Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1926-09-19

TO rob him OF his amateur CrOWIi.'
Eunkered with his second shot the
spectacle was presented Of the anna
teUr champion taking two srots tu
get out of Il trap when hn tried IL
play the ball too tine from ihe loose
sand.
They haived the eleventh in :. Won
Elm chipping eight feet past he ho'"
and sinking tricky putt for the h9lt.
And the short twelfth was halr"d in
par IS.
| At the thirteenth Bob lrndO his 500
ond slip of the round. push.r" his tc"
shot to the right into Il often viii h
runs diagOnally across the tairwaN.
Long he pondered over the shot t"'
Won Elm on the other side of the
| fairway was away and reached IT,
green with his mashie. FINALLY JUn"5
walked down into the mud with .
spade and out came the ball O. yards
from the green. But his run up IAN
far past the pin and Won Elm won
the hole with a par l.
The coming champion blew four
footer for half ut the fourteenth.
lea wing Jones only two down with fou"
to go. not an impossible assignment
but one hardly possible against the
brand of game Won Elm was putting
up.
Bob Loses Bid for Birdie.
A long bid for birdie by Jones
STAYED out at the fifteenth and they
halved i'm is. Another S0foQter hung
on the lip at the short sixteenth ana
they went to the seventeenth tee with
the re cning champion dormle Nv"
down. his crown dangling perilcus!.'
over one ear.
Bob made a brave bid to -postpon"
defeat at the 570-yard seventeenth,
crashing out two tremendous smashcs
with wood and sticking "A nihlick shot
within 10 feet of the pin. Won Elm
put his third shot Is feet away. and
| putted down to the hole-side.
Long the cha NIPPON sighted the putt
that was either to carry the match I"
,he home hole or cost him his cham
pionship. Finally he stroked the imlI.
and il ran dead true until within
inches of the cup. where II Ne"red on
lust as it seemed about To drop. Won
Elm stepped up and sank tn" ,b-inch
putt tat crowned him amateur golf
champion Of the United States. nerN-
ously but firmly strokinC the ball
into q cup that held for him fruitiOH
of the thwarted efforts of four years.
The new champion is Il native Cf
Salt Lake City and has attained some
prominence as an amateur boxer In
the west. lie was Il nlenDef Oh lnt
Walker Cup team last Spring and was
pi:tccd third in the official ranking list
Of the United States gOlfing assori'-
ton this year. behind Jones and
Sw etser. -Four years ago he Was
suspended as an amateur because Ot
his connections with n sporting goods
house selling golf supplies. lie w.
reinstated the following year.
Won Fins game is characterized
by the crlspost Of iron shots. fairly
Good length from the tee and - smooth
| and easy putting stroke. lie is
great hampton and Il worthy ST.
cessor to- the ma n he dethrOned. Ills
entire attitude in championship COM
petition is Il ruthlessneSS that has IN
il something Of the ferocity of tn"
Jungle animal for whom mas bee ~
nicknamed. "A tcnSeness. and readiness
to spring that forms an infa'lible indi-
cation of his will to win.
Won Elm played in his first cham
pionship in 1921. losing in tho third
round. He also was dropped in the
third round by Ouimet at FlossmOor
i'm 1923 and entered the final round NJ
Merton in 1924 to he dOwned 10 and
$ by Jones Jones again whipped him
last year. eliminating him in the semi
final at Oakmont by and 4. but Won
Elm arrived today.