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Vul X, No.'17.
SATURDAY MORNING, MARCH TWENTY-THIRD, 1907.
PRICE FIVE CENTS
HERRESHOFF THE WINNER
Defeats Foot of Apawamis in Final
Round of Spring Tourney.
Itecord-nrenklng- Field of One IIun
dred and Forty-two Players
Participate.
RECORD-breaking field
of one hundred and forty
two contestants, includ
ing many of the country's
prominent amateurs, and
representing a wide range
of territory, were the bright and particular
features of the third annual Spring golf
tournament. Combine this with keen
play throughout and the whole is a week
of golf which would be possible in no
other resort in the world but Finehurst.
As a result of the week's play young
Fred Ilerreshoff' of the Garden City Club,
the interscholastic champion, and Henry
C. Fownes of the Oakmont Club, Pitts
burg, are brought into special prominence ;
Mr. Ilerreshoff, winning the first division
or President's cup, and Mr. Fownes the
qualification medal. Mr. HerreshofTs
final victory was over J. D. Foot, the
Apawamis veteran, by 10 and 8, and Mr.
Fownes led the field of one hundred and
forty-two players, Ilerreshoff among
them, a merry and fruitless chase.
Next in order of importance came L. D.
Pierce of the Woodland Club, winner of
the first division consolation, who defeated
J. Roberts Allan of Ottawa, by five and
four in the thirty-six hole finals.
The second division or Secretary's cup
fell to David Fleming of the Mount Airy
Club, near Philadelphia, who defeated
Nathaniel F. Moore of the Onwentsia
Club, Chicago, four and three, after a
week of steady golf; J. T. Wylieof Sagi
naw, winning the consolation by default
from II. B. Greene of Philadelphia.
The third division or Treasurer's cup
goes westward, J. T. Gardiner of Mid
lothian Club, Chicago, defeating F. G.
Dodd of Zanesville, by 5 and 4, as also
does the consolation trophy, which J. R.
Towle of the Jackson Park Club, Chicago,
won from R. B. Vallance of Geneseo, N.
Y., by the same score.
VV. C. Fownes of Oakmont, pulled
through an easy winner in the fourth or
Captain's cup division, defeating Alfred
W. Wattenberg of Baltusrol, 6 and 5 in
the finals, and George O. Russell of the
Oakley Country Club, Watertown, Mass.,
was the winner of the consolation from
W. B. Hambly of the Pittsburg Field
Club, by 2 and 1.
The matches of the week were the
Herreshoff-Fownes, and Pierce-Porter
matches; the former the most brilliant
golf of the week, and the latter requiring
twenty holes to decide.
Ilerreshoff had Fownes three down at
the turn, increasing the lead to four up
on the tenth green, but Fownes was
game, taking the short eleventh, 2 3,
and the twelfth, ' 4 5, halving the fif
teenth in four, losing the long sixteenth,
was up against "dormie two." Game to
the last, however, Fownes took the short
order, Porter winning the seventeenth,
3-4, evening the score, the next two holes
being halved in par golf, the Massa
chusetts player winning the match on the
twentieth green, 5 6.
C. L. Becker of the Woodland Club,
made a game fight in his match with Foot
for the right to meet Ilerreshoff, an
eighteen foot putt on the home green
giving the match to the Apawamis player.
At the turn Becker was three down, but
he had reduced the score to one down on
seventeenth, the last and a halved hole
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THE CHAMPIONSHIP TOURNEY
Interest Thus Early Assures Large and
Representative Field.
Program Includes IHn'i, Women's
and Open Event and Will Fill
In Ten lay' JPIaj.
FRED HERRESHOFF.
seventeenth, a halved hole on the home
green ending the match.
The medal play scores were seventy
seven for Ilerreshoff, and seventy-eight
for Fownes, which included a stymie on
the eighth green, which cost Fownes a
stroke and which added an element of
"if" to the final result.
Pierce's battle with Porter was also an
uphill one, the Pittsburgher having a lead
of two up on the thirteenth green after
starting home all even. Pierce, however,
rallied taking the next three holes in
deciding the match.
The story of the weeks play, in detail,
will be found upon pages two and three
of this issue.
TIr. and Mrs. niodg-ett Entertain.
Mr. and Mrs. E.E. Blodgett of Boston,
who are sojourning at The Carolina enter
tained a small party at dinner, Monday
evening, in honor of their wedding anni
versary. The special feature of the occa
sion was a monstrous wedding cake
adorned with snow-white candles.
IIUS early interest in the
seventh annual United
North and South amateur
championship tourna
ment which begins
Wednesday, next, and
continues through Saturday of the week
following, points to the most important
contest of a brilliant series which have
inaugurated a new era in the history of
winter golf.
THE WOMEN'S CHAMPIONSHIP.
The extensive program opens with the
women's championship upon March 27, a
gold medal being offered for the best
score in qualification, with the champion
ship cup for the winner, and gold medal
for the runner-up in match play. The
entry already includes Mrs. Myra I).
Paterson of Englewood, the title holder,
Miss Mary C. Dutton of Oakley, winner
in 1905, Miss Molly Adams of Oakley,
runner-up in the women's championship
last fall, not to mention a number of
others of less prominence, assuring keen
play for a much prized title and trophy.
THE CHAMPIONSHIP TOURNEY.
The men's championship begins Mon
day, April 1, with a thirty-six hole quali
fying round, in which a gold medal is
offered for the best score, four divisions
of sixteen each qualifying for the Presi
dent's, Secretary's, Treasurer's and Cap
tain's cups. There will be sterling cups
for division runners-up and for the win
ners in consolation divisions, made up of
those losing in the first round of match
play.
THE OPEN CHAMPIONSHIP.
The event closes Saturday April 6th,
with the annual open championship, open
both to professionals and amateurs, in
which $100.00 and the championship gold
medal is the first prize, $50.00 the second,
and $25.00 the third ; amateurs winning to
receive plate; thirty-six hole medal play.
FITTING RECOGNITION.
Fitting recognition of the importance
of the tournament has recently been
made by the Board of Governors of the
Country Club in the form of a bronze
tablet, below which are the names of the
(Concluded on page 3.)