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MARCH 6, 1926
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Number 10
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The Seniors’ Winners
By E. Ellsworth Giles,
C. S. Strout of Bidde
XW ford, Me., defeated by the
ft margin of one hole the vet
eran Philadelphian, George W.
Statzell, in the recent Seniors’
tournament, he destroyed what
had threatened to become a fixed
custom, that is for the medalists
to go right through and win the
tournament.
Statzell, with his fine qualify
ing score of 83, was looked upon
to be in sufficiently good form to
win his way through the first
division, but Strout stopped him
at the home hole and then suc
cumbed to J. L. Weller, of Can
ada, at the twentieth hole in the
final round.
Thus Weller has the honor and
distinction of winning the first
division honors of the sixth an
nual fixture from a field of sixty
one golfers whose ages range
from 55 to 75 years.
And let it be known that it was
not an empty honor which fell
into the hands of Weller, for he
met and stemmed the keenest op
position. In the very first round
that sterling match player, W. E.
Wells of East Liverpool, Ohio, and the Oakmont Country
Club, Pittsburg, carried the Canadian to the nineteenth hole
before the decision was rendered.
J. A. Middleton, of Chicago, the winner of last year s
tournament, had to be content with secondary honors on
this occasion, taking the second division trophy froth G. E.
Simpson, of the Indiana Country Club, Pa., and this at the
twentieth hole, showing how closely matched were the con
testants for the first and second division honors.
In the third division, W. B. Ballou, of North Attleboro,
Mass., won from A. S. Higgins, St. Andrews, by the margin
of 3 up and 2 to play, while in the fourth flight, D. T. Sul
livan, of Fall River, was successful, winning over E. P. Mer
win, of Stockbridge, Mass., on the home green.
Photo by Hemmer, Pinehurst
J. L. Weller, of Hamilton, Ontario, a member of Pinehurst’s
Winter Cottage Colony, proudly inspects the trophy awarded
him as winner of the Sixth Annual Seniors’ Tournament,
played last weelc. Mr. Weller disposed of some stiff
opposition in the field which was composed of lads
ranging from 55 to 75 years of age.
In the fifth and sixth flights,
the name Goodwin proved to be
something of a misnomer, for
two Goodwins were both losers
in the final. A. M. Dickinson, of
Waterbury, Conn., took over C.
L. Goodwin, of Greensburg, Pa.,
4 and 2, in the fifth division, while
W. C. Goodwin fell a victim to
the putting prowess of H. P.
Hotchkiss, of Pinehurs't, by the
widest margin of any of the final
ists, 5 up and 3 to play.
THE SPRING TOURNAMENT
A. F. Kamrrter, the perennial
champion of Staten Island, while
playing from the Fox Hills Coun
try Club in days gone by but now
a power in Jersey golf as a mem
ber of the Baltusrol Club at
Short Hills, won the big twenty
second annual Spring Tourna
ment from a field of more than
two hundred club swingers, tak
ing over in the final round, the
Scotch-Irish golfer, John Gra
ham, who has sworn allegiance to
this country and Pittsburg as a
member of the Oakmont Coun
try Club. In winning the tourna
ment Kammer continued the popular and prevailing custom
of the season here, which has been for the medalist to win •
the tournament.
Kammer and Graham came logically together in the final
round, for both had played consistent and winning golf
throughout the week, disposing of worthy aspirants for chief
honors en route. Graham found the joint medalist, Donald
Parson, the biggest obstacle between him and ultimate suc
cess, until he met another veteran in the person of Kammer.
Graham came from behind to square the match with Par
son and then outlasted the Youngstown star, winning at the
twenty-first hole, slipping into the final by an eyelash.
Continued on page Six