Southport, May 9.
The presence of even a solitary American, Horton Smith, was sufficient to press British players! into a dramatic fighting the Manchester "Daily Dispatel golf tournament.
'Smith to-day, with scores of 72 and 71, and a' total of 289, set Archie Compston and Henry ' Cotton the task of returning respectively a score of 74 and 73, The rugged battler, Compston, succeeded, by playing irreproachable golf, in bringing in @ score of 71 for a decisive victory, his total being 285.
Cotton returned a card making his total 289, thus tieing with Smith for second place, Compston received £200 of the £1,500 prize money presented by the Manchester "Daily Dispatch, while Smith and Cotton received £80.—Reuter,
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