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...decision to lay out two holes for practicing approach shots was largely due to the activity of Phillips Finlay '31 in promoting the idea. Francis Ouimet is to aid in the enterprise, offering advice in planning the course as well as instructing candidates for the team during the early part of the spring...
...first day of match-play, five former champions−Von Elm, Marston, Sweetser, Ouimet, and Chick Evans−were put out of the tournament. Voigt, after beating Sweetser, played through the quarter finals to meet Phil Perkins, the British Walker Cup Captain, in the semifinals. Bobby Jones, playing better every day, after going to an extra-hole to eliminate Gorton, the homeclub entrant, beat John Beck...
...practice rounds, Francis Ouimet, George Von Elm, Harrison Johnston, Jess Sweetser stood on the eighth tee in the rain, waited for the honor man to tee up. Thunder blasted, lightning spat at a fence a few yards away from the mound, shocked slightly the foursome, most annoyed Sweetser, who had only to make two pars...
...Ouimet harked back to the days of the Egan brothers and W. C. Chick, all men of the class of 1905. At that time Harvard was at the top of intercollegiate golf. He believed that if the University wants to be in a commanding position in golf today it should build a course. If the Athletic Association is unable to afford one, Mr. Ouimet believes that the money could easily be raised among the alumni...
According to Mr. Ouimet no group of men is more pleasant to travel with than a team of golfers such as contest the Walker Cup. They are unselfish, helpful, and exceedingly cheerful. "To be a good golfer one has to be a gentleman: the attributer of each go hand in hand...