The Indianapolis times., 1926-08-12

S ship. to be held at Highland
Golf and Country Club. Aug. 26. 27
and 2S, is being mailed far and wide.
by Albert Buchanan, chairman OF the
sports and pastimes committee, who
is handling many of the arrange.
ments for the event.
The bulletin first states the meet
is open to all amateurs and pro-
fessionals throughout the world.
The winner will win a medal.
emblematic of the Western Open
championship. Besides, If he be
pro, $500 in cash is included in the
first place award. Nine other cash
awards will be given to the next
nine low scorers. Second is $780,
third. 5000; fourth, $3.50; fifth. 1925;
sixth, SIS; seventh. $50; eighth, $40;
ninth, $40, and tenth. $40, making a
total cash award in prizes Of 81 500.
The winners name also will be in
scribed on the J. X. Wadley trophey and
his club shall haxe its custody so long as
be remains the Western Open champion
III. however. the winner be an unattached
player, then the. directors will determine
the disposition of the trophy.
entitle him to any Of Of the above money money
prizes, he erwil viii be awarded an appropriate
prizes will be divided among the profes-
slonal contestants and IN determining the
award sN,, t, thereof the scores made by anna
The competition will consist of 70 holes
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also will, be played by the entire field the
second day. The sixty-four, best scores
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$5 must accompany each entry.
Any person person paving his entrance fee VII
himself TO the rules of the association, On
this condition alone will he be permitted
to enjoy, the privileges OF the association
~ RULES AND NOTICES
The rules OF the United States Golf As
sociatton. except as modified by local rules
of this association. will govern play.
The pairings and time Of starting for
press and also posted on the bulletin board
at the club. Any player who fails 70 ap-
@ teen minutes m @ % of the time he is "e called to
play VIII be disqualified. unless reasons
satisfactory to the committee be given,
kept in seqtT strict sSs compsnce l &c WITH With RUE @ g.
special rules for stroke competitions;
will be disqualified. Scorers should ac-
quaint themselves with the rules before
the round for which they are to score is
All disputes must be referred TO the di-
rectors OF the ASSOCIATION present. whose
The privileges of the course are ex-
tended TO all entrants for one week prior
to the tournament:
the downtown headquarters. and all en-
trants who wish their reservations taken
dressing the committee there.
According, to our book. Of rules, Mrs. C.
A.. Jaqua ruled herself out of nth low gross
stroke penalty. instead of one
Statewide tourney. and Mrs. Jaoua drove
a ball that struck her. caddy. who was on
top of the hill ON the twelfth talrway.
She counted herself one additional stroke
for the act, and her card at eiehteen holes
read 100. Thus she was in tie with
Mrs. A. A. McClamrock of Frankfort for
: The incident troubled Mrs. ;taaps, and
she insisted she thought she should have
incurred q two-stroke penalty and refused !i
settle golf questions. but according TO the
little blue book, Rule 10, when your own
ball strikes or l. stopged by Your partner
stroke penalty is incurred. and in match
play the loss of the hole"
we have noticed in recent Journeys that
numerous occasions arise where the exact
It might be well. before 1927. for both
the STATE and city, associations to get their
tournaments and then elect a committee
of three to interpret the rule in question;
they must be Interpreted quickly to make
tournaments successful