The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1913-09-21
AMERICAN BOY IS
WORLDS CHAMP ION
Francis ouImet. 20 Years Old, Wins
Great Golf Championship From
English and American
Cracks.
WINS GREAT GOLF MATCH
Takes Match From English Cham.
pIons After They Had Been
Conceded Victory at the
Rrookllne Tourney.

UNITED Press Leased Wire Service.l
BRookLlNE, Mass, Sept. 2o.-The
cards showing how Francis ouimet
won the national open golf title:
oulmet, 544, asa, 435, 344, 454, 1874
-72.
vardon, 544, 45s, 44s, 445, s54, 45e
III.
Ray, 545, 454, sss. AS, ass, e5s-7s.
by Hal Sheridan.1
BROOKLINE, Mass, Sept 20
American nerve. skill and grit today
again triumphed over Great Britain's
form and experience. Not only out
playing, but out-gaming Harry Var
don and Edward Ray. the greatest
golfers of England, Francis Ouimet,
| 20 years old Massachusetts boy, turn
ed what seemed to be certain Brit
ish victory in national open golf cham
pionship in rout Ouim'et is an Una
! teur Warden and Ray are both pro
! fessionals and have held FIVE British
championships. They were 7isyzns
golf before Ouimet was born but #as7
! 1t came to the crucial test it Vas ut
Grams who missed drives and z-IssssS
| easy puts. Warden and Ray- Tsss--
ans of more championship matches
than Ouimet had ever seen EeEe the
ones who lost their nerve, while the
hoy. who only a few years ego was
caddy on the links over which the
match was PLAYED, remained as steady
as q clock.
Ray came to this country with
reputation as a wonderful driver. Yet
Ouimet out-droye him today. On the
greens his work was deadly and
Ouimet poled out 20 and % foot puts
with the greatest assurance.
There was not the slightest falter
4 in the work of Ouimet who by win
ming today, takes virtually the title of
i worlds champion. His opponents
i have nothing on which to base state
i ment that he won on fiuke. Both
admitted they were simply outplayed
I although Vardon declared that he did
not believe he had ever heard of Oni-
wonderful game the boy was playing
yesterday when he tie6 up the match
The links were soggy from a heavy
rain when the eighteen hole play OF
was started and this was believed tt
0 favor the Englishmen who are par
a tial to slow greens. But Ouimet ross
n to the occasion and beat them at this
!, phase of the game with the physica
g conditions in their favor.
The rapid growth of golf as pop
e ular game in this country was clearl,
u indicated today when 5000 person
braved the rain to follow the match
e Golf as national game in Enslan
u has been In existence for at least Aft
y years 1t is Just twenty-five year
IL since the first golf was played in thi
10 country.
- No better idea of the sort of DO
y this new international hero in tn
" sport world is, could be gained tina
from noting the first thing he di
al after receiving the cup, Gesignatin
at him as the greatest golf player, amt
a teur or professional. Ouimet stan
at mered a tashfu thank you" an
&c then hurried away to where h
We diminutive caddy, Eddie Laurie, Wa
he standing. It was Eddie who trudge
ON faithfully along with him for fly
days, carrying an umbrella and ba
m of sticks. Ard ouimet hurried
he Eddie. that he might be the first
ne admire the cup.
no Ouimet was as much surprised +;
nd any one that he had won the title. T
fd expected the Englishmen to show
great fash of form and swamp hir
but his game was too stiff for ther
AS Ray put it: I'VE would have stoc
Jay a chance If he had slipped up son
he where, but he persisted in playir
fol- perfect golf"
ton Starting the match. all were eve
the on the first hole and although RI
dropped a stroke behind on the thir
the all were even up at the turn o,
NETS drives We're straight down Il
de. course while both vardon and R;
AS had encounteree some trouble. Aft
ual the turn came the supreme test and
Ter was the veteran Ray who first blew Il
ball He was In trouble on the fourteen
out, but recovered Then he drove in
am trap in the fifteenth and was out
Sc the running. Onimet was two strok
in ahead at the twelfth hole and I
NIT gallery began to pull in earnest I
iom an American victory vardon gain
cial one on the thirteenth. but at the 81
enteenth Ouimet virtually won t
a match. ouimet ran down a beauti
putt Vardon drove into pitt at t
wa start over played the green on j
is approach and took a FIVE to ouime
10 three. Both Englishmen had sho'
80 nervousness before this and with R
cavtne in on the fifteenth vardon