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Show Wins Ninth Hole in Odd Style by Help of Wind Baseball produces more unusual situations sit-uations than any other sport, yet every ev-ery now and then golf comes to the front with something out of the ordinary. ordi-nary. An unusual prank of the wind caused a match at Plnehurst, N. C, to go to the twenty-first hole before a decision was reached; otherwise It would have been over In the regulation eighteen. The match was between Ralph Sweet of BInghnmton, N. Y., and William Wil-liam Hnger of Boselle, N. J. Hager's fourth shot for the ninth hole came to rest within a few Inches of the cup. It laid Sweet a dead stymie. A high wind was blowing ant', had played havoc with a number of shots. An argument arose as to whether linger should lift his ball and permit Sweet to play. Sweet was also on the green In four. Before the dispute was settled a sudden gust of wind blew Hager's ball Into the cup. The officials ruled that Hager holed out in four, which won the hole for him, otherwise It would have been halved. Winning the ninth hole In this extraordinary manner caused the two players to be all even at the end of the eighteenth, three extra holes being necessary before Sweet was returned re-turned the winner. |