The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1902-07-18
PLAYED IN THE RAIN.
Glen View Golf Course is Gov
cred With Water.

Glen View Golf Course, ILL.,, July 49,
There is prospect that the concluding
games of the National Amateur Golf
championship may have to be postDon-
ed When Secretary Heebner of the
United States Golf association. and the
golfers who were scheduled to play in
the semi-fnals today reached the Glen
View course this morning, they found
Skok1e creek, normally a shallow, mar
row stream. swollen to four times its
usual volume while vast ponds of water
lay on the fair green's all over the
course The thirteenth and Seventeenth
greens were almost entirely submerged
and If it is finally concluded to play,
the games will necessarily be played
over the first nine holes of the course.
Last nights terrific storm played havoc
with the course. washing out a number
of the wooden bridges and so thorough
ly soaking the course that even in the
higher ground the fair greens were al
most like quagmire in their softness.
There was some talk of playing the re-
naming games over the Wheaton
course.
entire course and conferences with the
contestants, the United States Golf as
ISOLATION officials decided against
postponement of the championship
games and the first pair in the semi
finals We're called to the first tee at
1920 a. m. 1t was decided to hold the
play over the first nine holes of the
course, as the flooded condition of a
large number of the last nine made it
impossible to use Them No local
ground rules were decided upon, only
the United States Golf association rules
regarding the water on the green's ap-
plying. When play was called the rain
was coming down steadily. a thin mist
dark, low-hanging clouds gave no
promise of improving weather condi-
TONS
The first green 427 yards from the
tee was barely visible through the
rain and mist, while $50 yards from the
tee and stretching half way across the
fair green was a pond that threatened
disaster.
the first pair to start DR.. F'redericks
got off a beautiful drive, while Byers
sliced into the rough. He was on the
green in his third. Fredericks' third
was over, in casual water, and it was
Byers' hole, 5-6 Both used lofting irons
on the green.
Both got good drives and approaches
for the second. and the hole was halves
in four. Third hole-Byers' third stop
ped two yards from the cup an uphill
putt. while Fredericks was five yards
away. He missed a four-foot putt for
a half. Byers up.
Fourth hOle-This went to Bvers 5-6.
Fredericks was short on his third and
over on his fourth. Byers was within
a yard of the cup on his third, but
| missed the putt.
Fifth hole-Fredericks pulled his drive
into the rough and took four to reach
| the green. Fhe hole was Byers, 4-6
Sixth hole also went to the Pitts
burger, ST.
Fredericks took five to reach the
green. while Byers' brassy third was
well up the slope.
Seventh hole was halved in DOGGY three
Eighth holee-Byers topped his brassy
second, his first misplay, but daringly
played long brassy third over the pond.
The hole was halved, &c.
Ninth hole-Fredericks drive found the
pond and the hole went to Byers, 49,
ByerS up at the turn.
At the end of the ninth hole of play
Byers was up his rival, DR.. Freder-
| icks. having made runaway race of it
by reason. of his better approach and
green work.
| Fredericks did not seem to be able to
| keep away from trouble and casual wa
| ter. Reinhart, the Princeton crack picked
| up, squared the match and was up at
| the turn. James lost the fourth hole by
Remnants perfect 125-yard approach won
| the next and then went to pieces on the
next two holes by poor massie approach
| work. At the seventh the match was
| square and then James lost the next two
| by reason of poor brassy and approach
| work