The Washington herald., 1922-08-31
ST. LOUIS YOUTH
GAINS DECISION
ON 10Th GREEN
Opposes Richard Walsh,
OF New York, in Title
Match Today.

sOLEDO, Ohio. Aug. 30.-Edward
Held. Of st. Louis. and Richard
walsh. OF New York City. two
rangy youngsters Of onty 10 yeays
Zach. will meet on Ottawa Park
course here tomorrow in a 3s-hole
match for the first national public
links championship. Both survived
two hard-fought nerve wrscking
struggles in reaching the nna1
round. contests that were replete
with spectacular and interesting
golf. Held's Victim in the semi
nnal round was the aggressive little
George Aulbach. of Boston. the win.
ner of the Qualifying round. Walsh
eliminated Harry Decker in the
semi-nnal match by l up.
However. ii was the Held-Aui-
bach meeting this afternoon that
lured a wild-eyed gallery on a mer-
~ romp over the Ottawa hills and
wooded valleys: and speaking hg-
uratively as well as literally. that
throng of some 500 got q run for
Its attendance that II will long re-
member. For our own part we have
never seen contest that was harder
fought or more interesting.
Match In Even.
Both Held and Aulbach are mere
youths. Aulbach being just twenty.
But in their match today they
played with all the poise and
manner of veteran professionals.
The shouting and the general tu-
multi Of the gallery which was
Evenly divided in its sentiments and
which expressed those sentiments
loudly and feelingly on occasion in
no way disconnected either of the
contestants. They were bent only
on the task of winning this semi
final match which both wanted so
much.
Through the fairway Held had
the advantage. He has a beautiful
outshot which he uses on most of
his approaches with telling effect.
Aulbach depended always on the
grand old army game of running
them up to the hole. But 1t was
the Boston lads putter that kept
MIN In the hght. He was DEADLY on
the green's.
Hit Stride Coming I'm.
Going out they had an I'D and
down struggle with neither playing
extraordinary golf. But with the
,urh the pair started at top speed
IKE two thoroughbreds coming
oo"h the stretch. They made this
return TIP In thirty-three strokes
eacn- Held won the tenth and
tweifth holes with fine approaches
ana appeared to have a comfort
aole lead. but Aulbach rammed a
tWenty-foot putt into the Gun on
'he thirteenth green for a win and
AZ the sixteenth with a beautiful
fpproach stood to square the match
held exhibited nne nerve here.
AIter missing his second sbot he
I pitched his third to within ten feet
or the hole and then calmly sank
curling. stde-hill putt for a half.
Auloach's tee shot bounded out OF
the trap onto the green at the sew
enteenth. where Held was on nicely.
Auloach's putt of twenty feet or
more brought roar from the mul-
titude- Held made a fine attempt
Tor his two. also. but slid over the
cup.
Won on Twentieth.
The match was all even now. and
the crowd streamed down the hill
and dashed for the bridge to get a
place OF vantage near the eighteenth
green. Both Held and Aulbach
played short of the creek. The pair
were besieged with friendly counsel
as they walked to their balls.
On the nineteenth Aulbach drove
TO the rough. Held was on in two.
but ran six feet past the pin on his
approach shot and missed coming
back. giving Aulbach an opportunity
to halve the hole. Both were on
the green in at the second but
Aulbach. going boldly for the hole.
ran four feet past and missed his
second putt. Held was down in
two puts for a S and victory.
The Cards.
Out
Held $1,000. s 4 As al
Aulbach 80. 4 s 4 5 4 3 5 5 5-41
In
Held 4sss544 4-ss-74
Aulbach 5342 25442 4-33-74
Extra holes
HeId ..--.-........... 4
Summary
Third Round George Aulbach,
Boston. defeated Thomas Malley, st.
Louis. and 4: Edward Held, st.
| Louis, defeated ]. F. Christie. To-
ronto 4 and 2: Richard ]. Walsh,
New York. defeated William J.
Quinlan. Boston. 2 and l: Harry