A MEMORABLE MATCH

Press, Volume LXIX, Issue 20986, 14 October 1933, Page 17

A MEMORABLE MATCH

YOUNG'S GOOD MATCH TEMPERAMENT B. V. WRIGHT IN FORM (Jfaoii Oua Si'Ecial Cobbksi'OSdest.) AUCKLAND, October 13. A. J. Shaw, the winner of the professional championship, was in excellent form, and his opponent, the youthful Lower Hutt professional, A. 11. Dyke, was always on the defensive. In the amateur semi-finals the match of the day was fought out between H. A. Black and J. H. Young, the idol of the Auckland galleries, and right well did this young prodigy live up to the reputation that he has won by his play during the tournament. This lad's great performance will be talked of for a long time. Although New Zealand has produced some young golfers, they have never shown the great, match temperament that this lad showed to-day. A gallery of 500 interested spectators followed the players during the morning round, and swelled to more

than 1200 in the afternoon, and they were treated to one of the most thrilling and sensational matches ever witnessed in Auckland. The play-off for the professional foursomes championship tie Avas also played, between C. C. Clements and N. Bell and h. R. Blair and E. J. Moss, and after a great exhibition of putting Bell and Clements won with a score of 72 to 74. Blair holed a mashie chip at the fifteenth, and Clements a RO-fooUu- for an eagle three at the seventeenth, which finally clinched the match. B. V. Wright has produced the golf during (his tournament that ho 'has looked liked playing for the last four or five years, and followed up his fine performance as leading amateur m the open by reaching the final of the amateur by securing a decisive win over Dr. Ross. Ross, after holding Wright for the first few noles, lost his putting touch, and Wright, playing brilliantly, and holing everything on the greens, obtained a commanding lead in the morning round, which he held in the afternoon. Black and Young. Young opened confidently in his match with Black, and drove a long, straight ball right to the,edge of the green. Black slightly pulled his, and having to pitch over the bunkers was too strong, and finally had to sink a five-footer to obtain a hard half in four. Young again drove brilliantly at the second hole, and Black, hitting a high one, was fully 60 vards behind. Playing an iron, Black was short, and landing on the roadvvav was lucky to kick through the fence on i.o the green. Young played a high niblick, but landing on the green lie bounced well through the green to the rough, Black eventually drawing first blood by taking the hole in four to live. The third was halved in four after Black had received a lucky kick on to the green. Both failed to find the green at the tricky fourth. Young being through and Black on the lip of the bunker. Black had to stand in the bunker to Play his shot, and ran the ball to within eight feet of the pin. Young was also short, but both holed good putts to halve in three. Young was unlucky at the long fifth, his putt staying on the lip of "the hole. Young pulled his drive under the hill at the sixth, and found a difficult lie, from which he was unable to extricate himself, and Black eventually took the hole in five to six, to stand two up. Black found the green with his tee shot at the seventh, and Young, being on the top edge of the green, was unable to get dead, and Black went further into the lead. Black was short with his drive at the eighth, but played a great second, which just cleared the bunkers by inches, and finished 10 feet from the pin. Young showed signs of cracking when he played his second much too strongly about 10 yards through the green, but he recovered brilliantly to get a hard half in four. Black was again lucky at the ninth, when his second ran along the ridge of the green bunkers and stopped on the top. From here he chipped dead to take the hole, and obtain a comfortable lead of four up at the turn.

Young Fights Bitch. \ Young had a great chance to get a hole back at the tenth, when Black pulled his second into the tea tree, but took three putts and Black obtained a half. At the eleventh Young won his first hole of the match when Black was short with his tee shot. Black half topped his tee shot at the long twelfth, but managed to secure a half in five. To the thirteenth, "Wrecker," Young drove straight down the middle, and Black, after mishitting his fee shot, finally conceded the hole when he took five to reach the green. This reduced his lead to two up. But Young let Black in again on the fourteenth when he took three putts. Black failed to carry the gully at "Temptation," and Young, after two great shots, took the hole in four. Holing a ticklish six- . footer at the sixteenth. Black obtained a hard half in four. Black increased his lead to three up again when he found tin; green at the long seventeenth with Iwo great wooden shots. The terraced green at the eighteenth beat Black, and he lost the hole, completing the morning round two up. The Afternoon Hound. Before a huge gallery the players drove off in the afternoon. Both drives were just short of the green. Young, being to the left, had to pitch over the bunkeis, and was 20 feet too strong.' Black was 10 feet short, and after Youne. had approach-putted dead Black's putt went in the hole, and out again. Young won a hole back when he took the twentieth in four to five, but Black won the twenty-first after a great niblick shot, which finished six feet from the hole, giving him an "eagle" three to Young's "birdie" four. The twentv-second was halved m threes. Both were short of the twenty-third with their seconds, and after Black had pitched to within six feel of the pin he missed his first prut of the match for a half in five. Both found the green at the twenty-fifth, but Young missed a four-looter, which brought sighs from the gallery, and Black was two up again. A "birdis three at the eighth put Black three up, and after a half at the twentyseventh Black turned for home with a handy lead. The Last Nine. But from here the fortunes of the game fluctuated with every shot. Black was too far to the right with his second at the next hole, and Young placed his second 10 feet from the pin and reduced the lead to two up. He lost a great opportunity at "Redan," where he missed a six-footer to lose the hole, and stand three down and seven to play. But it was here that the lad showed a grand •fighting match temperament. Holing a 12looter for a four at the twelfth, he won bad; a hole. The

"Wrecker," as in the morning, was Black's downfall, for ho was again too far to the Left, and he struck a Iree and rebounded into the tea tree, and after taking live to roach the green conceded the hole. A great, niblick which finished three feet from the hole brought great, applause from the gallery, and Black showed signs of weakening when he played a poor shot which ifeli short in the bunker B</ing too strong with his second, Black conceded another hole and the game was square. Great excitement now prevailed, and the spectators were .scurrying for vantage points. At (he next hole, "Temptation," Young drove a good ball which cleared the gully by five feet, and ran well into Ihe fairway. Black drove a high ball, which cleared the gully by inches, and left him an awkward stance, and he elected to play safe with an iron (o the right. Young went boldly for the green with the wood, but hooked badly. Black, from ;10 yards outside the green, nearly holed his approach which evidently affected Young, who duffed his third, and Black regained the lead again. After Young had found the green with his second at the twenty, fourth, Black played the shot of the match, a grand No. 3 iron, which covered the pin all the way and finally came to rest three feet from the cup. He was now dormy two. Black played the thirty-fifth badly, finally losing the hole in five to six. Both found the green at the final hole with their seconds, Black's bail being the nearer. Young, putting first, had the gallery on tip toe when his ball trickled down to within inches of the hole, and Black putted for a safe half in four, winning a memorable match one up.

WOMEN'S TOURNEY FIRST ROUND RESULTS (PRIM 4SBOCUTIOB TSLEOR4M.) WANGANUI. October 13. In the first round of the New Zealand women's golf championship the results were as followr.— Miss Hansen beat Miss S. Achcson, '1 II PMiss Hclean beat Miss McKenzie, o and 7. Mrs Johnston beat Miss Gnftm by default. „ , ~, Mrs G. Williams beat Miss Gambnll, 3 and 2. Miss Harkncss beat Mrs F. Foreman, 2 up. , , Mrs Macfarlane beat Mrs B. Wilson, 1 up at the nineteenth. Miss Rathbone beat Mrs Ferguson, Mrs Newton beat Miss Bell, 6 and 5. Mi.ss B. Gaisford beat Miss Beadel, 5 and 3. _,,, _ Miss Fleming beat Mrs Gilbert, 7 and 6. Miss White-Parsons beat Mrs Russell, 7 and 6. Mrs Collinson beat Miss Hammond, 7 and 6. Mrs Kerr beat Mrs Cook, 1 up. Mrs Robertson beat Mrs Parr. 4 and 3. , , Mrs Stout beat Miss Burgess, (5 and 'Mrs J. M. Wilson beat Mrs Dixon, 3 and 1. Miss Holmes beat Miss Quarterman, 4 and 3. Mrs Grace beat Miss Horwell, 2 and 1. Mrs McCarthy beat Mrs Birch, 2 and 1. Mrs Rutherford beat Mrs Hannan, 1 up at the nineteenth. Mrs Roper beat Mrs Jennings, 3 anci 2 - , « Mrs Blair beat Miss James, 2 and 1. Miss Grace beat Miss Smart, 4 and 3. Mi.ss C. Wilson beat Mrs Hosking by default.

Miss O. Kay beat Miss O. Smith, 4 and 3. Miss K. Johnston beat Miss Ward, 1 up. Mrs Thompson beat Miss Quin, 3 and 1. Miss Ormond beat Mrs Curtis, 4 and 3. A coronation medal match played IhLs afternoon was won by Mrs Cook (Castlecliff), 76—4—72. Mrs Rota (Hawera) was runner-up, 83—9 —74'. Mrs Cook's was the best gross score. The draw for to-morrow is as follows: Miss Currie and Mrs Findlay. Miss Hansen and Miss Helean. Mrs Johnston and Mrs Williams. Miss Harkness and Mrs McFaiiane. Miss Rathbone and Miss Newton. • Miss Gaisford and Miss Fleming. Miss White-Parsons and Mrs Collinson. Mrs Stout and Mrs J. M. Wilson. Miss Holmes and Miss Grace. Mrs McCarthy and Miss Rutherford. Mrs Rota and Mrs Blain. Mrs Grace and Mrs C. Wilson. M)«s K. Johnston and Miss O. Kay. Mrs Thomson and Miss Ormond. Miss Barns-Graham and Miss Blyth. A start will be made to-morrow with the championship foursomes, in which 64 competitors are engaged. This will be played over 18 holes, stroke play.

NOTES ON THE PLAY (PttE»3 4.S3OCHTIOM TEU6GKA.U.I WANGANUI, October 13. There was ideal weather for the first round of ' e women's golf championships. Though Miss Helean (Castlecliff) did not play so brilliantly as yesterday, when she registered the bc:t score of the day, she defeated Miss McKenzie (Rangitikei), 8 and 7. Miss Hansen (Miramar) and Miss Acheson (Nelson) had a close struggle, the former winning 1 up. Mrs Macfarlane won from Mrs Wilson (Hutt), the match going to the fifteenth, and Miss Macfarlane winning 1 up. Miss White-Parsons (ChristcTiurch) had an easy win from Mrs Russell (New Plymouth), the game ending at the twelfth. Mrs Guy Williams, a forme]- New Zealand title-holder, displayed good form to beat Miss Gambrill (Miramar), 3 up and 2. The holes were taken in rotation till the tenth, winch was the first hole to be halved. Miss- B. Gaisford (Marton) and Miss Bcadel (Christchurch) halved the first four holes. Miss Gaisford was 2 up at the turn, and she conceded the next to end in a bunker, but eventually won the matcn at the fifteenth. Mrs Kerr (Timaru) had an extremely close game with Mrs Cooke (Castlecliff). winning at the last hole. Miss O. Kay had an easy win from Miss O. Smith, 4 and 3. COMMERCIAL TRAVELLERS The following will represent the Commercial Travellers' Association in la match against the Templeton Golf Club for a cup given for annual com- | petition by Messrs R. King and L. S. | Ayres. The match will be played tomorrow, commencing at 9.30 a.m.:—L. J. Taylor, E. W. Hassell, H. Throp, F. I Banks, F. C. Wooler, L. S. Ayres, C. A. Cooper, H. L. Williams, L. A. Gor- ! don, J. L. Vergette, A. S. Spennan, A. E. Benzie, R. King, S. J. McCausland, H. Wells, D. Bryant, A. McD. Smith, Geo. Christie, A. L. Tucker, H. L. Babington, and S. L. Partridge. RANGIGHA LADIES' CLUB The draw for the October Ladies' Gold Union and club medal round, to bo played to-day, is as follows:—Miss Morrish and Mrs Menzies, T . Keetley and Miss J. Threlkeld, Mrs Davis and Miss N. Macdonald, Miss V. McDonald and Mrs Godfrey, Miss Ambrose and Miss Barrell, Mrs Buckingham and Miss F. Threlkeld, Miss D. Payne and Mrs Tolmie, Miss D. Bruere and Mrs Hughey. In the flag match played on Thursday. Miss N. Macdonald carried the Hag to the nineteenth green.