San Antonio light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1911-1993, 1923-01-29
ehlhorn's Conqueror Heads
for Coast in Kirk
woods Company.
|NDAY MATCH THRILLS
Eat Crowd Sees Mehl-
horn Throw Away Big
4 Money on Last Green.

HIS Opcn championship ana fufther
Isssshed himself as the best all
Ind golfer in the business, pulled
before daylight Monday, accom-
fed by Joe Kirkwood. his Australian
tng partner. for Los Angeles, Cal,
Re they will fill a contract to APP
in motion pictures. They VIII play
Exhibition golf on the coast and
tour manager, Robert S. Harlow,
leave soon for the East.
hgen and Kirkwood will come
HIGH San Antonio again in Feb
h, headed for Houston. where they
play an exhibition, February Is.
not likely that they will play here
h this year. After Houston. they
play their way eastward and VIII
for the British open in England
time in April. -,
yeral thousand golf fans-thG
hg, largest that has ever ATTENDED
tch in San Antonio. was various
Estimated from 1000 TO 5000 eX-
rd their emotions and their legs
ay morning in following the thrill
play -off of IS holes. medal, tor
Texas Open Championship. cap
on the last green by Walter
N when Bill MehlhOrn missed one
that would have won for him
then another that would have tied
sent the contest to extra holes.
was a big day in local golf and
of the men, women and children
romped over the municipal course
the match, upsetting each other'
Hing the players. running hlther
Won, getting dusty and ovcrheated
in at least two cases. wet from
les off the narrow bridge at nun
seventeen. hadn't had so much
since the last eclipse of the sun.
Furlong and his "hush" squad
FEARS in their voices before it was
trying 10 get the folks to quit
ing on Hagen's heels and quit
biz over Mehlhorn's shoulder when
as putting. At times, the scene
more like Sunday school
except that there probably
was a Sunday school that size.
men were all for MehlhOrn. 1t
d, and they were in the majority.
Sf,e Hagen, however, just on the
Z becoming a movie actor, caught
We of the ladies. some of them.
DIV, and the admiration wasn't all
ON the twelfth fairway. a
of young ladies broug hit bushes
alters cheeks by impulsively rush
y and pounding him on the back
q good shot.
Twas See-Saw Battle.
" Hagen beat Mehlhorn in the
h of their 72-hole tournament tie
netting every dyed-in-thc-wool
bug probably knows by now; for
wasn't on hand, all his neigh
were.
Ting to decide which would get
rst prize of $500 and which
get the second money, SSOO,
the American holder OF the
4 omen championship. and Mehl-
ths Shreveport Country Club
who has been steadily getting
the national top rank year by
gave a see-saw exhibition IN
neither ever enjoyed more than
stroke advantage, that provided
galore for the watchers. IL was
ange mixture of ordinary and
al golf. in which a 3J-foOt putt
he hole was successful while
ot mutt on the next was missed
\ same man, the instance being
cf MehlhOrn on seventeen and
EN-.
Thorn. by winning number fifteen,
a stroke lead after Hagen had
I'd the battle at number four
On sixteen. Hagen took adj
lie of an erratic streak by his
ent and got his ball in the cup
strokes under Mehlhorn's score,
him a One-stroke lead.
Thorn sank one from the edge
green for two on seventeen
Hagen took four. and again the
banged. Then, after Hagen had
a four on number eighteen.
prn missed a short putt for vie
nd then another one. this only
long but worth 500 TO him.
presented Hagen with the cham
ip and the big money.
Hagen One Above Par.
played good cards, Hagen he
he above par with ~. The
en-:
la go 3l3-3G.
-346 435 344-36-12.
thorn:
-444 3JI 3l3-3j.
1876 Al 52G-3S-T3.
championship playof in Gs-
bier one. 36J yards. uar four:
Drn won the hOnors on the toss
in. Both drove far and straight.
IIelhorn about 20 yards longer.
seconds placed each on the near
I the green. Hagen puttcd to
n foot OF the cup and holed
n four. Mehlhorn's putt stop
rec inches away and the hole
hlsed in par fours.
Der two. $50 yards. par four:
drives were straight with Ha-
he longer. Mehlhorn approach
feet past the pin. while Hagen
ur feet short. Mehlhorn's putt
BY. stopping 4 foot beyond the
ID he took four. Hagen missed
by an inch and the hole was
keeping the competitors even.
Der three. $50 yards, par four:
drive was better centered in
rway than Melhorn's. which was
70 canal to the right. Both an
IS were just off the green. Both
wo feet from the cup on their
hots and halvPd in fours.
Hagen Into the Lead.
Der four, 225 yards. PAR three
IN, using a driving iron, sent