Evening Star Newspaper, September 8, 1929, Page 69

Base Ball, Racing | Golf a nd General SPORTS AND FINANCIAL The Sundwy Shae = Part 5—10 Pages WASHINGTON SUNDAY MORNING, SEPTEMBER 8, 1929. onds Financial News Griffs Beat Chisox in Opener, 2—1 : Jimmy Johnston Earns Amateur Golf Title MARBERRY LICKS THOMAS IN FLASHY MOUND TUSSLE Fred Yields but Six Hits Until Ninth—Nats Get One Run, Berg Hands Them Another. BY JOHN B. KELLER. RED MARBERRY was just a the pitching slab yesterday clashe they are particularly eager yMarhcrry allowed the leaping from the ba a brace of passes. walks off Thomas. lead, while the White they E The first Washington tally was vleanly earned, but the second was due solely to a mental lapse Moe Berg, Chicago catcher, suf- fered. However, the visitors’ run, while it went into the records as earned, was somewhat tainted, for Goose Goslin helped pave the way to it by clinging tenaciously to the sphere and watching a runner of the Pale Hose tear for home after catching a loft in short left field. 4 Marberry granted only four hits in the first eight innings and was ticklish_ spots but ‘White Sox scoring round. Shires dou- bled to open the visitors' second ses- sion and Clarence Hoffman drew a pass. Willie Kamm's best, though, was a loft to Buddy Myer, while Johnny Kerr whiffed and Berg became an in- field out. Alex Metzler began the Chi- cago sixth with a single and after two were retired took second as Shires hit for a base. Then Jack Hayes took good care of Hoffman's roller. Marberry in Fine Fettle. In two more of the first eight frames the White Sox got men on the runway. Carl Reynolds ushered in the fourth dnning with a corking hit to loft center ‘Before Sammy West retrieved the ball Reynolds had crossed the middle sack. But the ambitious Carl tried to make | a triple of the hit and was flagged by Joe Cronin's fine re! of the out- | fielder's return. Berg walked in the | fifth, but two were out and Thomas was of no help. | ‘The Nationals got after Thomas right off the reel. Joe Judge walked to open the first inning, but was forced out by Goslin after Sam Rice way erased. Thomas breezed through the second round and easily disposed of the first two batters to face him in the third. Then up came Judge again, and this time Joe whacked a double against the right field barrier. Rice followed with a single and Judge crossed with the first tally of the fray. Benny Tate's single with two gone in the fourth was wagted, and had Berg semembered how many were out singles by Hayes and Marberry in the fifth might have gone for naught. Follow- ing these safeties, Judge skied to Metz- ler. but the cushions were crowded when Rice walked. Goslin took a mighty swing only to loft a foul that Berg ot near the visitors' dugout. After the eatch, Moe, thinking he had made the third out, chucked the ball over Pis shoulder and continued running | % his bench. Hayes Scores on Error. Hayes, quick to take advantage of the Chicago catcher's mistake, sprinted home while the ball was rolling across the diamond. Marberry, however, did not sense the situation so speedily and after Bill Cissell recovered the sphere Fred was run down on the line by Kerr and the shortstop to completc one of e oddest double-plays ever seen in riffith Stadium. The Nationals threatened to make mmore trouble for Thomas in the sixth when West singled with one out and checked in at third as Tate hit for a e. But Sammy tried to get home after Metzler bagged Cronin’s hoist in short left and became the second out of a double play, Metzler’s throw get- ting to the plate well -ahead of the Funner. It was Reynoldy who started the‘ White Sox scoring attack in the ninth. | He singled past Cronin to left and went to third when Shires socked for a base Bud Clancy grabbed Hoffman's ba d in the opening tilt of their wind-up series of the year and as a result Johnson's charges scored a 2-to-1 victory that left them but half a game back of the fifth-place Tigers, the crowd to overhaul. 1 | Blackburne bunch but six safeties, three | t of Art Shires, 1 But the Nationals got only seven hits and two | The Nationals, though, hit Thomas early for a Sox did not scorc until the ninth round, when “backed two singles with a sacrifice fly. in | twice before the | |in Grifith Stadium this year, consum- \0’'DOUL LIFTS B oreless and Holds Foe Seven Safeties—Earn trifle stronger than Al Thomas on as the Nationals and White Sox base ball’'s champion barber, and | Shires, though, and a few moments |later Art was spared when he at-| tempted to swipe second. | — | Kerr made & whale of a catch to keep a hit from Tate in the second inning. The White Sox second sacker went well into center to get under Benny's looper. In the next inning | | Cissell raced into the middle field for |an over-shoulder grab of Gostin's low West made the best catch credited | to a National when he tore in from deep center and snared Metzler'’s low liner in the fourth frame. Marberry got his single in the fifth | after twice failing to put down a bunt | and advanced Hayes. ' were nothing to brag about, single was a clean whack to middle field. | With rain threatening to halt pro- | ceedings before a decision was reached, both teams hustled all the way. As a result the game was the fastest played | By their victory the Nationals are as- sured of an even break at least with the | White Sox this year. Johnson's charges now have won 11 of 19 games played with Blackburne's. bunch and have 3 to go to complete the schedule with it. ing but an hour and 35 minutes. | ATTING | MARK TO LEAD BIG SIX By the Assoclated Press. By crashing out three hits in five | attempts as the Phils defeated the Cardinals at St. Louis yesterday, Frank | O'Doul lifted his average 2 points to .395 and gained the batting leadership | of the Big Six and the National League. | Babe Herman of Brooklyn got two out of five at Pittsburgh, but remained stationary at .393. Rogers Hornsby put on a stampede for four out of six in two games against Boston, gaining 4 points to .373 and ousting Jimmy Foxx | from third place. Babe Ruth gained | 6 points with five out of eight in two UngeERWOOP JIMMY - JOHNSTON. Dr. O.F. W | PRIDE OF ST. PAUL WINS OVER DR. WILLING, 4 AND 3 Makes Strong Finish After Ragged Play in Morn- ing to Take Measure of Portland Opponent. Executes Wonder Shot Out of Ocean. BY GRANTLAND RICE. EL MONTE, Calif., September 7.—The green, soft fairway of Pebble Beach caught the footfall of a new amateur champicn this afternoon. His name is Harrison (Jimmy) Johnston, the pride of St. Paul, who after a game, up-hill battle all through he morning round, fought his way into victory over the grim, hard- ghting Doc Willing of Portland, Ore., by the margin of 4 and 3. Jimmy Johnston succeeded Bobby Jones as the amateur cham- pion of the United States when he sunk his putt for a 4 on the fif- teenth green. And as the ball rolled in, the big, excited gallery paid its tribute to the new crown wearer of amateur golf. Jimmy Johnston has deserved a championship before this. He is something more than a fine golfer. He is one of the finest sports- men that ever took part in sport. A veteran of the World War who was shell shocked, Johnston has had to fight against tension and nervousness for several years. For many years he could not even place his club back of the ball to address it. He showed all this strain in the morning round when he was nervous and jumpy. Going out in 45, every shet that he hit was a fight against jumping, quiver- ing. nerves. If Willing had been holding the, pened to be the first birdie that either same clip he had shown all week | had gotten all day. he Would have had the champion- | _From this point on the result was in- ship locked up at the ninth green | ¢Yitable. Johnston made almost no mis- ~ | takes, leaving no opchings. He was out :fi?;n;t ‘s‘;ch scoring. But he Was| 5 37 this afternoon against Willing's ¥ 140 and he started back at the same 1 _some ways 1 think the big turn steady clip. of the match came at the 180-yard| Johnston was 4 up and 4 to play as twelfth hole. Willing was 3 up and he | they reached the fifteenth tee. When laid a-long iron 5 or 6 feet from the! he got his half here to become the new cup. Johnston reached the green and | amateur champion the crowd opened got his 3, but Willing had his putt to| the way for his extremely attractive be 4.up. - He.barely. missed and the | young wife to rush up and pay tribute, expression of relief that came over| which she did in the old-fashioned way Johnston’s face was the signal of vic-| There was a big time around_the tory. The St. Paul star only had 3| clubhouse after the match. Roger Lap- holes in par when he reached the ninth | ham had a band engaged and when this morning. But after the tenth hole | Jimmy Johnston appeared the band he played the next 25 holes in 3 over | struck up “Wee Duncan Dorris.” par, over one of the most trying match Jones Again Is Cheered. play courses in the history of golf. | When Bobby Jones came in sight he Johnston was 3 down coming to the |again got the big ovation of the week. sixteenth this morning and he then Qut here they have been cheering him won the sixteenth and seventeenth | on sight. in groups of 10 or 20 or in holes. His play on the eighteenth. one | crowds of 5,000. of the sensational features of the cham- |~ johnston drew a true Far Western plonship, will be deseribed later. reception. They recognized him -sh-. v f the Ragged at the Start. fine golfer and above all as one o St e forel atanting ithe: afternoon | Lcst sponamen noN; pis yiiemny pame round I asked’ Johnelon how) hefelt | QUiek - modest. '1lehlie Tevery® OO about the last 18 holes. “I was terribly | 15 ool . Tagged at the start,” he said, “and I |belonged on,iop of the perk Trom ety don't think I ever played worse golf. | EnSle. He has slll gameness, o e But I was lucky to be only 2 down |head and the modesty that catehes she when I was out in 43. After that 10 has deserved to win before. a golfer suddenly felt my swing come back. knew I would be an entirely different | golfer and I wasn’t worried about the result. I know Willing is a fine golfer | and I may not win, but at least I know | there will be a good fight.” After wobbling badly at the start, ! Johnston played the course in even par |from_the eleventh through the eigh- | teenth. The day was warm and steamy. | The sun came through the fog and it | was hot enough to bake. pretzels. The | gailery, a Far Western gallery, was all | | SA. | ILLING-. games, including his forty-first home | run. ‘The standing: O'Doul. Phillies H etics Simmons. Athletic: Ruth, Yankees 3 PITCHER McGREW BOUGHT BY A'S FOR NEXT YEAR PHILADELPHIA, September 7 (#).— Johnny McGrew, right hander with Omaha, Western League Club, has been purchased by the Athletics. McGrew, one of the top-notch pitch- ers in the Western League, will report to the Mackmen when the next training season rolls around. McGrew is the third Western League Tlnyer bought by.the Athletics in the last few weeks and is highly recom- mended. Mack did not divulge the price paid. McGrew is a brother of “Slim” Mc- Grew, the 6-foot 7-inch recruit, who was up and down with the New York Giants and the Washington Senators several times. FIX WORLD SERIES DETAILS ON TUESDAY | and lofted the ball to short left field. Goslin made the catch deftly and had | a throw home easy for him. ~Instead the Goose waited until the fleet Rey. olds was well under way before | eaving. Then it was too late. | Xamm's pop to Meyer did not help | | BIG LEAGUE STATISTICS American League YESTERDAY'S RESULTS. ‘Washington, 2; Chicago, 1. 7 'New York, 4—11. Detroit, 8—71: s, 3. Cleveland, 1—4. Boston, 4: St. Louis Philadelphia, 5—0: STANDING OF THE CLUBS. Percentage. F H £ £ 8 TT3[10/15/16] 91161911421.684 | 5112/11/10/14115/75 881,871 7111/12/10111170160..538 | Filadelphia_ New_York . Clevsland Bt._Louis . Detroit. Washington -1 3/ 81 613 ~T91 41 9] 41 78 I ~142/55(60/62170/70/ 781851 i GAMES TODAY, GAMES TOMORROW vash. Chicago at Washing'n. Et. Louts at Boston. GrUFCLis at Boston. National League YESTERDAY'S RESULTS. Boston, 6—2: 4, 8. Louts, 1. rookiyn, ew incinnat, postponed (wet gorunds). STANDING OF THE CLUBS. = . Louls. Brooklyn Philadelphia. Pittsburgh. Z & Chicago ... Puutsburgh New York Bt Louis 4l 82| 8j— Philadelphia__.I 3/11 41 7 9I—[10/14/5872] Cincinnati Boston Tost = GAMES TODAY e t Chicago. Beioha s, RS 42155/60/65(70/72(75/79|—I—1 GAMES TOMORROW Boston at o. in !rwt*n';.:.:‘ : g{ Chicago |—[11/54[751.41 91 5| 150/791.388 By the Associated Press. CHICAGO, September 7.—The im- presarios of the 1929 world series have | been called to Chicago for a meeting | next Tuesday to work out their plans | and schedule for the October classic | which will determine the world base | ball champions. Kenesaw M. Landis, commissioner of base ball, issued the call today, invit- ing representatives of the seven clubs in the two major leagues which still have at least a mathematical chance of winning the pennants. These clubs are Chicago, Pittsburgh and New York of the National League and Philadel- phia, New York, leveland and St. Louis.in the American League. While the Chicago Cubs and Phil- adelphia Athletics appear to have | virtually clinched the flags in their leagues, Commissioner Landis decided to risk nothing and in case the unex- & petted should happen the winning clubs will know what its all about. Such details as the prices for tickets, the starting times for the games, the dates and similar important matters apparently means that the opening game of the 1929 series will be played on Wrigley Field, Chicago. MARBERRY MASTER - cunuanaresd P RS AR [ EH > Be 5 5 RR— o °a Claney. Two-bai Reynoids. ' Saci 50 ©f : 3 : i e B R Pat e it | Subdues Indians, 5 to 1, but! By the Associated Press, 5 to 1. in_the second. his twentieth victory of the year against attack against Walter Miller with two doubles and his twenty-ninth home run Cleveland. Al i Will be worked out at the meeting. ) . It is said that the series will open at the home park of the National League | I pennant winner on October 8, which | 3, AS MACKS DIVIDE Hudlin Then Outhurls Walberg, 4 to 0. HILADELPHIA, September 7.— The Athletics were held to an even break by the Indians in a double-header here this after- noon, the new champions of the American League taking the first game, ‘Willis Hudlin won by 4 to 0 Bob Grove shut the Indians out after the first inning of the opener and, bene- fiting by Al Simmons’ slugging, ined four defeats. Simmons led the Mack of the season. ‘The second game was a hurling duel | between Hudlin and Rube Walberg. The Indians broke the ice with a run | in the seventh. Morgan and Hodapp flogged Walberg for home runs in the | ninth. The At%letics now need but nine vic- | tories to clinch their title. FI B.HOA 51 o Bi o Suliuseusls Omonuuas SeGes aie *Omoocmos? Grove.p.... VC WINC 90TU “}'Nationalé Buy Carlos_Moore’ GRUV[ W|NS ZUTH Baron F linger 9 for $20’000; BY WI ARLOS MOORE. a young right- hand hurler, has been bought for the Nationals from the Birmingham club of the South- ern Association, but he will not report to the big leaguers until they as- semble at_training camp next year. President Clark Griffith says the Wash- ington club is to pay the Barons $20,000 in_cash and no players for the pitcher. Details of the purchase were completed yesterday in Birmingham by Joe Engel, the Nationals’ lone scout. According to Engel's report to his chief, Moore is a big youngster, stand- ing 6 feet 1 and weighing about 185 pounds. He is said to be only 20 years old. Moore is a “pmm!s\nfl" pitcher and not to be judged by his record with the Barons this year, it seems. He was not used until late this season and then he worked mainly in relief roles. Recently, though, he has started games and impressed Engel with his ability. Carlos is not related to Andy Moore, the hard-hitting Baron outfielder who | broke up an exhibition game in Bir- mingham last Spring by socking Sam Jones for a homer, and who also is slated to wear a Washington uniform next year. Harold R. Heideiback. another young pitcher recently signed by the Nationals, went through a workout yesterday at Grifith Stadium. He comes up from Gadsden, Ala.. which is in the - Alabama League, and looks to be big enough to make a pitcher. He is morc than six feet tall and tips the scale at 185 pounds. Gadsden, the fourth- place team in the Georgia-Alabama circuit, Heidelbach won 12 games and Tost 11, eight of his defeats being by one run. - This is his first year in pro ranks, although he has played semipro | cwmocosmsony! 0 0 1 0 3 0 4 0 0 1 0 » D TR ol corornrmo: ky 31 92712 in the seventh Inning. ller in the ninth inning. 000000 0—1 003230 x5 | | ‘Miller. Philadeiphia, 5. se on iler, 3. Struck out—By W. Grove. 3. Umplres—Messrs. and Naliin.” Time o ‘minutes. { game—1 Hodapp: L8ewelic. . Hudlinp. .| wmnaoonoac? Walbers:p. 6 Totals. *Batted for Cronin in ninth 1Batted for Boley in ninth ol soroomm~oono C G 8l comcosaassummnd Totals....31 827 inning. 201034 000 0—0 Morgan (2). Hodapp. a. in—He (2), Fonseca, Mor- Cochi B R i Hmhm J. ell, Wi by pitched .l Hudlin (Hal on bnl\l—Ofl"";‘hlfl; n';‘“lfihh .b. Struck—By dlln.lr‘ by Walberg. 2. Doul d 'mpires—Messrs. ‘Bishop U sllin and Time of zame—1 hour and 50 minutes. s TAMPA NEAR LOOP TITLE. MONTGOMERY, Ala., September 7 comman lead theastern o in e fourth same.of gomery o e fourth game of their seven-game chamj series here this afternoon. The are front three games to one and need in only one game o clinch the cham- Dplonshis. 3 ball about four seasons. He was born in Lore City, Ohio, March 23, 1907, so is in his twenty-third year. Frank Makosky, Clyde Milan's pro- tege, also worked out with the Nation- als yesterday, but has not yet been signed. Makosky, by the way, is the MINOR LEAGUE RESULTS ERNATIONAL LEAGUE. Nrhtreore, % TNewark., 4 altimore. » Buffalo, i1; Reeh Reading. 3: Jersey City, 3 (10 Innings). AMERICAN ASSOCIATION. Louisville, 3-4: Toledo. 2-1. Colvmbus, 9: Indianapolis. 3. % i iwaukee, 5. Kansas Cl:y. 9; Minneapoiis, 8. SOUTHERN ASSOCIATION. ham. 3: Atlanta. 1. Bhmiahoors. 10: Liftle Rock. 3. Mobile. New Orleans. 03, Nasaville at Memphis (rain). THREE-EYE LEAGUE. incy, 3: Springfield, Beotiar o Blen,n'm Peo: 3 te, 1: Evansvil Decatur, 5-6; Danville, 6-3. . EASTERN LEAGUE. ; Hartford. RHnE e, 3ia T Bridrepo Providence, Alientown, Pittsfield, 7: Albany. 6. TEXAS LEAGUE. . 5; Beauntont, 1. i Erur_.{V:n:u 3 Ban A'l;m‘nh« LS Waco. "6-0: s, 1-1. SOUTH ATLANTIC LEAGUE. Sehevite. Shartanbure, 3 WESTERN LEAGUE. 0. PACIFIC COAST u'.‘Mml. M 3 Bacr . Anj e player President Griffith thought w named The young fellow, who has played in twilight leagues in New York and New Jersey, was brought here for trial as a pitcher, but it de- velops that he has done more infield- ing ‘than pitching. In fact, Makosky says he has hurled only a few games, | performing most of the time at second or third base instead. He handled him- | self well in infleld practice yesterday. He is a slender youth of 19 years, hav- ing been born at Boonston, N. J., on January 20, 1910. He is six feei, one | inch tall and weights 165 pounds. Mak is to continue daily workouts wtih the Nationals at least this week. Garland Braxton is to have a slight | operation performed on his left leg that was injured severely when struck by a batted ball during one of the es with the Red Sox here week before last. A swelling on the leg that resulted from the blow has not been reduced and is attributed to the rupture of a blood vessel. The club physician has decided to lance the lump on the pitcher’s shin | today or tomorrow dnd Garland likely | will be out of action for three or four | days. | W. L. Land. outfielder purchased from Gadsden of the Georgia-Alabama | circuit, is to report to the Nationals to- day or tomorrow. He, with Heidelbach, the pitcher, was bought upon Stuffy Stewart's recommendation. Like the other outfielders now with the Wash- ington club, Land is a left-hand swing- ing batter. the visitors to President Grif- fith's ce yesterday was Rube Mar- quard, one-time major league left- hand pitching star, later a Florida land broker and now manager of the Jack- sonville club of the Southeastern igue. Marquard asked Grifith to consider giving Jacksonville a Sunday exhibition date when the Nationals are in the South for training next year. Amo | \in today's engagement between Nation- als and White Sox. name, who has won six games in a row for the Washington club, is in line for toil on the hill. 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John- | | ston was serious without a touch of | grimness and the gallery sensed this | | 1 19 ho would have won before if it had not been for the devastating sweep of Bobby Jones once the 18-hole rounds are out of the way. The big thrill of the championship undoubtedly came to Jimmy John- ston’s slender, young wife. It Wwas easy to see the suffering she encount- ered through the morning round when Jimmy’s game had gone to seed. - She took more punishment than he did. Dressed in blue, a flowing scarf thrown loosely over her shoulders, she followed every shot through 33 holes with a face that showed its sufferings through the forenoon round. But when John- ston took the lead you could mark his progress through the expression on her face. Her first smile came at the | got. three hits, one of Hornsby's being | Another Thomas is expected to hurl | Lo Myles of that | MaG NNING TWICE Use Braves to Make Margin 13 Games—Scores Are 13-6 and 9-2. By the Associated Press. HICAGO, September 7.—Chicago took both ends of a double- header from Boston here to- day and increased its pennant | lead over Pittsburgh to 13 games. Sheriff Blake had some lusty clouting behind him in the opener, | which the Cubs won by 13 to 6, and | Pat Malone hurled great ball as Chicago | won the second by 9 to 2. Malone allowed only 4 hits and fanned 11. | Chicago tied the National League | record in the fourth inning of the first | game when 10 Cubs in succession got safe hits. They were made off Seibold and Perry, and netted the league leaders 7 runs. Hornsby, McMillan and Tolson led the Chicago attack in the opener. Each | his thirty-fourth home run of the year. Blake permitted the Braves 10 hits and gave but 7 bases on balls. After a bad first inning, in which he | walked three batters to force two runs over the plate, Malone settled down and blanked the Braves the rest of the way. He allowed only four hits. It was his twentieth victory, giving him the honor of being the first National League pitcher te achieve that mark. The Cubs found Ben Cantwell for 12 hits, 3 of which crashed off Hack Wilson's bat. More than 32,000 fans saw the game. The Cubs now need 9 victories to clinch the pennant. FIRST GAME. AB.HOA. Chicazo. wrf 4 2 McMillan.3b FEnglish.ss. . H b A [EIPBORe ) 2 al onssaussmsans: Panasn s 2] o anvnnn s ! 3| comoosumommm 2| cosamuumosany Runs batted i 3 Fnalish. - Wilson. in—Tolson, Stephenson (. yler (3). Taylor Hornsby (2). Vol Bister )" Rune Maguire. 1ish o Tol 2. Tita Sh e Tolson Guire to_Sisler. 20, 8: ol '3: 3 i old. R u o Perry. 8 in 3 8" Losing pitcher—8eiboid. > ", 0 ES N | hi P difference. The turn of the match came at the first hole in the afternoon. Johnson | sliced his tee shot to the right. He was partially stymied by two Monterey | pines. His ball was 10 to 12 yards ! back of the pines and he had less than | two feet clearance. Without any hesi- | tation he took the chance where he | should have used a rifle and the ball missed the green but he won th to square the match. It was a daring chance, a chance that only a confident golfer could have taken. There was the sign that a new champion, one who had been behind dll day, was about to take over the crown that Bobby Jones had won in | four of the last five years. | Nerves Had Disappeared. His morning touch of nerves had dis- | appeared. His old swing had returned, | a swing governed by smoothness and power. He was back hitting the ball | as it should be hit. The two struggled | on even terms for the next two holes | and then the St. Paul star took the lead for the first time on the twenty- | second green. Here he became one | up, the first time he had seen the light all day. You could sense the fact that a new champion was on his way from this point on. He became two up at the short hole and the turn of the battle came at the 480-yard sixth where Johnston missed his second coming up | over the hill with the Pacific on beyond | and he then laid his 140-yard approach three feet from the cup to win with & birdle four. ‘That was the blow that killed Willing, with all his hard fighting. And it hap- 3 e hole | 20th hole where her struggling husband | finallv had a chance to take the lead. He touched her foot with his putter just before he walked to the ball and smiled at her, and she, in turn, smiled Johnston's Wonder Shot. 1t fell to the Iot of Johnston to play the greatest shot of the championship on the eighteenth hole of the morning round after a drab start. worth talking about. Johnston had started nervously. jumping at the ball without the smoothness of his earlier play. Doc Wiling. with his machine-like swing, as much a matter of civil engi- neering or mechanical engineering as anything else, was crowding him heavily. Willing took the lead at the third hole and he was 3 up going to the tenth. He came close to being 4 up at the 190-yard eleventh when he struck a full iron 6 feet from the cup and barely missed his putt for a 2. It was almost the first putt he had missed within this range. Willing also reduces putting to a matter of en- gineering as he studies the line from every angle. This putt would have made him 4 up and would have broken up the morning battle. Johnston had been swinging too quickly and had lost his timing. But at this shot he began to steady down and slip back to some- thing approaching his old form. The St. Paul star finally cut Willing's lead to one hole as they came to the eighteenth tee, facing the hazards of the Pacific on this long. dog-legged test. It was at this point that Johnston gave the gallery one of the big thrills of the week. Facing the narrow en- trance down the fairway on his second (Continued on Second Page.) Harrison Johnston, winner of the National Amateur Golf Champion- ship, in the jollowing article reviews the spectacular tournament just con- cluded at Pebble Beach, Calif., and he makes a few suggestions regard- ing future contests for the amateur crown. BY HARRISON JOHNSTON, National Amateur Golf Champion, 1929. Written Exclusively for The Star and the North American Newspaper Alliance. EBBLE BEACH, Calif., September 7—This probably is the. first time in a number of yea: three at least—that the greatest amateur golfer in the world asn't won the national amateur cham- ionship. I can't tell you how great an honnrl | I consider it to win this championship that really belongs to Bobby Jones. You | see there are a flock of us—a half dozen at least—who are in about the same class, but we are allo ne full step behind Bobby. He is the greatest golfer in the | world and even the thrill of winning this championship_will not offset the | wasunwan JURSN - Tolson (2), Horns! Wilson (2), Stephenson (3). Harper, Voyles, ' Runs- Maranvills, Enlish (2), Hornsby. Wilson (3), @ "Tolson. _ Errors—Maranville, Toison. “Two- hits—Hornsby, *Te antwell. 2, orns| ‘Doub] un—afifiulln o Stcwilien, - Cantwel rll!ll!vl e to Ma - er.. Masul For - bases Base on b base Three-base hit_wilson. Sa o Botc iy rhirth, r sorrow I felt when Bobby lost that first- round match. With Bobby out of the tournament, it developed into a wild scramble to and out who was the second best ama- ur. My hardest match of the week was with George Voigt. I'll never forget that match. I was behind most of the day and I guess I did get a lucky breax when my ball hit that tree on the four- teenth and rolled down on the green. My greatest thrill was when I made the fifteen-foot putt on the second extra hole to stay the championship. George got in trouble and I won the next hole—but it was the most excit- ing match that I can recall, especially from my standpoint. rf » Jones Greatest of ’Em All, Says Johnston, New Champion Dr. Willing is a great golfer. I knew the only way I could beat him was to play better golf and I certainly tried hard today. It takes a certain amount of good golf and a lot of good breaks to win from a player like Dr. Willing. He is one of the most dangerous match play golfers I ever have met. Just beating him is an honor in itself. Ta have won the national amateur cha plonship from him is quite an achieve- ment. if you ask me. I still can't help feeling sorry about Bobby Jones. He would have been at his best here today. Bobby is more <t | than a golfer—to us, he is a real in- stitution. = Bobby never fails to have a word of encouragement for all of us and being beaten by Bobby Jones is just like winning from any one else. I am sure Bobby will be glad I won toda; He told me yesterday to hard, and T tried. I think this has been one of the most enjoyable cham- plonships I ever attended. I know it is the best one I have ever won. California people have been very courteous and hospitable. I hope they hold the amateur out here again before S0 many years and that Jess Sweetser, Francis Ouimet, Cyril Tolley and other fine golfing gentlemen may be more successful in their attempt to win the . championship that I yet can't quite realize belongs to me. I don’t like 18-hole matches. I don't think the distance represents a true test of golf. Bobby Jones can beat any golfer in the world at 36 holes, not even excepting Walter Hagen, and it doesn’t seem right that the greatest golfer in the country should be elimi- nated the first day of match play. Bobby won't complain l,hmlf , but a man who has done as much for golf as bby has is entitled to every possible break the game affords. 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