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Show 1 VON ELM ill ENTER TOURNEYS IB (Special Dispatch m SALT LAKE, June 14 Oeorgo Bft "Glx." Von Elm. the only golfer to B ever win the Faciflc Ndrthwe - olf ffl championship twice !n success!-,, re- ?H turned to his home late Tuesdt"VVoni "3 Victoria, B. C. where he eial i iff winner. 3b Von Elm retained the title when iSBg he defeated Bon Stein " Si tt!e. l uu ffl! on 36 holes. It was 0 thrilling Finish to a most successful tourn anient ami S one which stamped Vol Elm as a real Of champion. The Salt I-."ke youth was jX given considerable difficulty from in jjj abscess under his leftAirm. and during am the first round ofl8 holes was i yi down. It was his M'orst round of the jf tournament, it reg&Irlng the taking of B 78 strokes. HI9 'comeback in the af- n ternoon, therefore, was all the more I remarkable Ie had a ?J and bul foi four missed.' short putts would have broken the course record with a 68 Right now "Glx" Is far from being In snap. to play his beet coif Thr u new abscesses have made their ap ' ;,2r?nce alongside the old one. making mak-ing the moving of his left arm a painful pain-ful process. Von Elm hopes to be in condition shortly, however for he is slated to go to Kansas City. Where, on the 2Cth of this month. tiu quaU rylng round for the Western Golf a soclation championships will ie tag-ed. tag-ed. Following the western meeting he will go dlrc-. t to Omaha. wh( re h will defend the trans-Mlsslsslppl title won last year. Play at Omaha will start July 10. Von Elm will also play in the national amateur tournament tourna-ment in September. 00 |