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Show Charlie Coe Blasts King 11-10 in Finals V , .:W? -iatjBi Sjyjgkw ijsu ROCHESTER, K. Y, Sept 3 VP Charles Coe of Oklahoma Cltj crushed Rufus King of Wichlti Falls, Tex, 11 and 10, Saturday tc win the U. 8. amateur golf championship, cham-pionship, . j Five up as They went to lunch after an 18-hole morning round, Coe crushed whatever chance 'King had by grabbing the first five j holes of the afternoon round over the 6800-yard east course of the Oak Hill Country club. King, a virtual unknown until this tourney, led but once during the day. That waa after the third hole where Coe made one of his rare miatakes by driving out ef bounds. The Impassive Oklahoma"), member of the V. 8. Walker cup team at 25, took the fourth and at the seventh began a atrlne of four triumphs that all but settled the iaeue. ! During the morning round both I failed to equal the par of 35-3671. 1 Coe had a 74 and King a 79. After lunch It waa all Coe. He hammered out threes on the first three holei of the second trip and followed that with a pair of fours. All added to his margin over the 33-year-old Texas cattleman. It was the worst defeat In a final of the U. 8. amateur since 1928 when the great Bobby Jones humbled hum-bled T. Phillip Perkins, 10 and , at West Newton. Mass. The match was decided on the '28th hole when King planted his i second In a trap ana exploded weakly. He needed a four to get on and then walked across the I green to congratulate Coe, whose second wag. only eight feet from the Hag. . Jimmy Keverbri ... Rls denote gave Beee vietery -ever Carde. |