The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1913-09-21
FRANCIS OU|MET
GOLF CHAMPION

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decisive fashion. At the end of the
eighteenth hole played to break the
tie. the score stood Ouimet ~. Vardon
a, Ray IS.
Big as the margin OF the victory
was It was not gained until the round
was nearly over. Up to the fifteenth
chance to win. for though Ouimet was
ahead. he led Vardon by only ono
stroke and Ray by two. Ray was the
first Englishman TO go down and out,
accomplishing his downfall by put
ting into trap beside the fifteenth.
That left Ouimet and Vardon to
fight it out, with n stroke to be gained
by Vardon IL he were to tie. and only
three holes left on which to gain It.
Each OF the Leaders got his three on
the little sixteenth. and on they went
to the seventeenth, where Ouimet
saved the day for himself yesterday
by getting wonderful three.
shortcut Hurts Vnrdon.
The Englishman seemed over eager
to save r few yards BY cutting across
tho corner OF the elbow from the tee.
and the attempt caused him to lose
all chances for the title.
His ball was caught by n trap. and
he had to play. out safely without try
ing to reach the green. He took five
for the hole, and Ouimet, on in two ran
down twelve-foot putt that gave him
the lead of three clear strokes and
clinched the championship beyond
doubt. The other two strokes came on
the home hole, when Vardon, discour-
aged and detected, needed six for the
hole, while the Boston boy made 1t in
four.
The play off began shortly after 10
o'clock in driz.llng rain, n continu-
alton of tho miserable weather that
had made tho second day of the cham
pionship proper one long to be remem-
bered All three OF the contestants
made the first hole in five. Though
Ouimet and Vardon were close enough
on their approaches to have chances to
get down long puts. neither OF them
did SO. On the second hole, on which
all three were down in 4, Ray and
Ouimet had the same kind of oppor-
tunities, but missed again. The first
break came on the hard third. for
there Edward Ray missed n short putt
for his four and Ouimet and Vardon
forged ahead.
Then came another hole on which
each made five, though Ouimet was
exceedingly lucky to keep on even
terms with the others His second shot
went out OF bounds and over the fence,
but as Ray waited to get the green on
his second and Vardon took three puts.
the American lost nothing by his mis-
take. At tho sixth came another shift.
Vardon pitched his approaches to the
green in splendid fashion, and the ball
stopped not more than six feet from
the cup. After Ouimet had failed TO
get down long try. Vardon holed his
shot and was stroke ahead OF Ouimet
and two strokes in advance of Ray.
good three on the short seventh en-
abled Ray to pull up on the others,
neither Of whom could do better than
4, and he was trailing Vardon on even
terms with Ouimet.
Even Up mt Eighth.
1t was all oven again when they
holed out on tho eighth, for Ouimct
laid his approach to win q foot of the
pin and went down in three only to
see Ray hole n thirty-foot putt for n
three. a moment later Nardon had to
be content with the par four. The
ninth hole is the longest on the course,
and the three made it five piece, Var
don having tho most work to do, for
his drive was in the edge of the woods
to the left.
That left the score at the turn: oui-
met, IS: Vardon, 3S Ray. IS. 1t was n
great struggle, and the crowd. grow
Ing every minute watched the drives
from the tenth breathlessly. The three
balls all reached the green, but Out
NETS was tho nearer to the cup. 1t
looked as though thrces would be
made. but both OF the Eng1ishmen took
three puts, while ouimet was taking
the usual two, and the young amateur
went ahead. and. as 1t later proved
took a lead that was never to be relin-
quished.
Three tours on carried them to the
twelfth, which proved to be the turning
point OF the round. Ouimet was tho
only one to roach tho green in two.
AY1d txt,o lrtt foll
poor seconds with tho most Indifferent
sort OF short approaches with the re-
suit that mother of them got close
enough to get down In four, which Oui :
met promptly proceeded TO do, and was
two strokes ahead.
TO be sure. Warden made up g