Evening star., 1927-10-16

though I believe that Mortie
~ Dutra, the Pacific Coast crack,
once lost an important tour
nament out in California because he
was penalized. / am not certain as
to the circumstances. butTthink that
he failed to get out of bunker on
his first try, and, before he made his
second attempt, smoothed the sand
which he had disturbed on his first
shot.
In the recent qualifying rounds Of
the amateur championship, George
Won Elm's ball moved as he was pre-
pairing to hit it at the third hole at
Minikahda, and although it looked
as though his action were going to
remove him from competition, be-
cause he was playing badly, he
called a stroke on himself The com.
mittee did not uphold the penalty.
however. and anyway George saved
a stroke or so somewhere else, so he
qualified.
One of the most celebrated in
stances of a near-penalty concerns a
famous player of more than so years
ago. At this point it seems pertinent
to ask:
Woman Wins the Open.
Did you ever hear the story of the
woman who won the British Open
Championship?
Well. of course, she didn't win it
for herself-no woman ever did. But,
by as pretty a wit as ever popped
up on a golf links. she won it for
another person. That other was no
less than jamie Anderson, the first
man ever to win the cup emblematic
of the championship three times in
succession.
The story was told me by Aiexan-
der Brown, the we'll known old ST. An.
drews crack, now located at Plain
field, N. J. Brown, by the way, no
longer takes part in tournament COM
petition, but he hasn't given up
hopes for a championship. He eX-
poets to realize it through his two
sons, Alexander, is, and James, 16.
Alexander has a low score of 20 and
James one of 72. Both show great
promise.
Brown had the story from jamie
Anderson himself. Prior to 1870, the
championship emblem was belt.
There was no tournament in 1871.
Starting with 1872, the prize was a
huge silver cup, the same that Bobby
Jones won in 1925 and 1927.
For several years no champion
arose who could repeat victory. Then,
in 1873, Anderson. who had become
champion at Musselburgh In 1877,
made a. great bid at Prestw.ck for
two-time honors.
Faces Disqualification.
In those days. the championship
was decided in thirty.six holes; and as
jamie Anderson stood on the tee of
the short fifteenth hole, in the second
round, it was estimated that If he
could do the last four holes in IS
strokes he would be the victor. This
was no easy task, please remember.
for that was the era of the gutta
percha ball.
Well. there stood Jamie at the
fifteenth, teeing up for shot toward
the pin. 100 yards away. Suddenly
the gallery froze with horror. In
advertendly, Jamie was placing his
ball full inch in front of the marker
disks
Disqualification would be the price
and nobody could address a word of
warning to him--with championship
only 18 strokes away.
But here enters the woman of our
story She was no ordinary lass, but
the daughter of a lord. She stood
with her parent, close by the tee.
She, no more than any one else, could
directly advise Jamie. But her
womans wit was sharp.
Father she said in a CONVEX.
sational tone which> still reached
jamie, ''if Anderson plays from there
he'll be disqualified"
Moves and Makes Ace.
Never a glance did Jamie give to
show that he had heard. But he
looked at the ground as IL dissatisfied
with the spot on which he had teed.
Then he moved his bali to a safer
place.
Here Is the amazing sequel: Jamie
now played a beautiful midiron shot
and holed an ace.
He finished the last four holes in
1s strokes, better than he needed.
Z