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H Hicks IC k 8 Ri Rise ees to P Pe r rI I I of or Feminine G Golfers k Yank Team Wi W Wins IDS By Claire 1 I NE NEA NEW YORK Dec Dee BUly 31 Si be beat t Geo George ge by one stroked the thc for the the 1931 1931 national ke oJ oPen championship If If history xi never pr preserves preserve erv mort than that sImple statement the h struggle at Inverness laSt It IS is enough to remind July yoU a and that no greater clash of steel nev m rne and bulldog c courage urage ever everon took pl place on a golf soU course The Von Burke Elm battle thon hon affair that went 72 holes and least east 10 nerve erve wracking hours hour beyond It at the norm normal 1 limits Its of a t ma match qUI quite te na wins first first as as the golfing epic of ot th the year ear yeary xou- xou will see sec many more matches match bj you can an erase the picture of the bl S business man golfer gorer yS- yS tt grim Im and stubborn in 10 hIs 4 tion rna matching strokes with th the tal goIng cIgar biting nerveless of the immigrant 10 1 You You'll 11 recall that they tied at t mil strokes in the regulation 72 2 hoS To get this tie Von t Elm had to aco the first firt of two birdie con th the home hole that that it if he never other golf gol ball will wl keep him hi tee famoS amo an for years to come Thrills of ot the first four lour Thris firt rounds forgotten as Burke and Von Elm were we St set Rt sail sai sailon on the hoIe 36 playoff The Te Em led les changed several times but when the t clubhouse app appeared ared in view Burk t was one stroke in front front The picture Burk of the day before Von before Von Elm Te birdie three to tic tic tIe was El doubly im pressed but so was wa the strain stain George Georce got it i t The second 36 hole 36 hole playoff w UI launched Von Elm scored a R round of or 76 Burke shot a 77 7 mori Burke Burk went out in 34 that afternoon Von Von Elm trailed with wit 36 36 Von Elm squired it it then dropped a stroke soke oe on No No 31 32 Burke boosted it to two stroke on onNo No 32 34 They Tey halved No 35 Then ether ther No came cae to the thirty sixth thirty thirty-sith which was was' realy really the hole of ot the championship champion champion- ship tournament Anyway know what you happened j The Te birdie that had aided happe the busness bus busI f s ness man golfer flapped his h traitor L Lous ous wings and flew few away George putted for a par four Burke three three- putted for a live Ji The i final was Burke Von Elm VETERANS WIN But there was more snore to 1931 IOU golf than the endurance match math at Inver layer ness ne Two old favorites shook oil off theY the I pestering youngsters and returned rete to o championship form There Tere was Wa a re rebellion rt bellion belon against queen ind arul ad the coronation of ot a new tint lust lady And there was a vacancy at Carnous Carnous- Cao te tie Westward Ho Inver Inverness S ad and t Beverly that only the thick bulk bu of an Atlanta movie attorney radio actor I entertainer could have filled fie The British open trophy came home again to America to become a mantel j adornment in the house of the Black Blick 1 Scot Scot Tommy Armour Ed Dudley stepped into the pit pictures picture with wih a championship in the Western Western- open at Dayton Dayon but an old gent known i as Sir Walter Waler Hagen served sered noU notice that he would have something to sa say about bout future championships 7 The Te Ryd Ryder r cup teams of ot n nand and the United States went at it ito 0 oa Scioto's a narrowed Ia fairways Capt CapUto bi Ha Hagens Hagen's gen's gens lads played sensational golf U ably inspired by the old master hint him hm ish bh self to t take the trophy from the te BrI Brif After the Von Burke Elm in the open the Haig blew up sey s eral dark clouds and stormed all aU ov oset the boys in the Canadian open ing that his hi early eary rumblings WeZ e something more than mere thunder Don Moe returned to the western wun amateur throne after an absence ol i ione one year 1 One of ot the grandest moments moment on o othe n. n the the- u entire calendar came at Beverly in September It I was the o 0 of Francis Franci Ouimet as amateur J JHUe title HUe he won in 1914 for the first frt time The youth that was shoved shove in ill the Canadian open and the te United States State amateur returned to assert Itself iel It- It j it-j self el in the P. 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A affairs ar Yo Tom Creay Creavy a 20 year from froal from M AJ bany walked off oft with yih the title hUe a final match with De Denny ny SW Shut Shuts another anoter youngster Their pu strokes dazzled the oldsters MISS MSS HICKS lUCKS VICTOR But th the final thrill of the suA But 41 AS season was saved sved for forthe the wom women Buffalo Miss Helen Hicks 1 gained her most cherished r i the women's national Hard Helen had to put the te people e eto J ehI the championship in to rout to win defeat was Mrs Mr Glenna C r e re first fIrt In more than three thre years year of ot mens men's national play There were bright n d th Tere d dc there were moments of or black blackest ct in 1931 moment golf gaIt Most of or them hI on the balloon balon ball baIt a larger an lighter pellet than the one pr previous u ex In use It I was wa not a popular 1 a a alow among a n few championship h a i low handicap players It was Idt Wt from one end of ot the Jm land t to 0 nd id under this thic of or prot r t I U. U J. J S. S G. G A A. finally Issued u. u an anfor o re reo for its it execution Last L rJ rites rite c tr for B it i a to l o be said in April Apri 1932 Another source soure of ot pain pam c che came ca the he method of ot Qualifying con can conor cente metho national amateur Di i for the were vere or made a and the n number f tobe- tobe b owed lowed to qualify were m v sector The Te players player's score m mJ m yg t not not just so he finished amon g number eligible to compete from tt district Under the system Western Wester i M Moe e failed Champion Don Mo taie make CampIon the grade The Sette Seattle Te 1 was allowed three Qua le k ke ku W and fourth there ad w finished th-r th though hJ C from the tournament h the under 15 strokes was In the cards of some others I lare |
