The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1915-07-05
LUDLOW CAPTURES
CLASS "B' HONORS
Wins Over 0wsley by One Stroke
Many Close Matches Played;
Plan Another Tourney
for July l7.l8

Playing neck and neck over the lS
hole course. Saturday morning, the
golfers in the finals OF classes A and
B approached the deciding hole as
evenly as they had divided the entire
course. "Boggy" Johnson winning In
class A over w. c. Harwell. one up on
the nineteenth hole. the deciding hole
being won by one stroke; and Harry
Ludlow defeated John T. Owsley one
up at the eighteenth hole by one
stroke.
The four survivors OF the tourney
that faced the starter Saturday morn.
Ing IN the finals were plainly keyed up
10 the breaking point the strain at
times telling on them as they SLICED"
or fooled" an easy drive. When
Johnson teed up for his drive Off tee
No /. he missed entirely his first
stroke, when ordinarily he lands the
ball well across toward the green Of
hole No. on his first drive.
They steadied down as play proceed
ed and negotiated hole after hole
evenly matched Harwell got away to
"a good start and played throughout an
exceptionally good game. Early in the
first round he took the lead and lead
the play into the second round At
the fifteenth hole Harwell was two up
on johnson. with three to play. John.
son won the fifteenth and sixteenth
holes by matter OF inches on the last
strokes aud they "halved" the eigh-
teenth making IL necessary to play Off
the tie at No. 10. Both drove off well
and made good approaches to the
green. johnson got on the green first
but his opponent was crowding Each
player did some classy putting but
johnson had stroke on his man and
won by virtue OF that one stroke.
Class q Closely Contested.
Class d was equally hotly contested.
yet 1t took but is holes to decide the
match. Ludlow lead by one hole most
OF the distance on the first round. was
passed once by Owsley and again took
the lead in the final round, approach
ing the finish with Ludlow two and
three 10 play. These two holes Owsley
won and they teed up for the final
drive off across the like TO the last
hole, tie.
The lake, however. was Owsley's
Waterloo. Emulating Dr. Livermore's
performance. Owsley landed perfect
ly good six BIT ball in the lake. backed
off and put another one in to keep it
company. Ludlow. however, taking
advantage OF his opponents misfor.
tune. drove across the lake, his ball
settling south OF the green by several
yards.
Playing four. Owsley crossed the
lake and approached the green, while
Ludlow approached playing two. Ows-
ley gained a stroke as Ludlow fell
down on a short drive and they were
onto the green with Ludlow one stroke
TO the splendid. Ludlow holding out one
to the good. his last put being some
six feet
More Close Scores.
Not alone & did i'd The The finals prove te be
close matches for the runners-up and
play in the semi-finals, even in the
elimination rounds resulting in very
close scores. In the semi-finals of
class A. Boggy Johnson and f. l..
Slusher played the course like veter-
ans, splitting the wins about even and
halving many holes. Johnson's score
at the fifteenth hole was two up with
three 10 play. but Slusher picked up
in his game. they halved the fifteenth,
Johnson winning the sixteenth and
Slusher the seventeenth. making the
eighteenth the deciding hole John.
son won II by ore stroke.
Ludlow and Alger Melton. runner.up
in class B. did the Alfonso and CASTOR
act over the first round and well into
the second. For instance. Ludlow
would make splendid drive from the