Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-08-21

thirteenth sent Ouimet ahead. The Bos
tonian drove the green and laid his
putt within ten feet of the pin. Platt
pulled into a pit to the left and took a
four.
The fourteenth was murdered by both
men. Platt was in a pit on his sec
ond, and Ouimet sliced far to the left
Of the green. Both players then played
some ridiculous golf sending their balls
back and forth across the green.
Much Comedy
Platt finally got his down on his
fifth attempt, ouimet getting a six. This
hole gave everybody a good laugh, in
cluding the two perpetrators of the out
rage. Again the match was all square.
The next hole went to Ouimet when
Platt took three puts, missing a three
footer for a half in fours. The six
teenth was halved in fours, but some
body should have slipped Platt a crack
on the nose for not winning the hole.
Ouimet gave him a fine chance by driv-
ing into pit guarding the green, while
Platt was on and laid his second with
in eighteen inches of the pin. Instead
of taking his time and mailing the putt
for a win that would have squared the
match, Woodie carelessly swung his
putter and trimmed the cup.
He redeemed himself, however. on the
seventeenth, which he played in bird fig
urs. Platt was short from the tee, but
he laid his approach within eight feet
of the cup and sunk the ball for a
win. Ouimet was on in two and down
in two for a four. This again squared
the match.
Both played the eighteenth in fives.
Ouimet got in the same trap that he was
in yesterday against Evans, but he
had a nice out and got down his putt
Platt was on nicely in three and down
in two.
Hoffner VS.. Fownes
Hoffner and Fownes began by botl
men making bird fours on the frs
green. The second was also halved, botl
players getting a five on the par fouI
hole. The same was true of the third
but on the fourth green Hoffner tool
the lead, Fownes going into the rougl
and taking a seven. Hoffner also VOL
/, Iht IlLn uule Will d par W0ll
Fownes missed a short putt.
After the sixth had been halved il
three, Hoffner increased his lead wnel
Fownes again drove into the rough ant
landed in trap on his second shot, bu
at that Hoffner had to make fine put
when he was half stymied before cap
turing the hole. The eighth and mint
. were halved and at the turn the Ball
star was three up.
Hoffner seemed to lose his grip Of
himself after the turn. 1t was rainin
hard, but apparently it was Just a
hard on Fownes as it was on Hoffner
However, Hoffner then began a serie
of misplays that cost him six holes ou
I of the last nine played in the morning
| He was constantly in the rough an
| besides this he had some very ba
5 breaks. Four times, during the las
nine holes, Hoffner was in tile roug
by only a foot, while Fownes misse
getting into trouble by the same dis
tance on three different occasions.
Hoffner in Rough
I Fownes won the tenth hole whe
D Hoffner went into the rough and mad
o poor recovery on his approach. Bot
Z were in the rough on the eleventh, bu
Hoffner lost this when Fownes laid hir
a dead stymie. This left Hoffner sti
one up and he braced for two holes
halving the twelfth and thirteenth wit
p a par five and three.
!. Fownes squared the match on tn
Z fourteenth when Hoffner drove into tn
rough again. George made a fine ap
q proach dead to the pin, but here Fowne
sank twelve -footer for the hole
Fownes took the lead from Hoffner o
the fifteenth when the latter drove int
2 a bunker in the sixteenth, but Hoffne
had bad break when his ball fell di
Erectly back of some soggy paper. H
3 took three shots to get out and finall
5 picked up.
The seventeenth also went to Fowne
d and increased the Oakmont players lea
4 to three up. On the eighteenth Hoffne
, came with a fine approach from a ba
e lie, taking the hole and reducin
a Fownes's lead to two up for the morn
q ing round.
The morning cards:
Hoffner:
Out 80. 4 5 5 6 4 3 5 8 $40
q In ..... 6 Z 5 3 4 6 8 5 5-46-SI
Fownes
e Out 4557 8 6 8 5-43
< In .. 4 6 5 3 3 B 4 4 43S-S'
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