Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1914-09-06

MANCHESTER. Vt, September 5.-The
twentieth amateur golf championship OF the
United States was won today by Francis
Ouimet of Brookline, Mass. member OF
the Woodland Golf Club. who thus at
tanned national honors for the second
time. He defeated jerome D. Travers
of Tipped Montclair. N. j., the 1913 title
holder, by a score Of 6 up and to
play.
Ouimet first gained golf fame year
ago, when he defeated Harry Vardon
and Edward Ray. the English profession
ais, for the open championship in
notable 9O-hole medal-play contest at the
Country Club where, as a caddy, he learn
ed the game Travers has won the ma
tional amateur championship four times
The match today was marked by Oui-
NETS poor putting In the first nine holes,
his wonderful brace in the second nine
and his perfect play during the afternoon.
On the other hand, Travers, although
wild from the tee, played a strong short
game, which gave him the advantage up
to the seventeenth hole on the morning
play, where Ouimet squared the match
for the first time.
Takes Early Lead.
At the home hole Ouimet took the lead,
vers was even more uncertain in his
ceded two holes.
Ouimet proved the longer driver, and in
the afternoon round the better putter.
The iron game Of the pair was about
equal
Oui1net gave his followers bad hour
and half during the morning round by
missing five easy puts in the first twelve
holes. He more than redeemed himself
in the last six holes. when he played
the thirteenth one under par and the
rest in par figures. Travers was 2 up at
the turn. but was four times off the
course on his drives, sent his second into
the rough twice and was twice trapped,
the last time being on the eighteenth
hole, where his failure gave Ouimet the
lead for the round.
Ouimet began his poor putting on the
first, when he missed three-foot affair.
He followed 1t with another at the fourth,
a third at the fifth and one more at the
ninth. In the meantime Travers. al
though somewhat wild on his long shots,
was very steady on the greens.
Misses Short Putt.
Ouimet won the tenth when Travers
sent his second into the rough. but lost
the eleventh by being trapped. He had
fine chance to take the twelfth, but miss
ed his fifth short putt
At the thirteenth, which Is 2O5 yards,
Ouimet ran down a 15-foot putt for a
2 and the hole, which left him one down.
The next three holes were played by
both In par figures. but at the seventeenth
Travers pulled his drive into bunker
and was just out in his second. He
made brave effort to run down long
putt for 4. but missed, and Ouimet. still
playing perfect golf, squared the match.
On the last hole Travers was again
trapped, took more to get onto the fair
green and reached the green in 4 shots
to for Ouimet. Their cards were:
Out
2 Ge,ms.; -. : 80 80
T 1s,~ss: :::::: ! go GS-5s
With one-hole advantage Ouimet start
ed the last round with a perfect drive,
while Travers sliced into the rough and
followed with a poor second. AS Ouimet
was on the green when Travers reached
It in three. the latter. after missing
long putt conceded the hole. Travers
played the second even worse than the
first making an approximate 6.
At the third Ouimet made It 4 up by
running down an eighteen-foot putt for
& and added another to his lead at the
fourth when Travers overdrove the green.
Travers hooked his drive for the fifth
into the rough and Ouimet took the hole
easily, making him 6 up.
The next four holes were well played
by both. although Travers was obliged to
run down a long putt on the eighth in
order to halve it.
Wins Only One Hole.
They turned for home with ouinet still
up. Travers won his only hole in the
afternoon play when he sent grand third
shot to the tenth green and holed out In
4. Ouimet taking the usual 5 for the 500
yards.
One sliced and the other hooked on the
mashie pitch for the short eleventh.
bringing the players 1aee 70 faAe IN pits