Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1907-06-29

Runner up. .......... .S1lVer Cup
Won by "A. T. Balch, Marshatltown.
Veterans Prize. Wood and Silver Stein
won by E. M. O'Brien, Des Moines.
Runner up. ................ SILVER Cup
Won by "A, J. Collins, Des Moines.
Team championship. Silver Cup
Won by Golf and Country Club, Des
Moines.
The beautiful silver cup and gold
medal, emblematic of the golf cham
pionship of iowa, will be won today,
by either Henry H. Ferguson, Of Ce-
dar Rapids, state champion of 1904.
and '05 or Frank w. Hale, of the
Hyperion club Of Des Moines. Judg-
ing the two by previous records, ex-
perience and form during the tourna-
ment Just closing it would seem that
Ferguson will win, altho there is, OF
course, a possibility that Hale may de-
feat the ex-champion, but the chances
are comparatively small according to
the best Judgment Of those who know
the two players well.
BY defeating Warren Dickinson4 of
Des Moines, 2 up 1, in the semi finals
Friday afternoon, Ferguson won his
place in the finals. Hale also went in
to the finals Friday afternoon by his
defeat Of Given Chase, Of Des Moines,
/ up on the nineteenth hole. Should
Hale win, a surprise is in store for
many of his friends and most Of the
disinterested followers Of the game.
Boardman Wins.
Boardman and Guinand, who met in
the second round of the championship
match, will meet again in the finals for
the directors cup late today.
Boardman won from George P. Pow
ers, of Des Moines, by 5 up to play.
Guinand won from Arthur Gordon, of
Des Moines, also in the semi-finals, by
2 up /.
Ferguson Looks Like Winner.
From the result Of the first Of the
four rounds of the finals of the cham
pionship, which was not finished until
close to / o'clock this afternoon, 1t
looks as tho Ferguson would be the
next state championship. On the first
nine holes Ferguson was up and
playing the better game. The first
four holes the play was even, then
Ferguson began drawing away, Win
ming three straight, losing the next
and winning the ninth.
The First Round.
A stiff wind is blowing from the
south, which helps shots on the north
bound, but stops those on the south
bound courses. The players were all
tired, and it was late before any OF
the matches were started.
Ferguson won the first hole in DOGGY.
Hale took the next one under DOGGY,
with a beautiful ten foot put. The
next two were halved.
Ferguson took the fifth one under
DOGGY. Hale getting a six. Ferguson
won; the sixth with 360-yard drive
and brassie against the wind. He
holed in one under DOGGY. Ferguson
almost drove to the green on seven and
won with 8. Hale made a beautiful
drive to the green on eight, winning it
in 4. Both got away out of the course
on nine and Hale missed a four foot
to halve 1T.
The score for the first 9 holes:
Ferguson:
Out J. ..........4 6 As "A 5 al
Hale:
Out :. .........5 IS As 6 6 5 4 7-47
The Second Round.
AT 2 o'clock on the second round,
Ferguson was 8 up on Is holes. The
score: NE
Ferguson
In .............. ss545544s-42
Hale
In. ............... 5774565 46-49
Ferguson won the eleventh, twelfth,
fifteenth and sixteenth holes, and tE5
other four We're halved.
Ferguson Again Beats Dickinson.
Strange as it may seem, for three
times in the past four years in either
the semi finals or finals for the state
championship, Ferguson and Dickin-
son have been pitted one against the
other, and each time Ferguson has
won. His third victory over the splen-
did player from Des Moines yesterday
was a signal triumph, won only after
the most bulldog sort Of a contest in
which, up to the halfway mark Of the
match, honors were even. 1t was in
the second round of the course tina.
Dickinson went to the bad, and few
costly strokes. including one poor put,
beat him and left him a semi fnalist.
Ferguson Proves Steadier.
Ferguson thruout the match proved
the steadier and played consistent if
not brilliant golf all the way. A large
gallery followed the players about the
course, but the players didn't seem to
mind the attention given them, even
when making shots that meant the
winning or losing Of the hole.
Ferguson usually led in the driving
some of his shots passing the 2O0-yard
mark. In the first round Dickinson
surpassed him in the general excel
lence of his approaches, and also out
putted him in four of the nine holes.
On the second round Ferguson played
better, especially when on the green,
but a few of Dickinson's drives and
second shots were sliced out OF the
course. Dickinson used his iron clubs