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Dominion, Volume 2, Issue 312, 26 September 1908, Page 10

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THE DUNEDIN TOURNAMENT. ; " '.' AMATEUR CHAMPIONSHIP; \ (Br lELEGBAPB—PRESS ASSOCIATION.) ' ; • Dunedin, September 25. ; .The golf/tournament was continued;","'this ' afternoon, wlien the semi-finals of the''.amateur championship were played. Lusk beat Holmes, 2 up," and H. C. Smith beat Tro'love, 6 up - and sto play. The game between Lusk and Holmes was closely contested throughout, and both played very well. Lusk' meets Smith to-morrow to der :,cide the championship. ' NOTES ON THE PLAY; *' (BI TELEQaArH.—SFECIAL tDKRESFONDENT.) ' - Dunedin, September; 25. ,The third, round of match play. ; for - the amateur championship of; New Zealand took tplace.'this - .morning at Balmacewau, .Links " r under fairly good golf conditions;' the.-'only ;,drawback being a brisk breeze. The round " was. notable jfor the closeness of the plaj as . well as for. its excellence. Two of tho ' 'four couple's . finished the'round all square, and had to, go to an ■ extra hole to settle ; tho . issue. The . other two matches; were 'anybody's game right to the finish, c ■-. . .. The game, between H. C. Smith and Forbes was '.the one, that the spectators elected _ to .follow, and '.they, saw a most interesting struggle and.', some. fine golf considering , the 'state of tlie ..weather. I'orbes won' the-.first - hoj.q,' Smith's, second going into the- diteh. : The'' second hole' was halved in a had-,.Q. ] The. third hole Smith won through Forbes getting out'of . bounds, and teeing his' Ball ;.when, he' should have' dropped it ;, over his' head: Smith'' also'" won the; next two holes, ".'making hini 2. tip, but at the seventh Forbes ? Jaid.; him ' a',- stymie and ivon. 'The..eighth' '.was : halved;..and, Forbes winning thej ninth ; 'hdle was 1' 'up at'the turn. After this 'Smi.th "triok the lead and won the : tenth * and eleventh. ;At r the latter-hole Forbes found frpuble tbroiigh topping his'drive into'the • -rushes just/in .front of the tee,, and. as he -did : hot get-'out well, and subsequently,' .went into a ditch; 'lie picked up his ball. Tho; Koromiki hole, was halved in 5, Smith ' having ajratt to win, but he was again'stymied,' and ■ just ■ rolled off tho lip of • the hole. Going- to Anderston's Smith drove : splendidly against the wind, but Forbes got into .' rough ground to the - right. They- halved the hole in 7. Smith had got on 'to the , green with- his;, third, but took 4i"pUtts' to hoi?, out.: Forbes won the next hole in '5/ Smith missing a chance to halve through his 1 putt, hanging on the lip of the ; hole.,This! made- it all square and 4 to go. ; , Tho.next two holes wero halved in 4 a-piece., -Smith won, the seventeenth hole in an excellent 4, just" missing 3. Ho also won tho next,hole, .which ,he very nearly did in 2,. taking' 3.' ■ ; ../The two interprovincial cricketers,;'"Lusk and,Fisher,,had a close go all the way. -'Inisk, won,.the'first .hole through Fisher,. missing "a putt. The second was halved. Fisher won; jhe. third in 3 (bogey. 4), but Lusk regained . i lead of 1 up by winning the fourth hole. Jhe next two holes were halved, but-,Fisher Von the seventh and eighth, and as. tho ainth was Jialved Fisher was l;,.up . at the turn> ; Lusk'.w'on the tenth in'-1, Fjsher again missing, a short putt, but Fisher won the eleventh....,: Lusk, however, took;the next three., holes,: and gained a lead .of 2 -up. 'As the- fifteenth and sixteenth -holes were halved, Lusk. was dormy 2, but Fisher won the:last two holes in 4 and 3, and at [the end] of the. round it was all square, : ;iFisher having done the. round ill 85' to Lusk'si Playing the nineteenth, Fisher had the bad luck,"to driyoCbnt of bounds. However,'-he g'ot:,his third'.shot close to the hole. vLusk's ' Boconid shot-fjay, in'a bunker,'butVlie .made an: excellent.-.recovery,. and won the - , hdle. in 4,, Valid the . The driving of both imen all. through was splendid, and. in their general play hardly,,, a,^-,mistake was' -. nj.ade7p7h.ut Fisher's putting lost him the match. Another close' game was that between Holmes and Sams. • Holmes won the second, sixth, and ; seventh holes, ' and Sams the third, eighth, arid ninth, the first, four.th, and : fifth"' being halved, so that the players were all square at the turn. After the eleventh hole Holmes was 2 down. He won the swamp hole and the Gorge, . but lost • the ; fifteenth. He was then-.l down, and 2 to go,, but he won: the seventeenth in 4 and' halved the eighteenth in -3; playing the extra hole-for which tho bogey is 5.. Holmes got a splendid B,.Sams holing_m.4, altogether a-sensational . and ,splendid wind-up to a keen struggle. ■ Trolovp maintained the splendid form lie has shown this .week, arid put. doiyn W.-. M; Turnbull by the biggest margin in .the,round. He was 2up at-the turn. The next hole>was halved, and, Turnbull won tho eleventh s and the twelfth - was halved; Turnbull.; won- ; thp 'Anderston hole, and the swamp was halved. 'At the next hole Trolove got into, the rushes, and Turnbull won. At tnd seventeenth-hole Turnbull had-.the bad luck to drive too close to .the hedge.; Trolove 'got in a - fine sccond, and'.as Tnrnboll missed his and put it. : into; the rushes lie "picked it up. an'd Trolpve won 2: up, and 1 to go. Trolove has done very. .well , for a player who started "golf only two years ago on the wrong side of fifty. His play 'is a' tribute to' Herd's coaching, for Trolove placed himself entirely in the ; professional's hands, and did exactly as he,was told all along. • ' ' WELLINGTON CLUB: . ; The following is the draw and order of play for the Panfurly Cup foursomes:—' 'Lees and Briinskill v. Robison and Trimnell. " Hpdson ind 'M'Shane v. Maitland and Hales. "'..... > • ; ; ;Pearce and George v. Tennent and/Rawsbii. ■!/Fussell and'.Hadfield v. Hughes'and AVylie. A.;';Young'-'aad A. Duncan v.' Chaffe'y ind Pike. ' ' ' , v M'Kee and Frost v. Geo. Johnson and How. defi; Dalziell and Bell v. "Webster and Mason. " . KARORI CLUB. ' ; 'V' ; '. The following is the draw for-medal competition to be played at'Miramar to-day:— Freetli v. E. A. Liddle, Harbottle v. Brodie, Cacbemaille v. Boyd, ,E. H. Liddle v; Smith, Fussell v. Robieson, Didsbury v. Shand, • .Coates v. Killick, Ward v. Jones, Watkins v. R. Cook. ... • . . .The, following is the draw for the competition for the trophy.presented by' Mr. Coates: —Killick v.' Cook, Swanston v. Rothcnberg, M'Kenzie v. E. H. Liddle; Harbottl# v.. Robieson, Erskine v. Shand, Smith v. Freeth, Cachemaille v. Jones, E. A. Liddle v. Brodie, Didsbury v.i Sutton, Hjorring v. Boyd. . '

The weekly ".'ambulance meetings at. the Missions to.:Seameu still continue to- attract large audiences, as was shown last; night, when thd'.'institute ivaa comfortably filled. Instructive information regarding 'health ..matters was 'given by. the missioned Mr. .'James Moore, who also gave demonstrations .showing the.correct way of bandaging scalp , wounds, fractures, etc. A competition, ' taking tho form of rescuing a patient from a fire, was won by sailors from ships in port. Mr. and Mrs. Jones .provided an'; cnjoyable programme of music, the : ;'followinj*; contributing items: —Misses E. \Bartbn;'-; M.' Jones, M. Packer, Ivy Jones, Messrs:i;F.j Bray, Culverwell, and Taylor ("Marjory Glen"). Mrs. Gilmore acted as accompanist. Tho performers were accorded a 'hearty voto of thanks at the conclusion - of ' the! meeting. " ' , ■■■■■'■ . .The proposal of the Civil Service Association to hold. a. concert and dance next .month ' has been taken up with enthusiasm 1 : . Cpm-* bined sub-committees have been;constituted as'follows:—Music: Misses Cooper, O'lleilly, Messrs. Keenan, and' Pope; ; Catering: Misses M'lntosh, It. Orr, Messrs. Arnold "arid Collins.; Misses " Craig, Hishon, Ritson, and Messrs. Arnold, \CoI-, lett, and Gjbson. . . | . . '.The Oddfellows and Foresters foregathered in tho Manchester Unity Hall last night .for; the purpose.of competing for the Represent tativo Cribbage . Shield, and after "an..", in- 5 teresting contest victory rested with tho Oddfellows, by one point, tho scores'being r Oddfellows,, 63 ; Foresters, 62. Bio.. J.' : F. Q'Sullivan, Prov. G.M.. received the, shield ■on -behalf of, the Oddfellows, Bro. Geo. Key, XP.G.It;" making tlio presentation. .. .Bro. ' C. D. Kobcrtson acted as secretary.; , Another interesting list of properties is ad-vt-rli.-i'i! in this issno liy Messrs. W. H. Turn : bull ami' Co.,' 0f.5 Panama Strcqt. , .