The Washington herald., 1920-09-11

tant one-Ouimet had not been
short of the cup on a single putt
He had consistently given the ball
, a chance at every opportunity
where Jones, lacking his usual
touch on the greens, had been con-
sistently short.
The final turn of the battle came
at the seventh green in the after,
noon. Jones had gotten back
hole and so stood only down.
Both were on about equal distance
from the cup. As Jones started to
putt a hornet horned in on the play
and began to buzz around his ball.
He and Frank Hoyt joined forces
in an attempt to chase the intruder
from the scene and when Jones
finally putted he ran five feet short.
Hornet chasing and approach putt,
ing apparently have very little in
common When Jones missed his
next attempt the landslide was in
order. = He lost both the eighth and
ninth. so stood down at the last
turn. hanging on by a breaking
thread. Ouimet gave him no chance
to recover a hole. splitting the mid
die with his long tee shots and
humping his approaches to within
easy putting distance of the cup.
Through the afternoon round the
gallery had grown to such proper
tions that the main battle developed
among the spectators in wild rushes
down the fairway. uphill and down
TO sightseeing locations around the
green. Only the well-trained sprint
crs got ringSidc seats. The 100-yard
men and the Marathon runners
formed the inner exclusive circle
around the play. 1t was noticeabfs
that when he had the match safely
tucked away that in place of weak
ening Ouimet's game developed
added strength. for at both the
last two holes played. the thirtieth
and the thirty-frst. he lofted his
approaches to within a few feet of
the cup for a stab at one under par
and so at the thiTty-first hole with
Ouimet's ball two inches from the
cup the young Georgian conceded
the returns, extended his hand and
acknowledged defeat.
Putting Helps Win Match.
Ouimet won by superior place
ment from the tees, by iron play
equally sound. and by much better
played the Boston entry had
twenty-four in par or better, which
shows the consistent soundness of
his Gene. Jones had only eighteen
holes in par or better against thir-
teen above par. by all odds the
most erratic round he has turned
in all week. He was far from the
form he showed against Fred
Wright on the day before when he
got around in II. Against Ouimet
he had the one short dash from
the tenth to the seventeenth in the
morning round. but outside of that
one counter attack his game was
below his usual speed.
Evans took the morning round
bit lazy, but in the afternoon
he went in for final fast workout
in preparation for the final engage
ment which he considers the most
important match of his career
The fact that she was out in 35
against Allis with 3 starting
home is proof enough that he was
at the top of his game.
While these two meet again.
Jones has still another year to
wait. His golf is too brilliant to
be beaten eternally and the fact
that he went to the final last year
and the semi-final This year is proof
that he belongs among the first
three. But after all the climax
between Evans and Ouimet is the
one most desired by the golfing
public who have followed the keen
rivalry of this pair for many years
and on this occasion Fate has been
an exceptional stage manager.
AMERICAN ASSOCIATION,