The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1916-1920, 1919-08-20

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AFTERNOON.
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Ouimet Plays CIeary.
In point Of interest the attention OF
the big gallery was spiit between the
above pair and the Ouilmet -Clearv match.
With reports current that Ouirnet was i'm
very weak condition physically It was
anticipated that he would be somewhat
on MS game; but even so, few doubted
but what he would take care of e c.
Cleary of Bala, whose reputation already
had reached so far. 1t was stated that
he had learned his game as a caddie
around Philadelphia and hat he was n
member OF the 357th Infantry in France
ana Germany. and that he had captured
nrst honors among golfers of the Army
OF Occupation. Further than this depo-
sitions were lacking
But some surprise was occasional
when the Pennsylvania entry led the
Boston star home by one hole in the
morning round. and that in spite of the
fact that Ouimet had shot a par 81 on
the first half of the round Cleary had
picked up one hole OF that half. but
had played great match golf. Ouimet
got rather sensational 3 on the par 5
to start. His lonf second shot missed
holing out by inches only and left him a
putt of a foot. .,
He won the second and third with par
As Cleary picking up on the latter.
Cleary got his first win with par 5 on
the fourth, Ouimet taking G. Starting
at the fifth Ouimet finished the nine in a
string of As While Ouimet was chalk
ing these up Cleary edged in a pair Of
IS and himself. leaving him down.
Hitting the second nine Ouimet began
to have his troubles. He got SIS at the
tenth and eleventh. allowing Cleary to
even the match. when he scored two
brides" with a 3 and 4. The next
| two were halved but Cleary took the
lead on the fourteenth. when Ouimet
| fitted from one bunker to another and
finally picked up. Cleary also took the
htteenth with par s. making him up
Outmet reversed the figures on the six
| teenth and they halved the last two.
Keen Competition in Afternoon.
Neither could keep pace with the
| morning round in their afternoon tilt.
Ouimet won the first to : and Cleary
took the second by the same figures.
| Cleary also got the third to 6. but lost
the fourth In the same order. the fifth
was halved in AZ. but Ouimet took the
| siXtlf with a 3 when Cleary landed his
i tee shot in a trap
The Bostonian was trapped on the
seventh. had to play out across the
green and took puts after getting on,
! allowing Cleary to win with n 5. Cleary
scored a to win the eighth, but lost the
| ninth to Ouimet's 8. after being bunk
1 cred on his drive ana short of the green
on his third. Cleary turned the nine /
| w on the match
Ouimet failed to get to the green on
his second at the tenth and lost it to
| 5. The eleventh and twelfth were halved
in and 6. both being short of the
greens in and on the respective holes
Ouimet took the thirteenth with when
Cleary pulled into a trap from the tee,
Then Ouimet counted a par on the
fourteenth to win and even the match
when Cleary did not get up on his Sec
ond effort.
Both played the fifteenth badly, but
Cleary was the worst of the two His
drive landed in a trap and he took two
TO get out. His fourth was still short
| of the green, and he could do no better
than Z. 0uimet was trapped from the
tee, but played out safely, got on a
three and scored a 6.
Ouimet was now leading for the first
| time in some eighteen holes of play
| lSObi u reach green on the
sixteenth against stiff wind. Cleary
overran his approach from of the green
Ouimet was inside him with his chip
From ten feet away Cleary took three
puts, and the hole went to Ouimet with
a 4. Both reached the seventeenth in
two, and when Cleary failed to run
down a fifteen foot putt the hole was
halved IN As, giving Ouimet the match
and /.
| White BADLY Beaten.
Gardiner w. White of Nassau tool
almost as decisive a trimming as Tray.
ers, getting his at the hands of youns
George Hoffner, a team mate of the
man who gave Ouimet such a battle
! Hoffner went out in the morning in 80
and had White four down at the turn
The feature of this stretch of play was
the efforts of the two on the LONG
fourth. Both were In the rough witt
their tee shots, and neither got to the
faraway on his second. Their third
found traps, and each pounded away
vigorously in these pits. Hoffner had a
little the edge in this shuttle in the
trenches getting on with his fifth and
winning the hole, 7 to 8.
Two down at this point, White pulled
OFF 2 on the short sixth to win. After
halving the seventh he lost the eighth
to 8. Hoffner also took the ninth
with a 5 when White again explored
one OF the numerous traps along the
route. White took the long twelfth with
a par s, but was trapped on the thr-
teenth and lost with 4. Winning the
fifteenth with a par 4, he lost the six.
tenth with that figure and then dropped
the eighteenth with 6, TO finish the
morning down.
The two managed to make clean
break on the first nine holes in the
afternoon. each scoring 80 for the dis
lance. White lost the first third and
eighth, but won the sixth, seventh and
ninth. AS soon as they hit the las,
stretch of nine holes, Hoffner shot away
like streak, taking the first three in
order TO win the match. Z and 6.
Anderson Loses TO Plat.
John. G. Anderson found a tartar in
]. Wood Plat OF the Philadelphia dis
trict. Plattt shaded him by one hole In
the first nine holes in the morning, scor-
ing 40, whereas Anderson took Al. On
the second nine holes. Plat increased his
lead to two holes, though each scored Il
on medal play. COLO
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