MOSS AND DOUGLAS

Evening Post, Volume CVIII, Issue 82, 3 October 1929, Page 11

MOSS AND DOUGLAS

MOBPETH BRILLIANT

WARD DIES HARD

(By Telegraph.) (Special to "The Evening Post.")

WANGANUi, This Day.

A. hot, almost breathless day, with a sun, that made coats superfluous, fast fairways, and greens that were getting fiery, were the conditions under which Morpeth did the outward nine in the afternoon yesterday in, 35, with a 5 in it at Seaview, where he was stymied, and Moss and Douglas fought out a stern game at Belniont yesterday. Ward was perhaps the only amateur who made a fight of it, and that was a rearguard action. It was hoped that Maef arlane, in view of his past achievements, would give Morpeth'- a' game, but though it looked like it at the first, Macfarlane developed errors of direction that made it impossible. The third amateur- rounds were over 36 holes. THE AMATEUR. ■ p • , : . ..■■".■■ .(Third Bound.) . .-.' ' :'-\j. L, Black beat.A, E. Eekstedt, 6 and:s. -" •■■■■■■■: ; • ; - 'A; G. Sinie "beat E. C. Ward, 3 ana 1. ■■.:,..-.■■. , , - ::'-S.- Morpeth beat E, M. Macfarlane, 9 and. 7. •■•.■■■ ' . ■ '■-■.■■■'. L. Cathro beat B. J. Smith, jun., 10 and'B. ■ ' ■ '' :■ MORPETH STEADIES DOWN. ; ' .Morpeth seemed to shake off Ms temporary staleness. in his morning round with Macfarlane, and from now on 'he will play marvellously good golf, with a few: characteristic gallant recoveries. He imissed a putt on the second, and was 1 down when he teed off at the fourth.' Both' were on the fourth green in two, but. Macfarlane half-stymied Morpeth, the slope making the shot hard, and Macfarlane was 2 up. This was destined to be his high-water mark. The short fifth' was halved. Morpeth was through the sixth green with his second, well up the bank, but Macfariane/s second found the bunker on the left. Playing a ' herculean explosion shot, he drove the ball well over the hill nearly into the gdrss, where the proceed-ing?-would have provided an interesting spectacle, but his return was in reach of the hole,,a fine shot. Morpeth took the. hole 4-6, and Macfarlane was 1 up. Macfarlane played a fine long iron out of the.rough at The Outlook, lying within 15ft of the cup, Morpeth, from a straight; drive, was close to him. Macfarlane missed, his. short putt,, and Morpeth was all square. The eighth was halved in 4's,- Macfarlane after .being short with his chip after a phenomenally long drive, was short with his approach .put, but holed a five-footer for his 4. Jiprp'eth was down, the middle at. Rand's End, and put his iron eight feet past the pin. Macfarlane was in the rough, but reached the green nicely. Both missed their long putts. Morpeth stymied Macfarlane, who tried unsuccessfully, to loft over. (Morpeth 1 up.) Macfarlane was bunkered at the tenth, and overran the hole, and missed the return. Morpeth's nine-foot putt lipped'the hole for a 2. (Morpeth 2 up.) Morpeth' looked like winning Long Tom, but \vas laid a.stymie.that even a golf wizard would have found difficulty and a half in 6's was carded. He was bunkered, at the twelfth, but recovered well and got his half. He took'a birdie 3at Alma, holing a four foot putt. At Encampment Maefarlane" pulled'.ij.is second," Morpeth taking a perfect 4;'■' French Pass was.halved in 3's. ' At Bunker's Hill both were over, the saddle, but Morpeth was in the rough to the right. In getting out, he narrowly escaped finding the bunker on the left of the green, but the hole was' halved in 4's. The seventeenth aend eighteenth were halved in 4's. Morpeth. was round in 73, and finished 4 up on,Macfarlane.

. Morpeth had. a big lead on Macf arlaue in the morning, a;id in tho afternoon going out in 34 (433534444)' was dormie 8 when the slope was halved in 3. . Tho match ended strangely, Morpeth playing a provisional ball from the tee,.and.Macfarlane losing his from the tee^' and'Morpeth winning 9 and 7. '■■■; ■% t. BLACK WINS GAME.\ ■■'. Eckstedt put his second ■ -in . tho bunker ••■aX. the first in, tho morning, but recovering, holed a fourteen footer for a win,. Black, taking three putts. Black, with a' six rfoot putt, took a nice 3 at the. second, but he was short with his second; and lost the third hole. The fourth; was,halved. Black took throe, putts ■at the-fifth, and Eekstedt was 2 up. Black won .the sixth-in a classy 4. The next three holes were halved, in par figures. The Slope was halved in 3 ancL Long Tom in 5. Eckstedt won the short" hole with a 2, and Alma, where': Black: to*>k-three putts, with a '4. ■•'-■ Black put his second out of bounds at Encampment, but won tho next four holes in' 3444, finishing all square. '■■.'

"Starting- -level in the afternoon, Black took the first from Bckstedt in 4-5, :fbnt: the latter took1 the next in 4's.'-''The ninth was halved in 4, and. the next two were halved. Black took Redan, Outlook, and Quarries in The. ninth was halved in 4, Black turning for home, after fours.at each hole, 36 out, four up. Ho won the Slope in 3. Long Tom was halved. Black took Terawhiti in 3, and the next was halved in 4, Black winning' 6 and 5, one under fours for the return. Smith was off his game in the afternoon, Cathro, who played well, winning six of tho first eight holes. Smith^won the ninth. Cathro won the tenth, winning 10 and 8. Ho was out in 544444445—38. "Ward was putting poorly in the afternoon against the formidable Sime, and did well to keep him down to his morning lead. Siine was round in 73 and Ward in 76 in the morning. Ward's card read as follows in the afternoon: Out, 5444525444—37; in, 44454345. -PROFESSIONAL TITLE. ■ Semi-final: •A. J. .Shaw beat C; o,' Clements, 4 and 3. B^.J. Moss beat E. 8. Douglas, 1 up. : CLASSIC STRUGGLE. The struggle between Moss and Douglas was the only really keen match of the day, and it was a classic, both from the quality of the golf and from the sturdy way in which neither player winked an eyelash in the face of occasional reverses. Douglas, as in the morning, was knocking at the door all the way round, gaining a hole or two on Moss only to drop them through mistakes or stymies. He drives a tre: mendous ball, with a particularly free swing, and: plays his iron shots after a quick look at the lie of the land and a brief address, wasting no time over any of his shots. It looks careless, as does the way he takes his stance, but it is merely that he feels quite at home and trusts a quickly formed opinion. He putts, as lie plays his irons, without any preliminaries, but the way in which ht- sank several four-footers at ; a crucial stage,of tho game showed that his methods suited him. He had tho .better of Moss in length with either wood or iron. Moss was inclined to play his iron shots short, and to .be short, with-his putts. He was straight throughout, and seemed extra careful. Round the greens, he was deadly, especially in laying long putts right against the can. • Level, pegging marked the round, between Douglas and Moss in the morning, - Douglas was 2 up at one stago, but at: the turn "they were all-square. Moss was oat in. 57 end Douglas iji SB.

Moss found the big bunker below the green at the tenth, "but got well out. Douglas's was a fine tee shot, nine feet from the pin. Moss putted, and nearly stymied . Douglas, who putted a long curly one outside Moss's ball and stymied Moss, taking the hole in 3. (Douglas 1 up.) Both wore in the wet rough to the left of the fairway at the eleventh. Both failed to get up the plateau with tholr secontJi. Doug>,as 's third was to the left and in the rough, <: but. he played a magnificent fourth to the pin, holed the putt, and the hole was halved. Douglas missed a putt at Terawhiti, and Moss took the hole in 3. (All square.) At Alma " Moss was in the rough to the left of the green with his second, and. was far too strong out. Douglas played a nice second,.and'laid his third dead,'taking the hole in 4-5. (Douglas 1 up.) The fourteenth was halved in 4. Moss, with a n'uo iron shot' to just past- the pin at French Pass, took the hole in 3-4. (All square.) Moss took Bunker's Hill, where Douglas's putt lipped the hole and turned away,f, in 4-5. (Moss 1 up.) Douglas stymied Moss at the seventeenth, and the game was all-square again. At the eighteenth Moss put his second in the bunker,, while Douglas reached the green, and laid his • third dead, but Douglas was stymied and a half resulted, the round ending all-square. Both did .75's. Douglas's card was 444544454 —38, 354444544—37. Moss's was 545335444—37, 453543464—38. , DING-DONG GOLF. :. In the afternoon the first was-halved in -4's. Douglas- won the second. Both got into the bunkers, at the third, which Douglas took-in 5-6. The fourth: was halved, and-Moss took the fifth, where (Douglas took three putts. Both missed six-foot putts at the sixth, which was halved in 5. Then the two steadied down, arid the golf was bettor. Both were on the edge of the seventh green in two, but Moss/playing a long semicircular chip, hit the pin dead centre, and the ball stopped just out. Douglas missed;.his four-footer, and the game was square. Moss just missed sinking an eighteen-fboter, which stopped on the verge, at the Quarries, for a 3, and a- half was recorded. The tenth saw pretty 3 's. Moss played a perfect brassie at; the eleventh, but was just short of the green. Douglas was in the rough, and was short with his iron. His fine third was on the green, too late to stop Moss.'s 4. (Moss 1 up.) Terawhiti saw Moss in the bunker on the near side of the green; and Douglas on its far: edge. Moss exploded ont. too strongly, and went right through into the rough. Douglas sank a long putt for a 3. (All square.) .Moss was' straight at the thirteenth, while Douglas was away to the^right, and though the latter played-a wonderful high iron to the green,. Mobs-sank his six-footer for a 3. r(Moss 1 up.)., The fourteenth was •halved in 4, Douglas just missing a long putt. Douglas was over under the fence at French Pass, while Moss sliced out over the ridge into the rough, Douglas taking the hole in 4-5. Bunker's Hill was halved Uneventfully in 4, Douglas holing.a four-footer to Moss's tren-incher. At* the Cabbage Tree Douglas pushed: his second outj and the bunker lay'between him and the green, but he pitched over nicely and lay four feet from the hole, sinking it. Moss nearly sank his third. Douglas's second at Home, lay far up the green, and he was short with his approach putt. Moss laid' his dead. Douglas was wide with his next putt, and Moss, missing the cupi stymied' him. Douglas tried to screw round, but failed, Moss winning 1 up. ■' ' '■■'.■.-■ OUT IN 33. Shaw was 5 up at one stage on Clements in the morning, and finished 4 and 3, doing a 73, 33 out (444333444)-. Shaw was not quite so good in the afternoon, but Clements failed to make up tlio lqoway, and Shaw finished 4 and 3. • ■-.-■■ <,' • -•;•-' ■■'■•., '. ■ ." / PKOrESSIONAIi HANDICAP. ' The following are the scores in the professional stroke handicap:— N.H. Fuller, 69-72—141. N. Bell, 71-74—145. .T. D. M'lntosh, 74-72—146. J. E. Galloway, 74-73—147. F. Eutter; 72-75—147. .. B. J. Smith, 72-76-^-148. < G. W.'Eitchie, 72-77—140. .; . E. C. Butters, 74-76—150. . L. Boss, 75-76—151. J. Lambie; 74-78—152. ■ J. Mowat, 77-76—153. F. Branch, 76-77—153. A. H. Dykes, 76-79—155. j , T. S. Galloway,; 77-78—155. J. G. Clements, 79-76—155. It was'unfortunato for E. W.'Perry, in his first appearance as a professional at a Dominion championship meeting, that he played Davo Clements' ball by mistake;when ho was standing well for a good scoro somewhere round 76, with an assisting handicap to bring him into 'the monoy. Clements had1 changed his ball from mesh to dimple unknownto Perry,' who was playing a dimple himself, and did not notice the error till too late-,/'.'. ;;.. :.'..'" ,; ' , ,