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Show LEGE WESTERN GOLFjpPl i Minneapolis Shark Wins Title by Defeating St. Louis Youth. ST. LOUIS, Juno 2t.-Harrv G. Legg, of Minneapolis, today supplanted V rands Ouimet as western amateur golf champion by winning tho 30-holo inials 2 up at Sunset llill Country elub from Richard Bockcnkamp, an l?-yoar-old St. Louis public links player, who earned tho distinction of finishing runner-up in two successive weeks, having lost to Neison vilitlJev last week in a 40-holo match. Legg, who was put out in the middlo of the rans-Mississippi championship, which he has won five times, was at the top ot his game this week, while Bocken-kamp, Bocken-kamp, after fighting through the trans-Alississippt trans-Alississippt event and extending himself him-self to a course record yesterday, appeared ap-peared over-golfed. Today 's golf was fairly good, considering consid-ering the strain of repeated contests, Legg scoring 35-40-73 in tho first round and 4U-39-79 in the second round, while Bockenkamp took 4041-81 in the morning and 34-fl.75 in the afternoon. after-noon. Legg played 19 of the 36 holes m par and lour in one under, while Loekeukamp had 1-1 pars and six birdies. Legg had four sixes and Bockenkamp two, with one seven. Bockenkamp really lost tho contest m the morning round, pulling drives and under-approaching, the latter fault continuing during the second round. But after the luncheon intermission, at which he was five down, it looked for a time liko the story of the turtle and, the hare. Legg played extremelv fast in the forenoon, racing from shot to shot, while the youth was exceedingly deliberate, both in playing and in winning win-ning holes, but in tho afternoon the hare seemed for a timo to take a nap, although in reality it was increased speed by the turtle for Bockenkamp went out in 34, one under par with four perfect holes and three birdies, while Letrg took 36. This rejuvenation of the St. Louisan squared the match, but the tired youngster young-ster went stale with his putting and under-clubbed himself and several approaches, ap-proaches, losing the 28th and 29th, winning the 31st and throwing the 33rd, where Legg popped his brassie into a tree. He won the 35th with a birdie four, showing that he was not weak-hearted under pressure, but lost the next and the match two-down. |