The Washington times., 1927-08-23
|. Y. H(DNANS
IS LEADER
Of FIELD
By Davis ]. walsh

MINNEAPOLIS, Mimi. Aug. "a.
II only ask one thing Of these sharp
shooters. Let them lay off that q
OF mine. They can have the rest %
the tournament. They know what
it IL to be famous. don't. All
ask is my little taste Of fame over
night. After that. can pass on out
without a regret"
That was I9.year-old Phillips Fin.
lay. yesterday. Just q boy with
typical boys prayer Tor the thing
just off the eighteenth green and
silently exhorted each incoming
golfer to leave, untouched and in
violate his leadership Of the first
days qualifying round Of the
national amateur golf championship.
Wherefore, he hung breath
less BY his mental finger nails
over the great abyss, fear, as he
watched Chick Evans, Watts
Gum, Rudy Knepper, Maurice
Mccarthy, Max MarstOn, and
other good ones come home, dis.
tanced. and when, suddenly, fate
snatched the prize from him, &c
came from q quarter least ex. :
pected. Fate's instrument hap
pened to be FiBIay's very good
friend.
But today neither Eugene v. Ho.
mans, Englewood. ~. j., with q IL,
nor Phillips Finiay Shin ecock Hills,
Conn. with a %, have the slightest
quarrel with fate. for they were lead
ing Bobby Jones, George yon Elm
and one OF the finest fields ever as.
sembled into the final DAYS OF q
championship qualifying round.
They may not win the medal. this
adOlescent pair that met in the final
round of the Ea stern interscI1olasfic
championship. with Finiay winning.
this pair that has preferred to 90 off
by itself for quiet rs holes, vet
has been forced. by the exigencies Of
tournament play. into close, personal
contact from time to time. No, Il
may be that both will be all but for.
gotten by tonight, but, whatever
happens, they are almost certain to
qualify.
That this morning was more
than one could say about Won
Elm, the champion; Bob Gard
ner, who twice held the title IN
other and perhaps better years;
Kneepef. Bill FOwnes, Ben Stein,
Frank DOlp and even Gum with
his ~.
Only 80 men can proceed with the
match play rounds after today's
final showdown. and since almost so
men broke 50 yesterday. the answer
Il obvious. A man in the high sew
entities Ii not skating on thin ice; he
Is dancing on the spray Of the Nj.
agara rapids.
To be certain Of remaining
with the situation until further
notice, these entries simply win
have to better their hands to-
day. Of course, that happens to
he one Of the reasons they are
good: they can and do bulIseye
the situation when necessary.
Such a man was Won Elm with a
~. He must do at least rs today
to feel certain OF escaping the
ignomity of being the second national
champion in history who failed to
qnaiiIy Tor tournament in defense
of his title. Bob Gardner held this
doubtful distinction alone, IN to and
including the moment, and it was
worthy Of mention that. Gardner was
starting out this morning behind
an 80.
So were Dolp and Stein. not IA
forget Fred Wright Tue GOOD ones
grouped with Won Elm at ~ were
Knepper and Fowgies. Rosa somsr.
vile had \ rs ana ~. q a yr;II;a.
and Gum were I'm il tbsts fs..i,. = nm !.
n with the nucleus ~ !. z ,.tans,r !
army, - NUN :
However, they were befftrr mi,
morning II sos,,e ,,.,s,.f -. ts,.t !.
SS hole total 81 TSR - sr.S
enough to ouanfv. ~ II ftts - 20 -
be 4 fact ana nof fanev. a. - -; -
kious that another "a s,,y's ~ y,et !, Y" !,
so would do these citlzen. sIy,osi
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