New Britain herald., 1928-09-12
Won ELM BUSTED
FROM GOLF Play
BY YATES TODAY
(continued from First Pass)


the long aud treaeherous NTH, where
he got down In Ave while George
took three puts and . six. {
They halved the sixth In threes.
Don Noe. Young Portland (Ore.)
star. and Phil Perkins. the Births
amateur champion. wers all even 1t
the third ~ both played In par
figures, t.t-l.
Chick Evans, Chicago veteran laid
his approach on the frst hole dead
to the pin and sank HIS putt for 4
birdie three that put him one up on
his fellow townsman. John Dawson.
They halved the next two holes in
par tours.
Prospect Of . sensational upset
right Of the reel developed when
Won Elm became three down to
Yates ut the end of the first nine
holes.
Yates. showing par figures Of IS
at the turn. won both the seventh
and eighth holes ~ the former
champion skidded 4 stroke over par
ON each.
Won Elm was having the same
trouble around the slippery, mois-
ture covered greens AZ he did yes
terday In the qualifying play.
The cards:
Won Elm out -.
Yates out IS. -.
Won Elm missed a four foot putt
on the seventh as he went two down
to Yates. At the 227 yard eighth.
Won Elm pushed his tee shot to the
rough while Yates was short. The
Rochester star put his approach
within three feet of the cup. how
ever, and got his three. while Won
Film was 20 feet short and took two
puts. Yates halved the ninth with
a beautiful recovery from the rough
after Won Elm had placed his sec
ond shot ten feet from the pin.
Perkins become one up on Moe
winning the ffth and sixth after the
latter had taken the fourth. At the
same stage, John Dawson was one
up on Evans while Gordon Taylor.
Canada, was one up on Fred Wright
Jr.. OF Boston.
George Weight of New York. the
IN edalist, got bad start and was
two down to his rival. Billy Nc
Phail Of Norfolk. Mass. at the third
hole. McPhail took the first with u
birdie three and Weight conceded
the second when he was stymied by
a tree and then went into a trap.
Won Elm was still three down.
with six to 90. when he could do
no better than halve the TENTH
and twelfth holes with
Yates. They had 5-4-4 apiece on
these holes.
Don Moe made the turn one up
on Perkins by bagging brides on the
eighth and ninth holes with long
puts. Their. cards:
Moe
Out ......... 4A AIS +2a-s7
Perkins-
Out ......... "a sos 434-37
In the most sensational outgoing
nine recorded 10 far In the entire
John Dawson made the
turn In SO, two under par and was
two up on Chick Evans. Their
cards:
Evans
Out ......... 344 562 435-36
Out ......... 444 H2 425-3s
Yates became four up on the
when Won Elm conceded
the hole. The former champion got
back one hole at the fourteenth
when Yates was In trouble for the
first time but they halved the
fifteenth In par tours.
Yates was four up on Won Elm
at the thirteenth when he laid his
second shot within striking distance
Of the hole. George was still of the
green In three and conceded "ducky"
an approximate four. one under par.
In desperate straights, Won Elm
got one hole back on the fourteenth.
where he was on in three and con-
coded a par five by Yates, who
picked up his ball in the rough.
After halving the fifteenth in par
tours, Yates was dormie three and
the match was decided on the six
teenth, where Won Elm's bid for a
birdie failed and both again got
tours.
The summaries, for the second IS
hole match.
Arthur W. Yates. Rochester. N. z.
defeated George Won Elm. Detroit,
3 and :.
Watts Gum. young Atlanta star,
got flying start when he won the
first two holes from his veteran op-
ponent. DR.. o. r. Willing of Port
land. Oregon. but the later uncork-
ed brilliant streak OF golf, finish
ing the nine one under par, and TAX
ing a lead Of one up.
The score:
Gum. OUTS.
Willing, OUTS.
DIR. Willing became 8 up on Gum
when he won the 18th and 18th
holes, the latter with a birdie two
that put the Portland veteran two
strokes under par for that stage of
his journey.
Bobby Jones. next TO the last to
get away in the morning round. was
even with J. Wolcott Brown of
Spring Lake. N. j.. at the end of
three holes. The champion lost the
second to Browns birdie three but
won the third.
Fred Wright. Boston, made the
turn one upon Gordon Taylor. Cam
ada. the respective cards being 80
and ~.