The evening world. Newspaper, September 22, 1913, Page 11

| _ A i . ‘. f | | 4s. | ‘ AMERICAN YOUTH NEVER LOST HOPE OF WANG. |= that Oulmet's famillarity with the course gave him an advantage, although the Dally Chrontele, ant 10 Was more than neutralized by hin youth and inexperience, compared HIGHEST HONOR AT GOLF! S.s:c2ssss28 They did their best, but were fairly and aquarely beaten by a better man.” Standord in an edftorial admits that Oulmet ts better than Vardon tulates the victor heartily. strevuous applicatio: Realized From the Start That Vardon| Was the Man He Must Beat—| Champion Says His Ten-Year- Old Caddie’s Encouraging Words Helped Him Throughout. | th On bis front porch overlooking the sixteenth tee of the Brookline links Francis Ouimet yesterday moraing committed what he jokingly i it the nad done my duty, namely, keeping the trophy and titte| title the natives have been busy x} rank aad 440 ot Tk erate Uber WaNntig Leia Lining the reason for the twenty-yeare a ‘het Wal, a Yerom going to at country * tntee, bat 1 i he won the Wational golf title, his impressions of the historic match Vara wtyle of play Impressed me greatly, he botng a careful player and [oll youngster’s success on the I sir aa Tt would be Cate to And am Be ; Wm Collier wal and his decision to remain an amateur. Mis follows: H ‘i 5 fines BC of tie game, though having @ most unsteady |it remained for Mra, Quimet to tell the an tie new national | le atory | well vereed in the fines points of tve gam eh having r ¥ Manabe GOERS 40 @ to oblige rick 3 ear) dy By Francis Ouimet. (Winner of 19th Open National Golt Title of the United States.) Coutiaht, JU ly The Pree Pabtishing Co, (The New York Evening World), BROOKLINE, Mass., Sept 22.—-Days before the national championship} _ Was to bo played amateurs and professionals could be seen playing around | ‘game for t 1 lrume to fee! l area The scores as a rule ranged from @ 69 to about 77, and at this stage |” Smith Brothers Win Match Over Vardon and Ray" the Country Club course in practice, of the game it certainly looked as if there would be | several scores under 300 at the conclusion of the tour- nament, On Tuesday the first half of the players took part in the qualifying round. <A score of 164 was thought most likely to qualify. Vardon led every one, al- though I caused a surprise by leading for eighteen holes, with 151 for a total. When all finished and had turned in their cards it was found that 170 quali- fied, an extremely high score. To the surprise of moat SSCEET) every golfer playing, George Simpson, who was tied for | This was the first setback. All we [ag 3F the championship in 1(11, failed to get in. the other favorites were well inside. | Wednesday the second hs!f was played, and the quality of golf was| very much better. An Englishman, Ray, had the best score. So fir i: was all Great’ Britain, but the American professionals seemed to take things! | easy, being satisfied to qualify. It became noticeable at this point that the competitors in general were having great diMculty on the putting greens, which were lightning fast. America Nanded Severe Shock on Thursday. Thursday the championship started, The day way an 1 one for a “7 low} tha: Vardon got @ four, In the mean Seqring and right off the bat America was handed a severe shock. Harry | while the Smith combination had be. Vardon and Wilfred Reid, shooting a total of 147 for two rounds, were leading | come five up. Vardon’s galn ree the field. Ted Ray was two strokes behind, due to a fine 7 on the second day. MoDonald Smith and Alex Ross scored 71's apiece in tho morning, but fell back later in the day, However, they were well up with the leaders, Tom McNamara scored a usefil 73 in the morning, but everything went against him in the afternoon and a miserable § resulted, “King” Brady did not quite live up to expectations, either, totaling 187. So much for the first day. Friday morning was very wot, rain falling moat of the day. This was a de- eied advantage to tho foreigners, because baing used to wind and rain they ‘Were almost sure to score well and then again the putting greens became much mower and easier to putt on. A 6 by Ray and 78 by Vardon brought these two players together with 25 for a total. Reid fell off badly and was ellminated then and there possible oomtender for the chief honors by doin: ery) poor %. Barnes and Hagen were two strokes behind the leaders at this stage, but being one of the last to finish fm the morning and ecoring @ 74 I pulled myself into a three-cornered te with @e Englishmen. ‘Then things looked quite bright to me for as I started my last round Ray ‘Was just Gnishing with a grand total of 94. Vardon came in a little later with the aame. I must get a 78 to win! I played badly to the turn, making a 43 and needed % coming fn to tle I must that things looked dark after the tenth hole hort but tricky hole cost me @ 6 and tho loss of at least two very Valuable strokes. as ‘etill had hopes that I would get down in one putt on two of the next elght es. My first opportunity came on the thirteenth hole and I holed a three there which helped very much. Par figures on the next two holes brought me to the aizteenth hole, This hole measures 128 yards and I confidently: expected a two | here. I missed the two and holing out in a threo left me just two holes to plav | and I must get a three on one of them. A drive and pitch to the second last | @rgen left me with a fifteen foot putt for my three. T studied the putt carefully | and putting for the back of the hole my ball never hesitated for a moment, but dropped in nicely. I shall never forget the sweet music that ball made as it rattied into that hole rim. A 4 on the last hole brought me into the tte which was to be played off the next day, Great Gallery Followed Men on Play-Off, he battle was on, The three of us, Vardon, Ray and myself, started off together shortly after 1€ o'clock, with a great gallery following, tn spite of the rain. The officials asked tho gallery to wait till the flnish before applauding, but tt was impos- atble to enforce the request, and time and again during the going-out round the gallery broke into a deafening cheer, We all got away to good drives, Vardon and myself making tho green tn 8, Ray's third shot was long and he went to the right. All three of usa made ood approaches and putted for fives. The tie remained during the « je, all"holing out for 4. Edward Ray fell back one atroke on the third hole, getting a poor position on his third drive, and holed out after two putts in 5, while Vardon and I holed in 4, We three hole! out in fours on the fourth hole, T had a bit of misfortune on the fifth hole, going out of bounds on my secon i hot. But by placing my third on tho green T holed out in 5, Ray and Vardon each taking fives Harry Vardon took the lead over me on the sixti hole, his ing dead on the hole and running down in 3, Ray and I had a 4 Ed Ray pulled up @ stroke on the seventh, holing out in 3, to 4 for Vardon and myself, At this point Vardon had a @troke lead over Ray and myself. We all drov well down the middle of the elghth fairway. All pitched to the green with mashies, and, walking toward the hole, one ball was secn to be but twelve inches from the cup, It proved to be mine, It was an easy 3. Then Ray electritied the gallery by running down @ most diMcult thirty-foot putt for a 3. Vardon holed out in 4, and thus the match was all e' Three fives were mado on the long ninth, everywody taking % for the first nine holes. On the short tenth hole both of my opponents pitched to the green. abot was also on. But by taking three putts to my two the famous for golfers were forced to the rear by a stroke, This wis increased to two at the ifth, as T had a @ ainst two fives, ‘Tho thirteenth yed in 4 by Ray and myself, but Vardon, holing a fine twelve-footer for a 3, regained one of the lost strokes, Felt Vardon Was the Man He Had to Beat. ‘Though Ray halved Vardon and me on the fourteenth, I felt that Va was tho man for me to beat tn order to win, as Ray seemed to be p with great desperation. At this point the gullery, which was the largest I had ever played before, were racing and running ahead of the players, ap parently necking some vantage place to watch every shot. I had great dim. culty in keeping my pet caddy, Eddie Lourle, trom being trampled upon, He Ja but ten years old, and I aincerely think that tt was his encouraging words more than saything else which had carried me along ao well, Throughout the | me that I must make a 72 on one round, which T did on “pefore each #hot he would way, “Francis, don't take your and I don't think I did once ‘ond shot be My eye off of that ball,” Time and again the gallery, running mad as tt were, yel tu But | T never once realized that a soul was following me, so tn an T with what | wax doing ‘The fifteenth saw the elimination of Ray, practically speaking, @# be toss | two strokes to Vardon and me, At th enteenth hole Vardon drove a trifle to the left. I do by 1 wae trying ta coux ine to follow him, for a nasty trap awaits a pulled drive, | ‘Whe middle of the talrwax wae £006 enough for ma, acd my bal) landed oataly, Vardon's ball did tand in @ trap, and Alex Findlay, whom all golfers must J sald that St to plek up two strokes he 1 won the championship. Felt That He Had Done His Duty. know, 1 Wyki was 3 up and Neither of the the progress of the hom: Jand it was not until the THE LONDON t.<-finglien meness, The only attempt to explain away the British defeat ts the suggestion The Times has no lows: y, and congr won by ally without which genius avatia itttle. ese youthful prodigies, approached me a 1 manay! | putting stroke LT don't think that T shall ever change my amateur atanding. agure there ts In ft, and it # nat you must play for money In RO twenty-year-old They hardly belleve that a youth can pol English ‘Newspapers Marvel At Guimet’s Ability and Nerve. pating this excuse, torial comment, Mail in congratulating the vt has a genius for the game but alyo the pecullar nerve and temperament All sports from tine to time throw up f| Hilton and Ball wero about Oulmet's age when they captured the British championship, All British golfers look forward to gceing and welcoming Oulmet here next year.” Ray, on the other hand, te more of a slugger, but a grand golfer, He hits) solfer, “To an ning Works reporter | i the ball hard, with a slight slice all carry, He putts very well. Mra. Ouimet, still flushed from her son's Tne hought for a moment that It would be I that would have the honor | victory, told how the new ch ¢ defeating our Mlustrious visitors, golf against her will, how h EVENING WORLD, MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 22, OUIMET’S OWN STORY OF HIS WONDERFUL GOLF VICTORY Francis Ouimet’ experts marvel us noth contends that this advan want Took Up » Game Against Her Will—Used to Prac- tise Putting in His Room and on the Front'' | Porch—Fascinated by| Game When Only Six Years Old--Became} jim Caddy and Copied\\\ Strokes of the Best Players. ut fta golf correspondent at excuse can be made tor the losers Tt concludes by saying that 0 lvss than physical or says: “Oulmet not only ay fast, Sportal to The Evening World) BROOKLINE, M Francts Ouimet's over the Engliah off for the Uni Since a etory nplon in the play- ates national golf 8 all over, and, playing the last hole carefully, two secret of fils ¢ little tot to learn the getting when but a 6, and hin wu 1 play th ne to me that it fs too good a] g der to get the full benefits it hapit of Cout and Maaut, oe) hel wopour in the 1 [duced the margin to four and @ thirt a aE seae Pp wae irs LADIES! ladies of New York of the finest raglan shoulders, split sleeve shoulders and the latest Belmacan effects in coatings. measure, mannish style, for a price, overcoat to order, $15.50. The goods shown in my window are the same for men and women afters ind in a heavy Tt should have been an easter mated for the Siniths, fur the youthful Mac- donald “played his head off” at times. Englishmen could stop fessionals eventh hole * Johnny Coats last year, and with the atten- a| Wykagyl twelfth, and wer _ # was very fond er ttle foot putt on the home green by him Dulniet. Ne i t the end of |! pan a the that th i Rritons came \ : Dh is not the best putter | elled to congratulate | though conc ‘about; Pom. Messenger boys t home on » the modest around player, However, |% path: n down putts from ten to thirty| Hark street, opposite nixteenth alf a dozen times and altogether) areen, bringing best winth rom ke! played the sterling golf of whieh he Is) clitbs and individuals from all over ane Tt was Macdonald Smith who Our ys ony Six or woven yi the street and y the olub mem inally he couldn't stop him, eal of the then n sixth hole, performed arly oat tenth, The Smith brothers were two up at the turn, and that was duced to one at the next, but the mm the eleventh and as the remaining holes} were halved they me the winners on the sixteenth green, — a long one for a two at the and tt was Vardon who the fAfth and nly ta old he would eruse t for hours faxcinate a playing thelr ga to ty, and Tay He learned © areat | jyy He always tried yy Ail “pro Francis follow them around the cour: would copy their best str began to play a fair game himself, OUIMET PRACTISED PUTTING !N HIS BEDROCM. “T did everything L could to discourage him fram continuing the t, but hin whole heart was in tt. Graduating from Women Viny IPHIS, ‘Tenn., Sept. kolfing clrotes, clte ent this week phils Country is the second time tn the of the axsociation that the an ment has been held outside the grammar shoals Francis went to the Brookline High School, but I be- Heve his mind was more on golf than on his. books." During her narrative Mra, Outmet was of Chicag “Let’s Get Acqu 1 am getting ready to open Philadelphia, which city I intend to have a duplicate of Béston, New York and other cities where Mitchell holds sway. today, and my store is overstocked. There are no ends left when I clean up at the close will be the start. fine Scotches, some of the best goods | ever carried. coats in the piece, and for the next three days I will union label. I had a very successful season on Ladies’ of Mr. Macdonald I can ure the where I I make these to 50 - $1550 The Tailor from Boston Discloses the Secret of _His Success at Golf’ Jeonstantly the telephone ringing from @ their tow minittes of leisure the you pion's mo! Hecoming fr! wanted to try couldn't walt | whould contin to work and ws known. Fra' a to Rick out the strongest players and |f0 canes tina te vloualy ew and BOON | Haye. her champions, her latest and Quimet was im to get home and reat up from the ex- mile track at Louis Disbrow drove mobile five miles tn announced this to be SPECIAL! Open Evenings Until 9 o’Clock. 1918, bb Newark Wins First Pennant 2 in International 's Mother interrupted by ¢ do avout Fratole an zratulations, Getting & LMR ek Newark Is now champion of the In- ternational League for the firat time on continued hy ‘t] record, The season ended yesterday irkable happening I) with the Indians beating the Skeeters, home about four years ago | : 4 rie ‘rancts was going to high ie to & The championship fight, which Mra. Ouimet, “lou to] has been interesting for the last month since Mochester began a apurt which sent it to within fow er holes went to ve to find sick and was dumfounded to se on the floor pratcising putting, 1 me he had often ¢ that, He a new touch grip and anti) mornings. nother time [ was cooking break: was called to the front pore and with a putt t Iwan very anx te hile soho years tn the high ac | ured @ position In Hox T guess tho rest ls pretty well AMUSEMENTS. . 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