The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1917-07-14
Sporting NeDS
OUIMET FORCEDTO
LIMIT BY YOUNG
CHICAGOPLAYER
Will Meet Kenneth Ed
wards for Title in To-
days Play
(By Associated Press.)

Chicago, July 14.-By spectacular
par golf, Francis Ouimet, Of Boston,
Bformerly national amateur and open
champion and Kenneth P. Edwards
of Chicago will meet today in the
S6-hole final contest for the western
amateur golf championship at Midlo-
THAN. Ouimet yesterday defeated
Donald Edwards, medalist of the
tournament, four up and two to play.
after Edwards had made a thrilling
bid for victory with a record SO
strokes for the third nine, three I'M
der par. Kenneth Edwards had an
easier conquest in defeating John
@. Anderson, of New York, twice
runnerup in the national champion
ship, winning five up and four, but
he shot close to par to overcome the
fastener.
The best golf of the tournament
was played by Donald Edwards
while his streak of unbeatable golf
lasted and OuimeU was apparently
worried at the fast pace, missing
several comparatively easy puts.
The Boston expert had shown clever
golf In the first nine holes, going out
in 35 one under par and gaining a
lead OF four holes on the Midlothian
player. He fell of easily on the sec
ond nine, got tangled with a post
on the thirteenth for a six: topped
his second shot on . the eighteenth
and missed a putt for another half
dozen and totalled 40 despite par on
the other seven holes. This was
just good enough to retain the 4-hole
lead as Edwards shot 80 for a to-
tai of n to Ouimet's Is.
After luncheon, Edwards showed
his burst of speed and on the same
T. L.
down in the morning, recouped the
loss. Before hitting his stride, he
lost the nineteenth hole by over put
ting for a five, one over par. He
won the twentieth with a par four.
Then Edwards pitched his tee shot
to within six feet of the pin on the
122-yard twenty-fl first hole and scor-
ed a birdie two to Ouimet's par
three, cutting the lead to three holes.
Although he played a good par five
on the 520-yard twenty-second hole,
he lost when Ouimet holed q 30-foot
putt for a four. Both played par
four on the 200yard third hole but
Edwards holed another six-foot putt
after a perfect iron on the 158-yard
twenty-fourth hole for a birdie two
against Ouimet's par three. Ouimet
found the rough with his second
shot on the 4S0-yard twenty-fifth
hole and took six, while Edwards
was on the edge of the green with a
beautiful brassie and scored birdie
four, leaving him only two down.
Ouinnet over approached to a trap
on the 400-yard twenty-siXth while
Edwards was nicely on and made Lar
four. On the 291-yard twenty-se sew
enth Ouimet outdrove his opponent,
but Edwards Clipped 75 yards to
within a foot of the pin for a birdie
three, while Ouimet's 30-yard APP
proach was IL feet over and he
missed a downhill putt.
Turning all square Edwards went
wild for three holes, topping his
second into the creek and taking six
on the 406-yard twenty eighth hole
while Ouinet was home in f1ve.
Edwards took three puts on the
196-yard twenty ninth for four to
the former champions par three. He
next overpitched the green on the
869-yard thirtieth hole and took five
to Ouimet's par four. The next
three holes were halved in par tours,
but on the 53S-yard thirty-fourth
hole Edwards took three puts for a
six giving Ouirnet the hole and vic
tory.
The other Edwards brother played
more consistently in defeating An
derson, taking 70 for the first round
and heading, for a similar score on
the second journey when the match
ended on the thirty second green.
Anderson said he was out of am
munition as a result of the herculean
efforts he had to exert Thursday in
downing Ned Sawyer.