WELLINGTON FALLS OUT

Evening Post, Volume CVIII, Issue 63, 11 September 1924, Page 7

WELLINGTON FALLS OUT

GREAT RECOVERY BY BLACK

PROVINCIAL CHAMPION BEATEN

(BY TELEOK.H'II.) (From "Baffy," "Tho Post's" Special Reporter.)

' : : AUCKLAND, lOtli-September, . MiM, hazy weather ruled for tho third round of the amateur golf championships at Middlemore to-day. The feature of the results, sofar', as ■Wellington' is concerned,, was the defeat of -those 'remaining of their representatives, leaving Lust and.Gunspn, of Auckland, Goss, of Waganui, and'L. Quin, of Haw era, to play out the semi-finals on' Friday. Gunson, a youthful player who has been prominent in Auckland golf'this season, disposed of R. D. Wright, holder. of the provincial and Auckland Club championships, and goes into, the .semi-final to meet Quin. Quin is one of three brothers who qualilied, and is an, example of what the golfing temperament and assiduous practice can do on the facilities provided by a nine-hole country course. Both. are good players, equipped with a- suitable nei1' vous system; but Quin has proved the better player in his matches, and has scored much better than Gunson, who has varied brilliant holes with poor ones. Goss, the present holder and defender of the amateur title, played splendid golf to beat J. L. Black, the only Wellington representative: left in.the event who had any chance of reaching the final. The only mistakes made in the 'match by Goss were at three holes running in the second round, where he took three putts; but this failed to shake him, and at two";of'the. next three he laid; his approaches absolutely dead. Lusk struck an easy quarter.of the draw and had substantial wins all the way. In Goss ho will meet a different proposition, but neither player is likely to give many chances to the other, though I fancy Goss's chances in spite of his disadvantage in local knowledge. He has played beautiful golf in the amateur so far, and has every chance of retaining tho title he gained oil his own links last year. -..".• ■:.. - ■ POOR SCORING. Poor scoring was shown -in tho. Gun-son-Wright match, -which proved, the biggest draw to Auckland spectators. There were several 6's in the 'first few holes, , Wright suffering from, a pull .with his ' wooden, shots and Gunson being patchy round tho greens. Both players took well over 80 for the morning round, which finished with Gunson 1 up. In the afternoon, Gunson continued to hold the advantage, and increased his lead t0.6 up at tho. ninth, where he was three over 4's.' Wright then made a start to reduce- the lead, and got it down to 3 and 4 with excellent play. At the fifteenth, however, Gunson secured another win. and a half in 5 at the sixteenth gave him a win. 3 and 2. ' .'" BLACK'S DOWNFALL; ■ A gallery, consisting mostly of Wellington and Hutt players, joined .Goss and Black. Black was pushing his second shots'and'putts, getting left-hand in, and could.not stand' up to Goss, who played steady golf to finish '6 up, on Black at the end of the first round, having done the round in two over 4's and-one over par. , On going out in the afternoon, Goss won the first Jiole, putting him 7 up. The next "two were halved, Goas being lucky at the second,. where he duffed his tee shot and put his second into the rough, but he holed out in bogey. Black won the -fourth, and the next four were halved in par-, .figures. '-.At the ninth, tenth, ; and eleventh Goss took three putts each, Black winning the holes in par, but he pushed his second shot into the wind at the next and lost it, winning it,back at the thirteenth, where he sank a. Yory_. difficult putt. Tho next hole ho missed a putt of "two feet, mid Goss was dorniy 4. Black demonstrated what a, fine match player ho is by winning the .next-two in par figures, but the end camoat tho seventeenth, where he topped his iron second; Goss playing a beautiful shot out of the rough to win the hole 4 to 5 and tho match 3 and 1. - . L. QUIN SHOWS EXCELLENT FORM.. Tho Wangaivui veteran, J. vUarold, was put out by L: Quin, 5 and 4. Play-. ing excellent golf and scoring about 4's, Quin held the advantage throughout, wjuning at the fourteenth green; .After being 2 up at the end of the first. A few minutes later, Conway, and H. B. Lusk finished at the same green. Playing against a man with perfect local knowledge and being outdriven continually, Conway made a splendid showing/being only-1 down at the end of the first round. In the afternoon, however, he found Lusk excelling himself, and though Conway scored to bogey on the second ■ round, he soon found himself 4 down, Lusk playing a few strokes better, and winning 5 and 4. .-.' •■■'.' The professionals were "engaged in a handicap match, and remaining amateurs in a bogey competition. R. 0, Butter's won the professional match with net 149 for .36 holes. E. L. Bartleet and R. 0. Gardner, 2 up, tied jn the amateu^ competition.. .'■•..'.. „ To-morrow is an off day, to be filled with a medal competition. ~ :