Douglas daily dispatch., 1927-04-10
HIGH SCHOOL BOY.
WILL PLAY FOR.
S. W. GOLF TITLE.

PHOENIX, April 8. (P-Bobby Gold
water, 16-year-old Phoenix high school
boy, winner of the Arizona amateur
CALF championship a few months ago,
will meet Kim Banister, former state
and southwestern champion, for the
1928 championship of the Southwest
ern Golf association. This final match
for the title will be 36-hole affair.
Bannister became a finalist when he
won from Charles Macarthur, Phoe-
nix, two up, in the other bracket of
the semi-finals The match between
young Goldwater and Parsons fur
nished the greatest thrill of the tour
nament to date. One down on the
18th tee, Goldwater won the hole to
square the match. They halved the
10Th hole by playing par golf, and
Goldwater won the goth hole and the
match when he sank an eight-foot
putt.
Goldwater was badly off his form
during the first nine holes and was
two down at the turn. Parsons, who
only began to shoot championship
golf a few months ago, was consist
ent But the high school boy dis
played a coolness that was dismay-
ing, and fighting an uphill battle
gradually cut down Parsons lead.
large gallery followed the two play
ers-the high school boy, who is
state champion, and hish powerful
opponent, who mad his own son as
his caddy.
The youngsters victory was
popular one. Another great match
L Y;tr,i
Bannister and Tom Dunbar, Jr, of
Phoenix. Dunbar, a great tournament
player, had Bannister one down at
the end of the first nine, but he
could not hold his advantage At
the 14th, after, halving four holes,
Bannister squared the match. Then
he took the next two holes and
cinched the match when he halved
the 18th. Bannister shot a 72 to win
from Dunbar and shot the best golf
seen in match play during the tour
nament.
With all of the golfers from out
side Phoenix eliminated from the
championship lay in the first round,
the interest today was mainly local. |
r. w. Conner of Kilburn, Wis, /
winter member of the Phoenix Coun-
try club, who was medalist of the
tournament, was eliminated in the
second round by Goldwater. In the I
first flight, Fred Barrows of Phoe- |
nix will meet C. A. Upton of Phoenix
in the finals.
In the second flight 7. Long meets |
w. Solomon in the finals.
Joe Rice of Tucson will play Guy |
iY.6 iohf
honors.
PHOENIX, April 9. tP-El Paso,
Texas, was today selected as the |
1928 tournament site for the annual
Southwestern Golf association. Tom
OBrien of the Globe, Arizona, club
was elected president, with Charles
Macarthur of the Phoenix Country |
club, vice president, and ]. S. Curtis
of Ell Paso reelected secretary
treasurer Directors elected were
Arthur Price, Chandler; Carl Smith,
Ell Molino, Phoenix; Wayne Wilson,
Silver City, N. M; ]. E. McLean
Verde; Lewis B. Welch, Phoenix |
Country club; James T. Vance, Ell |
Paso; w. e. Muller, Copper Greens;
Joe Rice, Tucson; M. L. Hartley, !
Douglas, and J. c. Trowbridge, Dem
ing, N. M.
Directors from Albuquerque, n. M,
Bisbee, Morenci and Prescott, Arlz.'
and Hurley, N. M, are to be selected |
later.
DR.. James Mace of Ell Paso, the
retiring president, was given vote
of thanks for his successful handling
of the 1927 tournament, which was
the largest in the history of the
Southwestern association, with l5l
oualifiers A committee will be ap-.
pointed by the incoming president to
select the 10 ranking golfers OF the
south west for 1928.