The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1913-09-20


the course unrestricted nearly every
Brookline school boy was on the links
to watch their recent playmate in the
greatest golfing struggle ever seen IN
this country.
The Game in Detail.
First hole-Ouimet had the honor
| and drove off 220 yards down a lare
with the same distance and Ray five
better. Vardon and Ouimet were on
the green in three and Ray in 4.
Score: Ouimet 5; Vardon 5; Ray 5.
, Second hole-After good drives,
Vardon overplayed while Ouimet and
Ray were on the green. Ouimet had
a chance for 3, while Ray trimmed
the cup and missed the same figure.
All made four Total score: Ouimet,
g.; Vardon, 8; Ray, 9.
Third hole-Ray pulled the second
shot into the trees and was short on
the green. He missed As foot putt
for a four and took one more than the
others. Ouimet missed easy 8.
Ouimet, IS; vardon. 10; Ray. IA.
Fourth hole-Ouimet pulled his drive,
the ball going to the edge of the
woods. Both Englishmen were also
green in two and Ouimet had to run
down a long putt to tie. He did
it amid applause. Total score: Ouimet
Il; Vardon II; Ray Is.
Fifth hole-Ouimet had a grand
chance to gain a strike after two
Vardon and Ray were in trouble on
their seconds. Each made splendid re-
coveries. Total score: Ouimet %; Var
don %; Ray %.
Sixth hoIe-Vardon took the lead
by laying his approach dead and
boiling out in three. Ou1met and Ray
played par golf with scores of four
each. The gallery reached nearly
1000 persons at this point Total
Seventh hole-Ray recovered his
lost stroke when the other two players
overran their puts on the seventh
Total score: Vardon %; Ouimet 80;
Ray 80.
Tied i'm at the Eighth
Eighth hole-Ray outdrove the other
pair. Ouimet played a 80 yard mashie
shot two feet from the hole. He took
three amid deafening cheers. Ray
followed with a sensational 80 foot
putt, the three players stood all even.
Total scores: Ouimet SO; Vardon 80;
Ray SO.
Ninth hole-Ouimet's drive was the
shortest, but Vardon pulled into the
bushes and Ray was trifie wide Var
don made a beautiful recovery and all
were on the green in three and each
took two puts to hole.
They turned into the home stretch
even. Total score: Oulmet, 80; var
don. IS; Ray, SO.
Tenth hole-Both vardon and Ray
were off the green on their drives for
the tenth hole, Vardon being in the
woods. As Ouimet was ON and took
two puts, he took the lead in the
match for the first time. Totals: Out
met, Al; Vardon, Az Ray, AZ.
All Drive Long Balls.
Eleventh hole-An drove long balls
nd oil nv q
green. Each tried hard to hole dis
tance puts, but were obliged to take
two. Total score: Ouimet, As; Var
don. 46; Ray. As.
second stroke lead through poor short
iron work by the Englishmen. Var
don was off the green on his second
and Ray was short. Both dubbed |
their approaches, while Ouimet, play |
ing sterling golf, was on in two and
Vardon, 81; Ray. 81.
Thirteenth hole-Ouimet was out |
driven. but all pitched clearly to the |
bowl like green. Ray took two puts, |
missing the first one by an inch. |
Ouimet over ran while Vardon sunk a |
ten footer for three. Total score: |
Ouimet. So; Vardon. 81; Ray, So.
Fourteenth hole-Each of the three
players made errors on the four |
teenth. Vardon pulling his drive into |
teir seconds. Ouimet over ran the |
third, while Vardon and Ray were |
short. All took two puts. ,
Fifteenth hole Ray sliced from /
tee, but had a good lie. Ray was |
trapped on his next, however, and |
took two to get out, which ended his !
chances. His total, six; Ouimet and |
Vardon, four each.
Sixteenth-Ray took four, others |
three each. Ray sliced six foot putt. |
Seventeenth-Vardo was trapped |
on his drive. While Ray was in the |
rough Vardon was on the green in |
three, as was his compatriot. Ouimet |
held at s foot putt for a three which |
clinched the championship for the |
young amateur
Eighteenth hole-Ouimet made a |
perfect drive. Vardon and Ray were |
in the rough. Ray and Oimet were on