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Show STATE TITLE GOLF PLAY STARTS TODAY Qualifying Round at Country Coun-try Club; Unique Consolation Conso-lation Events Arranged. Tho qualifying round for all polfrs participating in tho state championship lor this year at the Country club will bo played today. The sixteen qualifying qualify-ing with low scores will play their first match on Wednesday. The second play round match will be on Saturday and the emi-finals next Sunday, It has not been definitely planned when the finals will he staged, but the match will be thirty-six holes, the others being be-ing only eighteen. A large number of golfers from Og-den Og-den are expected to compete for the championship, and after the qualifying round is played off tolay they will meet some of the local talent in a team match. When the Ogden golfers played their previous match with the Salt. Lakers it resulted in a 13-13 tie, so that a lively contest is looked for in ths coming match. Louis Berrien of the Country club has arranged a novel consolation plan for the defeated golfers in their different differ-ent matches. For the seeoud sixteen who fail to qualify a cup handicap has been arranged and they will play on the same days as the championship flights. Tho cup is being put up by Leon Sweet. The eight golfers who are defeated in this match "will c-ompate for a second prize of a half-dozen balls. The eight who are defeated in their first match play will be able to participate partici-pate in the same kind of a flight as the defeated eight who failed to qualify. quali-fy. The prize will be a dozen balls. If more than thirty-two enter in the qualifying round it will be necessary tor extra flights to be arranged. The championship cup will be quite strongly contested for, as Hal Lamb and E. W. Salisbury, two former champions, are in the national service. It was learned yesterday, however, that Lamb had been rejected after arriving in France on account of a slight physical defect, but he will not enter for this event, as it would be impossible for him to return in time. This will give other aspirants for the title a chance. |