Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1914-07-11
Golf Experts Meet on Link:
at Country Club in Play
for Championship
LOCAL PLAYER UP
AT THE SECOND TURN
Sheldon Of Keokuk Seems
to Have Edge on Bever
Of Cedar Rapids

A battle royal In the semi-Anals OF
the championship fight started on the
Country club links this morning when
Ralph Rider Of Des Moines and Arthur
Bartlett met In the match that Is gem
orally believed will determine the
championship honors Of the state. Eth.
er one Is given the edge over Bever OF
Cedar Rapids and Purdue Sheldon the
other semi i-fnalists.
Despite the boiling hot sun large
gallery OF golfing enthusiasts followed
the pair around the links and were
rewarded by seeing some excellent
golf. Bartlett looked the better In the
morning, having his man one down
and narrowly missing q still better I'd.
vantage by one stroke on the last
green where he failed to hole out an
easy put for win.
The local clubs champion more than
made up for pair OF poor puts by hoI
ing out some long ones that brought
rounds OF applause from the gallery.
Rider showed great skill in his short
work, however and overcame Bartlett's
better and straighter driving by good
approaching.
Cots Early Lead.
Bartlett obtained the lead right on
the reel at the opening Of the match
when Rider drove into the pond and
took six to hole out, Bartlett going
down in bogey. A clever put by Rider
on the second green Is all that saved
the Des Moines expert from losing the
hole. Bartlett had laid stymie and ap.
heared certain or winning the hole.
but Rider took advantage OF the roll
OF the green and succeeded in curving
his ball around the stymie.
Purdue Sheldon of Keokuk was two
up on ]. l.. Bever Of Cedar Rapids at
the end OF the first eighteen holes in
the semifinals OF the championship
flight and the indications were that
youth must be served" Bever Is re.
garded as one of the steadiest players
on the links but Sheldon who Is a
young fellow played game that would
not be denied.
The pair did not attract large FOL.
lowing, most of those who braved the
hot sun prefering to watch the match
between Bartlett and Rider.
In Other Flights.
The various other flights that are
playing their matches, kept the links
busy today. Local men were still In
the running in most OF them and In
several cases looked like probable win
ners so that If Bartlett can take the
championship, 1t will come close to be-.
ing clean sweep for Ottumwa golfers.
E. Y. Pollock was going fine In the
third fight at the end Of his first
eighteen holes this morning and Coop.
er had a fair chance in the directors
consolation while both Wallace Dag
gett and e. L. Calklns were in the third
Play About Even.
From the second on the play was
about even, all the holes but two being
halved. Rider won the fourth and
Bartlett won the eighth as the result
of q splendid drive that ended up dead
to the hole for two.
At the start of the second round,
Bartlett jumped into the lead by win.
ming the tenth and eleventh holes. On
the tenth ne laid another stymie for
Rider and the latter was unable to
negotiate a three despite clever at.
tempt to pitch over. Bartlett got him
self into trouble on the thirteenth and
Rider reduced the lead to two. A beau.
tiful recovery by Bartlett after driving
out Of Pounds on the fifteenth enabled
him to Eatain his lead but Rider won