Indiana daily times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1914-1922, 1921-08-09
; Gossip of the Ring, Amateurs and OF
CHOICE NEWS AND NOTES OF
GOLFERS AT CHAIN O-LAKES


SOUTH BEND, Ind, Aug. 9.--The first
eighteen holes of qualifying play in the
ment were completed yesterday with Her
man Sielken. representing the Riverside
Club of Indianapolis, and Charlie Taylor,
Laporte golfer, tied for the low medal
honors with q pair Of SIS.
The 40 contestants for the State honors
this year were. to play their second
eighteen qualifying holes today, after
be paired and sent off in the battle for
the cup, match play being scheduled to
start tomorrow morning.
Sieiken's card for his eighty one medal
score Monday follows:
i out -. 50 3tSfss 30
Taylor's card:
'fs -: sss So 8 &c
I Par on the e con- course over which the
"a -: :tt 3fs 2 g SO E5S-7o
Ubiquitous Mr. Alibi appeared on the
course about the time the first OF the
championship qualifiers were appearing
after the initial round Of is holes, medal
play.
stories. For this fellow he had bad
green's; for another be had the terrors
Of water hazards and for others we heard
Of balls driven out Of bounds that other
wise should have gone straight.
Thus scores were not 1T to be recorded
in good gol1ng society and unless the
scores decrease in today's round 1t might
be wondered II there Is as mueh class IN
the Indiana State tournament as tine
press agents had recorded.
There were plenty of reasons for poor
scores Monday. Over the string or
lakes around which the South Bend
course IN built and which gives II a De
lightful natural setting, a sun wind from
the northwest blew across the fairWay s.
catching many balls aud stopping their
fights or turning them into destructive
slices and hooks. 49,
On the falrways on several OF the noles
there were euppy lies which caught many
otherwise good shots and made dittlcuIt
shots OF balls which should have been
easy. The lakes themselves gave ths
players the delights Of water hazarus unG
many balls ended their careers IN tue
water ~ a..
Ths scores were such yesterday tnat
not a few 81 the players from all corners
Of the State who were SAID TO De sure %
places In the select thirty two IN the
championship will drop back lgnomln-
ously into the flights for the also rams
And too. there viii be those In the nrSt
thirty-two who we're not doped 70 pc
within the first group. strange II Is
that while the players Of s2.called goIttIls
there are others OF less repute who some
how got right along. hitting them
straight down the course. size up thelf
puts with Intelligence and make them
Rut If II vera. not always 80, golf
would not be gETne which gets en- Gil.
The tournament is played under the
Western Association rules. but there
seems 10 be a sad lack Of knowledge or the
Western rules among the players. II Is
I'D TO the Jesse Mossler, secretary OF the
Slate association 70 educate' them ana
educate them quickly. For instance
"Froegv" Williams Of Highland said
that he had read somewhere chat accord
ing to Western standards ball In SOFT
mud could be lifted and played WITHOUT
penalty. Mossler, digging up some ola
rules OF the Western Association, said II
was not so. not so at all There Was
mighty conference over this point Ihen
Dr Hurt. Of Highland. referring 10 more
recent publications Of the rules. showed
them the section which permitted bail
buried In soft mud, not IN hazard 70
be lifted and played without penalty
Thus q question was settled when
threatened for a Night 20 break up the
State tournament.
Not little trouble OF the golfers was
found on hole No z. dog-ieg mole WIZ 1ISo
winds its WY around a morass. ne
hole Is 800 Yards and requires two shots
drive and a brassie, andIthen the con
yentional pitches aud approaches TO the
green For those who try 20 shorten up
The route and shoot over the morass,
which ia O water hazard, there Is trouble
costly ~ their balls drop tn the hazard
And across tho fairway. too, there Is a
little ditch which Is water hazard
which somehow gets in the way OF many
second shots This little ditch was the
means Of spelling many scores
4. ,Tn 4rer fha nmo lily
Ing rounds lie Is the father Of Johnny
simpson and seems more Interested IN
me shooting Of mis- son and heir than he
ts I'm his own chances of winning goiunE
donors For simpson, junior, has
chance at the championship. a mighty
GOOD one. The simpson simpson com
bination IS preparing for a mighty scrap
in the father aud son contest MhlGn taeS5
ident Jim Pntten aud bis son, Richard
are being doped TO win. II the eidef rat
ten gets here for play
Most Of the work OF running the tourn-
ament Is falling on the shoulders Of Jess
Nossler and Prof G. 4. Young of Purdue
University. here representing the Latay -
cite Country Club. II there Is any one
who believes there Is no work in running
a State golf tournament, he IS much de
ceived according 10 Professor Young;
always used to hard work and much OF
Professor Young in golf play. is =
southpaw. that Is he hits them from the
len side. Just a. the SIR. r. Ruth slams
out his home runs.
There are some gofing authorities who
saw that 1t can't be done left handed, but
Professor Young, an authority OF me
chanics as well ns golf after making all
sorts OF Investigations, says there is no
reason why left-handers can't play as
well as right handlers, But Professor
Young himself went very badly in his
first roUDd, SO there may be something
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