Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1907-07-18
BRUSHED TOO HARD
Small Technicatity Deprives
Ardo Mitchell of Place in
Tournament,
TALBOT TAKES ADVANTAGE
Protest Sustained After Rock islander
Had Won Match - Second Day
Brings Few Sensations.

Ardo Mitchell of Rock Island who
has been looked upon as the probable |
winner of the 10th annual Tournament.
of the Transmississippi Golf assoc!a- |
ton now in progress at Rock Islam |
arsenal links, dropped out in this |
mornings round on technicalf,v
raised by Rev. Paul Talbot of Hntchir.- |
son, Kan, his opponent and one of his |
most formidable competitors for the
championship.
Ardo has a habit of brushing the
green with his hand before putting.
This is very generally done by golfers
and is permissible under the rules.
However, Mr.. Talbot in this morn
ing's match claimed that on one hole
the Rock Islander pressed the grass
the wrong way and protested
The match was finished. however
and Ardo won. as far as real golf IS
concerned, = up. The question was
put before a committee who decided
that the Kansan should have the hole
This gave him the match by up. Tho
hole in question Ardo won by two
strokes
Play Extra Holes.
! There were many matches in
which it was necessary to play extra
holes TO decide the winner At 2
O'Clock this afternoon all the first
| rounds for the championship were fin
| ished and a few of those for the dire,-
tors prize. The results of these
matches will appear below. None of
the players for the secretary's pri-a
had finished at that time
| J. ID. Cady of the Rock Island Ar
senal club made IS. the best score
of the morning. w. Fairbanks of Dec
yer made 30. Decker French of the
Rock Island Arsenal club lost 10 Wen
dell Hertig on the Goth green On the
| 10Th hole Decker made n drive of 225
yards straight down the course. He~-
| tig went into the trees on the right
| but made a beautiful second. got on
| the green in three and made the hole
in five. Decker made the green IN
two but took three puts. tying the hole.
On the goth Decker pulled into the
| trees on the left and made a poor
second. Hcrtig won the hole with a
six which is bogev. There were sev-
eral others who finished on the 18TH
and 18th holes while some had to play
20 TO decide the winner.
| Afternoon Pairinrs
| Following are the pairings for the
afternoon in the championship class:
| Barnard VS.. Gunand.
| Fairbanks VS.. Abbott.
| Warren VS.. Leon Mitchell
| Talbot VS.. Lawhead
Allen vs.. HOsford.
Cady VS.. Thomas.
| Legg VS.. Hagcrman.
| Mccartney VS.. Hertig.
| Championship Class.
c. \. Barnard defeated J. p. Rahn.
| up 10 holes.
b. G. Guinand defeated r. w. Hodge.
/ up
| Walter Fairbanks defeated ]. FW
Hughes, 5 up 4.
Sprague Abbott defeaed J. T. Stew
are. 4 up 3.
A. w. Warren defeated Warren Dick
inson 2 up l.
| Leon Mitchell defeated X. H. Fink.
binc, l up.
p. R. Talbot defeated Ardo Mitchell,
| up.
| w. A. Lawhead defeated II. C. Sum
mey, 3 up ..
James Allen defeated Earl Schen-
kowitz, l up.
r. S. Hostord defeated F. L. Wood,
ward. ) up 2.
J. D. Cady defeated A. V. Kinsle,.
up.
G. D. Thomas defeated T. Woodrich.
I up 5. ~tsyNs
II. G. Legg defeated F. Q. Campbei',
3 up l.
Percy Hagerman defeated II. d.
Davis, l up 90 holes.
F. w. Mccartney defeated l.. II.
Johnson, up /.
| Wendell Hertig defeated Decker
French. l up 20 holes
Directors Prize Class.
NJ. Martin defeated d. Ellis. . ND
e. p Gates defeated @. Maxwell
4 up 9
| Paul Hyde defeated G. NJ. Greer. {:
lup 4.
Hal Brady defeated w. d. Banckec
] , up ..
w. B. Mixter defeated H. d. Adams
l up 10 holes.
w. N. Chambers defeated John San
uels, 5 up 3.
!, GOOD SCORES FIRST DAY.
ArdO Mitchell Best with I5S I'm Qualify
ing Rounds for the Championship.
The scores in the qualifying roun'
yesterday were good. The slowness o
Q the course should be taken into cor