Oetooer 10, 1921 



HARDWOOD RECORD 



27 



H. B. 



Weiss, President of Lumbermen's Golf 

 Association of Memphis 



Canadian Dark Horse Wins Memphis Golf Tournament 



A dark iiorse I'roin 

 the nnrtli stalkiHl tlic 

 MciTiphls iTciin,). Ci.- 

 Iniiial ('(ilintry cluh 

 links til vii'tiiiy in tlw 

 annual loni-uaniont i>l' 

 tlio Linnlicrnian's Cull' 

 association of Mom- 

 pliis. In his suildcn 

 roininf? an<l his Roln^ 

 ■Mil] what he did whilo 

 iin the links lios the 

 sad story of what liap- 

 pcnod to the hi^h 

 linprs of tlie Meniiihis 

 ;;oirers who had the 

 tniirnanient figured 

 tint quite anotlier 

 way. 



If the touruanieiit 

 competitors had lieeu 

 as well prepared 

 asaiust the unexpected 

 playing of A. C. Gill, 

 Canadian lumberiuan. 

 from Toronto, as, say 

 the entertainment com- 

 mittee was prepared 

 in the unsurpassed 

 hospitality they dealt 

 out to all hands, the 

 championship might 

 have stayed thereabouts. But Frank Crager, the last year champion, who 

 hails from Helena was hardly a match tor the consistent championship 

 golf played by Gill. Whether Gill's play was responsible or not Crager 

 did not even take second place having to be content with third honors 

 for lowest gross score, while the steady game of M. II, Brown of Memphis 

 brought him in second in the championship flight, only one shot behind 

 Gill, The tourney was held September 23. 



Gill won the title trophy offered by W. E. Hyde, president of the 

 Memphis association, for the low gross score of the 36 holes medal play 

 from the field of 70 players with 164 for 36 holes. He returned a score 

 of 7S in the forenoon Is holes' play and 88 for the afternoon play. 



Although the presenci' in the play of Gill and Duncan Martin of Glas- 

 gow, Scotland, who is purchasing hickory in this country, gave the 

 tournament the proper international flavor, the American golfers do not 

 In any sense look upon Gill's victory as a foreign triumph, inasmuch as 

 he maintains a residence in the summer season at Humphrey, Arkansas. 

 There were trophies galore and in taking second place in the associa- 

 tion championship play, M. II. Brown, gathered in a trophy for the low 

 gross score for the forenoon play, 82 for the 18 holes. Brown made the 

 round in the afternoon in S5, or 167 for the 36 holes, easing in just one 

 point behind the new chanipion. 



Former Champion Crager lost his title by only three strokes, doing 

 84 in the morning and .S5 in the afternoon or 169 for the day's 36-hole 

 play- 

 Memphis golfers can easily rest content with the day's work inasmuch 

 as in addition to some mighty good all-round playing by local entries, 

 J. C. Bonner of Memphis, won the trophy for the low net figure for the 

 day with 141 and F. R. Gadd also of Memphis came in with the second 

 lowest net score, or 143. The one point difference in their play was 

 perhaps due to the steady work of Bonner, who did the morning round in 

 70 and failed by one point of equalling It again in the afternoon. Both 

 had handicaps of 21 strokes. 



The Fisher trophy was captured deftly by L. E. Cornelius of St. Louis 

 with an 82 after lunch. Stanley T. Horn of Nashville, came in with the 

 low net in the forenoon play while R. G. Hudson of Little Rock brought 

 the Arkansas colors to the forefront with a rush in the afternoon by 

 equalling Horn's net of 71. 



Frank Crager proved his championship calibre by taking the prize 

 for match play against par finishing the morning round 10 down. 



The trophy for best score against a blind hole, the 13th, was also won 

 by a Helena man, E. F. Jennings. He startled the gallery, which was 

 a large and enthusiastic one, with a very fine four, which is some golf 

 playing when one consiilt-rs that the 13th on the Colonial club links is a 

 hard, long ujihill hole of 492 yards. 



Lloyd Bond of Charleston, Miss., beat all comers tor the best net score 

 on even holes for all-day play, with a 36 and a 38. 



F. R. Gadd demonstrated that if ringers could be counted on a single 

 day's performance course records would very frequently result. Gadd 

 came home again a winner with the best card on odd holes. He achieved 

 a 35 and a 36. 



Rooters for the Memphis pill propellers had another chance to howl 

 their heads off, or If feminine, to clap their hands to a calloused state. 

 when F. A. Conkling annexed the consolation trophy for gross top, with 

 266 top. Conkling probably figured he had to do something to add a 



mite to the Memphis mountain of golf a.'hi.vc-i t and being a wise 



man he went after the prize which he knew be could win If he wasn't 

 too careful and precise about his pill punishing. 



And then came the grand cheer-up Hare for the local tjilent. II. J. 

 Richards, K. A. Powell, and G.orge Wright Jones, all of Memphis, the 

 last named incidentally proving that he could drive a g(dt hall as well 

 as an auto, were three of the four who were flight winners in the handicap 

 lilay, medal scores to apply. The fourth in this winning group was 

 another Helena, George Nichols. 



Again Helena headed the way to victory when S. A. Godman of that 

 city of champions, returned a net of 72 for the morning play, besting all 

 competitors with allowances of 15 or more strokes. But in the afternoon 

 R. Carnahan of I'lne Bluff, .\rk., topped this class. 



All in all it was the greati'st day that lumbermen have had in wielding 

 hardwood insteail of producing and selling it. And there were all sorts 



of wielders of the wicked weapons by which a gtdfer achieves if not 



fame— at least exercise and, If he's lucky, considerable satisfaction. 



It is said that Ed Stanton, secretary of the American Hardwood 

 association, was so keen for absolute accuracy that he was on the joh 

 with an adding machine. Ed was formerly a newspaperman and prob- 

 ably has had enough experience with golfers and their scores to know 

 that anything that is human has dire need of accuracy when he counts 

 golf strokes. 



\ot alone was the purpose of golf served at the tourney. For the pro- 

 motion of good fellowship among the lumber fraternity was paramount 

 throughout the day, and at the annual banquet in the evening. In fact 

 golf took a decided second place in thi' accomplishments of the day 

 and night program. 



The summaries : 



(First the forenoon rounds, then handicap and then the afternoon 

 rounds.) 



J.C.Bonner 91 2I 70 71—141 



F. R. Gadd 92 21 71 71—142 



George Nichols 95 15 SO 76—146 



E. F. Jennings.. 86 13 73 76 — 149 



R. Carnahan no 14 76 74—150 



E. C. Burnett 104 IS S6 74 — 152 



-*• G. Gill 78 7 71 81—152 



Stanley F. Horn 91 20 71 86 — 156 



II. J. Richards 108 30 78 78 — 156 



L. E. Cornelius 91 8 83 74—157 



J. M. Pritchard 99 7 82 75—157 



Cooper Bodine 102 23 79 78 — 157 



M. II. Brown 82 10 72 75 — 157 



J. R. Xewkirk 85 5 80 78—158 



George Wright Jones 90 12 78 80 — 158 



Loyd Bond 88 8 80 80 — 160 



F. G. Smith 94 19 75 86—161 



George Ehemann 112 30 82 79 — 161 



E. P. Jones 90 12 78 84 — 162 



R. G. Hudson 114 22 92 71—163 



Frank Crager 84 3 81 82—163 



Luke Russell 103 25 78 86 — 164 



H. B. Weiss 106 25 81 83—164 



M. L. Williams 96 19 77 77 — 164 



R. Petrus 1(13 25 78 87 — 165 



C. W. Griffith 117 30 87 78—165 



C. L. Dickinson 108 25 83 83 — 166 



B. A. Powell 99 20 79 77 — 166 



S. L. Harlowe 110 25 82 88 — 109 



R.J. Hackney 98 17 81 78 — 169 



Jno. W. McClurc m 30 81 88—160 



E. P. Rhodes 96 13 83 87—170 



H. A. Chllderson 107 20 87 84 — 171 



C. A. Denning Ho 22 88 83 — 171 



A. M. Pollack Ill 20 91 82—173 



L. D. llalstead 103 14 89 84 — 173 



Paul Rush 108 25 83 90 — 173 



Prank T. Dooley 101 13 88 86—174 



W. E. Hyde 97 13 84 90 — 174 



W. N. Coulson 101 15 86 86—174 



W. C. Bonner 114 30 84 91-175 



W. L. Evans 103 18 85 91 — 176 



W. M. Willis 105 16 89 88—177 



E. B. Norman 116 20 96 82 — 178 



J. R. McFadden 110 20 90 90 — 180 



F. E. Bruce 117 30 87 93 — 180 



J. S. Watrous Ill 25 86 94 — 180 



R. C. Stimson 100 21 79 103 — 182 



Edward O'Brien Ill 20^ 91 91 — 182 



R. 11. Darnell 99 18 81 91 — 182 



G. G. Carnahan 107 20 87 80—183 



J. T. Jones 117 24 93 90—183 



K.A.Smith 118 24 94 93 — 187 



Russell Burke 103 12 91 98 — 189 



E. A. Neely 129 30 99 91—190 



J. S. WiUiford ■. 126 24 102 04—106 



