Evening star., 1938-05-29
BIRDIE ON %TH
BEATSEW|NG,3-2
Crowd of 1000 Wild Over
Albanian When Victory
Ends Fine Fight.
By SCOTTY RESTON,
Associated Press Sports Writer.

Associated Press Sports Writer.
TROON, Scotland. May 28.-
Charley Yates, relying on his heart
when his putter wouldn't work. won
the British amateur golf champion
ship today by defeating Cecil Ewing
of Ireland, 3 and 2, in the 36-hole
final, and thus re-established At
lanta as the golfng capital Of the
United States.
Bobby Jones' cheerful young fellow
townsman won it on the 34th green,
and on this green. as indeed on al
most every green. both his heart and
his putter were in good shape.
Gigantic. baldish Ewing. stubborn
and lion-hearted player, had cut
Yates lead to two. and in last des-
perate effort had exploded out of the
sand and dropped his put for par S.
Yates after three picture shots, was
on the green in three-8 feet from
the pin.
Sinks 8-FoOter for Title.
The crowd Of 1000 fought and ell
bowed for positions around the green.
When they finally fell silent, Yates
tugged at his cap and looked over
the line for once. Here, then. the
little boy whom practically everybody
had overlooked, stood needing an
8-foot birdie putt for what was,
to all intents and purposes, the
world amateur golf championship.
When he addressed his ball, only
two things could be heard-the wash
ing of the sea on the nearby shore
and the singing of skylarks overhead.
1t was a fit setting for the putt that
was to come, for Yates struck the
ball squarely into the cup and the
silence abruptly was broken by ter
rife yell.
The crowd rushed for Yates Char
ley got to the hole in time to rescue
the ball, and moment later was high
on the galleryites' shoulders. In an
other instant he disappeared, but they
got him aloft again and there he
stayed.
Puts Fast to Hold Nerve.
They like this fair-haired lad over
here. They like his manner and his
directness. And they fear and yet love
that feeling of suspense when he takes
back his dollar putter.
Yates decided tonight that his new
fast-putting stroke was responsible for
his success.
Il decided when I got here was
gonna miss 'em quick" he said. and
the faster I putted the better I did.
I'm not one Of these guys who've got
no nerves I've got 'em and when I
putt fast they don't get chance"
Charley said he really wasn't wor-
ried out there. Although he paid the
highest tribute to Ewing. notably for
the Irishman's courageous finish,
Charley added:
They weren't dropping for me, but
I knew I could 60 on hitting the ball. !"
Right down the stretch, when Ewing
made his bid after finishing the morn
ing 18 one down. Yates consistently
hit his approaches nearer the hole.
Round With Tolley Greatest.
Probably the greatest round he
played in the tournament was against
Cyril Tolley in yesterdays quarter
finals, when he started by sinking
a mashie shot and almost knocked
the back out of the cup at every
green on the first nine He was well
under Is for the entire week. a
miraculous performance considering
the weather and the fact that this
was his first tournament in the bit
ter British winds.
Although Yates didn't 60 out front
until the seventeenth hole, it never
seemed that Ewing could beat him.
Ewing, who had IS to Charley's
"a in the morning. scrambled most
of the afternoon while Yates hit the
ball better as the day wore on and
played the last l9 holes in even par.
In the moment of his triumph, Yates
remembered his Walker Cup team
mate, Johnny Fischer of Cincinnati,
whom he beat on a stymie at the
nineteenth in the first round. After
Johnny had congratulated him and
gone away. Yates said. Sometimes I
think I played the final last Tues
day."
Brief Rest for Yates.
The United States Walker Cuppers
will play at Gleneagles tomorrow and
will arrive at ST. Andrews at night.
Yates, however, won't play. He'll rest
for a couple days.
The cards for the final: