Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1910-08-27
MITCHELL PLAYS
BEST IN FINALS
Rock Islander Four Up on w.
D. Middleton at the
Eighteenth Hole.
ARE ON THE LAST ROUND
Large Gallery Following Plays in
Several Glasses During the At
ternoon at Arsenal Course.

Leon w. Mitchell of Rock island Is
the 1910 champion Of the Arsenal Golf
club. He was up at the 3sth. hole
this afternoon, defeating w. D. Mid
dleton of Davenport.
At 4 o'clock this afternoon Leon w.
Mitchell of Rock island was 8 up at
the 30th hole in his contest with w.
D. Middleton of Davenport for the
championship of the Rock Island Ar
senaI Golf club. There were six holes
to play.
After this mornings play for the
champion.hi it looked as though
Leon w. Mitchell will be the cham
pion of the links for 1910. At the
end of the first Is holes OF the final
play, he was four up on his oppon-
ent, w. D. Middleton. Neither play
er turned in very good card for
the course. Mitchell had an 81, and
Middleton was four or five strokes
behind him. Both missed oppor-
tunities all the way around to win
holes by good puts, but most of the
holes were halved because of the in
ability of both to make long puts.
The contestants in the Glass B
and Glass c flights did not play this
morning, and so will play Sc holes
this afternoon. In the fight for the
F. G.. Allen cup, J. D. Cady and
Harry Ainsworth played close game
this morning. The match was 1 up
for the former at the end of the
18th hole.
Reipe Cnddy Champion.
BY defeating E. C. Mueller yester-
day afternoon, up 2, Leon w.
Mitchell made sure of one cup in the
mems championship tournament at
Rock Island Arsenal Golf club links.
He is matched today in the finals
with w. D. Middleton of Davenport
for the championship. By defeating
the champion of 1909, he will win
the championship this year. If he
should lose, he will be runner-up and
will receive the runner-up cup. His
play throughout the week has been
much better than that of his oppon-
ent as far as score, and although he
is not picked as sure winner, he is
the favorite. The play today is for
morning and the other Is to be
played this afternoon.
Champion Middleton defeated w.
c. Chambers of Davenport yester-
day afternoon, z up 8. He turned
in a score of SO, while Mitchell
turned in a rs. Mitchell played
very nice game, and the gallery
which followed him applauded his
play upon several occasions.
Bests DOGGY by Two.
On the 18th hole, his opponent
holed long, hard putt. 1t was nee
essary for Mitchell to hole one which
was almost as hard in order to tie
the hole. He did so, and won the
applause of the gallery. On the next
hole, his drive was for more than
200 yards and his second stroke
placed the ball within six inches of
the hole. He made II in three,
which is two under DOGGY. At no
time during the play was his oppon-
ent up on him.
Moline's chance for one of the
cups of the tournament was killed
yesterday by the defeat of o. H.
Seiffert by c. B. Schmidt. Daven-
port is certain of the Glass B cup,
but in the Glass A and G cups are
pitted against Rock Island men. Mo-
line is certain of winning the F. G..
Allen cup, C. E. Schlegel and G. NJ.
Bechtel having been defeated yester-
day by H. Ainsworth and J. D. Cady,
respectively.
Summaries I'm Semi-FinaIs.
The results yesterday were as fol-
lows:
CHAMPIONSHIP.
L. w. Mitchell defeated E. c.
Mueller. up 2.
w. D. Middleton defeated w. C.
Chambers. up 5.
CLASS B.
c. B. Schmidt defeated o. H. Self
fert, up 2.
Henry vollmer defeated N. French,
up, 10 holes.
CLASS C.
w. ]. Mccullough defeated H. G.
Pape, 2 up 1.
H. G. Copp defeated v. L. Littig,
3'up 2.
F. G. ALLEN CUP.
Harry Ainsworth defeated C. E.
Schlegel, 4 up 3.
J. D. Cady defeated G. NJ. Bech-
tel. up 6.
Pairings for Today.
Glass Al. w. Mitchell and w.
D. Middleton.
Glass &c. B. Schmidt and Henry
Vollmer.
Glass CIV. ]. Mccullough and H.
G. Copp.