, 1935-05-26
DR.. TWEDDELL
Is DEFEATED
American Plants Excellent
Recovery On 36th
To Win Battle
By GAYLE TALBOT

ST. ANNE'S-O N-THE-SEA, Eng.
May Is. R-William Lawson Little.
Jr., the colossus from California
fixed the mantle Of golting great
ness more firmly on his shoulders
Saturday when he DEBATED DR.. VIII
liam Weddell, a ~38-year-old British
physician, one up, in 80 holes and
won the British amateur golf cham
pionShip for the second straight
time.
Thus the burly. 2~4-year-old San
Francisco SHOEMAKER became the
first player in history TO win three
consecutive national amateur golf
crowns and the third man ever TO
register a double" in the so years
Of this championship.
During a sensational struggle
which saw the husky holder Of the
British and American simon-pure
titles three UP at the end Of the
morning round. only 70 be brought
lack IN even-terms with six holes TO
&c in the home stretch. Little play
ed some OF the grandeSt golf in his
career. He withStood paralyzing
pressure over the final, windswept
passage to subdue Tweddell. the VIM
ner OF the 1927 championship. who
made a bold bid TO restore the crown
TO England Oh the last nine holes.
Desperately needing a four on the
final hole 10 assure victory. the
American skillfully got off one Of the
most testing shots Of the tCurna-
ment. henmed in OH three sides by
a gallery oil almost 10000 which had
verged on rotous conduct over the
prospect CT witnessing Little'S down.
fall.
Standing on the 36th tee. Little
Mas dCrmie one. Tweddell, having
the honor by virtue Of winning the
previous hole. divided the fairway
with 2 250-yard drive. Earlier in the
Gay Little had been betting the ball
from the tees fairly consistently
about 80 yards. Down the stretch,
he was hard pressed and sacrificed
accuracy for distance. He sliced his
drive into a swarm Of spectators
standing in the rough and the ball
settled on a bare spot.
His fore-caddy. with a stick flying
an American flag. rushed TO the spot
and fell On all fours, animal like, to
prevent the rampaging spectators
from trampling On the ball. Little
slowly ambled up to the ball and with
characteristic impassiveness viewed
the situation without a sign Of
emotion.
One hundreds distant was the
green. with two yawning traps IN
between. II took the marShals fully
five minutes 10 move the crowd back
10 permit Little 90 get a free swipe
at the ball. He chose a shade mashie,
iobbed the pellet BEAUTIFULLY TO clear
the traps and II came to rest on the
green % feet from the hole. lived
dell planted his approach three feet
inside OF Titles.
That recovery had a revitaliZing
effect on the champion. For the first
time during the final match he
smiled. He took less time than usual
f. lining up the putt and then rolled
the ball "stone dead" for a SURF
four, putting the pressure on lived
dell and. as II turned out, blighting
the challenger's hopes. Facing the
most difficult operation of his ca
reer. the medico saw his 25-foot put.
which made would have taken the
mach at least an extra hole. slide
past the cup. Ruefully but grinning.
Tweddell tapped Titles ball into
the cup and conceded defeat.
The gallery. which had cheered
Tweddell's magnificent uphill fight
cheered equally loud for the victor
icus Californian.