New-York tribune., 1919-08-22

.. Of these you see a tow-headed
from the North Hills Coun-
H. Club, Philadelphia, on his way
H. oakmont This was last Thursday.
II. had never played in an amateur
] a,..upionship before and he expressed
one desire. This was to qualify
,-,as the first thirty-two and then
u, his medicine in the first match.
n;s Youngsters name is "Woody"
NIT or j. Wood Platt, as he may
=, at it called to-day. Platt is a
txsy, well-built entry with a pleasant.
asabe type of face, but with no golf
3r,unpon sufficient to make cham
r.n shudder at his approach.
Il A Picture of Ouimet
!, the second picture you see q tall,
tts young man with big blue circles
4rdg his eyes dropping an eight-foot
f,,s on the thirty y-sixth hole as the big
Innsry greets him with mighty saivo
III applause. He has just conquered
ID. redoubtable Chick" Evans in the
css.sst amateur golf match ever
2,aysd over the sod of the New World
lis name is Francis Ouimet, one of
III. mper-stars of the golfing realm.
To-day at 0akmont in a driving rain
liz. whipped and lashed in it's wind
.agn sweep, j. Wood Platt took
1F,ancis Ouimet to the thirty eighth
ss Of finish fight and there elimi-
1uad the man who only :wenty-four
l.ssn before had beaten the great
Enns on the final green.
And to get his final crack at Ouimet
4 Z. Brilliant, this same Mr.. Platt on
tie first extra hole played one of the
rsatest single shots of the tourna-
as,t . shot calling for raw nerve, rare
Isignsnt and rarer skill, a downhill
ruh to a sloping green over thirty
n,is away with the ball winding up
rthia three inches OF the cup. We
rl get to this shot later.
Ii the meanwhile the twenty-third
.nsxur golf championship finds just
i1a. men left Of the 145 who began
ls. Saturday. And gone from the list
s:e Evans, Ouimet, Travers, Gardner,
aaisrson, Marston-names that have
ssonged to the select for many years.
| Veteran Fownes Survives
Among those ler. are Bill Fownes, a
va.sran who has proved his worth be-
fore by winning the championship nine
years ago at Brookline. But outside of
I Psvaas the three names left are all
rsE TO the intimate circle of semi-inal
gsihsrings-Bobby Jones, the Atlanta
yauth; Woody Platt, Of Philadelphia,
nd Dave Heron, Of Pittsburgh, whose
g'a to-day was the most brilliant.
saow1-
Is result Of these eliminations,
Boston to-day takes her place back in
TIE sombre shadows with New York
Id Chicago. The Big Town got it
tr- Then Chicago hit the chutes and
a's Boston takes her way over the
Eatty highway to the bosky dell. The
I'ss tosus left are Pittsburgh. Phila~
NYaia and Atlanta. with the re-
Saadsr of tthe landscape erased from
tie zap.
ouinet's downfall to-day was as
Esctaeular as his rise to the far
lsshts yesterday. 1t is taking no
Esst amount Of credit from Woody
iaa 10 suggest that Ouinet yester-
Ihsyed his living soul out against
.aHr Evans over the long route
Ia through the final rally that carried
A. safely IN He was not the same
Wnss to-day by many, many strokes.
A ~ eighteen holes in the morning
- through the first nine holes In the
.xsaosn Ouimet slogged along through
HadY rain over q course as wet as
e. MIDDLE Of the Pacific Ocean,
Ss.ns Ssnss man vas ct his best, and
/ I.iT vhea Ornimes ezaas to tho
n b$NS<q6 -$& A
aw5 MS last chance seemed to be
~~A rA He had taken an 81 In the
~. Las round and his opponent had
"s % better.
Othmet Rallied Again
~ ne afternoon Francis had taken
~ ssU out and was apparently fading
cS css Ihen, Z down and only 7 to play,
ss,.s s' rallied again. The old
49,. u Play instinct returned. He
sss NE 60l-yard fourth in q great 4,
hs,..a saoer Par. He won the short thir-
~. rs'a wnen his opponent slipped. He
II h., h., ~" only 2 down, with to go.
H.. ,ae fourteenth Ouimet again
n.ds % MS drive-a mistake he had
h,sss. frequently all to-day and yes
49, This slip cost him hole, and
\ o,. n.y. now down and only to go.
Hs.S "e again the former champion raj
hs.s s'th rare nerve, winning the ff-
N. M W.! 10 par figures by fine, consist
~, ssii, Gd now Ouimet was 2 down and
~ 10 60. Both he'd fine tee shots
I ss uphill seventeenth, and when
~; -: pitched perfectly over a trap to
b., sa twelve feet Of the cup for his
iour 0uimet looked beaten. But
Ioss ssssse one of those rare low push
H., @s u his which stopped within two
nI.,~ the cup, taking the hole one
uni. par. This left him but down
s,s s q % the thirty sixth. ,
dts y riatt, who was plainly worried
ns H. Iis big lead cut to a narrow mar
Hi ssaced TO the rough, played safely
fa'hHyoxed to the rough again and lost
Ss When Ouimet got his 5.
as aas .,l Tor the thirty-seventh hole
1 s,o,ssSo sSo carried big gallery on
Jhs Ies rain, which at this juno
Id ,ss descending after Che manner
dsn nxaserfall. 1t was at this hole
4 outmet made his supreme effort.
Ina on q mighty wallop fully 80o
i ~. sown the course, the ball coming
~ the edge Of the rough. Plattt
4 3kSi.JI down the middle but we'll
HMss Fiatt's second stopped thirty
3E ,saort OF the green with down
MI h'.ops before him and valley to
ai q. s:eross. SO when Ouimet dropped
10 a.. non shot within twelve feet OF
a..s " II looked for ono feeting mo.
asat mat his star had risen again and
As !" was destined to continue on his
~, ,s hAce chat 9latt pEoyed his
iw. 20 had ono Of tho hardest
kao,aM q tho game to make under con.
y. 4 that would have shattered
81 81 saan one set Of nerves. he had had
auospion all but beaten, and now the
SS, tnat seemed so close was about
S,.Vs away. The dream seemed over.
hIa hIa the big gallery waiting under