Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-09-06
Defeats WestIand, 6 and 5,
for First Amateur Title
Since 1914.
WIZARDRY ON GREENS
BRINGS EASY VICTORY
It Was Only Question of Winning
Margin After 18th Hole of "
Morning Round.
BY w. r. McCALLUM.
STAFF Correspondent of The Star.

BEVERLY COUNTRY CLUB, Chi
cago, Ill, September 5.-Francis Ouirhet
of Boston, bespectacled veteran of a
thousand grim battles of the links. put
ted his way to 6 and victory over
the slim Jack Westland of Chicago to
win the thirty-fifth national amateur
golf championship over this course
today.
The old master Of the pitch and putt
closed a gap Of II years between his
first championship and this one to be-
come the first man in the history of the
game in the United States who has had
such lengthy spread between his win
ming efforts. Only one record is COM
parable to that of the 38-year- old vet
eran of the Hub City. that set by John
Ball Of England, who won his first
British amateur title in 1888 and his
last in l9l2-a spread of "a years.
Displays Putting Wizardry.
Putting with the wizardry Of the old
tine Ouimet, ever the master of the
delicate art of knocking the ball into
the hole in the smallest number. of
strokes from anywhere around the
bunker fringed green's of a thousand
golf courses, Ouimet literally buried
Westland under a barrage of puts that
ratified into the cup from all distances
today TO beat the slim Chicagoan
Never at any time of the final round
did Westland look like a winner. for
Ouimet won the first two holes of the
match and never permitted the Chica-
goan to catch him as he knocked the
ball over the Beverly course in a gale
OF wind with the mastery of a Bobby
Jones.
After the sixteenth hole of the morn
ing round the only question was the
winning margin, for whenever it looked
as If Westland was to put on a core
back there stood the calm figure OF the
placid Bostonlan barring the way with
puts. Francis won the championship
on the putting greens in as impressive
fashion AS ever Bobby Jones putted his
way to a national title. Many times
during the match there came a moment
when Ouimet could have dropped am
important hole. but always that putter
blocked the way for Westland.
Sinks Four 2O-FOOters.
-Four puts of more than 20 feet in
length ratified into the bottom of the
TN from the inspired blade OF the new
champion and he missed only one wee
one. On the other hand. Westland,
who has reputation in his own right
as putter, missed no fewer than
six puts throughout the thirty-one holes
OF the match of four feet or less.
Tonight there are a lot of folks re-
ferring to Ouimet as the second best
golfer IN America implying that Jones
is greater than the man who Succeeded
his as amateur champion But even
Jones probably would have wilted be-
fore the marvellous putting of Ouimet
today. Bobby is sitting across the press
tent from me now writing adulatorv
words about his great friend and COM
rade, Francis Ouimet. Certainly there
is no amateur anywhere through the
land whom Bobby who rather have win
than Francis Ouimet.
Put Golf on Front Pages.
Ouimet is the man who put golf
on the front page in America. First
amateur in the United States to win
the national open championship, he
startled the sporting world in 1918
by tieing with Harry Vardon and Ted
Ray, British professionals. for the open
title, and then beating them both in
the play-off, with a score of 70 over
the Brookline Club course near Bos-
ton. Ouimet then was 20 years old
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