Evening star., 1923-09-30

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And again it was proved, as 1t has
been proved many times in the past.
that the man with the punch-the
ability to hang on against the bril-
liancy of an opponent until he fades,
or, with the match all square. to come
row-is winner. Max Marston
proved this as he has never proved
1t before and probably as 1t never
has been SO definitely proved in any
championship.
Take the Jones' -Marston match. for
example. Bobby was fiawless for the
first sixteen holes in the morning,
where he had two As left for a 6s.
He got careless on the seventeenth
and eighteenth, ending with two 5s
and turned up. In the afternoon 1t
was Marston, after hanging on grimly
to the great golf Of the open cham
pion, who came through with burst
of brilliance to win. Almost parallel
ing his performance against Jerry Tray-
ers at Garden City, ten years ago, where
he had five under-par holes in a row.
Marston played the sixth, seventh and
eighth at FIossmoor in 3, 2. 3-all
birdies-and from 1 down became 2
with this streak of golf. Brilliant as
he is, and particularly under fire. he
couldn't pull down Marston's lead.
The punch had won.
Again, at that astounding turn of
the Ouimet-Marston match the punch
Marston's ball was fifty feet from
the hole, with Ouimet's bail lying
two and half feet from the pin. All
Marston could do was to go for the
hole. and he sank the putt. while
was the turning point in the con-
test. and again the punch went
through. Some VIII say he was lucky
TO get the putt down. Undoubtedly
he was. for fifty-foot puts are not
remains that he gave the ball a
chance after careful survey of the
line, and in doing so won the match.
For Ouimet. baff1ed by the turn of
fate which lost him the hole when he
seemed sure to win it, lost his game
teenth. But the coming champion
had played three out OF five holes
In under par to erase the Boston master
from the picture.
And at the seventeenth, when he
was 1 down to Jess Sweetser with
TO go. he played brassie shot
to the green on a par hole that
gave him putt for 8. He was
fortunate enough to lay Sweetser
stymie. but he had the punch just
have holed the 12-foot putt that
would have given him half. Mars
ton didn't play phenomenal shot to
the second extra hole-the thirty
eighth of the match-to win. He
played a good iron shot. ending with
in fifteen feet of the pin, but It was
not spectacular. Yet he was there
in the pinch. for Sweetser pushed
his spoon shot far to the right. The
new champion had the punch, while
the old champion didn't.
New Ball Cut Distance.
The new ball made more or less of
a joke out of Flossmoor. wet though
1t was. The long hitters were get
ting on all the six holes which are
classed as par 5 holes in two shots.
And Guilford reached the first green
three times with a midiron second.
The distance is 512 yards. He and
Sweetser had puts for So in their
match. both playing an iron on the
second shot. And Guilford easily
reached the eighteenth-4s0 yards
with an iron and holed putt for
8. Few of them reached the third
$50 yards--in two shots, but II is of
record that Guilford hit a booming
brassie that found the edge Of the
green. The fifth-447 yards--was a
drive and mashie hole. while the stars
played midiron seconds to the tenth,
4S3 yards. and spoon seconds to the
seventeenth, where carrying ball