New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1910-09-18
GOLF TITLE FOR FOWNES
nofeats Wood for the Amateur
Championship Crown.
Hundreds THR0NG LINKS
Rrilliancy Of the Chicago Man
Offset by Steadiness Of the
Winner.
,yNDREDS THR0NG LINKS
rBy Telegraph to The Tribune. ]


clark Fownes. If. Of Oakmont won the
,s.,orai amateur golf championship title
-,-57v bv defeating Warren Kenneth Wood,
~ Chicago. up and ; to play in the final
-,,ns II the Country Club, Brookline-
= vas case Of steadiress versus brill
.srrv-brtlliancy that only appeared n
sro-s-and under the circumstances there
ca,..a be only one result Fownes really
x-ap the match in the early hours. finishing
~ morning round with the comfortable
=-,s-r-r Of UP. the strokes reading IS to 81
a. favor af the P1ttsburg man There was
-.var tine during the DAY, save for a
A~.sf smell in the morning. when Wood
,ootss Ike winner. After having the
s-r- two holes the Chicago man Won the
.-i-s b,.t Fownes won the next two, and
<~o-- there on Wood was always the under
dog
IN many respects the struggle was a
s-e-4++o- Of the Fo0-nes-Evans clash OF
YESTERDAY Wood made poor work OF Il On
.,o greens. and Il nlattersd not what man
~ ef club ne Used. There were times
- - he 4ooE 2 r,7itl-iron but after one IT
.7f
---e,sTI,- would Try 10 change his luck Win
-i,a aid CT g Schenectady pUtter
IRE rerulzrirv Of golf was never more
.o-cil,lz- Illustrated than in the size Of the
s.uA-v. which kept in close attendance
-s-o--rolr the DAY. Although Boston play
- has little or 10 personal interest N
zf--zh---z or chicago the devotees o. TIE
gzr,a we're there Eve thousand strong
1-hsp the advancing hosts swept over ne
-,alc -eld behind the contestants a thsF
1e4- me first Tee IT gave the appearance OF
n army What it would have been IKE
= Boston man had been IN the hnal
round II Is hard 70 guess
Mood rave Z sample Of his erratle snort
zqr= ~ ne first hole IN the morning, when
r s1-2rle--ert56 fire TO the green. a
matter Of 80 Yards. 5y taking three puts
--erab- allowing his opponent Who rad
<sfta5 II get home IL Q to halTe N = =
stroke or good fortune enabled Wood 70
become ! Up a. me third IN -haT his sec
md shat ht- tree. The ball however
<sn 70 2 good lie and he managed 70 get
u the green on the next shot On lhe
o-1er hand Fownes. whose tee shot had
le4- hin q --iTe OF the line. tried 70 play
or for safety. bur ne Overd-d il, the bali
gong 70 --e rough beyond After that he
vas unable 10 get better than s, Wood
recording g.
Tia Chicago nan then showed Just now
lid ne could ne on occasions by silcing
rho balls our ~ bounds at the 18th His
tni-5 EFFORT was no- much better, as the
Ian brought I'D in 2 trap SO that he lifted
The ha-v4d The next TWO holes. but Wood
Cot trapped ar the eighth. and then topped
rs drive from The ninth tae. These MS
III - 80
u Urn f7- home 3 up The strokes we're n
. II in -h= Ia--=r's favor
fine 2 the only one oF tie entire match,
enabled Fovres 70 win me tenth hole
Wood vas making fight. however, for
even though his Tee shot fell into trouble
h recovered sufficiently well 70 get q g.
TIE eleventh hole went 70 Wood because
the Pennsylvania champion drove into a
-sp F1vres. thanks 10 2 srvr1ie. won the
twelfth while 2 deadly. short game ena ble1
h1r 70 yin the faurr eenth and fifteenth. so
---s- Ms advantage was increased 70 s Up
F0vzes PLAYED the seventeenth badly and
I-s- IT, . n e. Wood then surprised the
CALLER a. val - himself. ny bringing of
-werr--fCo-e~ on the home green for &
: Fawnes failing TO get his by narrow
margin
Four I'd IS some lead. as they say, but
& did nor seem 70 bother Wood In speak
ing q TIE situation al luncheon he remind
e The Tribune correspondent that he had
beer in the same boat the day before with
-Icseruan. OF won't be down at the end
q ire next round declared the Home
WOO -sr.
As the gallery reasserbled At the first
tss many offered the opinion that the match
vas fzr from over Wood is a great at
te-roon player. remarked one. Il vouldn' [
give much for Fownes-s chances If Wood
eTe- gets level said another
II was not Wood afternoon, however;
consequently lie didn't get level Fcwnes
s--e-g-aene- his position by winning the
frs- hole u q par / although Wood dis
counted this a few moments later by win
E.z- rhe second zfter topping his drive 10
u tap He recovered well. and then
toT-res took three puts, an unusual thing
70 hin
Tie Lnc=rtai1ties Of golf We're illustrated
y striking manner Al the fourth. which
F7v1ss won after being twice in the woods.
rs -h-rd shot left him about twenty feet
away from the rag and II did not look as
: II had q chance 70 get better than a
naive with Wood. who had reached the
greer nicely with e drive and a half iron
TIE Eouswood man then got IN one Of his
| Eelrd puts The ball overrunning the cup by
taliv Ten Zee,
Is Fown=s and George OrnisJon, his
cznois ana adviser, studied the lire Of put
oae could have heard a pin drop. so in
enc Vas the silence n the gallery, which
--o--se6 q hoIlo= square twenty deep on all
AaeS nan held four-year-old child
Els arms. and the little chap never
@oped muscle until F-ownes ran down the
- and then ne Joined IN the applause
Foa missed his Try, so that a hole that
a4osa have been won was gone forever
900. nothing daunted, pulled himself
st'he- and won the next three holes in a
IKE better than par 4 superb half-iron
90 70 within a yard Of the flag at the
4 Fa11 tfth enabled the Chicago man TO
* maj n g. The next was spectacular.
llst both found the trap on their sec
* aid then played out with their nib
ks Il manner thst would have done
es 70 Alec Smith. Wood. however,
~oasht OF the put for q and won He
a. the next and won that, Fownes
see'ng trapped.
~1ree holes for Wood right of the
- him only down, and Fownes
p1a--t worried, but Just when IL began
o9k rad for F0tttsburg the other SIDE
akeneo- Failure 10 keep out Of trap
he 4sIt cost WOOD the eighth hole, and
"pped a dr1ve from the ninth tee. This
NE ball fen into the ditch The