Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1917-04-01
Local Professional MedaliSt:
Plays Brilliant Last Round
Hangs Up Mark of 73 in Last
Eighteen Holes; Shreveport
Man Best Aggrega e;
Pleased Gallery Follows.

Consistency on the part of Bob
peebles of Shreveport. bri'liancy on
the part OF j. q. Collins OF Tulsa and
crrattC playing by both Chester .Jel
son of Wichita and Arthur Jackson
Of P1nca CITY enabled The first pair
10 triumph over the latter in the four
hall foursome played over the course
Of the Tulsa Country club Yesterday
The match ended on the fifth hole of
lhe final round when Collins, after a
:75-yard drive aud fair approach,
sank a 22foot putt, the score being
five W and four to play.
Easily the feature Of the mgtch wa3
the wonderful riying power of Col
Inns and mis- holIng out of long puts
He sol lum failed to out-distarce all
the others with his wooden clubs and
he sank many p put at 4 stances rang
ing between 12 and 20 feet But
for his had fortune in driving out of
bounds three times in the morning
and orce in the afternCn he would
have established a mark for the 36
holes that would be hard to beat As
It was he won the medaiist prize, with
Il 10 in his afternoons Play. This WIS
enc stroke better than the best score
of the morning, made by PEBBLES.
Poeblcs Best Aggregate.
Peetlea came thru with the best
aggregate score. 151 to Collins 15t,
Nelson's 159 and Jackson's 16S. A
study Of the score sheet shows that
Collins ind PEBBLES each won three
holes, Jackson two and Nelson one.
A three on the first hole, while
Nelson was taking four and jackson
five, gave PEBBLES and his partner an
advantage at the start Nelson halved
honors by making the fifth in par four
while TIE others went one over. Nell
son and Jackson went into the lead
when they took the seventh. pecb'es
and Collins drew abreast On the first
hole OF the second round. went into
the lead whe1 Collins won the ;curth
and never ther eafter did they sur
render their ADVANTAGE. A. the erd
OF tho mornings play they were
two up.
BampcI nj First Hole.
Tho showing the lack of condition.
ing more than their opponents. Nell
son and Jackson set out in the after
noon determined to make up their lost
ground They received n setback at
the very start when Nelson roles INTO
n bunker and jackson hooked Peeoles
won the hole "a three after topping
his drive.
Outdriving all others toward the
second green. Collins got on the green
with an iron in two, but missed hol-
ing out in three when he trimmed the
cup Jackson and Collins halved the
hole.
Nelson Blows Opportunities.
Nelson missed a 6-foot put which
would have won the third PEBBLES
hopping into the ditch on his second,
while Jackson hooked and Collins
made a bad approach All took five.
Again on the next hole the Wichita
man had only a short cup 10 make to
reduce the lead Of his rivals, but
missed
Beating all the others on his ap-
proach Jackson was on the fifth in
two and received an ovation when
he holed out a difficult putt for a
three. making the score Just two up.
by pitching onto the sixth with their
first shot and making the cup in two
each, Peebes and Collins again in
creased their margin 10 three. All
except PEBBLES had bad luck i'm get
ting away TO the seventh, yet the
hole was halved.
Splendid putting by both Nelson
and Collins resulted in the eighth also
being halved Collins ran down n 20
foot try. while Nelson rolled in from
Is feet off. After Jackson had
ruined his chances at the ninth by
topping his ball into the water while
attempting TO cross the lakc, nelson .
failed to save their team by trimming
the cup on the deciding stroke and
they were four down when the last
nine started.
Collins Il, aturcs Last Nine.
Both Nelson and Jackson were
badly off their game thruout the final
nine holes. while Collins played his
best during the round After slicing
badly, he got in two and holed out Il
! 5-foot putt for a three. He made a
drive toward the second, but went out
of bounds by two inches on his mid
iron. In spite of this handicap. he
managed TO make the hole In five
along with the two other best He
and PEBBLES both made the third in
one under par. one stroke better than
Jackson and three better than Nelson.
The fourth was halved and then.
when Collins planted u 22-foot put
on the fifth, the match part OF the
game was over. However they
played the other four holes to decide
the medalist.
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