South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1922-08-20
RAIN IS FACTOR IN
DEFEAT OF SANDERS
IN SEMI-FINAL PLAY
thinner Winner, 2 and 1
Sanders Long Hitting Is
Feature of Meet.

FRENCH LICK. Ind. Aus. 10
Edward thinner Of Indianapolis,
won the state Eof championship
here today by defeating Paul Shat
Ter, Indianapolis. IN a 80 hole match.
two W and ono % go.
thinner won in the final nine
holes because no was s,eadier IN the
pinohes. A topped shot on number
so. and az approach which went
out OF bounds on the 32nd hole
were instrumental IN The defeat OF
Shaffer Shaffer's chances practical
IS faded on the gath hole, when
after both drove into the traps
sfhaffer made what appeared 20 be
a wonderful recovery but the sloping
green carried the ball into the trap
on the other side thinner won
this hole. becoming two up with only
two 10 go. The 35th was haived.
giving thinner the match and the
championship.
This IS the second time thinner
has won the state title. his previous
win being In 1913 last year he
won the Indianapolis city champion
ship
The match was fought with deter
manafion. the first nine holes end
ing with the score even. on the
second nine however. thinner got
three holes in front and had what
seemed 10 be a comfortable lead
when the afternoon round started.
Shaffer won them back. however,
and was again even at the 27th
hole.
There IL a general belief at French
Lick tlsat the rain in the semi finals
put Dan Sanders cut of the rum
Ming this year the same as Il did
last year when he had Johnny
simpson beaten al Chain O'Lakes
when the storm broke and he lost
out
At the eighteenth hole ln the semi
finals Sanders had thinner . up and
was going strong when they took
t.me of for lunch
Eddie and Dan took a long rest
and 10 did Eddie good. lie won the
first hole In the afternoon with a
par 8 and the second In the same
by planting his approach right up
20 the pin. Dan here missed puts
and halved They were square
when they reached the third green.
Then came the rain.
Eddie got under The umbrella ne
was carrying and stepped from -un-
der 10 long enough TO lay his ap-
prOach putt within the tension dis
lance. Dan was eight feet and need
ca II for a half He addressed the
bah. and before ne hit it, the bliz-
zard arrived. Away went Eddie's
umbrella. The water fairly thunder
ed down and a small gallery OF about
eight that ventured The trip ran 20
green keepers tool house for
shelter and right IN this little sned
Dan sanders lost 20 Eddie thinner
The Toulouse Talk
There were several workmen
around and the two players sat on "A
bench and each smoked his pipe The
discussion somehow or other got
back 20 last years final "a South
Bend when Dan and Johnny Simp-
son dorm.e two az the thirty-fifth
tee and lost the match in forty
holes when water fairly poured out
of the sky There was a IulI in the
conversation and some one leaned
down TO the two players and those
and heard this question asked:
What Will this do re your game %
Eddie answered first "Oh il
won't hurt any do YOU think Dan 30
ct WON'T came the answer.
NY games gone now. Do YOU re-
member last year az South Bend ?'
or course there are those who will
say that this was only an incident in
an Inevitable happening. but per
haps there are those who won't And
known that this boy from South
Bend didn't win a hole In the first
nine or the afternoon eighteen and
halved only three,
That Is the story OF what happen
ed 20 Sand ers and as he came up on
the hin at the eighth fairway after a
beautiful drive. he whispered 10 one
0f his friends that he was helpless.
His shot from there was an iron shot
something Dan Sanders felt he didn't
have IN his bag on a wet course.
That was what he meant when he
said ne was helpless He was down
then. and halved the next two holes.
He was still four down when he
took the twelfth hole and made IL 3
90 the bad thinner was cracking.
and on the 595-yard par 3 hole. the
Southbender reached the green in ,
and won it with a birdie 1
The Climax
on No 10 thinner was a little of
or his second shot and Sanders had