Word: elm
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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George Von Elm and C. O. Hezlet halved their match. The honors were Hezlet's. Four down at lunchtime, he rallied so that on the last hole he had a twelve-foot putt for the match...
...course the Americans were slaughtering each other too. Sweetser had beaten dangerous Francis Ouimet, who had previously eliminated George Von Elm. But Bobby Jones, playing at the top of his game, stood between Harris and the demi semifinal. Their match, the first meeting in title play of a U. S. and a British champion, was the most spectacular of the tournament. At the very third stroke Jones holed an approach for a birdie. He made five more birdies in the next eleven holes. He trounced Harris eight up and six to go, and Harris was by no means off form...
...Eight amateur golfers are chosen by Britain and the U. S. to play for the Walker Cup, emblematic of the world's team championship. The matches are held after the amateur championship alternately in each country. This year's team: Gardner (Capt.), Jones, Von Elm, Guilford, Mackenzie, Sweetser, Ouimet, Gunn...
...famed North Course of the Los Angeles Country Club last week, Harry Cooper, new 21-year-old English professional of the Tenison Park Club (Dallas, Tex.), scored 279 (nine under par), led a field including Joe ("Trick Shot") Kirkwood, Al Espinosa, "Auld" John Black, and Amateurs George von Elm and Charles Chung (Hawaiian champion). Cooper collected the juiciest of typically Los Angelic prize-money...
...work was sharpshooting, his putts were as accurate as target pistol-shots, his drive was a cannonade. He beat the onetime amateur champion 10 up and 9 to go. Next day he defeated Richard A. Jones Jr. of Manhattan, 5 and 3; Robert Tyre Jones put out George Von Elm of Los Angeles. Gunn and his friend from Atlanta would meet in the finals. Ha! drama, wrote the reporters, human interest...