The Sentinel=record., 1912-04-05
ENGLAND STILL PLAYS GREAT GOLF
LITTLE ROCK MAN WINS IN SEMI FINALS IN THE "ALL-coMERs"
 TOURNAMENT YESTERDAY.
Match Between Hoare and Hackbarth, Rival City Professionals,
 on Friday.
(Ry II. W. fanigan Press Representative
 of Arlington md Eastmnn Hotels.D

(By II. W. fanigan Press Representative
 of Arlington and Eastman Hotels)
 Hot Springs experienced probably the banner days golf in it's history yesterday. The second days play in the annual all-comers' tournament was marked by a lot of bruising settos Also by q lot of rare good golf. J. E 1 England Jr of Little Rock, the hero of the qualifying round, who negoti ated the lS-hole course in 84 on Wed nesday, came back in great style He won his match in the first round oi | match play from Ashley Cockrill, an other Little Rock golfer by the de cisiye score of { up and 3 to go and | followed it up by defeating J Rahn of Omaha, Neh., in the semi-final | round by an even greater margin up and 4 to go
 Dr. J E. Hancock, a third member of the Little Rock Country ciub is paired with Mir England in the final round They will clash this morning and play 36 holes, covering the course twice and thus eliminating whatever luck may boh up. Dr. Hancock won his way into the semi-finals thanks 10 playing sterling golf in pinch places. sam W. Reyburn, also member of the Little Rock Country club, was also flayed 3 mp and to go. and next Dr. Hancock only sue ceeded in downing Morehead Wright, another teammate. by the close score of 1 up in 1S holes. Dr. Hancock can scarcely defeat Mir England in the final round. Nevertheless their match promises to be a great one, as Dr. Hancock is always at his best in tournament play and is ever a hard antagonist to defeat
 Messrs. Kahn of Omaha, Wright of Little Rock, won their matches in the first round of match play in the first flight. disposing of George R. Mann and Sam W. Reyburn, respect lively, but both came to grief in the semi-final round Mir Kahn was easy for the skilled Mir. England, but Mir. Wright only succumbed to pr. Han cock after a red-hot bout.
 Play in the second flight was equal ly as exciting and in many cases just as brilliant, W. E. Chester, the ione Hot Springs entrant in the tourna- ment, was the sensation of the morn ing play. In defeating w. R. Polk of Little Rock, Mir Chester turned in the brillian card of 45 for the first nine holes. His play was perfect. His | driving could scarcely have been i'm proved upon and his shots on the | sand greens were true. Mir. Chester proved conclusively that he is a golf CT of the improving kind and one who 4, gIr, Fafv fs.ts, lg4, | time
 l. L. Merrill of Los Angeles, Cal, | had a corking fine setto with T. T. | Gotham of Little Rock. The Califor- nian was the victor 1 up in IS holes. | John Buchanan sof Louisville, KR, | also won in clever fashion from l. w. | Wills Of Keolluk, Iowa. H. H. Eos | ter of Little Rock and w. E. Ches- | ter of Hot Springs, won in handy 1 fashion from C. N. Alexander of Lit | tie Rock, and w. R. Polk of Little | Rock. respectively. Messrs. Foster | and Buchanan later defeated Messrs. Merrill and Chester and meet in the semi-finals
 in the third flight Dr Miller of the Army and Navy hospital, won a bril- liant game from w c. Davis of Chi cago. R. c. Steese of Youngstown, ! Ohio, and George R. Payne of Tex arkana, also were bracketed. George l NJ. Hill of Chicago won on default i from Oscar Fenley of Louisville, Ky. 1 The two matches in the semi-final ! round were keenly contested and 1 great credit is coming to Messrs. 1 Steese and Miller for their victories. | Each gentleman won by the tigh, score of up; in fact, il required IS holes for Dr Miller to dispose of MT Payne,
 Play in all three flights will be re ] sumed this morning An added at traction will be a 36-hole match be- tween Willie Hoare, the Hot Springs l Golf and Country club professional and Herman C. Hackbarth, who holds | a like position with the Little Rock | Country club. Both professionals are 1 players of renOwn; in fact, goiidom has but few more famous opponents 1 than Hoare. The members of the Little Rock Country club are eXtraya- | gant in their praise of the local links The majority of them declare they are even superior to their own set. Yes
 terdays summaries:
 First Flight--First round England defeated Cockrill 4-3 Kahn defeated
 Mann. 3-2; Hancock defeated Rey
 burn. 3-1; Wright defeated Hollen'
 berg. 4-3. Semifinals England de
 feated Kahn, 6-4; Hancock defeated
 Wright, 1 up in IS holes.
 Second Flight-Merrill defeated
 Gotham, up in IS holes Foster de
 feated Alexander, 6-5; Chester defeat
 ed Polk. 4.3; Buchanan defeated Will
 lis, 2-1: Semi finals: Foster defeat
 ed Merrill, 7-6; Buchanan defeated
 Chester. 4-3.
 Third Flight-Hill defeated Fenley
 by default. Steese defeated Chamber
 lain. 4-3: Payne defeated Batchelor
 AZ: Miller defeated Davis, ] up in
 IS holee Semtfinals. Steese de
 feated Hill l up in IS holes; Miller
 defeated Payne. l up in l9 holes.
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