Ouimet World Golf Champion Remarkable Feat at Brookline
The 20 year old amateur emerged champion finishing 72 strokes on the 18 hole Brookline course. Varden shot 77 and Ray 78 as the big gallery watched a nerve filled finish.
21 Sep 1913
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Newspaper
New York Times
Location
New York, New York, United States of America
Date
Sep 21, 1913
Page
1
The 20 year old amateur emerged champion finishing 72 strokes on the 18 hole Brookline course. Varden shot 77 and Ray 78 as the big gallery watched a nerve filled finish.
Fragmentary scores and numbers reference players Ouimet and Vardon with lines of figures and codes. The readable portions show digits separated by spaces and dashes, resembling a card or score notation from a sporting program.
Francis Ouimet, a teen local amateur, wins the nineteenth United States Golf Association Open in a dramatic playoff over Harry Vardon and Edward Ray at Brookline Country Club. He shot 72 in the final round while Vardon 77 and Ray 78, as 8,000 spectators watched in mist and rain. Ouimet’s triumph marks a major American victory in golf and boosts national pride.
Britain faces a growing push to withdraw from the Olympic movement after Stockholm and send a small, well funded delegation to Berlin in 1916. Supporters say Olympics are becoming semi professional, undermine international friendship, and need reform. Theodore Cook backs a future withdrawal while funding woes persist with under $40,000 of a $500,000 appeal subscribed.
Health Commissioner Ernst J. Lederle reported 25 new typhoid cases on the east side below Fortieth Street, lifting city totals to 210. He cautioned against alarm, noting no epidemic and not attributing the rise to impure milk, which had already been curtailed with milk subjected to tests.
E H Sothern, with Julia Marlowe in Shakespearean repertoire, cancels tonight's performance due to throat trouble. Doctors fear he may be unable to open in New York Monday. he and Miss Marlowe plan to travel to New York for rest, with specialists set to meet the train.
It is proposed to apply safety first to Boston to New York service next winter with a new timetable starting October 5. Running times will lengthen by five to twelve minutes across limited five hour trains and five and a half to six hour services. Night trains and stopping times remain unchanged.
Twenty passengers were injured when Chicago, Rock Island & Pacific Train 40 derailed near Manhattan Kansas, sending high coaches off the track and a smoking car down an embankment. One passenger J P Baldy of Herrington may die from a crushed trunk. Conductor J O Thon sustained serious injuries. Several others were hospitalized including J J Curran Walter Stone 7 wk Armstrong and Jesus Rodrigues.
Detectives theorize Hans Schmidt used a forged marriage to another woman, letters found in his trunk indicate he posed as a philosophy professor and planned to bring her to America. The letter writer, identified only by first name, may have believed they were wed. investigators note she likely did not know Schmidt was a priest.
A Sunday Times layout lists sections and items including a pictorial page, camera chronicles, art collections, theatre listings, and society notices. It mentions a Republican mayoral fate twist and notes on current events, culture, and upcoming features across sections I to VIII.
Washington report says William J. Bryan earned about $7,000 gross from seven Chautauqua lectures this season and netted roughly $6,500 after expenses. He pledged to continue lecturing, denying plans to quit the Chautauqua platform, and criticized newspaper speculation over his public duties.
Two men died and a third was seriously injured when an embankment at 1627 St Mark's Avenue East New York collapsed at 5 p m. Ten tons of earth buried the workers as rain weakened the banks. Nathan Litwak 50 contractor and foreman and an unidentified Italian were killed. Louis Parrelle 42 of 1498 East New York Avenue Brooklyn survived only briefly after being rescued. The accident occurred during cellar and building foundation excavation.
The body of Mr. Gaynor lies in state while the public views his casket. The ceremony marks a solemn tribute as officials schedule arrangements and the community gathers at the rotunda for a first viewing time aimed at children.
George Taylor a wealthy Bay Crest resident north of Huntington Long Island was found drowned near the Beaux Arts pier shortly before noon. His death is under investigation with some believing suicide while others think accidental. Taylor rose from cash boy to partner at Aitken Son Co and spent liberally to aid young men, later ending his ties with the firm last spring.
Major General Nelson A. Miles retired announces from Westminster his bid for the Republican nomination in Massachusetts Third District. He faces Calvin D. Paige of South Bridge. Democrat M. Fred OConnell of Fitchburg is unopposed. The seat became vacant after the death of Congressman William Henry Wilder. The report places Miles as a potential candidate from Fitchburg, Massachusetts.
Frank L. Phillips promoter of Phillips & Co. who lives in Stapleton and runs offices on Lower Broadway, Manhattan, filed for bankruptcy in U S District Court Brooklyn. He cites liabilities of 758 955 with 590 065 secured, notes by others as much of the unsecured debt, stock expected to realize 188 175 and insurance 37 500. Creditors largely banks and individuals in Pittsburgh Scranton and other Pennsylvania cities.
W V Lyons of New York, with large sums of money, was taken into custody in Asheville North Carolina at relatives request. He planned to remove the mayor and stop newspaper publication and printed cards announcing his intention to dismiss the police. He has bought valuable property since arriving to visit his sister Mrs Sam Novich two weeks ago. His relatives detained him for an insanity inquiry.
Patrick Dunlap a Buffalo teamster was thrown from a heavy truck when it struck a curb. His jaw broken in two places his skull fractured and his tongue severed by his teeth. Doctors expect possible speech recovery in about a month if he survives.
San Francisco reports Vice President Christiansen of Wells Fargo Express says parcel post competition has cut the company’s small package volume by 31 percent since year start. Revenue dropped 38 percent, mirroring the decline across express firms. He notes higher expenses with reduced business and revenues.
George Stumpf moved his 10 by 30 foot three room house from North Hartland to Hall Meadow, a 23 mile relocation without disturbing the interior. While in transit his crew ate inside the house and kept warm by the kitchen stove at night. Stumpf, in the lumber business, previously moved the dwelling five years ago from Huntington, Massachusetts to North Hartland and recently acquired land in Hall Meadow.
Newport R I Sept 20 Two centre hits with Whitehead torpedoes at 3000 yards were recorded by the United States submarine E-1 during target practice in Gardiner's Bay. Under Lieut Causey the sub ran at full speed and discharged both 18 inch torpedoes at a ten foot moving target. Both hits were bull's eyes.
Brussels reports Ernest Solvay marking the fiftieth anniversary of his soda manufacture discovery by donating over $1,000,000 to educational and charitable institutions. Paris and Nancy universities each receive $100,000. The move accompanies jubilee celebrations by the firms' employer.
An old advertisement touts Clover Milk at 9 cents and Homer Milk at 10 to 12 cents per quart, claiming pasteurization and tuberculin testing. It notes use by New York Board of Health infants feeding stations and delivery to doors.
Albany Sept 20 William Sulzer breaks silence and vows to fight to the end denying reports he will resign. He says stories of resignation are political schemes and he plans to tell the people what he has to say, despite counsel’s restrictions.
Albany dispatch reports Valentine Taylor legal adviser to Governor Sulzer denying Glynn was officially recognized as Acting Governor. Taylor emphasizes distinction between Glynn’s right to exercise functions and Sulzer’s authority under recent court decisions. News notes Sulzer contends impeachment actions are null while he remains governor and continues to claim full gubernatorial powers.
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