SECOND DAY—TUESDAY

Otago Witness, Issue 2808, 8 January 1908, Page 36

SECOND DAY— TUESDAY

The annual tournament of the Otago Golf Club was continued yesterday on Balmacewen Jjiukst In the morning, when H& second!

" Colonel " Bogey Handicap was played, the weather was very favourable, but in the afternoon, when the chief event was the first round of the Otago Amateur Championship, a tricky north-east wind was blowing, and this, to some extent, militated against good golf. The detraction, howeveT, was not sufficient to materially interfere -with the play of several of the competitors, as some of the cards handed in ■showed a score whicti would have been creditable under the most favourable conditions. Both A. F. Roberts and F. L. Biss did the 18 holes in 83, whilst H. C. Smith and B. J. Smith did the round in 86 and 87 respectively. The Cixajnpionship is decided on an aggregate of fooir rounds, during eacsh of wh.ch a handicap event is also played 1 . Judged by yesterday's play the remit is very open, but the probabilities are that, as usual, the champion will be forthcoming from amongst the short-handicap men. SECOND BOGEY HaAjICAP. The second Bogey Handicap, which wa3 played during the forenoon, resulted in W. T. D. Harmam and J. R. Pa,rk tieing for first plaoe with 4 up. The play off of the tie was taken on the scores in. the first round of the Championship, and this gave the advantage to _J. R. Park by a margin of 10 strokes. The following are some of the best cards handed in: —

The tie for second place in the First Bogey Handicap between W. C. MacGregor and H. D. Strorach was decided in this competition, resulting in H. D. Stronach be:ng placed second to A. F. Roberts, who was the winner of the handicap.

MEDAL HANDICAP. A Mecjal Handicap, which was played in conjunction with the Championship round, was won by F. L. Biss with a net score of 79. The following are a few of the best

TEAMS MATCH. The position of the Interclub Match, which is decided on ' the aggregate scores of the first two wrands -of the Championship, was, at the close of yesterday's play, as follows: —

The annual Championship, tournament of the Otago Golf Club waa continued on the Ist and 2nd of January, A rather light south-west wind prevailed on Wednesday, but it was not sufficiently strong to affect the play. In. the morning the second round^of the Championship was pl«yed. The most notable -feature of this was the fins round accomplished by H. A. salmon, who completed the course of 18 holes in 80. A. F. Roberts was again in good form, and his card showed 82 for the round. G. H. MacEwan showed some of his old form, with a. score of 82. W. W. Hyslop, who hails from the Home Country, was credited with 83; while the brothers H. C. and B. J. Smith were consistent with 85 and 88 respectively — their exact scores in the first round.

In the afternoon, when the third round of the championship was played, A. F. Roberts fell away somewhat, and it took him 88 strokes fpr the round; while H. 0. Smith, with 83, drew level with Roberts in the aggregate; B. J. Smith, with 82, being a. stroke behind the leading men. The weather conditions on the 2nd for the fourth round of the championship were none too good. A strong southerly wind was blowing, and this militated against good play.

to all holes coming up against the wind. Hamilton Smith and A. F. Roberts started off the round with scores all even, and Basil Smith one stroke behind. The conditions were favourable to H. Smith, who did the round with the very creditable score of 81, and' -who had an easy win of the Championship. Si'aerts was not up to form, and took 98 for the round, as against U6 by Basil Smith. Following the the results of the play: — AMATEUR CHAMPIONSHIP OF OTAGO.

Otago No. 1. H. G. Smith .. ..' .. .. B. J. Smith -. A. F. Roberts Gr. H. MacEwan .. 85 .. 8G .. 83 .. 105 359 Otago No. 2. H. D. Stronacli "W. C. MacG-regor R. J. Smith H. A. Salmon .. 88 .. 97 .. 93 .. 91 369 CHRJSTCKUHCH. W. T. D. Harman B. C. Rutherford James A. Gow A. C. Fryer .. 9S .. 96 .. 99 .. 97 390 Timaett. C. T. H. Perry 8.~ Sommerville A L. Marshall N. K. Cox , ...100 .. 106 .. 99 .. 108 413 Alexandra No. 1. J. A. O'Kane R. Ross G-. L. Cuthbertson J. a. Hyde „ .. .. 101 .. 119 4. 117 .. 107 Alexandba No. 2. W. L. Laidlaw It. Gr. Reilly J. J. Dumsday . . -j •, . i J. R. Bartholomew -a« ..• .. 444 . 106 107 .. 106 .. 126 445

ire ds: — F. Ti. Biss A. F. Roberts H. C. Smith H. I>. Stronach B. J. Smith .. W. W. Hyslop H. Brasch Gross. Hew. Net. ..83 4 79 .. 83 — 83 . 85 — 85 .. 88 3 85 .. 88 — 86 .. 87 — 87 ..93 6 87

The following were the scores under 1C in the first round of the Championship : — A. F. Roberts 83 F. 1?. Biss 83 H. C. Smith 85 x B. J. Smith 86 ■W. W. Hyslop ■ .. .. 87 H. D. Stronach 88 H. A. Salmon 91 C. Turnbull 92 H. Brasch 93 J. A. Biirt .. '. 93 R. J. Smith 93 P. Y. "Wales 94 "W. R. Darling 94 B. C. Rutherford 36 W. C. MacGregor - .. 97 J. R. Park 97 A. C. Fryer 97 W. T. D. Harman 98 Jlames A. G-ow 99 Erneat Smith 99 J. R. Scott 99 A. L. Marshall 99 (H

OTAOO CHAMPIONSHIP. First Round.

'. R. Park . *.. .. V. T. D. Harman - . 3. W Cardale „ . ). G-. Soolon . .. I. D. Sfcronach .. ' A. Gow 1. C. L. L~ Marshall . . 3-. Armstrong • *. . ?. W. Mac Lean I. C. Smiti .. . i. J. Smith .. 3. T. H. Perry .. .. r. A. O'Kane . .. 3. A. Tapper Hp. 9 11 11 2 3 2 2 8 11 4 6 11 Score A. up 4 up 3 tip H up 1 up 1 up All square All squaari All squari All squar< 1 down 1 down 1 down 1 down 1 down

INTERCLTTB MATCH. Concurrent . with "the first and second rounds of the Championship an Interclub Match was played, with the following result: Otago No. 1. H. C. Smith 85 85 — 170 B. J. Smith 86 86 — 172 A. F. Roberts 83 82 — 165 G. H. HacEwan 105 82 — 187 , 691 Otago No. 2. H. D. Stronach 88 89 — 177 W. C. l.'acGregor .... 97 88 — 185 R. J. Smith 93 88 — 181 H. A. Salmon „ ... .. 91 80 — 171 714 Chbistchctbch. W. T._D. Harman .. .. 98 101 — 199 B. jC. Rutherford .... 9b 85 — 181 James A. Gow 99 87 — 186 A. C. Fryer 97 96—193 759 TIMABTr. C. T. H. Perry 100 92 — 192 R. Sommerville 106 96 — 202 A. li. Marshall 99 90 — 189 N. X Cox ' 108 96—204 *^ 787 Alexandra No. 1. J. A. O'Kane 101 96.— 197 R. Ross 119 103 — 222 G-. L. Cuthbertsan .. .. 117 99 — 216 J. G. Hyde 107 103 — 210 845 Alexandra No. 2. W. L. Laidlaw .. .. 106 100 — 206 G. Ij. Reil'.y .. .. 107 103 — 210 J. J. Dumsday .. '. .. 106 115 — 221 J. R. Bartholomew .. .. 126 112 — 238

(O rg rjj T3 __. H 2 S2S 2 M 2 "2 ft H. C. SmitTx -.. 85 85 83 81 — 334 B. J. Smith ..86 86 82 96—350 A". F. Roberts ..83 82 88 98 — 351 H. D. Stronach ..88 89 93 93 — 363 H. A. Salmon ..91 80 98 96 — 365 W. W. Hyslop . . 87 83 97 98 — 365 H. Brasck . . . . 93 91 33 35 — 372 F. L. Biss .. ..83 97 91 101 — 372 B. G. Rutherford . . 96 85 93 99 — 373 R. J. Smith .. ..95 88 97 99 — 377 C. T. H. Perry . . 100 92 94 92 — 378 A. L. Marshall ..99 90 88 101 — 378 J. 0. Kettle . . . . 101 87 91 101 — 380 J. W. H. Wood .. 100 95 86 101 — 382 J. A. Burt .. „ 93 100 93 100 — 386 E. Smith .. .. 99 93 97 97 — 386