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The
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Tournament
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THOSE more or less ancient rivals, Forbes Wilson, age 12,
and George T. Dunlap, Jr., age 13, clashed in the final of
the third annual Pinehurst Junior Championship Tourna
ment, on Friday last, and Forbes won the match, the trophy and the
title by the close margin of 1 up and with all decisive aid of a finely
played par 4 on the last hole of the contest. With the last putt on
the last hole of this match there came to an end, for the time being
at any rate, the hitherto unchallenged supremacy of young George
Dunlap in juvenile tournament golf at Pinehurst. George won
the qualifying medal and the tournament and title in 1920, when
this event was first staged, and he repeated the dual feat last year.
Twenty-two youngsters, ranging in age from 8 to 15 years, took
part in the qualifying round and were taken into camp by young
Dunlap and Walter Swoope, who tied for the medal with mutual
rounds of 46 for the first nine holes of number three. Later on
in the week the two boys played off for the medal and another
tie, at 42, resulted. The second play-off will be played at a later date.
Forbes Wilson qualified for the First Four, with 50; Carlo
Paterno got in with a round of 56, and a round of 59 was the
highest that qualified for the Second Division.
Little John Bradford Armstrong, age 8 and the baby of the tour
nament, qualified for the fourth four with a card of 74. Johnnie,
unlike some of us, is improving with age. Last year, when he was
seven, it took John Bradford 150 strokes to cover the same distance
in this Junior event.
The qualifying round with the ages of contestants given in
parenthesis : FIRSt Four
George T. Dunlap, Jr., Summit (13
Walter Swoope, Merion . . . . (14
Forbes Wilson, Worcester (12
Carlo Paterno, New York (
Second Four
Billy O'Brien, Detroit (13
Clarence Edson, Pinehurst
John S. Chapman, Greenwich
F. C. Stevens, New York (
Third Four
Richard D. Chapman, Greenwich (10
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Arnold White, Sleepy Hollow
Sherburn Merrill, Brookline
Charles Swoope, Merion. . .
Fourth Four
Wily Fuller, New York '
Burrell White, Jr., Sleepy Hollow. . .
John Bradford Armstrong, New Londson. (
Hubert O'Brien, Detroit ( 9
46
46
50
56
58
58
59
59
63
65
66
68
70
73
74
77
Fifth Four
William Parsorr, Youngstown ( 9) 80
George Parson, Youngstown : (11) 104
Dunlap and Wilson, strong favorites for the final honors, won
their first round matches without any great difficulty. Dunlap,
playing against Walter Swoope, went out in 41 to Swoope's 44 and
won by 2 and 1. Walter had a 3 on the 221 -yard fifth hole and
Dunlap followed suit with a 3 on the sixth.
Wilson played against Carlo Paterno and won by 4 and 2, with
the help of a rather remarkable 2 on the sixth hole.
Johnnie Armstrong won what we believe to be the first note
worthy victory . in his tournament career by defeating Hubert
O'Brien by 3 and 1.
The title contest, between Forbes Wilson and George Dunlap,
went to Wilson by 1 up, as already related. Wilson played an
exceptionally long ball all through the round and this more than
offset his opponent's slightly better work around the greens. Wilson
was 43 for the nine holes and Dunlap 47.
THE MATCH ROUNDS
First Four First Round
Forbes Wilson defeated Carlo Paterno 4 an(l 2
George T. Dunlap, Jr., defeated Walter Swoope 2 and 1
Final Round
Forbes Wilson defeated George T. Dunlap, Jr 1 up
Second Four First Round
John S. Chapman defeated F. C. Stevens, Jr 3 and 2
Clarence Edson defeated Billy O'Brien 5 and 4
Final Round
Clarence Edson defeated John S. Chapman 2 and 1
Third Four First Round
Charles Swoope defeated Sherburn Merrill 1 up
Arnold White defeated Richard D. Chapman 2 up
Final Round
Charles Swoope defeated Arnold White 1 up
Fourth Four First Round
John Bradford Armstrong defeated Hubert O'Brien 3 and 1
Billy Fuller defeated Burrell White, Jr 2 and 1
Final Round
Billy Fuller defeated John Bradford Armstrong. 4 and 2
Fifth Four Final Round
William Parson defeated George Parson ?2 and 1