Omaha daily bee., 1906-09-06
WESTERN GOLF CHAMPIONSHIP
ID. f. Sawyer Defeats Rev. p. r. Talbot
One I'D. Thirty-seven HoIes.

ST. LOUIS, Sept. 5.-After one of the
golf championship d. Z. Sawyer of the
Wheaton Golf club of Chicago won his
match in the first round of the champion
ship on the Glen Echo, links today, de-
feating Rev. p. r, Talbot of Wichita, Kan,
by / up in 81 holes.
The rector proved a stubborn opponent
and after standing up at the end of the
morning round increased his lead in the
afternoon so that he stood dormy at the
S5th hole. He hit a tree with sliced drive
and Sawyer won the hole, 8 to Z. making It
dormy l. The rector sliced his drive on the
36th and was only an inch in the long
grass and his second jdst did take II out.
He, laid brassie on the green. Sawyer
had nice iron shot for the green, but
took a brassie, hooked badly and had to
pIUdcn putt. Eie missed his fifth shot for
the hole and Talbot threw the match away
by missing a two-feoq putt by an inch.
then his ee0 s "R sswyer
ran Tsa do down ffteenf-ffoH putt and won the
Talbot and Sawyer played an almost sim
liar match in the Western Golf association
tournament last year at Glenview. Chicago.
DR.. d. p, Fredericl1s,. of OIL City. Pa.
played perhaps the pluckiest game of golf
ever seen in any tournament. He gained a
lead of six holes over J. b. Rahm of
Omaha IN the morning round In the aft 40,
hole, he had sudden attack Of paIpita tfon
of the heart After half hours rest he
resumed play and won by up and to
Ardo Mitchell of Rock Island proved one
Of the surprises of the day. defeating r..
as a championship possibility, Z up and 6
to play. w. G. Fowries had an easy time
defeating Sim T. Price Of Glen Echo, play
round. r. P: Nevin, jr.,. of Allegheny
Country club. Pittsburg. had to play thirty
seven holes to defeat Walter c'Forty-
was l up at the end OF Lthe morning round.
Following are the complete scores for the
Ardo Mitchell. Rock Island defeated R.
b. Martin. Calumet. Chicago Z up and 6
W. c. Fownes. jr.f oakmont. Pittsburg.
defeated Sim T. Price, jr., Glen Echo, 10
up and 9 TO play ~ =.
Richard Kimball, Glen Echo. defeated T.
Springs, 7 up and to play. ..l
Sprague Abbott Omaha Country club. de-
ffeated Edward s. Williams Normandie. st.
George F. Clingman, jr., Homewood. Chi
eago. defeated c., Evans, jackson Park,
Chicago, 2 up and to play.
defeated w. II; Magill, Normandie, ST.
L9 pn,n, II Up and do 10 to play o..
CLUB Sefeated bonsSd Green L St Gountry
leticr association. up and to play
Kenneth Edward, Midlothian, Chicago.
defeated o: w Potter Midlothian, Chicago,
W. X. Wood. Homewood, Chicago, de-
feated Jesse Carleton. Glen Echo. up and
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Bart Adams. Algonquin. ST. Louis. de-
feated H, Wilson, Cincinnati Country club.
up and to play
A, b. Lambert ST. Louis Country club.
defeated G. A.. Ormiston. Oakmont, Pitts
burg, 8 up and 8 to play
DR.. R; p; Fredericks, on city. Pa, de-
feated j. b. Rahm, Omaha Country club,
D. f. Sawyer Wheaton, Chicago, de-
feated Rey p R. Talbot, Wichita, Kan.
r; P. Neyin, jr. Allegheny, Pa de-
feated W. c. Fairbanks, Denver Country
club up on 81 holes.
Arthur stickney. St. Louis Country club,
defeated L. II. Reinlking. Wheaton, Chi
cago, up and to play.
TOmorrow's4 pairs:
Stuart Stickney against Nevins.
Clngman against Wood.
McKittrtck against Kimball.
Allen against Abbott.
Edwards against Mitchell.
Adams against Sawyer.
FoWnes against Arthur Stckney.
Lambert against Fredericks.