The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1904-09-25
CANADIAN DEFEATS
AMERICAN GOLFER
George S. Lyon Wins Final
Match From Champion II.
Chandler Egan


ST. LOUIS. Sept 24.-Defeating Ma
tional Champion II. Chandler Egan, of
Exmoor club, Chicago, up, to play,
in the finals of the Olympian golf
championships at Glen Echo links to-
day, Georges. Lyon, former champion
of Canada, will take the massive tro-
ply and the Olympian gold medal to
his Toronto home. Egan lost the first
hole to his veteran rival shortly after
IL o'clock in the morning in deluge
of rain, and for the long route of thir-
+ ty-four hard-fought holes was never
up on the Canadian, playing an erratic
game. The cards follow:
G. S. Lyon. Toronto, Morning
IN 2q. .:;:5 : IS s 8 { 5 g-sssp
H n .. ....:s ii s sss 3 8 3 Gts
Out n ::.s { SIS ( 5 80
Egan-
IN 2pt .: ::::.s 4tt5s { !! ::- -
81 deserve to lose," said Egan. after
the game. 1.-The golf played by Mr..
Lyon was superior to mine. Any time
l fail to get away tee shots I merit
eefeat. Honestly, may say that was
zsst in physical condition to play hard
3Sme at any time this week. Last
Jeek's team matches were trying on
me, and thirty-six holes day for more
than week made me stale, to say
nothing of long play in the Western
and the National and the long railway
Journey
Eean Reduces Lead
tho nd
the hole. Egan was down to the
Canadian in the fifth. BY a brilliant
2 on the ninth green Egan reduced
Lyons lead to three holes. At the
fourteenth Egan was only ! down, but
he could not hold his temporary gain.
Taking each, the pair finished the
first eighteen holes after just two hours
and forty minutes of struggling in the
rain and on soaked links.
Erratic in his playing. Egan was
lucky to get a half at the nineteenth
green. His sliced tee from the TWEEN
tieth to the long grass brought series
of futile efforts to get out and Lyon
won the hole. The next two holes were
halved. The twenty-third and twenty
fourth holes were lost by Egan because
of penalized tee shots sliced into the
rough near the fence, Lyon winning by
safe golf. Lyon after a safe shot from
the twenty-fourth tee was penalized
by bye, which caused him to top his
second shot, and Egan who had fine
second. won. 4 to 5. At the twenty
fifth hole, Egan holed in three, while
Lyon pitched past the hole and failed
on his putt, Egan winning, to 4.
Egan was then down and he holed
some long puts to get halves on the
twenty eighth and twenty ninth and
thirtieth greens. On the latter green
the Canadian putted down a fifteen
foot putt for half, one of the finest
plays he made during the match. Lyon
was short on his approach at the thir-
ty-f1rst hole, and short on his approach
putt, and Egan took this hole from him
in perfect DOGGY, to Lyons 5. Egan
holed a twenty-foot putt for half at
the thirty second green, and was all
lowed to win it by a brilliant three
Sending his tee into the pond going
to the thirty third hole, Egan was I'M
able to overcome the effect of the first
advantage, and Lyon won, to 6, and
again was 2 up. Putting out tee shot
of 100 yards going to the nineteenth
hole, Lyon watched his young rival
press and slice his drive to the rough
Hitting tree with his second, Egan
batted away again and struck another
tree. Lyons third was perfect
mashie pitch to the green. Lyon won
the decisive hole and won the match,
up and to play.
Some consolation remains to the
Americans that two of the great Olym-
plan events went to Garden City golf
ers. Walter Egan captured the finals
of the first flight cup from Harry How
ard. of st. Louis. up and to play
Warren K. Wood, of Homewood and
Western Interscholastie intercham-
pionship, won the second fight from
Fred Semple, of st. Louis, up and Z
to play.
Trophies and medals were presented
to the winners at the club house in the
evening by Col G. S. McGrew, presi-
dent of the Glen Echo club and orgi-
nator of the olympian golf champion
ship.