Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1917-07-14
OU|MET IN final;
!: MEETSK. EDWARDS
Eastern Golfer Scores Over
:. Rivals Brother in Western
Amateur Title Tourney.
BATTLE A HARD ONE

july 14.-lHe east IS pit
ted against the west today in the
th,rty-six-hole final contest for the
western amateur golf championship at
Midlothian Country Club. Francis Out
met OF Boston. former national and
open champion. faced Kenneth p. Ed
wards of Midlothian. who has played
golf for many years. but never has
held national title.
Ouimet won his place in the final by
virtue of his victory yesterday over
Donald Edwards, medalist of the tour
nament. and brother of the westerner
he opposed yesterday. Ouimet won over
the medalist up and to play, but not
until Edwards had made thrilling
fight for victory with a record of
thirty-three strokes for the third nine.
three under par.
Kenneth Edwards made the final by
comparatively easy victory over John
G. Anderson of New York. twice rum
ner-up in the national championship,
and 4.
To win the six holes out of eight.
lose one and halve one to the player
who defeated Nardon and Ray das a
feat of which Edwards can be justly
proud. This made the match all square
at the twenty seventh hole. Ouimet was
away on his tee shot and hooked his
brassie second to the rough. Donald
figured that another win would not
have soothing effect on Outmets
nerve and so elected to go for the
ing lie and topped his ball into the
ditch. The best laid plans of mice and
men gang aft aglee. and Ouimet won
the hole. Sc.
Ouimet took the eleventh with a
and the twelfth with a and with
comfortable lead of 3 up ha1ved the
next three holes and won the match on
the sixteenth. From the tee Oufmet
generally had an advantage of from
to 80 yards Donald having to play the
NIl of no
In the morning at the first hole neither
Ouimet nor Edwards reached home in
two. Both ,chipped up within holable
distance. but after Ouimet had cupped
his putt Edwards missed for the half.
Each was a trif1e short of the second
green, Clipped up perfectly and halved
in 4.
On the third green Ouimet's fine
fashie shot presaged 3. but he did not
hole the putt and they halved In 3.
wards having a harder struggle for his
because his approach was wide into the
rough. His chip was perfect.
ouimet Is 2 Up at Fifth.
Ouimet became 2 up at the fifth with
a long drive straight down the middle,
an approach that almost hit the pin,
stopping a yard beyond the cup and
yielding simple 3. A weak tee shot
for Edwards and perfect play for Out
met at the short sixth gave the Bos-
tonian another hole and, increased his
lead to up.
Ouimet's first inferior shot was from
the seventh tee. where he failed to get
a low ball into the wind. but he made
up for it with perfectly hit low flying
brassie- Both were home in 3 and down
in 5. No opening was left for the Mid
lothian man at the eighth. when Ouimet
was abreast of the hole on the edge of
the green In and nearly holed a chip,
then putting in for 4. Edwards also was
on the edge in 2. but he had a long
curving putt which he landed six feet
from the cup and then missed the pu--.
for a half. thereby becoming down.
1t remained so at the turn, for they
halved the ninth in 4. Under the exist
ing conditions Ouimet's 35 was fine
golf.
Edwards found the rough at the tenth,
but Ouimet with a full brassies to the
green had a putt for 8. and missing by
three inches won As. Edwards missed
six foot putt for a on the eleventh
and halved in 3.
Edwards won his first hole at the
twelfth. He drove out of bounds, but
Ouimets ball lodged near an electric
light post and he had to play out at
right angles even with Edwards sec
ond. Ouimet was wide on his approach
and missed six foot putt. losing, 6t5
Ouimet took puts on the next green,
enabling Edwards. who had pulled to
the rough. to halve in s.
The next two holes were halyed in 4
thirty foot putt gave Ouimet the six
teenth hole. As. Edwards missing
second shot for the eighteenth hole, but
Jumped the bunker. Edwards also got
short second. They were short Of the
green in 3. 1t looked like a half in 5.
put the Boston player missed a four
loot putt and was up. The cards: