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Bobby Jones, aged 21, is the fourth amateur to win the open title. Ouimet (at 20) won in 1913 after a play-off with Vardon and Ray. Travers won in 1915; Evans...
...injured. Tugs pulled the craft into deep water." William J. Bryan: "Arthur Brisbane, Hearst editor, said I was ' as sincere and honest a man as ever believed in his own opinions on things about which he could not possibly know anything!' '' Francis Ouimet: " Mayor Curley of Boston presented me with a black box containing a silver and gilt key to the city, in recognition of my service as a golfer on the Walker Cup (earn in England." Thomas Gibbons, challenger for the world's heavyweight boxing-championship: "Mayor Nelson of St. Paul gave...
After the first day's play (four ball matches) England led, 3 to 1. The Americans were forced to take five matches in the final seven (two- ball) to win. The startling uphill play of Francis Ouimet, Boston, against Roger Wethered, British Amateur Champion, was the brilliant feature of the tournament. Three down to Wethered at the turn, Ouimet holed a curling 18-foot putt against a dead stymie to square his match on the final green...
...American victory out of four matches. The necessity of winning at least five and a half of the remaining eight matches in order to keep the 'scutcheon clear and bring the cup once more to America formed a dismal prospect. Yet no more dismal than the prospects of Ouimet, when he faced his last five holes through the rain in the famous championship at Brookline years ago. He did then what was considered the impossible, and yesterday he and his team-mates repeated the process...
...Francis Ouimet: " I was the last American golfer to be eliminated from the British Amateur Championship Tournament. Roger Wethered beat me. I wrote to The New York World: ' His shots were played with precision and effect, and his putting was simply delightful. . . . He is a lovely chap and I have no regrets for losing to such a splendid sportsman...