The Minneapolis journal., 1902-07-19
SPORTS
ROW BOATS NEEDED.
Semi-Finals at Glenview Played
-, Over Flooded Course.
BYERS AND JAMES ARE WINNERS
These Two Players Met in the Finals
TO-day-Byers a Slight -.
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Pittsburg and Louis James of the GlenvleW
club of Chicag won the swimming
matches at Glenview yesterday and were
declared eligible for the finals OF the ma
tional golf tournament.
The finals will be played to-day. The
u. s. Golf association officials say that the
tournament must be finished. The play
ers will wear life preservers, and tno
judges launch will accompany them over
the course, .;.-...-- -,
If Byers and James play In the form
they showed yesterday the game may not
be decided until the home green Is
reached, though Byers. on account OF the
marvellous golf he played Tuesday, when
he put Champion Travis out of the run
ming, is perhaps slight favorite. The
game will be played over the first nine
holes of the Glenview course, unless the
players shall elect to use row boats. The
low-lying lands, embracing the fair greens
to the tenth, eleventh, thirteenth and sew
enteenth green's and the greens OF the lat
ter two are covered with from two to ten
inches of muddy water, the result OF
the higher ground Of the first nine holes
is in exceedingly poor condition for play,
casual water abounding, while the whole
course is soft and treacherous Never
theless, the U. S. G. A. officials say the
championship contest must. be finished.
steady drizzling rain was falling last
night and prospects were that to-day s
game would be played under conditions
more suited to yachting than champion
ship golf.
The element Of luck entered largely into
to days games, although it did not affect
the ultimate results. Topped brasseys
that went into Cbunkers and then Jumped
out again. stymies, the use Of lofting
irons twenty feet from the holes, and
mol 11c vii features
the days play. DR.. Fredericks, in his
match with Byers, had three stymies laid
against him, one of which he cleverly
jumped and holed down. Young Reinhart,
who almost invariably gets off low drives
and brasseys, sent three OF them into
bunkers. Had they stayed In the hole
they would have probably been lost In
each instance, but each time the ball
jumped out into a good lie. Twice, how
ever, he topped iron shots into the duck
pond, the last time with fatal results as
it proved the deciding hole of the game.
Play Beautiful Golf.
Against this was golf under adverse
conditions that was beautiful. Reinhart' 8
ron shots, as rule, were perfec'. while
James and Byers' putting won them many
holes. James especially excelled in this
and practically won his game in the att
ernoon play by twice putting the gutta
percha In the cup from distances OF ABOUT
twenty feet. Should the weather clear
to-day, it Is probable that the largest
gallery that ever witnessed champion
ship contest will follow the play.
Byers and Fredericks were the first to
start. Fredericks did not seem to be
able to keep out of the water, and the
morning play ended with Byers four up.
Byers increased his lead to six up In
the first round of the afternoon, but the
plueky doctor stuck to him and cut the
lead down to three. Then Byers steadied,
held the men even and finally won out,
up to play.
The 10Th hole was halved. Byers took
the goth in three with beautiful 20-foot
putt, and the 21st In five, Frederics pull
ing his drive into the rough. The 22d
and 23d were halved in five each. Fred
ericks then took three straight the oath
with 20-foot putt. Byers knocked his
opponents ball In for a two on the 25th,
and his topped brassey third cost him the
26th. The 9th was halved. Byers took
the 2Sth in bogey s.. .'':.
Dormie four playing for the 33d, Byers
holed down q long putt for half, and the
game was his, up 8 to play. Afternoon
medal score: