Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-09-24
Little Beats Willing.

w. Lawson Little. San Francisco, de-
feated DIR. Oscar F. Willing of Port
| land, Greg, l up, 20 holes.
DR.. Willing and Little were the first
| pair off in the opening round, starting
| shortly after am.
Little captured the first hole with
par 4 after Willing pushed his second
| shot into a trap. failed to get out with
| his third and then picked up. They
halved the second in par figures. Will
! ing laid Little a stymie as the Cali
| fornian appeared likely to run down
! 6-footer for birdie.
They also halved the short third
| in 3s
Little went up. at the long fourth,
| holing a 30foot putt for a birdie 4
while Dr. Willing was dead for 5.
Little and Willing both were in
trouble on the fifth. which they halved
in IS. But the Oregon veteran cut one
hole from the youngsters lead by win
ming the par sixth, S to 6. Both were
in traps.
Littles waging a great fight. main
tanned lead of / up at the turn by
running his chip shot dead for a
birdie on the 350-yard eighth after
Willing had squared the match with a
birdie 3 on the seventh.
Little
Out ..........4 5 6 6 4 3-38
Willing
Out ........x53 56 5343
Willing and Little we're all square
in which these two extremely deliberate
performers kept the tension at high
pitch.
All Even at Eighteenth.
Little missed three-foot putt for
win on the tenth and they halved in As,
Willing then won two straight holes to
into trouble on both the eleventh and
| twelfth. The Oregon veteran missed
three-footer on the 125-yard thir-
tenth, took and Little captured the
hole with his par 3.
Willing went l up by winning the
fifteenth with a par to Little's 5,
after they had halved the fourteenth.
Willing and Little were all square
at the eighteenth and went to the first
extra hole. Little sank 15-foot putt
on the seventeenth green for a deuce
that squares the match and he holed a
10-footer on the home hole to remain
on even terms
Little and Willing halved the nine
tenth in par Is, but the youngster
clinched the match on the twentieth,
the long 523-yard layout, with q par 5
when Willing three-putted.
| Little
In ......4 5 34542 4-36-H
In ......444444 3 4-s5-x-x
Extra holes
Little. .....4 5
Willing. "a 6
Play-off This Morning.
Dave Ward of Grand Rapids, Mich,
was eliminated this morning in the
concluding play-off for qualifying
places. Ward was put out at the third
hole of the play-off, which was not
| finished until f1rst-round match play
had started
The play-off, halted by darkness last
night with 6 of the IL original par
| Elephants still deadlocked in battle for
| five places, furnished an exciting and
| dramatic prelude for today's man-to-
| man battle.
1t was resumed on the second hole.
tough 523-yard layout, lined with
| traps. Three of the six clinched their
places on this hole as Watts Gum of
Pittsburgh, Eddie briggs of New York
and Maurice Mccarthy of New York all
! holed out with par SIS. All three were
safely on. close to the pin, in 8. briggs
pitching his third shot three feet from
the cup. Playing safe, all missed short
puts for brides.
Three Have Difficulties.
| Meanwhile, Jess Sweetser Of New
! York, Jack Ahearn of Hamburg, N. Y.
| and Ward had difficulty getting 6s
to continue the tie. Ward, after driv-
| ing in a trap. made a marvellous re-
covery and was on the back edge of
second shot to the rough and also was
| too strong with his third. Ahearn
put his second in trap his third al
most out Of bounds, few feet from
fence in tall grass, and his fourth
clear across the green.
Both Sweetser and Ward putted too
strong and of the line and took three
| footer and Ward a Seven-footer that
would have decided the issue then nd
there. Ahearn was left with foln'-
foot putt on the deW-soaked surface to
save himself and he got it down
Of the third tee Sweetser was the
only player to reach the green, 1876 yards
away, as both Ward and Ahearn fell
short and found themselves in thick
rough in front of the elevated green.
Four Additional Pairings.
Ahearn Clipped wide 80 feet TO the
left of the pin and Ward was 40 feet
| ollOlL WdlO PuNtCd ~ ollOit anu
Sweetser ran his ball four feet past
| the cup. 1t was Ahearn's turn, and
after carefully studying his lie he
curled his putt into the cup for a par
! 3 amid applause from the few hum
dred hardy early birds. Ward then
missed his 10-footer for 4, but he was
eliminated anyway as Sweetser dropped
his short putt for another 8.
AS a result of the play-off. these ad-
ditional first round pairings were i'm
nlediately made:
Watts Gum VS.. Maurice Mccarthy.
Jess Sweetser VS.. Phillips Finlay.
Jack Ahearn VS. George T. Dunlap, jr.
Eddie briggs VS.. Fay Coleman.
First Round Scores.
Other results in the first round of
match play, all matches at ID holes
| were:
George Won Elm, Los Angeles de-
feated Charles d, Hunter, Wallingford,
Pa, 6 and S.
Thi0ana Humane TnoIaWooH