The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1904-07-14
Youngest Entry in State Golf TOurna-
ment Defeats C. C. Allen in Final
Match for Championship.
SETS NEW RECORD FOR THE LINKS
e. j. Buchan Wins the Consolation Cup
of Glory ON Saturday Evening

ended in blaze Of glory on the links
of the Kenosha Club Saturday night,
and Dick Cavanagh, the youngest gol-
| fer in the Kenosha team, carried off
| the State Championship honors. It
was no f1uke, for his splendid mattel,
| by which he defeated Chester G. Allen
showed that he had the ability Of
which real golfers are made. The
last round of the championship fight
was the feature of the three days
play.
In the Saturday morning play Cav
anagh had made a ragged showing,
and the best he could get was % for
the first eighteen holes, but IN the af-
ternoon play starting from the initial
tee with handicap of FIVE down, he
shattered all golfng records in the
state by fighting his way to the front
and bringing in a card of 70, three be-
low DOGGY, and the best record ever
made in competition on the Kenosha
links.
E. j. Buchan, the former State
Champion, won the consolation cup
by defeating A. M. Tourte1otte of
Lacrosse by a score of four up, three
to play.
The interest in the matches Satur-
day afternoon was, Of course, CEN
tered on the fight between Cavanagh
and Allen for the state honor, and a
gallery of fully two hundred people
followed the players from the first
tee. Cavanagh was five down, and he
was noticeab1y nervous when he came
up for the final test. Allen was red
hot favorite on account of his defeat
of Vose, but Cavanagh was not with
out his hackers.
Cavanagh began his great race at
the first hole. He was hole high with
his mashie, and Allen was far from the
green. Cavanagh ho1ed it out for a
three, and Allen missed the put to
ha1ve the hole.
The second hole was half, each OF
the players going down in DOGGY four.
Cavanagh took advantage of Aliens
| drive to the grass on the third and
managed to send down long put and
| got the hole in FIVE, reducing the lead
of his older opponent to three.
On the fourth Allen got in the road
on his second, and this contributed
another hole to Cavanagh.
| The tables we're turned for mo-
ment on the fifth, when Allen got a
| nice two, ho1ing down a sixteen foot
| put, and Cavanagh could not do better
than DOGGY three. Cavanagh took
the sixth with DOGGY four, and while
Allen made four on the seventh and
| equa1ed the imaginary Colonel, Cava-
nagh went down in three.
The State Champion made it all
even on the eighth when Allen sliced
| his drive to the road, and before he
could recover Cavanagh had stolen
the hole in five.
The ninth was ha1ved in DOGGY and
| the boys started on the last nine holes
of the match all even. The tenth
was ha1ved in poor five both players
driving poorly. Cavanagh had to
play in DOGGY to ha1ve the eleventh
with Allen and both fell down again
on the twelfth and Allen took it in
four. Then luck came to the aid of
the coming champion, and on the next
hole he put down his approach, while
Allen was just behind him with a
| three. The fourteenth and fifteenth
were ha1ved in DOGGY four and five,
| but Cavanagh got his first advantage
| of the day on the sixteenth when AL
| lens second went to the bunker.
Allen managed to get down in six, but
| Cavanagh had put for three and
made an easy four.
On the next hole Allen tried hard to
win but Cavanagh was as steady as a
veteran and half in FIVE made him
one tip and one to go.
Allen drove a fast ball to the fair
green on the eighteenth and Cav
anagh pulled into the grass. He had
to take a mashie to get to the fair
green again and Allen with chance
to win tried to press the ball over the
bunker. He pulled to the grass and
it cost him the hole and his chance
for the championship. Once out of
the grass Cavanagh went to the green
| in two and was down on his sixth
Allen took seven and the match was
won and lost.
On the green a great crowd gath
cred about the young champion, and
half dozen of his team mates cha1-
1enged him at once. The cards for
the match were as follows:
r. p. Cavanagh, Kenosha.
Out. 1913 ASS 3-43 55-37
In. .....s..a..s.s5 5T5s2 5s4 S 1916
/ G. c. Allen, Kenosha. HI
Tout. 1862 6 543
In ...........5 34345 g S 7-42- IS
| IT will be noted that the card handed
1in by the new champion was one
Fstroke better than the best score made
Eby Harry Vardon on the Kenosha
links.
The contest for the second flight
cup was lost sight of in the exciting
struggle for the State Championship
and only a small gallery watched e
i r. Rrchan of Ra cine win tl1is trar,hv