Show HERRON 22 NA NATIONAL AMATEUR GOLF CHAMI CHAM Play Two Young Players Gr Great t Game for Final Choking Choking Chok Chok- Count With rith Loser ing Back Sobs as He Se Sees Dreams Fade Pittsburgh Aug 23 2 Playing golf golt havo dono done credit to a a. veteran veteran vet vet- eran expert S. S Davidson Herron tho the the Oakmont Oak Oak- 2 j 22 year old old ear of or mont wont County Count club won von tho national golf gal championship of ot tho the Unit Unit- nl HI States State on his homo home course courso today defeating defeating- Robert T. T Jones Joncs II TI of at tho ho Atlanta Athletic club cub Z G and 4 Herrons Herron's victory was won over o the Oakmont course whore ho he first l learned strokes of at tho game as a cad caddy d Jones mado made a n. game gamo b struggle lo against as and for tho morning 18 holes and tho the first cl eight ht of ot the tho afternoon he fout ou t overy Inch of tho way HerTon's Her Her- rons ron's putting was waG deadly ho either cither sank Bank them or rolled roBed them thorn from any spot on the tho greens and it was this more than an anything else elo that br brought uS-ht uS him victory Several times when Bobb Bobby had a putt for a a. win he would look over o the ground c carefully and then thon stroke c the ball But often oCten they would riot not drop When hen they would roll roil oft off or er r stop at at th the lip Up Bobby looked as an if It he was u-as ready to cr cry but bul he kept plugging pIus along playing and hoping that tho tide would turn Herron had bad too much golf in him to to- to da day The Thc tide did not turn Some Somo Idea Idoa of or the calibre of ot the golf played by tho the youngsters youns can n be gained by a lL stud study of ot tho cards for the 32 2 2 holes oles Herron required l strokes drakes forthe for tho the match not counting tho the thirtieth liole tole whore where Jones picked up after trouble trou trou- b ble blo o in tho the trap as a against the he pa par I E 6 Oro ro or of pla played ed the inc ursi Dino Ino hol holes holc of or the morning round in 36 6 6 one under par his hia opponent taking ono one over o Both foIl fell off ocr on tho the cond nine Jones being four and HerronS Herron'S Herron S 'S seven Ven strokes over oyer tho the par 36 6 On the tho third nine nino the were ero shooting hooting great golf bolt Herron playing a 35 5 5 white while the Atlanta youth tied par with a 37 Zi or Of the 32 holes holc tho the local golfer won 11 32 and Jones Jonca 7 7 while 13 were halved Herron ph played cd par strokes on 1 16 ti holes but his opponent went him two bet bet- in this respect The Tho new title title- f birdie I holder came camo through with six i scores and tho the up runner showed shoved ho ed ono one runder par on three c holes halos When hen it i iI Is IsI I t con considered that tl the Oakmont club course our e I Is one of ot the hardest to play f over J-over over er In the country countr the scores of both bothI I players In today's struggle Ie for the thet t championship take on added sign iiiI iii- iii I cance This is further attested b by the I f fact ct that Walter the professional Ional champion required a iG 76 earlier in tho week for Cor tho the first 18 IS holes end endI 1 I th thereby reby lost a considerable wager that 11 1 fri n n t two o over o on i par r. r Herrons Herron's victory victor was well deserved tEe tSe shot the most consistently sound t v olf of or an any player in the tournament i V being tied with two others for the low lov medal prize in tho regular qualifying I round and repeatedly pooling In the I middle seventies In his match J play pay a rounds 1 The gallery was one of the largest est I that ever eyer witnessed the championship round of or the national amateur tournament 1 ment In the tho east It approached close to the banner throng of or golf enthusiasts enthusiasts which followed rollow d Chick Evans around to victory Ictor In his winning winning- match matcha a against Robert Gardner at the Merlon Merion club Philadelphia in 1916 Fully eight thou thousand and witnessed some portion of tho the contest today and probably more nore than half haIC that number took tool tho the entire day oC off and tramped the ten miles necessary l ear sary al In covering tho the course courso of 32 2 holes When Urn tho pla players were approaching g tho the finish late in the tho afternoon tho the huge aug gallery was not more than 1000 under the tho record sa gathering which cheered Fra is Ouimet to victor victory over o V nay Hay and Vardon in the tho famous international international inter Inter- national playoff lR Orf o of the 1913 open at With Ith the exception of at the Intense heat conditions were perfect for the climax ax of at tho the twenty third champlon- champlon Continued from Preceding Page Parre t tI I HERRON 22 NATIONAl AMATE R GOlF CHAMP Continued from preceding page paSe ship tournament of or tho the United States Golf GoI a association Fairways ns and greens rc ns I were verc true and fast and the two to final final- S IS I got ot all alt tho the roll 10 and carry earn that their shots shot deserved Although the thc gallery lined the course at every cr hole from fon I Itee tee te to green the presence of or thousands of o spectators tor did not appear to interfere inter Inter- S fero fere with the efforts of or the players S. S Davidson on Herron the now national nation nation- al amateur golf champion will be he 2 22 I years of ago ao in October Ho lIo has l hen cn I playing gulf golf ulC since Inee 1905 when he lived across the street from Irom the Oakmont Country Countr club Herron Weighs el hs O pounds and this hit weight aids aid him to get ret the lie great groat rat distance dis s Is- Is tance and In playing from the lie Toughs roughs Golf Golt Is la his liEs only hobby although h ho played football while lie he was a L freshman freshman treshman fresh tresh- man at Princeton JJ He was graduated radu ted from Crom Princeton last year lie He played for four Cour years carR on the college college college col col- lege golf oC team III In the 1915 national amat amateur Ur championship at Detroit ho lie tied with Neil Sawyer Sayer in n the preliminary prelim mary inary qualifying round Herron Is ho third Pittsburgh golfer I to win the thc national amateur champion champion- I ship ship ChamPion I |