The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1921-06-23
Bon Stein
Local Hope
Seattle Golf Champion Is
Lone Local Golfer Left
in Northwest Meet
BY ALEX g. ROSIE

PORTLAND. Juns :3.-Ptay IN
the second round OF the Nor invest
amateur gold championship played
two Seattle players ana the survival
of another. ON Bon STEMS shoulders
now rests the chances OF taking the
honors to the Queen City. lie rs
playing In wonderful form and had
little trouble In hts match with j.
Wall yesterday. winning by the lop-
sided margin OF 10 up and to go.
Clark Spiers was defeated by
Heinie Schmidt after hard strug.
gle. which ended on the 3tth hole.
The Aberdeen star was at his best
and the Seattle youngstar was forced
10 retire because hts playing WAS
Just little bit behind tho class
all the way and attracted a large
gallery.
HOUSTON
MEETS DEFEAT
Or. y. III. Houston WINS tho other
member OF the Seattle brigade to
fall. lie lost to Forest Watson by a
10 10 . score. Forest has been n
resident of Seattle for several
months. but he Is representing his
old club. waveriey. at the tourna-
mcnt
The big surprise OF today's play
was the victory OF Russ Smith over
Rudy Wilhelm. who was expected To
40 right 10 the finals. with two
down in the morning round he made
n grand uphill fight. but Russ was
not to be denied and held the upper
hand by the small sum OF one hole.
Tho women's first round titular
matches with one exception ended
as expected. the exception was the
defeat OF Mrs II. Gellcty. the Van.
couver crack. by Mrs Howard.
-Four OF the eight now left In the
womcn's championship hall from
Seattle. namely. Misses Tidmarsh.
Fisher. Peters and Mra II. +. Jack.
son.
TODAY'S
RESULTS
AUtey frrAitS WIN ~ rOltOWE
Amateur championship - seco d
round. So holes. Smith beat Wilhelm
up; Schmidt beat Spcirs and 2;
Won Elm beat Wcstland 7 and s.:
Stein beat WAN 10 and Q: Egan beat
Neustadter 8 and 5: Waaon beat
Houston 10 and .: Willing beat Nc.
Can and 7. women's champion
shlp--Miss p. Tfdmarsh beat Mrs r.
Kerr. 4 and MRS. w. J. Patterson
beat Mrs N. Il. Kegicy 4 and !: Mrs
Il. A. Wheeler beat Mrs r.. Kay 6
and 8: Miss n. l.. Fisher beat Mrs.
r. Curran 1 up: Miss @. Peters beat
Miss r. A. Collins 8 and g.: Mrs. r.
y. jackson beat Mrs. II. Geliety up.
STEIN MEETS
When Bon Stein meets George Won
Elm tomorrow he win have the stiff.
est opponent of the weeks play. The
playing OF the lad from Salt Lake
has been In the par area and there
are many here who pick him TO win.
Stein looks good to the Seattle gath.
ering.
Beginning tomorrow morning all
play Will be over the wayerlcy course
The Portland Golf club links shared
the burden for three days In the
mems handicap championship mix.
Seattle has three representatives In
the last eighth. X. Dent l..
Cunningham and A. stuart II n
possible. according to the draw for
the semi-flnalists In the women's
division. TO be all Seattle victories
Today Clare Griswold will tackle
Chan Egan. the Northwest cham.
pion. In the third round. Tho dope
says Eran win win. II took l..
Cunningham 81 holes before he could
dispose OF w. +. Foster. also OF Seat.
tie, In the mems handicap yester-
day. Hawthorne Dent also had a
real fight on his hands in his match
with II. NJ. Fullerton OF Vancouver.
One hole was the difference and Dent
had II.
The weather conditions arc ideal
for golf and the green's and fairways
are just right.