrong 42 48 100
there were three equal claimants to the G. T. Dunlap 50 51 101
last place. C. B. Hudson, used and ac- E. H. Wiswell 51 50 101
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customed to a place among the elect, W. B. Merrill 53 49 102
was tied with T. A. Cheatham and A. E. Adams 56 47 103
R. CV Steese of the Youngstown com- J. S. Hill 51 52 103
pany at 98. I. Hellman 51. 52 103
steece vs. cheatham and HUDSON Lee Steinfeld 50 54 104
So the proceedings were stopped and W. B. Hall 52 52 loi
everyone turned out while these three John Stambaugh " J -A 104
made a rial by battle. Cheatham fell at Harry King 4") 105
the first onset. The other two tied up the J. A. Campbell VI 51 10.'
first hole at five, prolonged the agony Dr. H. M. Kaufmaa o7 IS J 05
by another tie on the second, went on P. B. O'Brien 56 50 i0
and halved the third. But at this point II. W. Ormsbee V " 100
what promised to develop into a mara- R. Y. Berhard f.l 56 3 07
athon or endurance test was suddenly C. F. Lancaster 51 55 106
terminated. Steese left an opening with R. J. Breed 5.'! 55 108
a five on the fourth. Hudson politely I. F. Hill 59 51 110
refused the opportunity, and gracefully A. M. Seeley 50 60 110
betook himself to the second division T. J. Walsh 58 52 130
with a generous six. S. R. Green 61 52 113
Summary Medal Play. Course No. 2 E. H. Baker 57 59 116
F. H. Gates 44 41 85 J. D. C. Rumsey 61 56 117
John M. Scott 43 43 86 H. T. McClearn, Jr. 59 59 118
J. H. Clapp 43 44 87 James Barber 61 58 119
J. H. Dilworth 44 43 47 H. L. McClearn 68 54 122
THE RITUAL OF TBE RACES
Jockey Club Grounds and Stands
Remodelled
Governor Prepare For Strict Pro
cedure and Iteg-ulatlon In Con
temptation of Famous
tables Coming1
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GOVERNORS of the
Pinehurst Jockey Club
say that even the big
f ormances that occupied
two days' racing at the
track last , week during
.Sandhill Fair by no
means show the pros
field and the fast per-
pects of the coming season. The old
strings that are in evidence at the sta
bles now, including Hayden Preston's
steeple chasers and Nibbs' victorious
squadron of trotters, are shortly to be
reinforced from several of the largest
stables in the country.
The coming of peace is expected to
have an immediate and beneficial result
upon the track. Until within the week
it was almost impossible to tell with
any accuracy what the lineup would be.
For although a number of the best
known owners and racing men in the
country had the wintering of their
horses in Pinehurst under consideration,
they were all so engrossed and occupied
in handling war problems that with the
best intentions in the world they found
it hard to come to any decision.
It is too soon to give the list, but not
too soon to say that the plans for stiffen
ing the regulations, and standardizing
the equipment and layout of the paddock
and stables are made in contemplation
of the coming of some entries which
have figured in the big headlines in fast
company.
The God-blessed downpour came in
answer to the farmer's prayer in abund
ance to satisfy Noah on Thanksgiving
Day. It glorified the green earth, but
it was a bane to the holiday gathering
anticipating the formal opening of he
Jockey Club. And it precluded us from
recording in their proper setting the
changes and improvements ordained to
bring the little field more into keeping
with its increasing prestige.
The grandstand has been enclosed in
formal manner, a members' stand
added, and a set of bleachers built for
the anticipated rooters make a setting
(Concluded on page five)