Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-09-28
the hole more than satisfied his FAM
lily and all his friends.

the hole more than satisfied his FAM
lily and all his friends.
Vardon had the honor, and was off
the line into the trap to the left.
placed for a hooked shot. His bali
was lying badly, too. BY the sad
snake Alex FindlAy gave his head as
ne stood by the bunker gazing al the
llttle white sphere nestled down In
the bottom of depression in the
sand, 1t was seen that Vardon was in
bad
Ray was farther OF the line than
Nardon, but his tremendous strength
mad allowed him to carry over this
ulnlcuity, and he was deep in long
grass instead.
Nardon had to play safe and then II
was Ouimets turn to play his second.
he had driven straight down tke
course, a good clean WALTON. He
played a perfect iron shot ten feel
, beyond the pin amidst a storm of APP
plause, for Vardon was short of the
green in two and only a phenomenal
shot would land him within distance
for half in four, provided Ouimet
required two puts
Vardon was woefully weak on his
pitch and Ray lay beside him in two
Ray failed to hole his third, being
short, and then Vardon made a great
attempt that just failed to sink his
30-footer He had CLEANED consider
able knowledge of the green by his
friends play. Vardon holed in five. :
did Ray.
Ouimet caused everyone a tremor
when he stepped up to his third
stroke, for the put was down hill. ths
green tricky and II was hard to take
less than five
Straight as a string, the ball drib-
| bled into the cup. This young master
player took no chances and played for
the near side OF the cup. This green
was like his front yard and he had
putted and fooled on IL since he was
in his first pair OF trousers But the
gallery did not know he was used to
the vagaries OF this particular putting
surface and they worried.
A storm OF applause greeted this
three and the gallery, forgetting en-
| tlrely that there was anyone else left
| in the tourney. whooped and cheered
and started like a lot OF mad hounds
after a fox, to obtain choice positions
along the ropes which were stretched
from the tee to the eighteenth green
Ray was still to put, as his ball had
been picked up and marked by Mr.
Reid to prevent Ouimets hitting ii.
tention was paid to the big English
man. as he leaned over his put for
four. while wild yells were stilltto be
heard from the crowd at the club
house who had learned that Ouimet
| had a three strokes lead with but one
hole to play,
HOLE 10.
Ouimet hit two beautiful shots on
the way to the 405-yard eighteenth,
| but Ray went him one better by hav-
| ing 12-foot put for a three, after the
| second stroke of both had come to
| rest. Vardon was a trifie short of the
| bank in two, over the green in three.
| past the hole on a good attempt to
! hole In four within an inch of his
next, and holed in six.
Ray went down in three, and fin
| ished the course only one stroke be.
| hind Vardon. Had he been able to,
| put under ordinary conditions at the
seventeenth, 1t is possible these two
! players would have tied for second
and third money.
! Ouimet had long put down hill for
! his three, but did not need II. Any
| thing up to an eight was good enough
| to win the title. He did not attempt
| any grandstand play. but just finished
! as he had started-studious nerve
| less yet neTvy, to get down in two
puts. This would be good golf on any
! course.
| Herbert Jacques had given a two
minute speech to the thousands
around the home hole about keeping
| quiet while the players completed the
round but only the trees were quiet
when the second shots came up and
the puts went down. This spelt vic
! tory for Francis Ouimet and defeat
! for the visitors from across the sea