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Number 18
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Yates Wins North and South
(By Burt Hoxib)
■rnRTHUR W. YATES, or “Ducky” as he is better known
A by his fnany golfing acquaintances, is the new North and
ilj South amateur golf champion. The Rochester star be
came the successor to Fred W. Knight, of the Whitemarsh
Country Club, of Philadelphia, at the expense of W. C.
Fownes, Jr., of Pittsburgh, one of the game’s veteran cam
paigners, who held the National amateur title some years ago.
The score was 10 and 8, (36 holes) and, as the score indicates,
it was a one-sided ending to an event which contained as much
if not more, talent than Pinehurst has seen since the inaugura
tion of the classic twenty five years ago.
The new champion, who weighs well over 250 pounds, and
who hits a golf ball for tremendous distances, had little trou
ble at any point along the route in taking his various steps.
First, Malcolm B. Johnson, of Cleveland, was able to travel
but eleven holes, passing out by the score of 8 and 7; then A.
M. Hoxie, of Boston, followed by the 3 and 2 route, and the
semi-finalist, Dr. W. W. Rixey, of Princeton, West Virginia,
had no more success than the others as far as extending the
favorite was concerned. The score in this case was 4 and 3.
Fownes, in the meantime, was away to an easy 5 and 4 vic
tory over Richard S. Tufts, of Pinehurst, but thereafter he
found a pair of matches on his hands which must have sapped
considerable of his vitality. Parker W. Whittemore, the
medalist, was his first real opponent, and only on the seven
teenth green was there a lowering of colors, both playing
golf in the low 70’s. But the real match of the championship
was the one with F. C. Newton, title holder in 1923, and had
it not been for a stymie on the 21st green, one of the sort
which are negotiated but once in a score or more of attempts,
a record for extra holes in a championship might have been
established. It was rather a tough break for Newton.
The golf in the final match was not what could be called
brilliant. Golf followers predicted that Fownes would be a
real match for Yates, in fact, they thought he stood an ex
cellent chance of winning the title.- Blit things went different*
ty and it was not much in the way of an exciting contest. The
most entertaining part was the brilliant golf that Yates
displayed. In the first half of the two rounds it was dazzling,
to say the least. Not exactly his outward card of 37, but
that inward one, which was 34. Fownes could not match such
figures, though he did well to the nine hole mark, standing
ut two down. Then followed such a leakage that six of the
ast nme holes of the morning round slipped through his fin
£ers. Eight down he stood when he faced the last 18 holes, a
Position golfers have extricated themselves from, but so sel
dom as to be unrecallable. Fownes, apparently, had tired
from his previous hard matches and after dropping the first
two holes through poor tee shots in the afternoon he was a
beaten golfer. Poor tee shots to a considerable extent helped
his downfall, and his putting as well, a department of the
game in which as a rule he is most proficient, fell off badly.
But it is doubtful if there are many golfers in the United
States who could have beaten Yates on this'occasion. He
was one under fours in the first round and one under par as
well, and 44 strokes for the ten holes played in the afternoon.
That is three over par all told. He migh have been in a lower '
scoring mood in the after luncheon engagement had necessity
demanded it, but when one has a safe lead established there is
a great deal of safety play, and Yates seemed to be adopting
that policy here and there.
Fownes won the opening hole but after it was squared at
the fourth he was never on even terms with his opponent
again. Yates' last nine holes of the morning round contained
seven fours and a pair of treys and the round card contained
five birdies, due to excellent iron work and deadly putting.
The qualifying round was full of red fire from a standpoint
of phenomenal scoring. Parker W. Whittemore furnished it
with a 68 on the last round of Number 2 course, previous to
which he had assembled a 76 on Number 3. It was his 33
shots on the last nine which stood out so remarkably and was
responsible for his leading the field bjr a margin of six shots.
The figure necessary to* make the championship flight was
rather high due to a heavy wind which visited on the opening
day. A total of 166 was good for a play-off, during which
Frank Thompson, Canadian amateur champion, and R. E. Har
low fell into the second flight. The field numbered over 170,»
and was full, of high-class talent, extra hole matches being
served for exciting entertainment for the large galleries. The
majority of the matches were close throughout.
Yates' card: A. M.
Out 5 5 3 3 5 4 3 4 5—37
In 4 4 4 4 4 3 3 4 4—34—71
Fownes' card: A. M.
Out 4 5 3 4 4 5 4 6 5—40
In 4 5 5 4 3 4 4 6 5—41—81
Yates'P. M. ' \
Out 5 5 5 3 5 4 4 5 4—40
Fownes' P. M. ,
Out 6 6 4 4 4 4 5 4 4—41