Free trader-journal and Ottawa fair dealer. (Ottawa, Ill.) 1920-1927, 1922-09-18
MIXED F0URS0ME
TOURNEY EVOKES
GREAT ENTHUSIASM
GOLF CLUB TURNS ITS ATTEN.
TON TO MEN-WoMEN CONTESTS
YESTERDAYS MATCHES PRO.
pucE HAIR RAISING FINISHES.

Seldom, IL ever, has golf club en-
thusiasm waxed so intense as that
manifested at the west side links yes
terday afternoon during play OF OF
a majority of matches in the mixed
f0ursome tourney The tournament,
"a two,ball affair with man and q
woman composing each team, drew
n large crowd to the course and us
ing the porch for a gallery the "au'
dience kept close tab on the four
somes as they covered the eighteen
holes of play.
The finishes on the home green
brought out the closest kind of play
and gave the gallery many thrills,
Two matches were halved and third
was decided on the eighteenth hole.
This produces evidence enough that
the players were all on their mettle
and indicates the clubs handicap
committee for the way they distrib-
nted strokes to make the tourney as
keen for rivalry as possible.
Mrs. Charles Irion and Joseph Me
gaffin playing Mrs. A. J. OConor and
George Wiley won on the home green
fly one up. A stroke in the trap at
the left of the green gave Mrs. OCon-
or bad lay for her approach and 1t
was this bit of hard luck that pre-
vented them from halying their oppo-
nents.
Mrs. Gus May and Dr. Stordock
played nip and tuck with Mrs. A. K.
Mckee and A. j. O'Conor and at the
end of the eighteen holes were all
even.
Mrs. c. p. Taylor and Dr. Sam Parr
matched against Mrs. G. S. Wiley and
G. H. Woolbert, won the eighteenth
hole of their play and halved the
match Featuring the foursome com
petition was THE superb performance
of DR.. Parr, Mrs. Taylor and Mrs.
Wiley and the burden forced upon
the latter by her partner to keep the
battle as closely as she did.
The other results of this first round
of the tourney follow:
Mrs. Graham and, Charles lrion
We're defeated one up by Mrs. Wool
bert and Alfred Taylor.
Mrs. Charles Clauden and Gipson
Finely won two up from o. W. John
son and Mrs. Howard Bayne.
Mrs. Stordock and Thomas Bellrose
detected w f. Stanton and Mrs. Will
liam Johnson two up.
Mrs Mckee and A. J. O'Conor won
from C. p. Taylor and Mrs. de Berard
five and three.
DR.. Stordock and Mrs. May defeated
Mrs. John NJ French and Walter Fru-
land three and one.
Wins Trophy Hcnors.
In the play-off of the finals for
the Jordan Weiss trophies in the WON
ans tournament, Mrs. G. II. Woolbert
defeated Mrs. II. H. Bayne two and
one over the eighteen hole course.
The match was played off Saturday
afternoon with both players hitting
way and green's like old timers in the
tournament game The result shows
how closely the two finalists were
matched
National City Cup FinaIists.
Play for the National City cup has
reached the finals on one fight and
the semi-finals in the other. George
s. Wiley has yet to play Fey of Nor.
ris in the semi-fnals and whichever
of them wins will have to meet L.
M. Harvey the fnalist in the lower
flight Mr.. Harvey to get himself into
the last stages Of the game defeated
Bert Gilman in well played contest
two up. The Wiley-Fey match prob
ably will be played some time during
the present week.