Douglas daily dispatch., 1927-08-26
THREE OLD TIMERS WILL FIGHT
IT OUT FOR NATIONAL AMATEUR
!, GOLF CHAMPIONSHIP ON FRIDAY

MINNEAPOLIS, Minn.,. Aug. 25 QP)-
rrhree cold timers" in golf, who long
ago won their golfing spurs, and
voungster who is we'll on the way to,
claim his, today fought their way into
the seni-finalS of the national anna
teur championship. The battle Will De
continued tomorrow when Bobby Jones,
Atlanta, plays Francis Ouimet, Boston,
and Chick Evans, Chicago, meets Ro-
land Mackenzie, Washington.
Winning the title eventually can
prove a novelty to only one of the bit
ter enders for Jones, Ouimet, and
Evans have held both amateur and
open titles Mackenzie, too, knows his
way about golf course, for he was
medalist in the amateur at Oakmont
in 1925, and was member OF the last
Walker cup team.
Today Jones routed Jimmy john
ston, Minneapolis, and Mackenzie won
from Harry Legg, Minneapolis, after a
desperate ding-dong match, not de-
cided until the last putt was holed at
the home hole. Chick Evans won the
uneventful, and somewhat erratic
match from Eddie Held, st. Louis,
while Ouimet putted his way to fair
ly easy victory over Phillips Finlay,
New York school boy.
In the program today, Bobby downed
his friend, Jimmy, 10 to 9, because the
popular Minneapolis player happened
to be in his way.
Any other player would have fallen
before the British champion in the
golfing he showed today.
Jones was four under fourS for the
% holes he played today, reeling off a
sensational So, four under par in the
morning round and playing the nine
holes this afternoon in SO, one over
par but even fourS.
In the afternoon, Jones won the
second hole and every other hole was
halved until the eighth, when Jones
became ten up, and ten to go, although
he went one over par with four when
an explosion shot failed to explode and
he missed the green from trap. A
half in par at the ninth ended the
contest.
Today's great exhibition of shot
making gave Jones record of MAX
ing all the holes he has played in this
championship in one stroke better than
an average of four for each.
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young Finlay and with his putting
touch well in hand, ended the first 18
three up. Finlay came back with a
squirt in the afternoon, when he was
out Ii even par, but could get only one
hole back from the veteran who won
fame IA years ago in the open by de-
feating Harry Vardon and Ted Ray
when he was mere STRIPPING. Ouimet
won the 28th and 3Oth holes, halved
the 32nd and closed out the match by
winning the 33rd.
Chick Evans playing his irons as his
friends say only Chick can, came from
behind to defeat X iln ,eld, who was
the first public links champion. One
down at the luncheon interim, Chick
got the hole back and another in the
first half of the afternoon play, only
to see Held sink a long putt and re-
duce the lead to one at the 18th.
Chick regained the hole with a
birdie at the 18th and won the 18th
when Eddie went into trap. The 18th
was halted to send Chick into the
semi-finalS for the sixth time.
Jones and Ouimet in playing the
semi finals tomorrow will take up just
where they left off last year They
were semi -finalists at BaltusroI in last
years championships and opponents
in the seni-finals twice before that.
Ouimet defeated Jones 6 and at
the Engineers club in 1920.