Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1908-07-20

silver medal for ]. d. Cady as semi
finalist, and those to Decker French
an6 Ardo Mitchell as winners of the
two-ball foursome of Friday.
Practically all of the visitors have
departed for their homes. Some left
soon after the qualifying round, and
the majority departed Saturday even
ing A few remained over Sunday
with friends.
Chandler Egan, who was defeated
by ]. d. Cady, went from here to Chi
cage, and Saturday he broke the
course record of the Skokie links,
playing for Exmoor in the match with
Skokie. He made the round in rs.
the same score as his best here. Had
he been in good form here he should
have shown more of that IS caliber,
and better.
The next meeting of the directors
of the association will be in January.
when the officers will be elected and
the place of holding the next tourna-
rlent will be named. So far it seems
likely that the Homewood club of Chi
cago will be host at the next tourna-
ment. although other clubs will bid
for the honor.
Harry Allen of the Normandie club
of st. Louis, runner-up in the cham
p:onship match. is certainly true
sportsman. Nothing is as trying on
a Players nerves as a short putt, but
ne always picks UP his opponents ball
ba,, &c with Of
Conceding the stroke.
This is the first time that the Mid
lothian club ever won the champion
ship and the Chicago club members
are happy.
Happy jack Cady is proud of his
bronze medal He certainly earned it.
Malcolm MacLean, the staff man OF
the Chicago Record-Herald who COW
cred the tournament for that paper,
says, in commenting ON the matches:
"The tournament will go down in his
tory as one of the best in the history
of western golf. 1t was a victory for
the younger element of golfers. The
tournament has served to show that
the middle west has number of high
class players"
&c. Davis. the Tribune staff man,
comments at much length on the tour
nament and on the victory of Mason
Phelps He points out that the draw
ing placed Phelps in the upper half,
and made it necessary to kill off all
his friends from Chicago in order to
win the title, not meeting an opponent
from any other city until the final
Davis says: Phelps victory was not
such surprise, however, as the meri-
torious work of the two veterans.
Happy Jack" Cady of Rock Island
and Harry Allen of the Normandie
club of st. Louis. They were the real
surprises of the tournament and their
successes were won by sterling golf
coupled with plenty of nerve. Cady
upset all considerations when he de-
throned H. Chandler Egan. four-time
winner of the title, and then showed
his caliber by beating A. B. Lambert,
the champion of Missouri in 81 holes.
Alien meanwhile was plodding through
the field, beating Bud Guinand. one
of Iowa's best golfers. and then down
ing the tall young Calender from Pc
oria- The Cady-Allen battle and its
sensational finish at the 3Sth hole will
live long in the annals of the W.G.A.'
1t was a great week on the arsenal
links. Records were smashed. equal
led, and new marks set again. Nc
Leod, the Midlothian club professional,
started the fun by setting a mark of
20 in the match with Alec Baxter, pro-
fessional of the arsenal club, prelim-
mary to the tournament Then Ken
meth Edwards of Midlothian shattered
the amateur record of "A, set by Ardo
Mitchell, by making 70 in the quail
flying round. The next day Chandler
Egan equalled the mark set by Ed
wards. Then Champion Phelps wanted
other honors, and in his match with
Paul Hunter he equalled the profes-
sional mark of 70, and beat the anna.
teur record of the course by three
points. His opponent. a 17-year-old
player of the Midlothian club. was
making a record too, and elimin ting
one bad hole, he was good for rs
UT DelteT.
The eyes of golfers this week are
turned to Glen View. where the annual
open tournament is being played
starting with the play for the Mar,
shall Field trophy of the Western Coli
| association tomorrow. As the direc-
tors at their meeting here this week
decided to put the cup in competition
again in the fall to go permanently
to the winner, stiff fight is expected
between the Midlothian and Wheaton
teams. The cup is played for by
teams of five against DOGGY. The
same terms will apply in the fall
Rock Island golfers may inaugurate
a new departure ON the local links
with moonlight golf match next
month. The game is very frequently
played by moonlight in Chicago, UNI
brellas being brought into play to as
sist the players in determining the
location of the different points in the
course. 1t is said to be a very inter