The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1905-07-24

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y of the Butte-Salt Lake golf tour y
y Thompson won from Green.
y up
= McGurrin won from Hodgens, 10 =
, Copp won from Richards. up. =
y Hardness won from Arthur, y
= Hale won from McCvimmon. =
y up.
= wicks won from Palmer. up. y
y Holman won from HOlbrook. 3 '
Y up
y the tournament today, play 10 be =
= gin at p. m.
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F you heard a deep. gentle murmur
as of a babbling brook or rustlinS
winds in the pines or any other
soothing sound. yesterday afternoon
late, it was probably an echo of the
sigh of relief that went uD from the
Country club when the members dts
/ covered their team had wallOped the
Butte visitors in unhOly fashion on the
first half Of the golf match FOR the
The night before a cave Of gloom
would have been cheerful compared
with the Salt Lake teams emotions
| They had seen the men from the north
play rings all round the best OF the
| local players and it was ten dollars 20
a cancelled postage stamp that the
! LeysOn cuD would stay in Silver Bow
/ county, state Of Montana, : :.
When the first half of eighteen holes
! was finished yesterday afternoon. the
bulletin board showed that every butte
man had lost, and in every case the
margin of safety for salt Lake was
I comfortable. The handicap against the
visitors will be hard To overcome on
/ the final round today even by briilant
/ play throughout. and the prospects Tor
/ a Salt. Lake victory are good. though
reversals Of form are not uncommon
| in the Scotch game and a Butte VIC
tory is still possible, though not prob
able.
Watch Copp and Richards
Several of the matches furnished
| surprises almost as startling as the
/ general result COpp was expected 10
/ hold Richards to a close score nut no
! one supposed for a moment that he
/ could come in on the first nine holes
with four to the good On the second
! nine Richards took a brace, but Copp
/ played another forty round ana MADE
| his days work four up with the ex-
| ceedingly good score of so. medal play
! Cops style Of play may be gathered
/ from the fact that he had eight Tours.
( six dVes. two threes, and two SKIES IN
/ the eighteen holes-a remarkably con
! sfstent series. though. curiOusly
! enough. his skies were on the last hole
| which has five for DOGGY.
Interest has centered in this partfcu-
! lar match because it was pretty we'll
/ understood that Butte figured on put
/ ting Copp out of the game with Rich
! ards and the former Salt Lake cham
! pion acknowledged that he didn't like
1 the outlook before play began. While
! the four handicap is strong for the final
! eighteen holes, Richards has had Dlen-
/ ty of experience. and the way he puShed
| Copp in the last nine holes YESTERDAY
! showed that he meant to play tina
| match out TO the last stroke
Hardness Surprises Them.
! The best medal score of the day was
made by Hardness, who had been un-
! derrated by Butte, though the local
/ team counted on him TO put kink IN
| Arthur. Hardness played 1873. beat
I ing DOGGY by one up on the eighteen
! His play was remarkably even When
/ a man can play over as sporty q course
/ as the local links and wind I'D with
/ twelve tours, five f1veS and one six TO
! his credit, he needn't be afraid OF any
/ ordinary amateur; and the funny thing
| about it is the fact that the Butte team
] rated Hardness as fifth man on the
( Salt Lake line. Arthur, his opponent
/ is a game player with scotch Durr
/ delightful to hear, and he boDDed up
/ after the match apparently undismayed
/ and betting boxes of candy with the
pretty girls at the club that he'd close
the match with one up to his credit
Case of McGurrin VS.. Hodgens-
Another upset came in the Hodgens-
! McGurrin match. McGUTrin started Off
pretty well for a sick man, though II
/ was evident his knees were a little
! wobblv and he wasn't as steady on MS
/ putting as he usually is Going up 10
/ the second hole. he tangled himself UP
| for seven and the gallery thought Hod-
| gems had him going. Right about TIERS
! Mac set his teeth and came down the
stretch with fOurs and fves and a three
! until he hit the last hole with a SIX,
/ on the second round he was still carry
ing a full head of steam and when he
/ hOled out in four at the last green, %
| for the round of nine and 50 for eight
! cen he had his man pretty well showed
undef in spite of the hot weather. On
| less something extraordinary happens
( McCurrin has his match won right now
! in spite of the Butte captains good
nerve and eye.
! rho Thon1pson-G Green match was not
as much of a surprise as some of the
others though it was supposed Green
would hold the Salt Laker 10 closer
| score than the cards show Thompson
and McGurrin were the only players
to get below DOGGY on nlne-hoIe
round both making a 80, but Thonap-
sons includes one estimate on a PICK
nm at the sixth where he got into the
gully at the edge OF the canyon, l
seems a foregone conclusion that
Thompson has his man safe. even al
lowing for the brace Green is likely
to take on the second days play.
Wicks Makes Strong Finish.
Palmer started out with indications
of victory as the first five holes gave
him a lead of three. At the sixth hole,
however. Wicks came to himself ana
from there on was never IN danger
His play on the second round showed
Wicks in steady form that pronllsso
well for today.
IN the HoIbrook-HOlman match, the
Rutte player made the first round with
two rIu at the ninth, but Holman start
ed OFF with DOGGY in the first hole OF
the second round and kept grinding
| away in good shape, closing the eight
cen holes three up. Even with this mar
gin Holman is not entirely safe on the
match. for Holbrook may profit by the
1 knowledge of the course gained oy
Yesterdays play, and pull up today
close enough to be dangerous
Salt Lake Ought to Win.
As the first days round stands. Salt
Lake ought to WIN thus. Thompson
ought TO get Green; Hardness has q