New Britain herald., 1929-09-06
VETERANS REMAIN
 IN GOLF TOURNEY
Youth Has Had Fling in Nation-
 al Amateur Play

! Youth has had it's fling in the na- | tional amateur golf championship Of 1929. The battle Of Pebble Beach
 in its semi-final stage today, brought
 together four of the most seasHned
 of American ca campligners and it was
 still a wide open fight among them for the crown that youthful
 splurge knocked from the sandy
 head of Bobby Jones.
 After brilliant third round tri- umphs, this quartet of the old guard stepped out this morning with Dr, Oscar r. Willing, the Portland, Ore, dentist, meeting a follow Ore gonan. Henry Chandler Egan, champion of 1904 and 1905. in the first 36 hole match and Harrison R.. (Jimmy) Johnston Of St. Paul, vet eran tournament figure of q decade, opposed to Francis Ouimet of Bos-
 ton, amateur champion ill 1914 and open champion in 1913.
 The matches of all four have
 thinncd or Grcyed, with the cxccp-
 ton of Johnston, whose youthful ap-
 pearance bellies the fact that he Is
 well over 30 and a match player of long experience. Egan. titleholder
 @5 years ago when student at
 Harvard, is back in the limclight-
 at the age of 45, q scmi-finalst for
 the first time since 1909. Willing, nearly bald and 40, has campaigned at home and abroad with distinction.
 Ouimet, long one of the games
 foremost figures, is around 35.
 Youth, in the person of Johnny Goodman of Omaha, took the scalp of eX-Champion Jones. In William Lawson Little, Jr., it cut a swath through the tourney that was finally checked only by the great finish of Ouimot. Today, however, there were four semi-finalists averaging close to 40 years of age to demonstrate that experience still cuts q substantial figure.
 This was the sixth time in ten years that Quintet reached the scmi- finals with tgan hack in that hraCk- ct for the first time in twenty years but it was a brand new experience tor both Johnston and Willing. Johnston has won the western anna teur crown and cut some figure in the open championships notably in 1927 at Oakmont. but he never be- fore has gone beyond the third round in the amateur. Neither has Willing, whose performances in Walker cup and other competitive play nevertheless have stamped him 2S one of the foremost of amateur match players.
 The Portland dentist gave con- vincing evidence Of his competitive skill in man-to-man battle when he took the measure yesterday of the famous British champion, Cyril James Hastings Tolloy, and 3, while Egan was trouncing Jess SWcetser, and ,. Ouimet stopping the rush of William Lawson Little Jr., of San Francisco, one up, in 36 holes, and Johnston outfightjng George Voigt Of New York, one up, in a terrific 39 hole match.
 The comeback of Egan aroused sentimental enthusiasm. The tri- umph of Willing stirred patriotic and the winning thrust of Johnston caused q pulse-tingling thrill, but the victorious rally of { n rNg ,ly ba | ,,,, { if,l moment of quarter finals.
 Picture the 54o yard Seth hole along tho oceans edge as the quiet EostoNian, looking like a college professor. came down to the finish with the stocky, curly | haired western youth of IS. Ouimct, | in a fine comeback had overtaken | his rival and gone to the last tee l one up. From there, Little boltcd | | magnificent shot down the f1irWay i while Ouimet pulled his shot into q , tunker to the right.
 Taking too much sand. the yet ! aran came out weakly and was still | more than 200 yards from the i green as Little hooked a brassio to within 30 yards of the carpet. Oui- i net reached the green with mag ! lifcent spoon shot, the ball stop l ping 20 feet short of the pin. I
 Little, as deliberate, as willing in , he execution of his short game, . studied every angle and then laid . ! beautiful chip shot dead, less . han three feet to the left of the . up. He seemed sure of birdie . hat would square the match but . Ouimet stepped up and rolled his i ong putt in to settle the issue with | | birdie himself. Not since he rock d the golf world by beating Ted | Ray and Harry Nardon for the open | 2hampionship in 1913 has Ouimet 'vcr received a greater ovation than lc got after that marvellous finish.
 Johnston and NoiEt Waged an wen closer duel. Most of the day he New Yorker held the lead, al hough he never was more than hrcc up and only once that far in ront. Johnston, squarng matters 'n the oath took a lead on the sgd hat might have been sufficient if he lad not lost the 35th because of a lalf stymie. From then on they ]attlcd each other to a standstill