Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-09-08

pened to be the first birdie that either
had gotten all day.
From this point on the result was in
evitable. Johnston made almost no mis-
takes, leaving no Openings: He was out
in 81 this afternoon against vikings
40 and he started back at the same
steady clip.
Johnston was 4 up and 4 to play as
they reached the fifteenth tee. When
he got his half here to become the new
amateur champion the crowd opened
the way for his extremely attractive
young wife to rush UP and pay tribute,
which she did in the old-fashioned way.
There was a big time around the
clubhouse after the match. Roger Lap
ham had band engaged and when
Jimmy Johnston appeared the band
struck up Wee Duncan Doris"
Jones Again Is Cheered.
When Bobby Jones came in sight he
again got the big ovation of the week.
Out here they have been cheering him
on sight. in groups of 10 or 20 or in
crowds of 5000.
Johnston drew true Far Western
reception. They recognized him as a
fine golfer and above all as one Of the
finest sportsmen now playing any game.
Quiet. modest, likeable, every one
seemed to feel that the new champion
belonged on top of the peak from every
angie. ne has ShlIl, SdHleucSS' d COOA
head and the modesty that catches the
xlncy of the crowd. He is a golfer
Vlo has deserved to win before. golfer
who would have won before If it had
not been for the devastating sweep OF
Bobby Jones once the 18-hole rounds
are out of the way
The big thrill of the championship
undoubtedly came to Jimmy john
ston's slender young wife. It was
IN 10
cred through the morning round when
Jimmy's game had gone to seed. She
took more punishment than he did.
Dressed in blue, a flowing scarf thrown
loosely over her shoulders, she followed
every shot through 80 holes with a
face that showed its sufferings through
the forenoon round But when john
ston took the lead you could mark
his progress through the expression on
her face. Her first smile came at the
goth hole where her struggling husband
finally had chance to take the lead.
He touched her foot with his putter
Just before he walked to the ball and
smiled at her, and she. In turn, smiled
back.
Johnston's Wonder Shot.
1t fell to the lot of Johnston to play
the greatest shot of the championship
on the eighteenth hole of the morning
| round after drab start. This shot is
worth talking about. Johnston had
started nervously, jumping at the ball
without the smoothness of his earlier
play.
Doc Wiling. with his machine-like
swing. as much a matter of civil engi-
neering or mechanical engineering as
anything else. was crowding him
heavily. Willing took the lead at the
third hole and he was up going to
the tenth. He came close to being up
at the 190-yard eleventh when he
struck full iron feet from the cup
and barely missed his putt for 2.
1t was almost the first putt he had
missed within this range. Willing also
reduces putting to a matter of en-
cheering as he studies the line from
every angle. This putt would have
made him 4 up and would have broken
up the morning battle. Johnston had
been swinging too quickly and had lost
his timing. But at this shot he began
to steady down and slip back to some
thing approaching his old form.
The st. Paul star finally cut vikings
lead to one hole as they came to the
eighteenth tee, facing the hazards Of
the Pacific on this long. dog-legged
test. It was at this point that Johnston
gave the gallery one of the big thrills
of the week. Facing the narrow en-
trance down the fairway on his second
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