Omaha daily bee., 1921-07-02
Peters Meets
Young for Golf
Title Today
Country Club and Field Club
Golfers to Play for Cham.
pionship Honors; Beckett
And Shepard Lose.

golf champion, and Blaine Young OF
the Field club, former champ, will
battle over the Happy Hollow
course today for the championship
Of Nebraska in the seventeenth an
nual state golf tournament
The Country club golfer worked
his way into the final bracket of the
championship flight yesterday by de-
feating Guy Beckett of the Happy
Hollow club. and 6 to 60 in their
scheduled 3o-hole match, while
Young heaved "Wally' Shepard,
bags, clubs and all, out of the tourna-
ment in hard-fought match, up.
With both Beckett and Shepard,
Happy Hollow golfers, out of the
running for the rag, the club which
hasc entertained more than 800 club
swingers during the past week failed
to place in only one of the eight
flights, while the Country club stands
good chance of capturing the
honors in the main event today. The
boys from Charlie Johnston's hang
out won their share of the trophies
as Country club members won in
three events. The Field club, pro-
viding Blaine Young fails to trim
Peters in the championship flight,
won but one flight, that being the
Consolation event.
The championship match today
should be one of the hardest-fought
contests of the tournament. Peters
will tee off the initial mound with the
dope in his favor because of his
steady and consistent playing which
has been feature of his play from
the qualifying round to the finals.
However, in meeting Young, the
Country club golfer will buck up
against clever stick wieldcr and
one who can drive with a great
amount of accuracy. .
Young tied the course record for
l8 holes yesterday morning, when he
covered the course in II, tying the
marks held by Walter Hagen. OF
Chicago, Bob" Christie, Happy Hol-
low Pro-" and Kenneth Reed, also
OF Happy Hollow. Young shot the
outside in IS and took 81 coming in.
At the turn he was S up on his op-
ponent and held this lead over
Shepard at the end of the first half
of the 36-hole match. Shepard
started in the afternoon by aunexing
the 10Th hole, but Young copped the
10th and was S up. The Happy Hol-
low player staged a rally and took
the 2lst with five and annexed the
next hole, making him three down.
Shepard sunk 20-foot putt for
three on number six and took four
on the following hole.
Starting on number eight, Young
was two up on Shepard, and from
here untn the 18th hole, the match
was nip and tuck affair. Young's
long drives, good approach shots
and puts spelled defeat for the Hap
py Hollow golfer, who played we'll
during the early holes of the after
moons round and then took slump
in putting.
AT the end of the first l8 holes of
the Peters Beckett match, the cham
pion was three up on his opponent.
Beckett cut the Country clubs golf
er's lead down to 2 up on the 10Th
green when he took three for the
hole. However, Peters increased his
lead to three up on the fourth and
from then until the 18th tin, was
never in danger of losing the match
At the turn in the afternoons play,
Peters was 5 up. He won the 10th
with a three and both took FIVE
for the II. The match ended on the
9th when Peters made the cup in
fve and Beckett in seven, giving the
champion the match. 7 up and s to
60.
Both made good drives for the
18th. Beckett's second shot carried
over the green and into a ditch. He
was out in three and then took a
pair OF puts for seven while Peters
was on the green in a good position
in three and took two puts for
FIVE and the contest.
Beckett provided plenty of compe-
tition for the champion during the
mornings play, but during the after
noon appeared to be off his game.
His drives, approach shots and es-
pecia!ly his puts. failed to measure
up to his mornings shots. Peters,
on the other hand, played his usual
good game throughput the match.
His approach shots and puts fea-
tured the play.
CHAMPIONSHIP FLIGHT.
Semi Finals.
r. NJ. Peters C. c.. beat Guy Beckett,
H. H., and 6,
Blaine Young. F. c.. beat W. S. shep-
pard H. H. up; 1,,.,.
r. NJ. Peters plays Blaine Young.
PRESIDENC'S FLIGHT.
Finals.
Charley Marley. H. H.. beat A. H. Ar
mold. F. c.. and g
vICE-PREsIDENT's FLIGHT.
Finals.
X. H. Garrett. C, c.. beat J. A. Epen-
eter. II. H. and I.
SECRETARY'S FLIGHT.
Finals.
H. H. Moore. c. B.. beat W. P. Arnold,
DIRECTORS FLIGHT.
Finals.
Guy Furay; e. c.. beat E. N. Benson.
oUr-srA1E EVENT.
f. Parr. Norfolk. Neb., beat c. j. Herrod,
Columbus. Neb.. and !.
SURPRISE FLIGHT.
Finals.
NJ. A. curran. c. c., beat E. E. Brando,
r. c.. s and 4.
CONSOLATION FLIGHT.
Finals.
r. vetts, F. c., beat F. S. Gaines, C. c.,
and 2.
Professional Scores.
Out In Tot
bob" Christie, H. H. ......39 39-7S
Mick" Brady, Wayne, Neb. Al 40--S1
Charlie Johnston, c. C. .....42 41-S3
Harold Mckee, Grand Island. SO 44-S3
John Caldwell Kearney ....41 42-S3
Norman Sommers, Lincoln IA 43-s4
Al Hearne Hastings ...,46 3s-s5
Willie wotherspoon, H. H. ..42 43-S5
stanley Davies r. c. ...,.46 41-s7
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