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Show HARRY G. LEBGG j TO CONTEST WITH ! ' YOUNGGOLFER ;T LOUIS. June 21 An experienced 'nainent player. Harry G Legs of " ncapolis. today contested the finals the western amateur golf ehampion-Mo ehampion-Mo at the Sunset Hill country club, ij.h Richard Bockenkamp. a youth of i rears, who never figured in other hail local tournaments until he fin-1 ! bed runner-up last week in thei rans-Mississippi championship by (losing 'to Nelson Whitney after a forty hole struggle, Bockenkamp displayed far better -olf in the semi finals than Lopp. He et a course record for the 6,255 yard ink? two uudr'r nar n tne secf)Dd ,lounj and totalled 76 in the first in i defeating L. D. Bromfield of Denver, . and 1. while Legg scored 78 In the I horning and was headed for 76 in the I f ,afternoon when he overcame Clar- II i jncf Wolff of St. Louis, five and four, jf 5 on the fourteenth ereen Bockenkamp is what Is known as a j I Inatural golfer having picked up the ( lame as a caddy and by playing over I ;f,P public links at Forest park. He I ihas never taken instructions from a I .professional but drives a long straight I ball and hits a fairly crisp iron with I considerable cut. He putts in poor I fashion, fussmc long over the strokes, but attains satisfing result.-;. In his victory of yesterday with the f clever Denver golfer snapping at his heel? -ill 'hp wa. he not only kept up HI tbe second plnce, but finished the duel M(K with a brace of birdies, unusual work m )n the late rounds of a championship I which is a test of endurance. Lege, who has won ihe trans -Mis I fisslppi championship five times bul f never got further than tbe semi-finaL in the western, has been at the top Will I of his gam3 during the week. |