The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1910-08-31
WHITES
BRILLIANT GOLF
IN CALIFORNIA

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Austin White, the 17-year old son of
Major e. o. White of this city, came
out second best IN MS golf match with
Campbell Drummond Whyte, Pacific
Coast amateur champion and then
| some at Del Monte, Cal, on August
30 The Honolulu boy played him
self up to the top and then gave the
veteran of many links the race of his
life for the championship The S. f.
Chronicle of August "a publishes the
following account of the game:
DEL MONTE August 23.--To Camp.
bell Whyte, as he slipped the cup
that cheers and munched his toast
this morning, the all-important af-
fair of the day was for him to beat
Austin II. White from the Oahu Golf
Club. Honolulu, at thirty-six holes
match play in the final for the Del
Monte championship.
This he did winning by three up
and two to play.
1t was a well-deserved victory and
a most to the last stroke the issue
hung in the balance because of the
plucky game played by the good
looking young giant from Honolulu
and the occasional brilliance of the
strikes.
During the eighteen noles played in
the morning Austin White had made
an unusually clever put, holing out
with a cut that curved his ball in a
big arc round stymie. Also his all
round play had been so good that ne
was only two down at lunch time
OF the first six holes in the after
noon two were halved and each took
two so Campbell Whyte was still
two up, having retained the lead he
took in the forenoon. In fine style
he got out of difficulties going to the
sixth, which Austin White should
| have taken but the latter's approach
was poor so it was halved Campbell
| Whyte took the seventh in four after
his rival had fooled an eight foot
put.
This made Whyte three up in TWEEN
ty-fve holes.
Getting out Of bunker and onto
the eighth green Campbell Whyte
managed to lay a stymie for his ri
val, who pulled off the prettiest
jump shot imaginable and won the
h le, leaving him only two down
again. The ninth was halved in
three. Then Austin thrilled the gal
lery by taking in three strokes the
only long hole of the course, the
tenth, for which DOGGY is six.
Again he was only one down. and
the gallery was keyed up with en-
thusiasm. But in the next breath
he sliced his drive bad and would
probably never have round his ball
except for outsiders joining in the
search. Campbell Whyte was on the
green in two, easily took the hole.
and was two up again.
He made it three up at the twelfth.
because of Austin White missing a
long shot after a poor approach.
A battery of app'ause greeted Aus
tin White when he ran down a grand
iifty-foot put and took the thirteenth
But his top drive bunkered him and
Campbell was down in three and
won the fourteenth. Three up again
and only four to so.
Once again fate gave the younger
man fighting chance for a few
moments and the situation grew in
tense. Campbell .Whyte sliced his
drive and Austin Whites second
laid him within putting distance
The formers approach was much too
strong and it looked like Austin
Whites hole for sure. But Camp-
DelIs grand put rimmed the cup and
stymied him and amid breathless
silence the hole finally was halved in
four. Three up and only three to go.
Austin White made a pIucky bid
lor the next hole but he only sue,
ceeded in halying IT, and promptly
congratulated the new champion
who wore his honors with becoming
modesty.
Half an hour before this match
ended the gallery was Joined by
William H. Croker who had lust
nnished beating R. G. Hartford for
the third fight prize. He was greet
ed with a ,.,,,rf,.