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state golf title.
A BOY CHAMPION.
WILUAMS DEFEATS RYAN.
Vlctorla'a new . amateur - golf champion la
llarry Wllllama, the tali, hard-hiltliij;, left-
hnmlcr, tvlio bus played AvltK- tlicil -tll.tlnclion
In tlio pennant tram of tlic Commonwealth
elub. He is only sixteen 'years of ago,
and la tho youngest, player tvltn luts ever en
joyed tiic honor in. this State, though his vie-
tory over tho defending champion;" M. j. Jlynn,
at Vletoroa yes'toriliiy; ' is mole than n ' mere
coincidence with tlmt of lhe Ki-year-old youth,
Jim Ferrler, of. iiu ,:ly, New Soutli Wales, who
defeated tlio former champion, Uric Apporlcy,
a few weeks ago in ' the ihml of tiie eliuin-
pitmship of lite mother State.
Youth must at all times bo served, and golf,
like erlchet, euitinuis to throw up lis .tar
performers tram tho Juvenile: ranks. It is sig.
iiilicant that the new'' iiritisli amateur ehinn-
plnn, Hrlo Murtin-Smitl). is iilso- compuriilivvly
a youtii, and tlio youngest man whu has won
tlio distinction since A. (I. Dairy won the
litlo in ilHJj ut tiio agu of twenty. Now tllut
youth has bail its day in tlio two leading
States nf tho- Commonwealth, speculation is rifo
as to lite prospects of u inn toll between tig.
two chuinplons, tmil already negotiations are
on foot lo bring snclt a contest about.
t estcrday's tntinc was witnessed lit' a record
gallery, xvhielt followed lhe lltietiialiiig fortunes
of tiie two players with tlio grottiest interest
and enthusiasm. On lite one limn! there with
ail' tho fascination of watching the grim,
battling Hyatt, ox-cricketer of Hie Hnulh Mel
bourne club, and formrr bolder of tile Austra
lian amateur golf HI It-, nt work in all lhe
piloses of tlic glve-aud-lukc uimosnhcrc of :w
holes of mutch -play, and on tlio other f hen-
was Hie Inevitable, following that pnes witli
a mere youth, fighting for ills first champion-
ship nnd displaying an aggressive and decisive
skill which ullimutoly wou tiie day.'
TIIE MORNING'S PLAY.
The (oitunea of (ho morning's liuttlc Welti,
largely Ryan's way. lioth made n doubtful
start, ami Hyan, from tiie rough," tonic three to
ranch the green by wuy ol a greenslde bunker.
A Stymie robbed him of u lialf. but. 11k score
was all square at the second, where three- putts
cost tlio boy u (i. -there was some patchy plat
nl the third, and Ryan made Williams a urem-nt
of half hy Inking an extra putt. Tlic bo y replied
ut tiie short fourth with a ."pin-spllllji,g" shot
and n 7-foot putt for a. Having obtained the
lead, lie rubbed it In at tin: sixtli with it perfect
1, whilst ll.nui was lu IrouMc lu tlm sand. A
(no or halves followed almost without Incident
lo the lung ninth ii75 yards), whore Ilruti looked!
u moral certainly to peg the score down with a
perfect, pitch, which IciL ldto u poll of a few
ieet lov 4, hut \V3 1 1 Jji ins suvod tin hole hy nimiiniz
down a 7-yard putt, uud turned ;! up.
1-rom tile turn Ityan staged a .sensational attach
over the next few holes, and tool: the tenth
ut J, whilst Williams, utter running up a tricky
approach putt over tlio .undulating surface to
within a feet, tnissod tlio' tiny pull, and pulled
back to 1 up. Aiicilbev lengthy putt nt Hit
twelfth gnre Williams a half, hot itvun continued
Hie pressure, and wus not to lie denied at the
drivc-and-plteli thirteenth with a "birdi-" a
which defied ail argument ami squared the
match. A 0-foot putt for u 2 sremcj sure to
give Ilyan tho lead at Hie masltie hole, but lie
rolled by incites, and again nt the fifteenth lie
lipped lhe tin with anotlier irom 12 feet. For
Hie first time in the day he aiisnmed tlic lead
nt the one-shot sixteenth, when Williams missed
from short range, and in spite of a plucky ut-
leinpl at a 4 with a long putt, which rimmed
the cup at tho home hole, tlio boy went info
lunch 1 down.
lite gallery hail grown lo considerable more
than loot) an Ryan toed up at the first after
lunch, and hooked Into a greensido trap. Wil
liams followctl suit, uud huoked over on tiie
right, u-coi cling well pnst the pin. whilst
Ryan emerged short - A 4 to u 6 scpiared the
mulch again, and so it weal on till lit- third
where eaclt took it to reach the green and
Williams from II foot ran down n victorious
putt for. 4. From 1 up hero lie went to :2 up
at the short fourth, where Ryan wns hunkered
on 'the left, nnd came out much too strongly
irom the suntl. A stymie rubbed Jtynn of n
whining 4 at tlic -liit) yards fifth, and Williams
aid it, piece of luck up the sixth fairway when
his «Iijvq, which veered- dangerously out on
the left, Btruck a spectator und bounced nn
to (he close-cut turf.. Fives halved ngain, and
Williams- mice- more showed signs of n tr-uldl-
anme sLcr, which carried ids iron ut tli-
ono-shot seventh xrlllilu (1 Inches of the edge
ut the deep bunker. He had. to stand well down
in lite sand to surrey his putt, whilst Ryan's
too shot was .scarcely 7 feet from the ling.
Irom an uncomfortable staneo Williams de
spatched tin excellent upproach putt, hut missed
the resultant 4-footcr, uud the lead came back
to I up. TJie gallery got out of hand at
the eighth, .and ' Williams again -struck a
spectator-, who . was Rluuding by the tnlire of
the rough out on the. left. Two hard brassies
llc" 'nyway, Ryan finding a hunker
and Williams -ph-lng Just ' a few' feet front the
edge, , Ryan .got. pot. short chipped and u I most
holed . - Jils. putt . for f, .. leaving tint hoy a'.trml-
on tha brink, of tjio cup. IVHllnms. wltu Itaii
played - ids third, veil up, the -sloping grn-u
£?.. .w!l.u,!n-. ? . f7W. fie', cleverly avoided the
P '«taelc, utid if splendid 4, .which hrouglit
|y,u .Mck -to J .. up, lie - mude Miort work of
tlie-j toiiir > ninth wUIivtwo.- woddr ami « <mi.
Of. -jp yards; which,' piUced him -15 ' leet from
the utp, - whilst Jty an, , after strlhiiig (he linn,
kvr mco with hi« briisHl/?. -took 4 to re=icl» tl-c
gtteii, .and at iicst etstlil -only hopu for- -a
lull lug . S. lo (he, delight of the gallery- th -
". duw'1 bis nppreiacli putt tor another
might j,.; and turned far .'home 8. up., 1
I lirte down and nino itoles tu go waij- ioni
» .mlllslono , even for a champion id
euiiy, aiul.Ilyuu speedily attacked at -tlm tenth
ti'i tiLt VrVr u "ln"l,k'- a («v yards from
the Hag. Willlains was through thu green- nt.d
"roV? 'nc','lvmk td S up" Tho youth held
gamely to ills .lead -up lite hill at the eleventh,
where Ryan almost holed a putt of 10 yards- and
tj the twelftii tee still ft down. Erratic
drives h.ooked right and left, then each pluyvd
two downright bail shots, Ryan having thu "lib
luck, to.- find a waterlogged bunker with his
third.. He picked out. for (he jH'naity stroke-
and ployed tlio odd to the green. -losing the hole
with a 7 to. (he hoy's fl. Score. . Williams, q
tp, . Once niore Hie -champion was Ikrhtlng with
hls to, tho wall, ami with a Anve and a
l ? showed the way to tho thlrtufnth-irroen.
nDilliamv, from u hooked drivo. )ofk\l dose to
the near nod van up short. ;mtlii»K up
tho slope some four or five yards short. The
ball was-' benpjifully.. struck- utvtfuht mid true
alonff tho line :nio the cup. ami the heuvy Ii'sm
runulned Intact.: It was almost dormj 4: at tlm
next (135 yards), when Rjwu oaimht the' rieht-
hand blinker with Ills mnslilc, but Willlnnw was
short 1 far down (iio green, and each liohtd u
putt. of- for a halving 3. Score. Wllliums
still 8 up. '-
A DRAMATIC FINISH.
Tho fifteenth saw the end of (Iio match In- us
dramatic a fashion ns unv Bitllery could eoer
wish to set- u championship dcoldcil. Wlllluixs
liushctl out to a soltlury mound, suine (ID yardt
from the green Ryan eplit tliu fairway with a
perfect' drive, nod pitched' to the right edge of
tlio well-trapped green, behind whioli the ad
vance section of the gallery wus assembled in
force. Williams, from a none too oomfnrtahlo
stance on the mound, lotted a' high maslile nib
lick shot to tiie green, und there wus n lund
burst ,ot hand clapping and cheers us tlio hall
struck the buse of t ho pin and rested scarcely
more than a foot away. A putt of 20 fcut was
Kyuu s hist cliuncc of a half and n hope of pro-
loiifflng (he tpiine, lie mlsaed by Inches And
smlliiiffly walked acroM lhe green to tuke thu
npw.;cli'umpipn ' by thu hand,
i 1 ho figures In tha two rounds of the match
rend:—
Morning:— Williams. 4.0.0.2.4.4.8.6.4—38—2 up?
5,4,5,0,8,4,4.6.6—40—3 down— itf— 1 down. Ryan,
6,5,0,3,4,0.3,6,4—11—2 dowq: 4.4.6.3.3.4.3.5.5—30—:;
U)H-77— 1 up. Afternoon: Williams. 4.5.4:3.6.64-
4,438-4 tii> — :l up; 6,4,0.4.8.3—1 und "3. - Rran,
6,5,5,4,5,6,8,0,6—43—; down— 3 down: 4.1.7.4-3-1-
ihe cup wns afterwards- presejiteil to the win
ncr by Mr.-U, AleRoberts, pre8|<lont of the Vie
torian Colf Association, who complimented' \YB
II«ms on haviiiK won the- double event, iuclmliim
the Joursonics title, In which he \vua auecofiii
with his paitner, Ron Harris. 3'lnyurs und ks>)<
Ibry were unanimouR In ..their pralsu or the
ipiundld nrnngcmcnta mndu for tba tmiriiatqenc
and the preparation of thu course by the club ;
Albert Turk Assoclotes-rPho monthly medal
and fourth round of the sllvbr. spobn were eon-
tested yesterday. Results:— Monthly Medal: Mis
1'. Meiu, 108 (8(1)— 72; Mis. A. C. M. GampbelL
ftt (18)— 75: Miss Liddle. 1UU (31)— 76. Silver
Spoon: Miss 1\ Muin, 308 (M)— 72: Mrs. A. C.
M. Oampbcll, 01 (18)— 18; Mrs. A. McDridc, 100
7«. Tno ciun cnnmpumsnip win ne com
mcnced npxt Frhlay. Kntrlea close on Friday.
Royal Melbourne Associates.— The. competition
for Mr, Hutrli Ross's cup. was won by Mrs, Alex:
Russell, with a net scoru of 155 for 80 holes,
, Tho leadinsr scores for .a elub Iropiiy' were:—
Mis. F\ W. Fairbalrn, 03 (10)— 72; Mrs. A. L.
Keep, 07 (10)— 7d; .Miss H. -Jackson, 115 (3(1)—
70, Next Friday's events will b« : the elub
championship and Mrs. H. C. Lloyd's trophy.
$