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...Golf Association sustains the stymie. Ever since Max R. Marston snatched the amateur championship from Jesse W. Sweetser with a stymie on the 37th green at Flossmoor (Chicago) last summer (TIME, Oct. 1) discussion has sizzled. After intensive investigation the U. S. G. A. decided to retain the present ruling, arguing that the stymie's abolition would eliminate "what many believe to be the finest shot in golf, the short pitch into the hole...
Squaring off for match play, Hunter deftly eliminated Evans. Jones (open titleholder), Cochran of Wichita Falls, Herron, Fownes, Ouimet, von Elm, Gardner did not falter. Sweetser swamped Seckel, a Chicagoan. Philadelphians were pleased because Marston advanced by scotching Simpson of Indianapolis...
Next day the galleries gibbered. Jones, who shot 70 in the morning, was only two up on Marston. Marston, 70 in the afternoon, put Jones out, 2 and 1. Gardner trimmed Fownes; Sweetser, Herron; Ouimet, Hunter...
Then more gibbering. Marston sighted 45 feet across the soggy 15th green, holed a two, ushered Ouimet out at the next hole. Sweetser eased into the finals by ousting Gardner...
Ding dong, up and down, Sweetser and Marston played to a mutual standstill in 36 holes. They walked over to the first tee and halved their 37th hole in the figure 5. They drove to the 38th, Marston on, Sweetser off. Sweetser chipped, Marston putted, and his fifth stymie of the day made Sweetser runner-up, Marston champion...