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MEDFORD "MAIL TRIBUNE, MEDFOKD. OREGON, TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 3. 1935.
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Bentley Wins Southern Oregon Golfing Crown in Gruelling Duel
CLARKVANQUISHED
ON 36TH HOLE BY
COOLAMDER
Four Foot Putt Brings Title
After Closest Competition
Ever Seen In Rogue
Valley Course Classic.
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hulei of the cloMSt
In southern
Through
till aolf aver seen
Oregon, H. B. Bentley of Ashland
waged a heroic battle yesterday at
Rogue River Valley golf course
against the unnerving skill and per
sistency of Leland Clark, winning
from him by one stroke the acventn
annual Southern Oregon golf champ
ionship. A gallery of 200, who saw the
rnnl. calculating pair tee off
square altor leaving the 35th, hush
ed to watch Bentley and Clark pilot
th two white pellets onto tne lom
green and procied to fight It out
with their nutters. Thanks to his
most amazing and valup.blo
proach shot of the day. Bentley was
lying 25 feet irom whs j'm
whii Clark, who had faltered mo
mentarily with an iron shot from
tho rough that sklddftd dangorous
ly Just over th end of a tra, was
lying three, but hall again as vkw
to the cup.
Clark (Sets Chance
Bentley stepped up quickly and
putted four feet too far. It was
Clark's chance to tie the match,
but hla downhill, curving push roll
ed a scant Inch from the lip of the
cup. With everything to gain, Bent
ley putted smartly for four feet to
ln the contest, taking ft par four
to Clarke five. Both cards tallied
164 strokes for the 38 holes.
The s'ady, hard-fought match
was an uphill grind all the way
for Clark, who played beautifully
from the tea, safely with hla irons,
but poorly In several costly in
stances on the green. He won the,
first hole of the day, but lost hla
one up margin on the fourth never
sg'iln to be In the lead.
Clnrk Sinks 40-Footer
At tho end of the first nine,
Jientley wns two up. Leland won
No. 10 to cut the lead in half:
they halved No. 11, Bentley won
No. 13 with a par three and was
three up at the end of the next four
holes. The young Insurance man
cut the lend down one notch when
be took No. 17 with a par four, and
on No, 13 Clark sunk a sensational
40-foot putt for a blrdlo three to
. end the morning rounds one down.
The most beautiful shot of the day,
the long, curved push was also one
of the very few remarkable green
shots, as both pin yen were decidedly
off on their putting.
Both teed off before a large
pnllery In the afternoon with hard,
clean drives that gave each an easy
par four on No. 1. On Ills next
drive Clark hit the rough, over
shooting the green on his second
shot, but dropping the ball four
ffet from tho pin on a nice recovery.
Bentley overshot the pin and took
two putts, while Clark sank his lone
green shot to win the hole and
square the standing. They halved
No. S and teed off on the fourth
still all square.
Both were on In two, but Bent
3rya first putt missed the cup and
topped on the lip to give Clark
a difficult, three-foot stymie with
only n fraction of an Inch clcar
sme. Measuring the hairbreadth le.
Clark surprised the gallery with a
Inst putt that graced the other ball
snd gave him a four to halve the
hole. They continued their neck
and neck stride by halving No. 6
In par fours.
Hen t try Steel Nerved
Sensational nerve, which featured
bis game, gave Bentley a one up
lead on No. 6 when he pitched onto
the green with a beautiful 40-foot
approarh over a trap, and sunk the
easy two-foot putt for a blrdt" four.
Taking no such liuncv.v Clark had
pitched to the side of the bunker,
and although his 30-foot putt teaa
cd the cup, he took a five.
The only hard lurk in the after
noon's rounds was Bent ley's on No.
7, when he hit a tree in trying to
recover from the rough to take a
fix aKaln.it Clark's par Tour as the
landing again switched to all
quart,
bfntley was on in one and two
putted fur a par three on No. 8,
while Clark muffed a short uphill
putt lo take a four and go one
clown again. He- was playing under
a severe handicap with tho margin
continudUflly teoterinu away from
Sum, but Clark took No. 9 to square
the count as Bentley dubbed an
approach Into the rough and too
six strokes to hole out. Both Uilwd
eav putts, their scoiea climbing
high umier the pressure.
Ben! ley lit satin tend
Halving tho short No. 10 In par
times, they stayed all even through
ho. U, both inisaing easy putu
again on the ltih green with a
return of the Jitters. It con Clam
the 13th hole when he sliced hii
ciriva over the feme, but his second
tee shot slid well duwn the fair
way. Buth were on In three, but
Clark three putted while llcntley
holed out In two to go into his
pernsi.eni one up lead.
It was ttentleys turn to mUs
short putt on the fourteenth. CinrK
qiuilug tho match with 'a par
Jour. As they went over the Iilll.
Claik's Iron shot went trapwiircj,
topping on the edne. however, in
deep tiiuM. They boh two putted,
but LelHiul'fl extra approach shot
aam put him one down in umui
pot tiiiit carried over to No. 17 as
they halted the sixteenth hole who
pars. ,
Clark Make Ureal Shot j
delayed defeat on No. IT with a
beautiful exhibition of control In
the face of one of the most criti
cal points In his golfing career.
Clark's drive carried hallway down
the fairway to give him a long
approach shot across the end of a
bunker. He stepped up briskly ana
sent the oval on one of the truest
Iron shots of the day, placing It
four feet from the pin. Bentley was
also on in two, but missed bis id
foot putt, and Clark won the bole
in what was to be his last bid for
the 1936 championship.
The play-off on the 36th was
Bentley'a through superior golf,
Iron nerve and a determination that
marked bis performance Ircm the
tart. The Ash lander baa been turd
ed back after nearlng tb finals on
several heartbreaking occasions dur
Ing the aeven-year history of the
tourney, and once was runner-up.
"All things coma to him who waits,'
he laughed as hi received the sil
ver championship trophy.
The scores: "
Bentley first eighteen. 87. 3978,
Second eighteen, 41, 37 78. final
score, 154.
Clark first eighteen, 89, 3877.
Second eighteen, 39, 38 77. Pinal
score, 154,
Tumy Trims E rumens.
Playing the best golf of hla career,
Earl Tumy defeated Tom Em mens, 3
and 3, for the first flight champion
ship, ending on the 16th bole, four
over par. It was a close contest un
til the last few boles, when Tumy
edged away and had the best of it
consistently. Tumy defeated Oeorge
Harrington, 2 up, and Em mens de
feated Bud Simmons, 1 up, on the
10th, In the first flight semi-finals.
The outstanding match of the
tournament, from a standpoint of
close competition, was the sixth flight
finals between Roy Prultt And R. W.
Ruhl. Prultt, who has played the
game of golf only three weeks, not
only ended the regulation 18 boles
even up with Ruhl, but helved the
10th. Then he did the some thing
on the aoth, the 31st, the 33nd and j
the 33rd, finally winning the match
with a birdie on the 34th hole.
When Bob Hammond, Jr., who de
feated his first two opponent in the
tournament, using only a four Iron,
a niblick and a long-shafted putter,
prepared to play Marvin Clark ot
Oranta Pass with the same limited
equipment, for the second flight
championship, he was mot with a
challenge to do so from the Climate
City shot-maker.
Hammond reflectively reviewed
Marvln'a record, finding that the
Grants Pass man, la also exceptionally
talented as a three-club specialist.
Bob decided to adopt his full set of
clubs again, and thereby crossed bis
Rubicon.
It ended 3 and 1 for Clark, after
a bitterly -contested 17 boles of full
fledged golf. Using his favorite three
sticks, Hammond, who baa been twice
winner of the tournament nd in
semi-final competition four times,
eliminated H. A. Johnson, 3 up, in
the semi-finals. Clark stopped into
the final bracket vie a one up de
feat or Bob Maentz. l
llenselman wins.
George Henselman defeated H. I
mons of Oakland, a left-handed golf
ing oca, S and 3, in tne finals of the
third flight. Heuselmsn won the
match by virtue of a 12-foot blUiaid
shot off Lamons' ball, on the edge
of the cup. Henselman defeated Harry
Ravizza, one up on the 19th, and
Lamona defeated William McAllister,
4 and 3, in the semi-finals.
Other winners were:
Fourth Flight.
Dr. Harvey Woods defeated hla
brother-in-law, Dom Provoot. 8 and 3.
Dr. Woods defeated Walter Levcrette,
2 up. and Provost defeated H. B. Kcl
lom, 8 and 1 In the semi-finals.
Fifth Flight.
Eugene Thorndike defeated Frank
Reum, 4 and 8. Thorndike defeated
E. 0. Jerome, 4 and 9, and Reum de
feated George Codding, 3 up, in the
semi-finals.
Sixth Flight.
Roy Prultt defeated R. W. Ruhl, 1
up on the 24th hole.
Second Consolation.
Harry McMahon defeated Jean Eber
hart of Ashland, 3 up.
Third Consolation.
Ivan Harrington defeated Ed Good
win of Grant paas, 4 and 3.
Fourth Consolation.
Bd Nichols detested W. F. Biddle.
3 and 1.
ASTORIA REGATTA SETS
SL
IN GOLFJOURNEY
Defeats Mrs. Thompson 4
And 3 For Fourth Owner
ship Of Cup Harrington
Longest Driver Of Day.
ASTORIA, Ore., Sept. 3. fyp) Four
world records in outboard motorboat
racing were bettered In the finals of
tho Astoria regatta yesterday. Con
ditions were said to have been as
near perfect as possible.
The fastest time over the course
was made by Bob Watklns, 19. of Ho
qulam, student at University of
Washington. An amateur driver In
a clana C hydroplane, h i sped at
51.183 mllea an hour. Judges said
tho world record was 49 342.
COLD WATER POSTPONES
TITLE SWIM BY WOMEN
TORONTO. Sept. 3. (AP) An on
shore breeze today brought lake On
tario waters up to only 56 degrees, six
short of the necessary temperature,
and Canadian national exhibition of
ficials again postponed the women's
five mile awlm for the proiesslonal
championship of the world.
Mrs. D. R. Wood, skillful, consist
ent encrn In the women's cham
pionship flight, defeated Mrs. J. C.
Thompson. 4 and 3, yesterday in the
finals, after a see-sawlng 330-hole
match, with the distinction of hav
ing won the women's southern Ore
gon title four times.
The comeback was made after a
lapse of two years In Mrs. Wood's
tournament competition, the previous
wins cor. ing In 1930, 1931 end 1933,
giving ,ier permanent poaxcaslon of
the Jackson County b&utj ttophy
This Is the first time Mrs. Wood will
have her name Inscribed on the pres
ent cup, which In 1034 was won by
Anna Mae Fuson, who did not com
pete this year. Mrs. Wood has the
unique record of winning every time
she ha entered.
Blow in Starting.
It took her some time to find the
championship stride, but safe, care
ful playing gradually proved effective.
After trailing through most of the
morning rounds, Mrs. Woo-1 won the
17th to go one up. but lost the 18th
to even the standing. Midway In the
forenoon Mrs. Thompson was three
up, with every club functioning per
fectly, but her approach work bean
to falter. Mrs. Wood took the first
two holes In the arternoon and main
tained a lead for the rest :if the day.
Carding a 91 against Mrs. Thomp
son's 94 in the morning rounds, Mrs.
Wood was shooting even better golf
In the last half of the tourney when j
It ended on the 15th. Mrs. Wood i
qualified with a 96 and Mrs. Thomp- j
son with an 89, which was women's
low medal score. j
Girl Is Sencitloii.
One of the outstanding features of
the women's competition was the
sensational climb Into the finals of
the first flight by Miss Georgia Cow
den of Grants Pass, 14-ycar-oId
golfer who has been playing "about
a year." She lost the mat:h to Mia.
George Codding. 8 and 5,
Although there was no women's
second flight. It had been scheduled
In the list of tournament events, and
without playing a stroke but by "flip
P'.ng for It," according to Jerry Je
rome, who gave out the prices, Mrs.
Jean Eberhart of Ashland won first
place and Mrs. T. S. Johnston second.
Harrington Long Drlrer.
A popular feature event was the
annual driving contest, which George
Harrington won with a 320-yard
smash, off the first tee. The popular
ex -Med ford high school football play
er, now attending school at Linn
field, placed the ball squarely in the
bunker to capture first place from
Bud Simmons, whose drive measured
310 yards. Simmons contribution
was straight down the middle of the
fairway. Olck Sleeter, University of
Oregon s budding golfer, took third
prize with a 305-yard poke which
sailed off the tee in a high arc to the
right and curved back to bit the turf
in the center. -
Each driver was given three chances.
The gallery kidded Sleeter as hla first
shot hooked Into the rough, but Dick
gritted his teeth and pushed the next
one so far that It drew "oh's" and
"ah's" from the spectators. Football
players have a habit of running away
with the contest, for lost year Bob
Maentz of Stanford took the prize
with a superhuman drive of 384',4
yards, still a safe record.
In a feature left-handed driving
contest. William Beer of McMlnnvllle
copped the prize from two other con
testants with a mark of 300 yards.
Mrs. Harry Ravizza got aff a beau
tiful 350-yard drive to win the wom
en's driving contest from a field of
seven other lady tee ahot artists.
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PRUfTT STAGES A
1ST GOLF ITCH
to the bitter end, and executed a war
dance in honor of the victor his
pa pa.
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HOW THEY
STAND.
BROWN BOMBER PLANS
WEDDING AFTER FIGHT
CHICAOO, Sept. 3. UP) Wedding
bells are going to ring for Joe Louis,
the Detroit bomber.
Miss Marva Trotter,-' Chicago ste
nographer, said today she and Louis
plan to be married In New York after
hl fight with Max Baer there Sep
tember 24.
'I'm not marrying htm because he
Is a great fighter," said the slightly
built 19-year-old girl. "He's a fine
man, modest and gentlemanly."
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CHICAGO CARDS SIGN
ST. MARYS HALFBACK
CHICAGO. Sept. 3 (API The Chi
cago Cardinals of the National pro
fessional league announced the sign-
but not Ing today of Al Nlchellnl. 203 pound
before giving a surprising account of halfback from St. Mary's college of
herself. Oakland, Cal.
By the Associated Press
Coast
W.
San Francisco 45
Missions -...;.45
, Portland 44
'Seattle 41
: Los Angeles ... 39
,. I Oakland 37
Sacramento -..36
The record for long distance hiking
in yesterday's golf tournament; went
to the winner and runner-up In the
sixth flight, Roy Prultt and Bob
Ruhl, who had to play six extra boles
before the bunion derby was decided
Ruhl, former "tin cup" champion,
1 VioH nav on! n a tha first-, n'n hnvlnc
Prultt two down at the 10th. Adding I Hollywood .... ...29
two mora to be four up. the editorial I National
divot digger decided there was noth- ! st- LouU 79
ing to do but coast In on bla No. 3 i New Yorlc 76
Iron to an eaay victory. Chicago 79
Prultt. who has only clayed golf Pittsburgh ......74
three weeks, whereas hla opponent rwr.iju
has played off and on for 80 years
had a different Idea, however, and at
the 13th hole proceeded to pet hot.
sink a sweet par hla second and
win fovir straight holes, evening the
walkathon at the 18th.
L.
33
34
35
40
43
44
61
88
Philadelphia 54
Cincinnati 50
Boston . 33
American
Detroit .... 83
This waa New York 73
one of the greatest comebacks of the ! Cleveland
tournament. ; Boston
Roy was so hot that he sizzled ! Chicago ,
when he advanced to the first tee i Philadelphia 51
Washington .. 63
St. Louis 50
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..65
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for the extia hole, but a gallery of
two hooked on to the match at this
point, which probably accounted for
his slicing Into the rough and get
ting a snappy six which his opponent
duplicated after dubbing three shots
straight.
The second hole waa also halved.
when Prultt went to the woods on
the hill and Ruhl sympathetically
went Into the woods on the other
side of the green. So waa the third.
because Roy suddenly felt tender
hearted and refused to sink his four
Inch putt. Nothing new at the fourth.
Prultt's drive settled at the trunk ot
a tree In the rough to the right, but
Roy learned his head up against It
(the tree), and made a perfect out
both, going down In fours.
The fifth extra hole really should
have settled the conflict, for Ruhl
was half stymied by Prultt, and had
to make a carom to save true day.
j but Roy told him how It was done
on the Elks' billiard table, and the
newspuper editor proved an apt pupil.
The long sixth 'finally ended the
cross-country hike when Prultt sank
a one-putt from the far edge of the
green for a birdie 4, and his oppo
nent was lining up his putt for a
9 or six.
Both men walked from the fifth
green to the club house unassisted,
where the victor bought a bottle of
beer for his victim and drang a cou
pl of orangeades himself.
Half of the gallery dropped out at
the fourth hole, the other half stuck
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PORTLAND, Sept. S. (AP) Port
land waa headquarters today for ft
world champion prizefighter.
Barney Rosa, who rules the ranks
of the welterweights, swooped down
out of the sky yesterday la ft
United Air liner to resume train
ing for his outdoor bout with Baby
Joe Cans at the municipal stadium
next Friday night. Ross waa ac
companied by his co-managers, Sam
Plan and Art Winch.
Mayor Carson led ft committee of
I civic leaders In extending ft hearty
937 i greeting to Barney.
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Scores Yesterday
Coast League
Portland, 6-3; Hollywood. 6-6.
San Francisco, 4-9; Oakland, 9-8.
Missions, 9-7; Seattle, 3-3. (Second
game called In fourth).
Sacramento, 6-8; Los Angeles, 4-3.
Oregon Weather
Fair tonight and Wednesday, but
considerable clouda or fog in north
west portion and on coast; slightly
warmer In northeast portion tonight
but cooler interior of west portion
Wednesday; moderato northwest
winds off the coaat.
American League
At Detroit, 6-5; Chicago, 1-0.
At Cleveland, 1-7; St. Louis, 4-3.
At Boston, 9-3; Washington, 8-3,
First 11 innings, second 13 innings.
At Philadelphia, New York, post
poned. ,
National League
At Chicago. 3-3; Cincinnati, 1-4.
At St. Louis, 4-5: Pittsburgh, t-1.
First 18 innings, second five innings.
At Brooklyn, Boston.
At New York, Philadelphia.
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