The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1935-08-03

out a 30, one over par to gain two
end Of eighteen holes, the half way
But even then Joe won two of
the three holes he won on the back
nine with pars and the other with a
birdie. Russell won only one hole,
that with a 5, one over par against
COria's on No IT, a par 4 hole,
where Joe's ball struck a spectator
and stopped. 1t was break for him
at that because he was headed for
the water.
The defeat suffered by Bill Rus
sell was nothing to be ashamed of,
as the afternoon cards of the pair
will disclose.
Close Gap to One Hole
Starting out to overhaul his OPP
ponent, Bill drew first blood on the
second hole, where he sank 35-
foot putt for birdie. He cut the
lead to one hole when Joe hit into
a pair of sand traps on No. 4, and
finally conceded Bill the hole and a
birdie after the local lad had
reached four feet from the cup in
three.
Joe buckled up his belt at this
point and sent one of his maSterful
pitch sOts up to within five feet of
the pin as a setup for a birdie and
he made it to win the hole. He
won the next one in like manner,
approaching to within Is inches of
the cup and again he was up at
the end of "a holes.
Bill came up with a couple of
swell shots to get par on the
twenty-fifth hole after he had
smothered his drive and appeared
headed for another loss. He came
out of the rough we'll and Smacked
a full brassie to the green and took
two puts for par 5, while Cora
hooked mis- approached shot into the
tenth fairWay. Joe made dandy
recovery shot to the green, but his
putt for half stopped on the edge
and he took 6.
Visitor Regains Advantage
The twenty-ffth was played per-
fectly and Coria went three up
again when Bills second on No. 81
hit the bridge over the ravine and
bounded off to the right, halfway
up the hill. He took to Cora S
par 4. Russell went out in sub-par
IS, giving Coria a on No. 4, where
he picked up, which furnished Joe
the same total.
Again Russell made a futile at
tempt to overhaul his opponent and
approached to within three inches
of the cup on the twenty-elghtn
green to get a birdie, it being nearly
a hole out for an eagle.
Both found the trap near the
green after some loose play all the
way down the twenty-ninth fair
way and halved the hole in 5s. Bill
smothered his drive into the rough
behind g tee on No. 80 and wasted
a shot getting out to take . and
lose the hole to Coria'S 4.
He tried hard to win the next
one only to have Cora lay nim a
perfect stymie and his putt hit
Corias ball and stopped short OF
the cup. Coria sank it for a par-5
win.
Bill Trims Lead Again
Cora had trouble with the trees
on No. 80 and Bill missed his drive
but he came out with 5 and beat
Corias 6 to be three down and 1oul
holes TO go.
He failed to pick up ground when
Coria matched his par on the
short 170-yard No. 80 and the match
ended in a unique manner on the
dog-leg sixteenth, or in this match
hole No. "a.
Both were over. Bill bit farther
back on account of a hooked tee
shot. Bills long iron to the green
skidded over and down of the right
side behind a tree. Coria's second
also trickled of the same edge
Russell was obliged to play ten
feet from the cup on account OF
the tree stymie. Cora, with the
master touch he Yields over the
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Clipped up inches from the cup.
In fact. he nearly holed out. Bill,
in an effort to get past, hit the ball
and knocked it into the cup giving
Cora the hole and the match. But
it was the kind of a finish Bill
would have liked to have had
planned in advance. that OF true
craftsmanship and it was thrill
ing climax to a great battle.
Strafaci Ahead From Start
The story Of the Strafaci-Tomes
match is one of few outstanding
points. The Eastern youngSter was
the aggressor from the outset when
he won the first three holes. He
was up at the end of nine holes
and only over par twice. he was