Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-09-28
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the hole more than satisfied HE fam
lily and all his friends
Vardon had the honor. and was off
the line into the trap 10 the left.
placed for a hooked shot His bali
was lying badly. too. BY the sad
shake Alex Ffndlay gave his head as
he stood by the bunker gazing at the
little white sphere nestled down in
the bottom Of depression in the
sand, II was seen that Vardon was IN
bad
Ray was farther Off the line than
Nardon, but his tremendous strength
had allowed him to carry over this
difficulty, and he was deep in long
grass instead.
Vardon had to play safe. and then II
was Ouimets turn to plav his second
He had driven straight down tho
course. n good clean WALTON Ho
played perfect iron shot ten feet
beyond the pin amidst a storm of an
plause, for Vardon was short OF the
green in two and only a phenomenal
shot would land him within distance
Tor half in four, provided Ouimet
required two puts.
Vardon was woefulIy 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, as
did Ray.
Ouimet caused everyone a tremor
when he stepped up to his third
stroke, for the put was down hilI, the
green tricky and II was hard to take
less than five
Gtra torb
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 It 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.
storm OF applause greeted this
three and the gallery, forgetting en-
tlrety that there was anyone else left
In the tourney, whooped and cheered
and started like a lot Of mad hounds
after fox. to obtain choice positions
along the ropes which we're 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 Ouimet's hitting IL.
should he run past the hole. No at
tention was paid to the big English
man. as he leaned over his put for a
four. while wild yells were still to 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.
M
ing 12-foot put for three, after the
second stroke OF both had come to
rest Vardon was 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 I'm
ished the course only one stroke be-
hind Vardon. Had he been able to
put under ordinary conditions at the
seventeenth, It 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 It. Any
thing up to an eight was good enough
to win the title. He did not attempt
any grandstand play, but Just finished
rs he had started-studious, nerve
less, yet nervy, 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 we're 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.