The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1921-08-25
FRENCH BEATEN
BY VELIE | UP;
ADVANCE ROUND
Moline Star Has Hard Match With
Veteran DavenpOrter, Who Takes
Him to Home Green

PLAY in the annual champion
shin tournament of the Rock Island
Arsenal Golf club advanced a round
in each flight yesterday afternoon,
and the survivors are today play
ing off the second round of match
es. The semi-tinals will be played
tomorrow afternoon and the finals
on Saturday over the 36-hoIe route.
Feature match OF yesterday III
the championship hight occurred
between ". l.. NeIIe, Jr-, Moline, anu
Decker French OF Davenport The
Moline star defeated the veteran
Dayenporter. but II was necessary
for hlm to 90 to The nome hole 10
do it, where he won, l up. There
were no surprises or upseLs in the
other championship matches, JACK
Cady, Leon and ArdO Mitchell and
Art smith all winning by comfort
able margins
Iodays competition should bring
ont some excellent golf. The feal-
ure match is scheduled for late this
afternoon between Leon Mitchell
and Velie. Both men are playing
SOOu SOlI anu d CIOS6b doiu AOu5Al
match should result
There were several good matches
yesterday In the lower t1ighls, three
or four of them going to extra
holes for a decision In the play,
off of the tie for last place in the
championship flight, Harold Lusk
beat Mayor Skinner of, Moline.
They played the tirst hole, Lusk
taking D and Skinner 6. Later in
the afternoon Lusk was defeated by
W. S. Allen OF Davenport, while
Mayor Skinner won his match in
class A.
The defeated eight in each flight
are paired in the consolation
matches for their class, and they
are playing today. Results of yes
terday's matches are as follows:
Championship.
W. l. Velie, Jr., defeated Decker
French, l up; Leon Mitchell beat
Carl Schmidt, up 3; E. c. Mueller
beat B. f. Peek, 3 up 1; Ardo Mitch
ell beat Edgar Aiken, 3 up 4; ]. D.
Cady beat w. &. Skinner, 3 up ?;
Louis Arp beat Walter Mueller, 4
up 3; w. 5. Allen beat Harold LuSk,
D up 4; Art Smith beat o. +. Bast,
up 1.
Glass 4.
c. P. Skinner beat J. W. Potter,
1 up 10 holes; Colonel King beat
John Sundine, up / r. W. Lea
beat Louis Hansen, 6 up 5; Charles
Wilson beat Gus Shallberg, up 3,
| C. S. Johnson beat H. T. Bates,
up 2; John Hansen beat 2. Rod
dewig, up >; Rufus Walker beat
H W. Harrington, 3 up 2; NJ L.
| Coleman beat James Lardner, 1
up 3.
Class B.
George Schneider beat H. N.
Railsback, , up 3; R r. InglehaTt
beat William Butterworth, default;
Frank SiIloway beat r. B. Lourie,
up 4; A. T. Foster beat DR.. Sid
ney Virgins. 3 up 1; Waldo Hans
sen beat H. Soverhill; Fred Lisch-
er beat ". W. Greer, s up Z; VIII
liam Heuer beat Sam White, up
3: c. Z. Hansen beat Dan BeIdon,
up 5.
Glass C.
L. NJ B. Morrissey beat v E.
Hayward, l up 20 holes; H. Rogers
beat H. S. Lord, l up; F. W. Balm
sen peat Eu FOSS, up D. - L.
White beat R. H. Harmed, , up l;
H. Ainsworth beat Oswald Schmidt,
up /; DR.. G. L. Eyster beat ". H.
Martins, up /; C. E. Robb beat D.
G. Fisher, up 4; DR.. M W. Case
beat Gus Tegeler, l up.
Class ID.
H. L. Williams beat H. Jansen,
up 5; c. J. Montgomery beat Ben
Mueller, 2 up; T. w Grggs beat ].
Chamberlain; William Stark beat
Major Waldoman, 6 up ); L. r.
Claussen beat H. Lafferty, l up IL
holes; Major Cley, A R Ebi and
H T. Wheelock drew byes.