The Sentinel=record., 1917-04-22
CRAGER OF HELENA
 IS GOLF CHAMPION
DEFEATED ALEXANDER OF PINE BLUFF IN THE FINALS, WHICH
 WENT TO 37TH HOLE.
Morning Round Was Rather Ragged but the Players Frightened Up in the Afternoon and Made Contest Very Interesting.

To Helena goes the hon.r of turn Ing out the golf champion of Arkan sas for 1917 In hardfought and gruelling match yesterday at the Country Club F. w Crager finally disposed of his opponent W. (. Alex. lnder of Pine Blun on the thirty 'eventh hole
 The m rnine round of the eight cen vas quite disappointment to both he gallery and the players them. ielyes. The play was ragged in tho xtreme each man having opportunity liter opportunity to win a hole. only O throw it away, or halve it by fail ug to get down comparatively simple butts. This sort cf play characterized he entire first eighteen. and it wuold ,e hard to say who was the worst offender in this respect. Al the end # the first round, or in golf parlance. he turn CraSer was up on hi
 pponent
 After light lunch in the clubhouse he players started their final eign- cen, which was to determine the new champion. Alexander by hard work succeeded in catching up with Crager. md from that moment on the battle vas a see-sav affair. The play was characterized by extreme carefulness n the part of each man during the fternoon, for a "missed' shot miglt -ery well turn the tide against the player making the bobble. The golf vas of a much higher order than that displayed in the morning. and as the players ueared the end of the match with only a hole separating the two. he gallery began tO speculate as to he winner. Going to the seventeenth lole, or what was in reality the thirty fifth hole of the match. the match ras all square It looked ominous or the Pine Bluff member when 'e topped his ball off the tee and it ailed to get out of the rough. % rager was well down the fairway. nd it began to lcsk as though the match wa, going to end on the thirty iXth hole with the Helena player on 0p
 Alexander not discouraged by his ad shot at this critical point of the anne, made fine recovery. and by displaying some high-class golf sue. eeded in halying the hole. Going to he eighteenth green" or the thirty iXth and last hole, both players were way from the tee well Crager mussed" his second an easy pitch to he green, and after Alexander had aid hs second on the green, many bought the match over and were con eding the honrrs to the Pine Bluff uan It was now Crager's time to ome through with q good recovery. which he did, placing his ball on the green for a sure four. Alexander had ! putt 10 win the match. and a rather 3asy one, too, as butts go. but blew % md the fight went into extra holes. The long number one hole was the scene of the Helena man's triumph Alexander, discouraged by his failure to end the affair on the eighteen. never got going on this hole, and Crager, on the other hand given @ life, when he figured he was beat. came back with renewed courage. He beat the stock little fellow fir m Pine Bluff by a stroke, and earned for him. self the title of golf champion of Ar. kansas for 1917 It was a great fin. lsh, and more than made up for the poor playing displayed during the morning.
 In the second flight, Harrington mother Helena man, came thr ugh and won He defeated George R. Payne of Texarkana for first honor, in this division after very interest. ing but rather one-sided match He won from the player from the south. western part of the state 6 up and 5 10 go,
 In the third fligh F. A. Howell de. feated Max Layne fer first honors This was another sery close matcl