Word: haverstick
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Dates: during 1940-1940
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...Virginia's Brooke, during six days of rain, swamped one adversary after another. After Burke, went Princeton's Arnold Zimmerman, Mississippi's Gary Middlecoff, Holy Cross's Eddie Foy.* In the 36-hole final, Brooke faced the toughest foe of all: bespectacled Harry Hoyt Haverstick of Swarthmore...
...Haverstick, who has played in five U. S. Amateurs and two U. S. Opens, caused golfing eyes to pop at last year's Amateur when he shot 31 on the last nine holes of the opening round. In the Intercollegiate last week, he turned in 69 in the second medal round. After that he kept going like a house afire-until he met Brooke in the final...
...first 18 holes, during high wind and rain, Haverstick led the way. At lunch time he was 4 up on Brooke. When they returned for the second 18, Brooke began to creep up until he pulled even at the 27th. At the 29th, the Virginia Creeper was down again. At the 35th the match was all even once more; a 17-ft putt would put Brooke in front, with only one more hole to play. Looking heavenward in supplication, Brooke spied a rainbow arching over gloomy Mt. Equinox. "I've got a rainbow round my shoulder...