Evening star., 1927-08-26
WASHINGTON YOUTH BEATS
LECC ON THE 36th GREEN
Chick Is Hard Pressed to Trounce Eddie Held After
Turning ! Down to St. Lousan, But Famous
Bobby Easily Routs Harrison Johnston.

| fourth shot out of the bunker to the
back edge of the green and made a
bold bid for his 5. but missed and
conceded Roland the win.
Dramatic Shift Provided.
Seldom has such a dramatic turn
around been seen in a major golf
tournament. After the tee shots 1t
looked as if Roland was beaten and
then, dramatically, suddenly, amazing.
| ly fortunate for Roland. there he was
with the match in hand. 20 he stood
on the thirty-siXth tee, l up, to crash
out long, low hook far past the fine
| tee shot that the steady Legg hit.
Legg's approach was short, 40 feet
short and Roland's niblick shot left
him Is feet to the left. Long and
carefully Legg surveyed the line for
what he knew would probably be his
last shot in the tournament. and he
made a b1ve bid. But just as his
ball reached the hole 1t curled away.
and Roland ran his ball up stone, dead.
Legg holed his and conceded Ro'
land his putt. The Columbia lad, in
his fourth start in the national, had
reached the semi-final and in doing so
had beaten the man who outlasted
Won Elm, the champion.
Roland, who will enter his junior
year at Brown University in the FAN,
started his national championship
career in 1923 at Flossmoor, railing
to qualify. The following year at
Merton, he qualified and carried Won
Elm to the thirty y-seventh hole after
having been s down with 15 to go.
The next year at Oakmont he won
the qualifying round with card OF
145 and was dropped in the first
round by Dick Jones Of New York.
Last year at Baltusrol he qualified
and was beaten and ! by Miller B.
STEVENSON of Columbia. This year ne
downed George Thomas of Chicago
on the nineteenth hole in the first
round and beat David Martin of Los
Angeles also on the nineteenth hole
in the second round. And yesterday
he entered the ranks OF the great
by going to the semi-finals. he may
be greater after today, for 1t Is In
the books, If consistency and plugg-
ing mean anything. for him to beat
Chick Evans.
Evans himself had a rough road
to beat Eddie Held of st. Louis yes
terday. turning l down to Held. But,
the veteran Chicagoan, who has won
this championship twice, played Wen
in the afternoon to close out Held
on the $50 hole.
Ouimet had his troubles with
young Phillip Finlay, the driving SEN
sation of the tournament. but, al
ways inside the Harvard lad. the Bos-
ton veteran relegated Finlay to the
gallery to the tune of 5 and 3.
And out there for 27 holes was
Bob Jones, with tremendous
gallery, playing tremendous golf and
never giving Jimmy Johnston a
chance. Jimmy has played this
course in CT, but Bob played it in
6S over the morning round and mn
ished up on Johnston's rs. After
that there was nothing to 1t put
a gallop for the British open title
holder, for no man can expect to pick
UP 5 holes on the peerless one.
Tough Day for Mcleod.
Yesterday was a rough day on
Freddy Mcleod, for the little CO.
lumbia mentor, skirting the fairways
and keeping far out of sight OF
Roland, his pupil, almost had heart
failure a dozen times during the
hectic afternoon. Freddy had COM
pensation. however for he went over
to Interlachen in the morning and
sank a 15-foot putt on the eight
eenth green to trounce Walter Hagen
and save himself lots Of money.
The incident on the seventeenth,
when Roland was annoyed by the
gallery crossing his line of play,
might have been disastrous but for
Legg's obliging exhibition. Roland
made up for the topped tee shot,
however, with his great niblick
pitch. But it might have been con-
siderably better had he waited until
the gallery settled down before hit
ting his ball.
That sort of experience has to be
gained and he probably has learned
his lesson. In the meantime, he Is
out there in the big leagues today
in the thick of the championship fight
with an outside chanca to win.