The Sentinel=record., 1914-01-29
TWIN CITY MAN
 WINS GOLF PLAY
A. c. JOHNSON, OF MINNEAPOLIS, TAKES FIRST HoNoRS IN THE
 TOURNAMENT.
Thrift, Villas and Fitch We're All Red Hot Contenders for Honors Won by Northern Player.
BY H. w. DANIGAN,

A. C. Johnson. a member or tne Mmikahda Club of Minneapolis, Minn., won first honors in the annual mid winter golf tournament on the links Of the Hot Springs Golf and Country Club He played superb golf and was fully entitled to his triumph Still R. w. Thrift of Limo Ohio, the runner-up, must not be overlook ed, as Johnson's margin at the end of their spirited duel over the eight een-hoie course was but one stroke -golf's tightest margin. Johnson and Thrift was picked by but few to survive the semiinal round Most of the enthusiastis liked F. w. Fitch of Boone, Ia to win 1 from Johnson. while Jack Villas, the well-known ditto well liked Chicago aviator and clubman, who is winter ing i'll Hot Springs. was generally picked to defeat Thrift But John son and Thrift played the steadiest golf and they fooled the supposeu wise brigade by becoming the final | ists.
 | The J3hnson-Thrift duei was a rare fine one They did eXcellenlty well, | figuring that there was sharp wind 1 blowing most of the afternoon. Both played thirty-six holes Tuesday and went the full eighteen holes in the seminal round in the morning So it was freely predicted they would be well Jagged out and scarcely offer 1 their best games. But both produced | a bully good article of golf Going out their work was flawless, eac' player staying right with bogey. John | son was 1 up at the turn and on No. 15 raised his advantage a stroke.
 Thrift was called upon to win the last two holes in order to gain tie. Despite a most unfortunate approach on No r. he won the hole On No. IS he made the better drive, as well as the superior approach. Thrift his third and had two strokes to make the cup and win the hole. Of course, he should have played it safe, and now he knows full well that that shoud have been his program. h. stead, he played for the cup on his first putt and the ball crossed the cup. | He still had a short putt to make in order to win the hole, but missed and finally the best he did was to 1 half the hole which gave Johnson the championship and the handsome silver cup that went with it.
 Tn the semi-fnal round Johnson had another keen struggle. His op- ponent was F. w. Fitch of Boone, Ia.. a consistently good golfer. John sen had been heating Fitch in al. their practice tilts, but Fitch was | confident he would score over the Northern man in the tournament. Johnson had equally as hard time with Fitch as he had with Thrift, l but he was always at his best when in tight quarters and won the match and the right to play in the finals by the score of l up.
 Jack Villas was an ther good thing going wrong, to borrow a turf oxpres- sion. Villas was paired with Thrift in the semi-hnals The Chicagoan scarcely played his game, while Thrift's play, on the whole, was ex' ceEent. This tally was also 1 up. A. M. Levy of Houston, Tex, won the silver cup, emblematic of the championship in the second flight This rare good sportsman had F. M. Lay of Kewanee. H., as an oppon. sut in the final round. Levy was al his best and, while Lay als1 playe1 some excellent solf in s,ots, he rca,- ly never had chance to win, T5e score was g up and ? to play F. X Diebold and E. NJ Dieboad of Pitts burg. Pa, and C, w. Kerr of Kansas City, Mo. were other sec nd flight CTS to distinguish themselves though truth it is Levy was fully entitled to his triumph
 When the Arlington'5 golf ear reach ed the hotel there was general re- ioicing among the goifing set and lot gI extra Sd9el4 III JHc Siill' As C. Johnson and A. NJ Levy, the cup winners. are guests at the palatial hostelry and with the obnoxious rid off they promptly proceeded to wet their trophies. as well as the whist les of the vanquished ones and the 'rooters"
 First flight semi-fnal round:
 A. lC. Johnson of Minneapolis, Minn., defeated F. w. Fitch of Boone, la. 1 up.
 R. W. Thrift of Lima, Ohio, defeat ed Jack Villas of Chicago l up.
 Final round:
 Johnson defeated Thrift, l up
 Second flight. senli-inal round.
 A. NJ. Levy of Houston, Tex, de- feated F. X. Diebold of Pttsbugs Pa, 1 up.
 r. M Lay of Kewanee, Ill., defeated 'E NJ Diebold of Pittsburg, Pa, up and to pray
 Final round,
 Levy defeated Lay, 3 up and to play.