The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1910-07-29
Thomas Wins Fight
FOUR CHICAGO NEW
ARE IN SEMI FINALS
Hunter Makes Brilliant Record
in Championship Golf
Tourney.

MINNEAPOLIS. July 2S.-Four Chica-
goans remain in the running for The
western golf championship as the result
of the third round over tho Minikahda
club links today. In the semi finals to-
morrow. Charles Evans, Jr., Of Edge
water will play Robert Il. Hunter of
Midlothian. and Warren *. Wood of
Homewood will meet Mason e Phelps OF
Midlothian
Hunter was the sensation OF the day
when he defeated Albert Scckel OF Hins-
dale; The eastern intercollegiate cham
plon, by six up and four 10 play, nego-
strokes better than II ever had been done
before. His IS Will not stand as course
record, as u was made in match play.
Although Seckel was beaten with four
holes LETT to play, both men continued
the eighteen holes In order that Hunter
might complete his medal score, Hunt
er,s card for the record breaking round
follows:
Out-i42. 444, 345-Si.
ln-3i3 534. 1875
The hardest-fought match OF the day
was finished when Warren * Wood OF
Home wood defeated Harry c.. Legg OF
Minilsahda by two up and one to play.
Charles Evans. 1r., the present cham
plon. remained in the battle by virtue
OF the decisive defeat he administered TO
w. e. Glow, Jr., OF Onwentsia, by nine
up and eight to play. Mason E. Phelps
OF Midlothian. western champion in 1908,
defeated G. T. Jaffray, the veteran Of the
Minikahda club, by four up and three To
play.
The Wood d-Legg match brought out a
sharply contested match after the nine
holes Wood got n flying start on his
opponent. and was two up at the end
OF the morning play.
Legg started with rush in the after
noon and won the first, As, but the sec
ond was halved In four LcgGs trimming
the cur, for 3 from the edge of the
green Legg eyened the match by holelng
a long putt on the third and winning. 2-3
The fourth was halved in five, but Legg
was up for the first time in the match.
when Wood missed . three-foot putt and
Legg won the fifth. 81
The sixth and seventh were halved in
par fours, Legs got into trouble playing
tn, the is,!l eighth and W32d evened The match
again by winning the ninth So, after
hooking his second into the woods. Legg
missed Sh-ioot putt on the tenth and
Wood won 81 making him two up.
Lees won the twelfth DO. The thlr- |
Leenth and fourteenth were halved. but
Wood made il two up again by winning
The fifteenth As, Legs missing an easy
putt. The sixteenth and seventeenth !
Won The match 2 up and l TO play
Their afternoon cards: Wood; Out 3S:
-eEg, out. 81
Legg; In, 4l4. 455 A3x.
Hunter had little trouble In disposing |
If sackel by six up and four TO play,
He was four up at the end of the first I
IS holes. Hunter was forced to play his
sensational As in the afternoon. as Seckel |
played brilliantly, making II for the last
S holes.
Their afternoon cards Hunter; Out
a; Secltel, out. 80. Hunter, In. 34-6s.
,eclsel in, 36-Tl
The Evans-Clow match was a runaway
md the Onwentsia man never had a
hance to win. Evans was five up at
he end of tho first Is holes The after
loon cards. Evans, out, IS; Glow, out.
Q.
Mason e Phels was four up at the end
Y the morning round Jafrray, Their
Lfternoon cards: Phelps, out, 81: Jaf-
ray. out IS. Phelps. In, 365, 5i4 XXx
affray. In. 2d6 545. xxx