The St. Louis Republic., 1904-09-21
Holder of The Republic Cham
pionship Cup Won Brilliant
Match of 81 Holes.
LAMBERT DID SPLENDID WORK
PLAYING Walter Egan. the Glen
Echo Crack Made il New Rec
ord for His Home Links
-. Louis Players.
Bun P. McKinn... holder Of III. R.pub-

Bum p. McKinn... holder OF The Repub-
lie Cup which carries with IL the title Of
amateur golf champion of 81. Louis, was
the star performer in the frs, round o-
the olympic EoIf tournament at Glen
Echo yesterday
Mr.. McKinnis defeated Harold Weber
OF Toledo. o.. one UP ir th,rty-seven holes
| This means that n: the end Of thirty-six
holes. ana after making some isD strokes
each. the players tied. An extra hole was
played TO decide the match. McKInnle's
nerve was fnwless- He won the extra hoIe.
"a >. and the match.
Though those who never pIayei III.
game will scarce believe il. golf at times
produces contest most trying on the
| nerves The game between Mckinnie and
Weber was certainly 4 rerye-rackev.
Weber; slender. nervous young fellow,
] with Mckinn.c, all through the day In
the morning round Mckinnie led him one
hole or the eighteen played. IN the after
| noon Weber at once evened up affairs and
soon went TO the front. From the twenty
third To- the tnirty-sixth hoI. Re led Nc
kinIlie one u- two holes Weber was
hail. approaching well and putting spIen-
! cidly-
STRAIN TELLS ON PLAYERS.
Al the ihirty-second hole the men began
to give way under the strain and 10 putt
wildly. NcK;nnic was two down at the
thi-ty-Scconi hole and bad putting BY both
men made tho thirty-third and thirty
fourth holes halves. Weber should have
won both. Turning fer the seventeenth
green. McNinuia vas two down and two
20 play-"dorrnie two" as IL is known in
solf. he had - w.a the next two holes
to tie the match. half at either would
The close match attracted a large gal
lery at the finish and the winner and
loser were heartily applaudef. the one for
his skill and pluck in sratchinc victory
from the jaws OF defeat the other for his
manly manner o. losing.
LAMBERT-S BRILLIANT SCORE.
Il was another great day for ST. Louis
on the links. Next TO McKinnie and per-
haps TO a greater extent than Mckinnis.
did Albert Lambert bring glory TO the
World 5 Fair city. NJ. Lambert piaye ed
Walter Eran. a Chicago crack. and beat
him sounciy. seven UP and six TO play.
The game was oae-sidei indeed and IL
chiefly remarkable for the fact thar Mr.
Lambert did the thirtysiN holes N record
- in the afternoon.
This is the record for thIrty-eight holes
Of play At Glen Echo. and is two strokes
better than the ~ made by s c. Stick
ney and Ralph McKit,rick. who led the
qualifying round on Monday. S. q Stick
uey. too. played fine golf and smothered
W = smith. tS-cl1Grflpt OF PtiilGlslpEla-
. UP and . to play. sesickrey was on the
top OF his game. while Smith was weak
in his putting. Ralph Aickittrich had A
hard game with that sterling golfer. Doug
ias Cadwallacer. OF Springfield. III Nc
hittrick was UP and to play on the
seventeenth green. a clean. hard match.
Arthur Suekney disposed Of thai e.eve1
Up and 1 to play Both boys played Tie
very best kind Of gclf TO the thirty-second
hole: where Stickney was l NJ. Going
-k. kf~s.- gwl a.rl
short and caught the cap bunker. while
Stickney's second was n beauty brassie 10
the green This made Stickney do-mie
TWO. SmOot went 10 pieces on the thirty
fifth green and los; tn. match
ST. LOUIS PLAYERS SUCCESSFUL.
Harry Allen OF ST. Louis did fire work
peating w. X. Wood OF Chicago UP and
20 play Jesse Carleton. who was play
ing well, found tartar in the boy. II. E
Sawyer. a Chicago Junior. who beat him
up and to play Fred Semple fell be-
fore Mason Phelps. anether o. those
to pay while A. {. Nickery went down
to isnomious defeat before Allen Lard o!
and 10 play. terrific slaughter. Yet
Nat Moore went this some better when
he beat y. ". Jones L up and ~ to
play.
EVANS DAY OF LEISURE
Chandler Esan had an easy day. and
Toledo. eight UP ana six to play. IL was
a mere putting match for Egan- The rest
will help his play To-day: when he again
runs against what looks ike an easy prop
osition in Nat Moore. even il that Young
gentleman did beat Mr.. Jones so badly
yesterday.
beaten by a Havemeyer of New jersey
in conclusive fashion Bob Hunter OF
Chicago very easily disposed OF the other
Havemeyer boy; Robert ud.v, sisnr Hp ana ana
Alien Lard are the only Eastern men left
in the tournament
The day WAS almost IDEAL for colfinE
purposes. being bright and clear. with only
!. licnt wind blowing
rose within him, HIS drive to the thiTty,
his tee shot within three feet of Mckin,
MES Weber got bit excited here ana
insisted upon playing TO a green ne could
indicated TO him His approach was away
to the right OF the green and in the long
grass McKinnle chivalrously followed a
and was also in the long grass to
the right l; was n ticklish point.
however. fooled his mashie approach out
hole McKInnie had a fine chance here. but
was short also. Weber oyerran the hole
with his putt for a four.
McKINNIE'S BOLD STROKE.
Here is where McKinnie won the match.
on 4 rough green. He played carefully
and hoIed the twenty putt IL WIS splen-
did play at critical moment. and de-
served the warm applause bestowed up.
hole to tie. His drive was high ana
short. a buffers shot Weber sent out a
screamer. McKinnie's second, splendid
hrassie recovery. almost reached Weber's
second. which was short Eoth men ap-
preached well. Weber bit the better. Nc
Kinnie's approach putt was perfect. II
still putting too strongly. overran the hole
by two feet He had to play the odd.
His ball trimmed the cup; ran around IL
but did not drop in McKinnic tapped
down and tied the match by the sixteenth
part OF an inch
Roth men drove well to the thirty-scv-
the cup with their approaches. McKinnie
put; beautifully as on the home green
Weber was shor. for three. then overran
done % " on O the home green. 4 tap and Nc
Kinnie was down IN four. The match was
his The contest was the best ever seen
Splendid game. His sole fault lav in his
poor putting at the end. Yet he was
never weak or afraid. but rather over bold.
vigorous and s,ron ,i He lost ng, he
throughout. and fseld HIM safe at the long
game. but McKinnie far outplayed him on
the greens.
McKinnie-s tremendous rally in the last
two holes. when he seemed thoroughly
well beaten. was admirable His aD-foot
putt on the seventeenth green was a mag
nificent exeniplifcation of clean grit and
skill Thereafter Weber's poor putting
made II easy for McKinnie. though the
latter's last three puts. two of them per-
feet and one pluperfect. were all that
could be desired by the most captious OF
critics.
six 81. Louis players have worked their |
way into the last sixteen Unfortunately |
the luck of the draw demands that two |
of these shall meet In f-atricidsl strife |
this afternoon a. r. Lambert and Ralph |
Mckittrick must oppose each other, while /