Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1913-07-10
EDWARDS WINS IN
INITIAL PLAY ON
ARSENAL LINKS
Midlothian Expert Captures
Low Score on Qualifying
Round in Tourney.
AWARDED A GOLD MEDAL
One Hundred and Ten Compete In e.
fort TO Land the Four Cups
Offered as Prizes.
TODAY'S PLAY.

The match play today on the Rock
Island arsenal links proved OF interest
The contest for the cups offered is
keen and the sport is being thorough
ly enjoyed. The competition is to con
tinue through Saturday.
The scores for today:
COLONEL'S cur.
Kenneth Edwards beat T r. Talbot,
mp, to play
J. d. Cady beat Charles Dexter,
up, 2 10 play.
W. D. Middleton beat T. c. Crossett,
3 up. 70 play.
\ W. / Rowland, Jr.. beat r. S. Hos
ford, up, TO play
Donald Edwards beat J. S. Carlton,
3 up. to play.
E. {. Mueller beat J. p. Magee, up
> holes.
c. W. French beat W. J. Feron, up,
70 play.
Leon Mitchell beat ). y. TAFT, l up,
holes.
MAJORS CUP.
J. r. Lesmist beat Frank Campbell,
! up, 20 holes
F. l.. Woodward beat l. J. Hartz, 4
up, 3 TO play.
c. J.. Nelson beat DR.. H. c. Sumner,
up. > TO play.
Douglas Smith beat c. ]. Wiley, up,
TO play.
F. NJ. Fairfield beat c. Stanley, up.
T NJ. Carter, Jr., beat J. S. Kendall,
up. I 10 play.
A. W. Brown beat Fred Gardner, 9
up, $ to play
J. l.. Cooper beat A. J. Plamondon,
up.
CAPTAINS CUP.
Al Cham beat J. H. Overill. default.
d. w. Wilder beat c. e. Willard,
up.
+. b. Farnsworth beat w. c. Muel
Ter, up. to play
T. 3. Davis beat L. W. Riley, 3 up
10 play.
J. b. Hinkley beat DIR. l.. Ostrom, c
up, TO play.
W. NJ. Harles beat W. J. Patton.
up.
T. y. Boyd beat F. G. Allen. up.
n. J. Schmidt beat +. w. Morseman
Jr., up.
LIElTENANT'S CUP.
B. w. Peek beat DR.. G. l.. Eyster,
up. to play.
L. c. AFRO beat H. H. Barnard, up
TO play.
d. b. Ellis beat H. G. Copp, up,
to play.
]. H. stock beat NJ. W. French, / up
10 holes.
Oswald Schmidt beat A. F. Henning
3 up. to play.
c. r. Stephens beat !. c. Fennell,
up, / to play.
Oscar Schmidt beat J. /. Thatch, de
fault.
Harry Ainsworth beat Charlie
Schmeer, default
with the weather conditions idea
and the course almost perfect 10 eE
pert golfers gathered on the links o
the Rock Island Arsenal Golf clu
yesterday morning TO compete in tn
qualifying round which lasted all day
Even as dusk was closing in on tn
players a number of men who ended il
tie we're on: on the links battling
fer place in one Of the four sixteen
that start today competing for the fou
cups offered by the club. Kenneth I
Edwards of the Midlothian club. Chi
cago, succeeded in making the cours
in rs and landed the gold medal which
was offered by the club to the plsye
having the lowest score in the quail
flying round.
Mr.. Edwards succeeded in finishing
the course in one stroke less than hi
brother. Donald Edwards. and w. J
Rowland, also Of Chicago. J. y. Tai
Of the South Shore Country club. Chi
cago finished with a score OF rs an,
J. P. Magee Of Dallas, Tex, and j
d. Cady of Moline. the present cham
pion of the course, each closed witt
~. The low score OF the course is a
and was made by Mr.. Cady last year
Bogey for the course is 81.
FOUR GROUPS.
From the 10 competitors startin
yesterday morning four groups of /
men each were chosen 10 compete 70
the cups, The first group will con
pete for the Coioners cup and CO,
sists of men whose final scores we,
below So. The second group wi