The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1915-04-07
YOUNG GOLFER WINS
TITLE AT PINEHURST
Fillmore X. Robson. school
boy. Makes New Record in
Morning Round.
BEATS TOPPING l. AND ,


pfSrn uRsT, Y. G., April 6.--Young
Fillmore X Robesons victory over
-, I -rounuy in to-dav's thirty-six
-. -, ,-.,t,.,
hole maj oi INC ni'e'"'" "''""i
Nor Il aud south amateur Roii cnam-
,,orship goes OF record az the most
.,,i.,, ,,,,ci, In In, history of this
'''''''' -, = a.,
classic Ntho"sh nopes"' WIN Wy
up and TO play there never was time
during tho afternoons play when Top
= 80. n .,,,,,,o,,us factor until
V."H "'9 Nv -.
he pulled ms Dali OH 'ue c"u'Se "''" a."
impossible position Tor recovery on the
tbirty.fourth hole.
TN. sensation of the day was Robe
sons morning round, a conservative APP
proximated 30. and by a few estimated
as low as SIS. which IL unquestlonably
the fastest medal play score ever made
on the championship No. course in
competitive match play. Making the
turn in 81. two under par. he came home
In 80. edualling par Toppinrs VI out
i,it him down at the iurit ana al
though ne came back IN ~ ne lost n"
more ground NJ match play. IN the
afternoon play fonesoh won hNt losl
iv ana ha!Ned SIX OF thc sixteen noes
IdNed' making the TURN III '" 10 VI TOT
~ opponent
The story oil the morning ruthu -
NANNY r"'oi" on i'opeso'l Perlc''IoIl,
~ the n's' lols o'Ne "'s Io,.o"e,'
ny " uV"u "pp'''o" any N,"'.'nN =,
E''ts"h s'c'n" i'''u' 'ne 'r'P W Wv
thI", pu' n.s ,,., '',u wy
IAN "eau ior !. lne hi,n vas nan "u
II cue ullue, w b'' an i,'',,s'i. .',,"
~ "pp -, w. ,ai,,,, 80,
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Wv 50" ~ s",T i ~ 49,,
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p'oH'''' ~ ,",',i os
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't"'n 80, -
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p'"s "',.' '",' t'''' "a Nv 49,,
Io' ro''' zee 49,, VI ~ - ',.'', "
were III ttouble' ou' ne re''N'r'rs were
eood anu the ho'r was n"'Ntu III /.
pa me sSvtu,,t''I, '.'u ''s i,e,''a -. II
were nuNeu' IeaN me ho"'S'" w =
ne hdt-WaN point
Ns 'he medHl scores h"'t'''' '"" mrs.
niue hoies IN inc "l'''H"ou "..e p''Ee"
IN rather lndirerent faehion. soth Were
on me line IRON Iifne 10 hn'' ana
neither was putting win "'N Rre"t uo-
ei'" or SuFehtss' ihe S'r"'n "i lh'
morning rouhh seemed 70 De 'f"ppli'i'
out. ana Robeson. VINO MA Played the
sier goIt, battered more frequently
than did Topping. As result ne
Greenw!ch golfer managed 10 en- on
half OF the schoolhoy's lead and reached
Tire last turn for nome only : down.
over the green on his second and
mort on his third, Topping missed
putt FOR half in \ on the tenth. ROBE
sons was good on the eleventh where
1oppings second was IN me rough nj
I've loft and the third, with which he
right have halved. short. -Four dowr
t9'in. Topping might have won the
twelfth had he pr"hted By perfect
sAcond, hut it was halved IN 4 Robe
sons overapproach cost him The thin
tenth IN .. hut he came back for q
r,0 IN I on the thirteenth after snort
second for Topping was over the greer
u ana short Oh his approrch putt
Things began To look interesting agar
On the hite"nth. where foheson toppec
Ms drv" and Topping mad" the pit a
the NEht, some thirty yards IRON th'
eri. Roheson-s second had too mucI
30 ln II, ana Toppinv made the edg'
o. IN" green on hne recovery ana rar
cow Winning Three down VIII
re % play. Topping tried t" negotiate
IN me with " snort "ut To IN" green "i
ne tr'hE SNteenth' nut the ho"i
doH worN ana the pan swung VIII
W!,Ned twist iaL on int"sthe scru'
o. Al the l-tt' IN" nature 81 me W
''N such that me s"cohh was "nN
snort p'tch ana the mira lay between th'
'''kthe" stump OF pine ana IN
'",'iHs ttunN Oh s'Iup OAK win our
''vn'nE IHlps ABOVE 10 eaten IN" GU
"h'n ne swung, IN Spite Oh 'n's ~
ldS"eu ,ne p"'I some ior'E Ndlus an
UP 20 we course put ms lour''
W. OH the green 10 thN r'sht an
'l' M"o IA" i'ia"' u P''Iect mr.
~. s.1'u; ran uoWh an e'lSH Io' IN
,,., nm M ."e mat" ny up anu :
nc p.e no'S wee p'aSeu u
.,ai 90 en- anu ~. n''u'' pa.
,.n sIn ~, 'ns I'ulIu' huueso
""u ''pP'"s i'i io' '"e '"'''S Isl
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u,,, p., olso',''o'
anl "a he'', INM1'oh' Won ny
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