PINEHURST, MOORE COUNTY, NORTH CAROLINA. ""Pjjl
F. J. BAILEY WINS AGAIN !
Defeats J. i. Baler in Final Round of
Match Play Handicap.
Edwin A. freeman, JMontclalr, and
IBurritt S. Mill. Philadelphia,
Ijead in Qualification.
7T HE eighteen-hole match play handi-
cap tournament begun Saturday,
furnished a pretty series of contests and
resulted in a final victory for F. J. Bailey
of Kearsarge golf club, North Conway,
N. II., over J. A. Baker of the Glen
View golf club, Chicago, one up, after a
match which was uncertain to the end.
Bailey was one up at the seventeenth
hole and halved the eighteenth for a
win. The Berkshire cups were offered
for the winner and runner-up.
Edwin A. Freeman of the Montclair
golf club, playing from scratch, was an
easy winner of the best gross score in
qualification with a card of eighty-seven,
a duplicate of the round which won him
the cup the week previous, and Burritt
S. Mills of Philadelphia, playing with a
handicap of eighteen strokes, led the
field with a net score of seventy-six, five
strokes better than his nearest opponent,
C. M. Brett of the Brookline country
club, Massachusetts.
THE SCORES IN DETAIL.
Out In Gr. Hp. Net
Mills 44 50 U4 18 76
Brett 47 46 93 12 81
Wendell 47 43 90 8 82
Prescott 43 51 94 10 84
Clark 48 55 103 18 85
Smith 4C 49 95 10 85
Dunne 49 53 102 15 87
Freeman E A 45 42 87 0 87
Crane 55 51 106 18 88
Ilentz FV 48 54 102 14 88
Brigham 52 55 107 18 89
Ilentz J II Jr 51 56 107 18 89
Baker 47 54 101 12 89
Bailey F J 52 50 102 12 90
North 53 56 109 18 91
Mayo 50 61 111 18 93
FAILED TO QUALIFY.
Towle 51 62 113 18 95
Childs 55 59 114 18 96
Lleber 56 60 116 18 98
Bailey 52 65 117 18 99
Gates 53 54 107 8 99
Cook 61 58 119 18 101
Byrnes 60 62 122 18 104
Harrington 58 70 128 18 110
Saunders 67 62 129 18 111
NO CARDS,
Murdock
Ilentz J II 3rd
Cutler
Gallagher
Atkinson
Freeman VV C
Rienhart
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THE MATCH PLAY ROUNDS.
A summary of the match play rounds
follows :
First Round J. E. Smith (7) Wil
mington country club, Delaware, beat
T. S. Clark (13) Sharon golf club, Penn
sylvania, four up and three to play;
Capt. J. P. Crane (13) Winchester golf
club, Massachusetts, beat P. H. Mayo
(13) Hermitage golf club, Richmond,
Va., six up and four to play; F. W.
Ilentz, (11) Mt. Airy golf club, Phila
delphia, beat J. II. Ilentz, Jr., (13) Mt.
Airy golf club, Philadelphia, two up and
one to play ; F. J. Bailey (9) Kearsarge
golf club, North Conway, N. II., beat L.
F. Brigham (13) Salem golf club, Mass
achusetts, three up and two to play;
Semi-finals Bailey beat Crane, two
up ; Baker beat Prescott one up.
Finals Bailey beat Baker, one up.
PEACEFUI SLEEP IlEXIJIlNg.
1 lf, T tv. tOrf. 3r.
Ending- of IBoy's Eig-hteen Hole Huntll
cap Ilentore Quiet.
What Monday's eighteen hole medal
play handicap for boys under fourteen
lacked in numbers it made up in enthusi
asm, and the pulling off of the match
will restore peaceful sleep in many
families of the Village. Levi D. Jones
of Milton, N. II won the best gross
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THE NEW TENNIS COURTS ARE PERFECTION.
F. L, Dunne (12) Wollaston golf club,
Massachusetts, beat H. Wendell C6) St.
David's golf club, Philadelphia, four up
and three to play; J. A, Baker (10)
Glen View golf club, Chicago, beat B.
II. Mills (13) Philadelphia, one up ; P.
M. Prescott (7) Chevy Chase golf club,
Washington, beat E. A. Freeman
(scratch) Montclair golf club, New Jer
sey, three up and two to play ; W. S.
North (13) Riverside golf club, Chicago,
beat O. M. Brett (9) Brookline country
club, Massachusetts, one up.
Second Round Crane beat Smith,
three up and two to play ; Bailey beat
F. VV. Ilentz, three up and two to play;
Baker beat Dunne, three up and two to
play ; Prescott beat North, three up and
two to play.
score cup with one hundred and twenty
three, and Ritchie Lawrie of Pittsburg,
Pa., the net score trophy with one hun
dred and sixteen. George M. Hayes of
Canandaigua, N. Y., finished second
with one hundred and eighteen net.
THE SCORES IN DETAIL.
Out In Gr. Hd. Net
Ritchie Lawrie 66 59 125 9 116
Levi D Jones 65 58 123 5 118
George M Hayes 66 58 124 6 118
W T Ketcham 67 62 129 0 129
A C Ketcham Jr 66 75 141 11 130
Russell Jones 79 74 153 10 143
The first six and last three holes of
the long course were played. The prizes
were given by Mr. F, W. Kenyon of
New York.
MR. BAILEY-MISS LAMB!
They Are Winners of First of Winter's
Tennis Tournaments.
Onlooker Watch Iflatche from
IB road Veranda of Golf Club
House 3few Court Perfection.
7T HE winter's program of tennis tour-
naments was successfully begun
last week with a mixed doubles event
for The Harvard cups and a series of
pretty contests resulted.
Many onlookers watched the matches
from the broad piazzas of the club house
and the participants all express them
selves as delighted with the new courts.
This new feature is sure to be a nota
ble addition to the winter's entertain
ment program.
E, Albion Bailey of Boston, and Miss
Gertrude Lamb of New York, were the
winners of the final match from Ilev. G.
B. Harrington of Washington, D. C,
and Miss Ethel Check of East Orange,
N. J., 4-6, 6-5 6-3, and the first round
from G. W. Lieber of New York, and
Miss Long of Pinehurst, 4-6, 6-5, 6-5.
Mr. Harrington and Miss Check took
the first round from M. B. Byrnes of
New York, and Miss Carrie Check of
East Orange, N. J., 6-1, 6-5.
THE SEASON'S PROGRAM.
The events to come are as follows :
January. 26 Mens' singles for The
Berkshire cup.
February 9 Womens' singles for The
Holly Inn cup
February 23 Mixed doubles for The
Carolina cups.
March 8 Mens' singles for The Pine
hurst Outlook cups.
March 21, 22 and 23 Championship
tournament, mens' and womens' singles,
and mixed doubles, for the Pinehurst
Championship Tennis Trophies.
Dances at Xlie Village Hall.
A series of Friday evening dances at
the Village Hall have been very pleas
antly begun and are being well attended
by the employees of the Village. Many
of the guests are finding pleasure in
watching the dancers,
Mrs. II. W. PrleHt Presided.
Mrs. II. W. Priest of The Carolina,
presided at the tea at the Golf Club
house Saturday. The occasion was a
very pleasant one and well attended.
rOLUME VII; No. 9,
Saturday, January 23, 1904,
Price Five Cents.
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