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HARDWOOD RECORD 



November 10. 1920 



"Dixie " Southpaw Wins Golf Title 



The pain of "Dixie's" defeat at tlie Xatiaii's jiolls on November 

 2 was somewhat assuaged by leveiting to tlie fact that on October 

 28 the championship of the Lumbermen's Golf Association of 

 Memphis passed into the keeping of Franklin Crager, a determined- 

 looking southpaw from the Helena, Ark., Country Club. To win 

 the championship of the second annual tournament of the Memphis 

 association, Mr. Crager, a real dark horse, defeated 75 golfers, 

 lumbermen from all sections of the country, on the links of the 

 Memphis Country Club. He turned in the low gross score of 170 

 for 36 holes. 



W. J. Foye, from Omaha, a city of the section known as "Wild 

 and Woolly," who won the title at the first tournament, held at 

 the Colonial Country Club, Memphis, last year, was runner-up to 

 the new southern champion. He turned in a score of 173, being 

 three strokes behind the Helena club swinger. Ike W. Lincoln, 

 of Chicago, finished 

 third, with 175. L. 

 E. Cornelius of St. 

 Louis, runner-up to 

 Mr. Foye last season, 

 was fourth with 177. 



Mark H. Brown 

 showed himself to be 

 the premier golfer of 

 the Memphis con- 

 tenders, coming in 

 fifth on the list, with 

 180. In the earlier 

 playing Mr. Brown 

 showed such form 

 that it was belie\'ed 

 he would claim the 

 title. He negotiated 

 the first nine holes in 

 the morning in 41. 

 His driving game was 

 strong as Hercules' 

 tight arm and he was 



as steady on the greens as Harding on his front piazza. But, alas 

 and alack, as the poets exclaim, he took a 48 nn the home stretch 

 before uoou and had 89 when the forenoon round was over. 



Mr. Crager 's triumph was the result of playing a consistently 

 good game. He took a 43 going out on the morning round and 

 came home in 44. He made the first half of the afternoon journey 

 out in 43 and came back in 40. This was a grand total of 170. 



Foye relinquished the championship on the weakness of his morn- 

 ing game, for on the afternoon play he made a better score than 

 the challenger. The morning round ended with Foye four down 

 on Crager. Foye had a 46 and 45 for a 91. In the afternoon he 

 made the distance out in 42, including a two on the fourth hole. 

 He turned an inside nine in 40, but it was not sufficient to wipe out 

 Crager 's early lead. 



Lincoln finished the morning journey in 87, which tied Crager for 

 low, but Lincoln failed to improve his game in the afternoon, turn- 

 ing in an 88. 



Carrying the burden of a 90 in the morning, Cornelius braced up 

 and turned in an 87 in the afternoon. 



The cards of the new champion and runner-up are as follows: 

 Franklin Crager — 



Morning — Out 465 356 



In 465 455 



Afternoon — Out 556 355 



In 444 554 



W. J. Foye — 



Morning — Out 556 457 554 — 46 



In 455 456 565 — 45 — 91 



465 — 42 



445 — 40 — 82—173 



Franklin Crager, Helena, Ark., Winner of 

 Championship of Golf Tournament. 



455 43 



555 — 44 — 87 



455 — 43 



464 — 40—83—170 



Afternoon — Out 546 255 



In 454 545 



A biting wind blew over the links and might have interfered 

 with the play had not a gleaming October sun favored the golfers. 

 The course was in fair condition despite a softness from recent 

 rains. 



Fifteen trophies were fought for with all the hilarity of which 

 convivial souls are capable. The rules of the tournament pro- 

 hibited any one player winning more than one trophy, and this 

 resulted in some players who won two events, relinquishing the 

 low trophy to the next man in scoring. There were ties for several 

 trophies and these were decided with a draw. The jirize winners 

 are as follows: 



W. N. Coulson, a canny man, who failed to win :Hiy of the offi- 

 cial trophies, yet managed to collect a highly interesting number 

 of "honors" during his plod around the links. These consisted 



of most everything 

 worn, carried or ac- 

 companying his two 

 companions in play, 

 N. L. Saxton and M. 

 A. Mummert, except 

 their golf bags and 

 caddies. By some sys- 

 tem of betting which 

 he devised for his es- 

 pecial benefit, Coul- 

 son finished with Sax- 

 ton 's shirt, and Mum- 

 mert 's socks and 

 shoes. 



Next to the cham- 

 pion, S. M. Niekey 

 played the most con- 

 sistent golf of the 

 tournament, making 

 each of the 18 holes 

 in 121, for a score 

 of 242. 

 The real battle of the day was between R. Petrus and J. V. Bush 

 for the "booby" prize. Rush with a 133 finished just one up on 

 Petrus in the morning. In the afternoon they tied with 137, Rush 

 and Mummert 's socks and shoes. 



Next to the champion, S. M, Niekey played the most consistent 

 golf of the tournament, making each of the 18 holes in 121, for a 

 score of 242, 



But J, E, Jones got over more ground than anybody on the 18 

 holes of the morning when he made the round in 138, He failed to 

 do quite so well in the afternoon, turning in only 129, 



The real battle of the day was between B. Petrus and J. V. Bush 

 for the "booby" prize. Bush with a 133 finished just one up on 

 Petrus in the morning. In the afternoon they tied with 137, Bush 

 winning the day with a 270. 



As a result of an agreement before the voting took place, only 

 Memphians were selected to fill the ofiices. W. E. Hyde was 

 elected president; Frank Smith, vice-president. J. M. Pritchard 

 was re-elected secretary and treasurer. W. C. Bonner, F. T. Dooley, 

 Mark H. Brown, George Jones and C. C. Dickinson were selected to 

 compose the board of governors. 



An invitation was received from the Colonial Country Club for 

 the 1921 tournament. 



One of the happiest features of the tournament was the annual 

 dinner, served at the club in the evening, during which convivial 

 spirits held sway. 



{Scores on page 22) 



W. J. Foye, Omaha, Nebr., Runner-up and 

 Holder of 1919 Memphis Golf Title. 



