The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1935-08-10

A NDERSON, Ind, Aug. 10.-Leon
N BUD Pettigrew, Pendleton'S
Notwithstanding par shooter, had
his fourth state title, the Indiana
Junior championship, tucked safely
away today and turned eyes toward
the state amateur championship at
Richmond next week.
Yesterday, Bud gave par a terrific
beating to be four under par for SO
holes and defeat Bobby Dale, In
dianapoliS youth, 4 and 3, in the
final 36-hole match of the eleventh
annual Indiana Junior Golf AsSo-
citation state tournament. Dale was
champion in 1888, the same year
that Bud won the Indiana high
school crown.
The last two years, young Petit
grew has been the amateur cham
pion of the annual Indiana Open,
pacing the simon pures" from all
over the state in that event. Pre-
viouS to this year he had not been
able to get far in the state junior
classic but with the tournament play
over his home course he was a
heavy favorite to win when the play
opened last Monday.
ON Monday and Tuesday he
~ fired brilliant golf to oe
tournament medalist with a 139
total, one under par. In his first
four 18-hole matches, he played
sub-par golf to gain the title round.
Against Dale, it was Just steady
consistent shooting that won for
Bud-ability to score a birdie or a
par when needed to win. The new
champion was down only once in
the entire match, and then for only
a few minutes.
He got off to a good start with
a win of the second hole when Bob
by was wide of the green with his
second shot and went one over par.
Bobby evened the match on the
eighth when Bud missed the green
on the 231-yard shot from the tee,
but the Pendleton flash was not
content to go into the last nine even,
so he chip up to within inches of
the pin on the ninth and got a
birdie to be one up. He was out in
50, one under par and Dale in par
3d.
DOTH players dropped in 10-foot-
ID ers to get brides on No. 10 and
halve the hole. but Bobby could not
match Buds birdie on No. IL and
went down. Dale made a great
recovery pitch shot to set himself
up for a birdie on the thirteenth
to cut the lead. but again Bud in
creased it to 2 up with a birdie on
No. IA.
The blond Indianapolis youngster
then waged a three-hole uphill drive
that evened the match and gave
him a one hole lead He made per-
feet chip shots on holes fifteen and
sixteen to get brides and square the
match. He won the seventeenth
when Pettigrew hit one out of
bounds and finally conceded the
hole with Bobby near the cup ready
TO putt for a birdie and himself off
the green in four.
Bobby nearly missed the ball en-
tirely on the short pitch shot over
the trees to No. Is green and Bud,
who was on perfectly, won the hole
and squared the match at lunch
time.
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THE new champion started out to
Il put the match on ice at the
outset in the afternoon Is holes.
winning the first when Bobby was
wild with his second. Dale missed
a two-foot putt that would have
won him the second. but he dropped
a l5-footer for a birdie and win on
the fifth and he squared the match
when Pettigrew took three puts on
the seventh.
AT this point the Pendleton lad
began his victory drive and did not
lose another hole. Bobby missed the
green on No. and needed three
more TO get down, Pettigrew WIN
ming. Bud still was one up as he
matched Bobby's birdie on the
ninth. Pettigrew was cut in par 80
and Dale in a.
Pettigrew dropped a iye-footer