Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1914-07-09
ottumwa Men Are Playing
Strong Game for State
Golf HonorsSas,y
as~se
HOLDER OF COURSE y
RECORD ELIMINATED
Don Newburn Of Des Moines
Put Out Of Flight By
Bellamy, One Up

Match play In the three fights Of tba
state gof tourney began at the Conn.
uy ciun links this morning. There
ae sixteen pairs in each flight and
.ney started Of much at their own con.
sen!ehce. the championship contenders
having preference,
Desplte the fact that en- h PLAYER ID
niiied to play thirty-six hclas durin.
me uay' the start was not a, early az
vas 'he case on the two Qualifying
uays II required some time cor the
various opponents to locate each other
ana arrange their time OF playing. The
pIospects are that for the first time the
pay VIII extend past the supper hour.
ai,nough II the matches turn out TO be
laniy one sided, they may be finished
at the usual time.
Course Is Excellent.
me course was in excellent shape
.ooay and there was reason to belfeva
that some OF the good scores that were
nade during the practice days preced-
ius the tournament would be duplicat.
ed though there seemed little chance
.na. new course record would be es.
taphsned. The sun was out full force
put the atmosphere was not as on.
pressive as on Tuesday and the play.
heat, tA0
Local Men Play Strong.
Half OF the matches in the champion.
snip flight were finished before dins,ar
"a many more were nearing tho end.
Local men were winners ois the fIrst
tWo pairs to report, r. C. Smith having
eliminated Judge r. Benson OF D,f.
ou1ue two up one to play and COwles
taking w. X. Groves of Des Moinea
into camp by margin of four ND three
to 90.
Smith played great golf going both
rounds under bogey and playing con.
sistent golf all the time. Bonson made
him hustle for every hole and might
have prolonged the play to the last
hole and had It not been for a stymie
laid by Smith on the 'doughnut" al
the eighth hole Is known. The fudge
tried his best to jump over Smiths
ball and get half OF the hole. He
came mighty close to doing 1t too. rim. !
ming the cup on his try but failing to /,
go down. Smith holed out and the !,
match was over.
Nelson Cowles trimmed Groves by !
steadier playing, the local golfer max. I
ing every shot count all the way round !
the links and never being in any great
danger OF losing his match.
Art Bartlett won easily from Miller !,
by four up three to go: and Dwight |
Baker sprang the surprise OF the morn.
ing when he defeated Kenneth Lindsey |
Of Cedar Rapids one up. Baker was /
four down at the end of the first seven
holes having got into trouble on nearly :
every hole After that however he dis. /
played wonderful comeback ability
and not only evened UP the count but
took the lead and narrowly missed
holing out three on the last hole for !,
two up.
J. L. Powers Of Cedar Rapids elm.
mated Frank Racine OF the local club
by six up five to go. Powers though
a youngster is one Of the steadiest and
suriest players on the course but at
that Racine gave him much closer |
battle than the final count indicates.
Newburn Eliminated.
Another surprise Of the morning was
the elimination of Don Newburn oH
Des Moines who Monday established
tho course record Of 75. Harry Bel
lamy of Des Moines put the record
holder out of the championship flight! |!
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