The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1900-07-26
VARDON is DEFEATED.
George A. YuIe and Chester Allen
Lower the CoIors of the Cham
pion in dn Exciting Contest.
KENosHA MEMS GREAT SCORE.
vardon Is Forced to Surrender at the 18th
Eole With Score of Up, Co Play
George Yule Beats Champion.

Harry Vardon, the champion of two
continents, was defeated on the links
of the Kenosha Country Club We'd
nesday afternoon by George A. Yule
and Chester Allen, purely amateur
team, and for the second time in the
history of Vardon as champion his
co1ors were lowered before amateurs
in a best ball contest. But this is not
all the honor that has been won by the
Kenosha club for G. A. Yu1e unas-
sisted defeated the champion, making
a medal score of SO for the Is, holes,
while the champion was forced to take
one stroke more to complete the circuit
of the course. The victory was de-
cisive one for at the sixth hole on the
second round the Kenosha players we're
up with to play. For the benefit of
the large gallery that was following
the match the players decided to play
out and the match ended with score
of three up for the Kenosha players.
The match was the finest exhibition
of golf playing ever seen on the
Kenosha links. 1t was given out that
Vardon was suffering from an attack
Of tonsi1itis, and on this account his
game was not up to the standard, but
those who followed the players about
the links know that the champion put
up beautiful game and the only way
to account for his defeat was the fact
that the Kenosha players knew the
links better and played the game just
as we'll as the champion. Vardon had
won a very easy victory on the links
in the morning, and many of the spec
tators expected that he would duplicate
the victory by a defeat of Allen and
Yu1e, but they had failed to count on
the abilities of the players against
whom the champion was matched.
Certainly Yu1e played as good game
as Vardon and Allen was not far be-
hind. From the first the Kenosha
players led.
Yu1e led with a bad drive for the
first green but overcame his disad-
vantage by making phenominal put
which won the hole. On the second
course he duplicated the work and
Vardon and Allen both had a hard
time IN the bunker. The third hole
| fell to Allen in four. Vardon had some
hard luck in the fourth but managed to
get the hole in three on account of
some loose playing by the Kenosha
men. He took the fifth well in hand
but Yu1e came to the front with an
other wonderful put and the champion
was forced to ha1ve the hole. Yu1e
won the sixth in a walk, defeating
both Allen and Vardon by one stroke.
The seventh was ha1ved and Vardon
won the eighth in the DOGGY score.
The ninth proved to be a hard hole for
all three players, each taking six
strokes.
At the end of the first round the Ke-
nosha players were two up, and it was
apparent that they had the match well
| in hand. Vardon seemed weak on
his driving, and the work of the
champion on the greens was far below
what had been expected of him by
the members of the Kenosha club. On
the other hand Yu1e and Allen both
were strong. Allen was driving neck
and neck with the champion, and in
the close play Yule proved his superb
ority to the champion.
The second round was simply a
repetition of the first. Vardon con-
tinued to fall down on his close play,
and the work of Allen and Yule
seemed even better than before. Up
to the sixth hole where the match was
concluded, the Kenosha players al
lowed the champion but one hole,
while he was very lucky to ha1ve
another. AT the finish the crowd had
been greatly increased, and the Keno
sha victors were received with round
after round of applause.
In defeating Vardon the Kenosha
players have accomplished something
that has been done but once since
Vardon won the championship. He
was defeated by purely amateur
team at Yale college, but all other
teams that have defeated him have
been professional.
The summary for the afternoon
| scores was as follows: