VOL. XII, No. 16.
SATURDAY MORNING, MARCH 20, 1909.
PRICE FIVE CENTS
BECKER IS CLUB CHAMPION
Defeats E. S. Parmelee, Three and
Two, in Final Round.
Woodland Player Also Captures the
Qualification Gold medal from
Allan X.ard.
THIRTY-SIX hole tie in
the qualification round of
the fifth annual Club
Championship golf tour
nament gave added inter
est which was maintained
throughout to the final match play round.
The field was not only large but repre
sentative, the sixteen players qualifying,
representing golfers from many sections
who have long figured in events of
National importance.
In the final match play round for the
Championship trophy, C. L. Becker of
the Woodland Golf Club, and E. S.
Parmelee of the New Haven Country
Club, met, Mr. Becker winning three
up and two to play, on the thirty-fourth
green. At the end of the morning round,
the Woodland player was three up and
he had increased the lead to five up on
the twenty-first, losing the twenty
second and halving the next three holes
being once more five up on the twenty
sixth ; Mr. Parmelee taking the twenty
seventh and starting home, four down.
The twenty-eighth hole was a halve in
four, the twenty-ninth, thirtieth and
thirty-first, wins for Mr. Parmelee, 5 6,
4 5, 5 4, 'the thirty-second a halve in
four, Mr. Becker winning the thirty
third and thirty-fourth, 3 4, 45, and
the match.
In the semi-finals Mr. Becker defeated
R. M. Hamilton of Wykagyl, two and
one; his second round match with J. D.
Foot of Apawamis, a fast one which the
twenty-first green decided. Mr. Foot
was one down at the turn, the next two
holes being halved. Mr.Becker increased
his lead to two up on the twelfth, no
change in the situation being made upon
the thirteenth and fourteenth. Mr.Foot,
however, took the fifteenth, 34, halved
the sixteenth and seventeenth in 4 and 3
and evened the match on the home green,
5 4. Two pairs of fives resulted on the
nineteenth and twentieth holes with a
four for Mr. Becker and a five for Mr.
Foot on the twenty-first. The medal
play scores for the eighteen holes were
seventy-nine for Mr. Becker, a couple of
sixes going out, pushing Mr. Foot's total
up to eighty-three; the totalj for the
twenty-one holes, ninety-three and nine
ty-eight. In the first round Mr. Becker
won a close match with E. H. Silliman
of Detroit on the home green, one up.
Mr. Parmelee's semi-final round was
with C. B. Fownes of Oakmont, which
he won three and two, defeating J. P.
Gardner of Midlothian, three and one, m
the second round, and D. J. Coffev of
Franklin Park, four and two, in the first.
Mr. Coffey captured the consolation
division, defeating I. S. Robeson of
Rochester, two up and one to play, in the
finals.
In qualification Mr. Becker tied with
Allan Lard of Chevy Chase at one hun
dred and sixty-nine, rounds of eighty
two and eighty-seven and eighty-three
and eighty-six, respectively, Mr. Becker
winning in Monday's tie playoff, eighty
three to ninety-one.
E. II. Silliman, Detroit
E. W. Alexander, Detroit
95
89
91
97
166
186
First Round E. S. Parmelee beat D. J. Cof
fey, 4 and 2; J.P.Gardner beat Allan Lard, 5
and 4; C. B. Fownes beat Harold Wyatt,3 and 1;
W. C. Fownea beat J. E. Porter, 4 and 3; II. C.
Fownes btat C. H. Stanley, 2 and 1; R. M. Ham
ilton beat Col. j. E. Smith, 4 and 3; C. L. Becker
beatE. H. Silliman, one up; J. D. Foot beat I.
S. Robeson, 1 up.
Second Round Parmelee beat Gardner, 3
and 1; C. B. Fownes beat W.C. Fownes, 2 and 1;
Hamilton beat II. C. Fownes, 2 and 1; Becker
beat Foot, 1 up (21 holes),
Semi-final Parmelee beat C. B. Fownes, 3
and 2; Becker beat Hamilton, 2 and 1.
Final Becker beat Parmelee, 3 and 2.
CONSOLATON.
First Round Coffey beat Lard, by default;
Wyatt beat Porter, 1 up; Smith beat Stanley, by
default; Robeson beat Silliman, 2 and 1.
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TIIK VILLAGE BASEBALL TEAM.
THE SUMMARY :
The full summary of the week's play
is told in the following summary of
qualification scores and match play
rounds.
C. L. Becker, Woodland " , 82 87 169
Allan Lard, Chevy Chase S3 86 169
W. C. Fownes, Oakmont 84 86 170
J. E. Porter, Alleghany 83 88 171
D. J. Coffey, Franklin Park 88 . 84 172
H. C. Fownes, Oakmont 82 92 174
J. P. Gardner, Midlothian 84 95 179
J. D. Foot, Apawamis 93 87 180
E. S. Parmelee, New Haven 91 91 182
Harold Wyatt, Fairview 91 91 182
C. B. Fownes, Oakmont 92 91 183
R. M. Hamilton, Wykagyl 86 97 183
I. S. Robeson, Oakhill 93 91 184
Col. J. E.Smith, Wilmington 89 95 184
C. H. Stanley, Cleveland 93 92 185
Semi-final Coffey beat Wyatt, 2 and 1;
Robeson beat Smith, 2 up.
Final Coffey beat Robeson, 2 and 1.
Cup Christening- at Tb Inn.
A cup christening dinner for C. L.
Becker, winner of the annual Club Cham
pionship golf tournament and E. S.
Parmelee, the runner-up, and also recog
nizing Mr. J. G. Nicholson's victory in
the- recent mixed foursomes contest with
Mrs. William West was a pleasant feature
of the week at The Inn. The guests
were Messrs. L. D. Pierce, Franklin Ber-
win, I. S. Robeson, J. F. McLain, R. M.
Hamilton, Wm. S. Eyer, Donald J. and
Alexander Boss.
VILLAGE TEAM WINS AGAIN
Tuesday Afternoon's Baseball Game Re
plete with Hard Hitting.
Carolina! Team Makes Hrllllant Itall y
In the Eig-hth Innlnr and
Ilopei Jtun Jlig-h.
EVERAL hundred people
turned out for Tuesday's
baseball game which
proved one of the most
exciting of the season,
its special features hard
hitting on both sides and a brilliant rally
by The Carolinas in the eighth and
ninth innings.
The Carolinas started strong with two
runs in the first inning, but they failed
to score in the next six and in the mean
time their opponents piled up eight runs.
Six runs, however, in the eighth inning
for the hill delegation made things look
quite different and interest never lagged
until the last man was retired and the
Village team in the lead, thirteen to ten.
Madden did some fine work for the Vil
lage and Finnegan and Howard were the
Carolina stars.
Madden opened the game with a hit
and came home on a hit by Gladu, and
Howard and Finnegan each scored a run
for The Carolina. In the second Madden
got first on a fly to left, stole second and
a clean hit to center by Gladu, brought
In Madden and Lynch, making the score
three to two for the Village.
There was nothing doing in the third,
but Gleason and Clary each scored a run
for the Village in the fourth. The fifth
and sixth furnished plenty of excitement
with several long drives, but no one
scored.
The Village got three runs in the
seventh by Gladu, Frazer and Burns, but
although each man at the bat for The
Carolina made a hit,they could not score.
The eighth was the critical inning, the
Village team starting it by adding three
runs to the eight already secured, and it
seemed to be all over but the shouting
until The Carolinas found the ball and
began to sprint around the bases, scor
ing six runs on hard hitting and clever
base running,brlnging the score within a
possible tie limit and setting the crowd
on edge.
When the first man for the Vilkge
struck out in the ninthenthusiasm ran
still higher, but the tables turned when
Eastman hit Clary and gave him a pass
to first, Madden making a hit, Lynch
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