Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1953-05-30
Favored American,
; Down at 18Th Hole,
Puts on Brisk Rally
BY the Associated Press

1O4 Lane, EuglaIlQ, May ~.
Fighting an uphill battle, Har-
vie Ward of Atlanta. Ga, de-
Tending champion, trailed Ire
lands Joe Carr by one hole after
81 holes of their 36-hole final for
the British Amateur golf cham
pionship.
Behind by three holes after
the 18-hole morning round when
the tall Irishman fired a one
over-par "a for the 7,078 Hoy
lake layout, Ward cut down the
margin in the outgoing nine in
the afternoon when Cars game
fell apart.
Harvie shot a fve-over-par II
in the first half of the afternoon
while Carr, feeling the pressure.
scared to q AZ. which included
two skies.
Cuts Cars Margin.
Ward won the 10th and 21st
holes to cut Cars margin to one
hole, lost the 23d when Carr
birdied, and then sliced the adj
vantage to one up again on the
26th when the 31-year old Irish
man drove into the rough, duffed
his second shot and took a six
to Harvie's five.
Wards game around the green's
almost collapsed at the start of
their match. Top-heavy favor
lite to retain his championship,
Clipped short on nearly every
green and missed three puts
which he reasonably could have
been expected to sink.
Meanwhile, dull, cold weather
brought out slim crowd. His
lanky Irish opponent shot the
first II holes with fine precision.
Ward failed to win a hole until
he birdied the 18th with a 2
after a fine tee shot. On the
10th Ward carved a fine eagle
to win a hole from Cars
birdie. Ward finally managed
to get down a stable putt.
Goes 3 Up at 18th.
On the 18th, Carr, a member
of the British Walker Cup team
took a regulation and made
it a 3-up margin when Ware
Clipped short.
Carr took the first hole when
he sank a 4-footer and Ward
missed one from 8 feet. The
Irish ace made it 2 up on the
second when he sank another
4-footer and Ward was short
from about IL feet. The third
fourth and fifth holes were
halved.
Carr made it 3 up on the sixth
when Wards second shot landed
in a bunker. Carr reached The
green in three and one-putted
Ward two-putted to lose the
hole.
Carr turned in one-under-pal
! IS. Ward was two-over 80.
The card:
Carr out ---- 445 344 344-3:
Ward out SIS 345 344-3;
The cool Irishman went 4 ur
on the 18th when he shot a birdie
4. Wards drive went into 6
bunker and after he made a pool
recovery. he conceded the hole
Harvie finally won his frs
hole on the short 179-yard 18th
and cut Cars lead to three hole.
again.
Puts Brilliantly.
The tall, 31-year old Irishman
putting brilliantly fired a one.
under-par IS for the first nine
holes of the 7,078-yard layout tc
assume a three-up lead. The
27-year old Ward, seeking to be-
come the first player to win the
championship two years in q
row since Lawson Little did it ir
1943 and 1885, carded a 38.
Carr came home with a 80 fol-
a one-over-par round of "a
Ward picked up on the 18th
after he drove into a bunker and
made a poor recovery.
Sinking four-footers on the
first two holes for par As, Carr
went two up quickly when Ward
missed an eight-footer and a
12-footer. The Irishman went
three up on the sixth with a PAL
4 to Harvie'S five.
The card:
Par in --435 1854 544-37-73
Carr in AS ass. 444-39
Ward in AK 255 345-X
Carr leads 3 up.
| X-denoteS picked up ball.