The Sentinel=record., 1914-01-27
HOARE WINNER IN IN GOLF CONTESTS
HOT SPRINGS PROFESSIONAL BEATS THE VISITORS IN THE
 SUNDAY MEDAL PLAY.
Play in the Annual Mid-Winter Con- tests Begins This Morning and There Are Many Entrants sehed- uled.
BY II w. IANIGlAN, Press Representative the Arlington

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 Some big golf happenings for Hot Springs will doubtless follow. if not | this season then next season, as result of Sunday afternoons success ful tournament between Profession | als Willie" Hoare of the Hot | Springs Golf and Country Club; II. C. Walker of the Westwood Country Club of St Louis, R. M. Weidenkopt of the Euclid Club of Cleveland Ohio, and Roy Anderson of the Williams port, Pa, Country Club, who has been Hoare's aid on the Essex links all winter
 Not even Pinehurst. which is gen erally referred to as golfs winter home, could have eclipsed the Coun- | try Club performances The field of players was a brilliant one, if trifle select the afternoon was the prettiest mid-January one on record, and a splendid gallery of deyotees of the great Scotch game turned out and accompanied the professionals on their trip around the full course, | Play was Of the medal variety, eigh- teen holes, and Willie" Hoare's vic tory was necessarily a most popular one as he was the Spas entrant in the big event.
 The professionals played for a cash prize. donated by the guests at the Arlington and Eastman hotels, with Messrs. Gaines, Hay Corrington, Os born and Chester also contributing to the stakes.
 Hoare equaled bogey for the course. That's eighty, a most meFi- torious performance figuring that the links, while in wonderful shape considering the lateness of the win ter, are scarcely their fastest" ]" Hoare turned in a card of forty go- ing out and only equaled in coming in. Ordinarily he gains three or four strokes returning. but Sunday he got another forty, which cost him a side wager Inc made with w E Chester who served as umpire and A. M Levy, that rare, fine golf enthusiast from Houston Tex, who is paying his regular winter visit to the Arl- ington, so as he can get in a months play on the Essex links
 Hoare's chief competition was fur nished by H. c. Walker, that doughty young professional of the Westwood Country Club of St Louis Walkers driving was superior to Hoare's; in fact, the Mound Cityan gave the best exhibition of driving ever seen in Hot Springs All of his drives went from around 2G0 yards and all were true. But Walker, just like Weiden- kopf, found the sand greens hard [ cipher. The visitors were certainly bothered by the strange greens 9th eTwise both would have turned in su- perior scores.
 Walker experienced a miserable bit of ill fortune on No. TO- Driving all of 260 yards, his ball landed in the roots of the tree that divides the course. This cost him two strokes and insured Hoare his victory Other wise Walker would have given him a very tight rub for first money Here is a glistening juvenile, one who should be heard from in the big professional events the coming sum- mer and fall
 Weidenkopf drove nicely and his approaching, on the whole, was good But, just like Walker, he was clearly outplayed by Hoare when the trio reached the green. Ray Anderson did his best, but this promising juve- nile had all manner of m luck at the start and was never able to get on his game. He didn't miss a single obstacle on the course, nor scarcely a tree off the course The cards:
 Hoare: Out 40; in, 40; total, so.
 Walker; Out, A. in, 41; total, S5.
 Weidenkopf: Out 46; in. A; total 90.
 Anderson: Out 50; in, 50; total. 100
 A sterling field of visiting and res ident golfers has entered the annual midwinter tournament on the Coun. try Club links. Play starts today and the finals will be played tomorrow Professional willie" Hoare is conf. dent he will have enough entrants by 10 o'clock in the morning in or der to complete two full flights of sixteen players each. Play will be over the full eighteen.hole course.
 Paul Fitch of Youngstown, Ohio: Jack Villas of Chicago; A. M. Levy of Houston, Tex, and ]. V. Rohan of Racine, Wis, are favored to win the tournament. though W. E. Chester of Hot Springs must not be overlooked. He is not only an efficient golfer. but plays a most consistent game Dr, w. o. Forbes promises to eclipse Roy Anderson's score or forever hold his peace.
 The majority of the golfers are guests at the Arlington and Eastman hotels Russell Gardner, the wealthy St. Louisan is among the entrants, and should he be the victor Hot Springs will lose a sure-enough "big y,f fuQ,f tI,a fd cf