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Evening Post, Volume CXII, Issue 97, 21 October 1926, Page 13

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A WIN FOR SHAW

AST- IDLE MOBNING.

Tie-sfropg northerly and a hot sun to-day further dried the Mirainar links, which have already lost the emerald brilliance {hey showed at the. com- ' mencemerit- of the Dominion tournafeicnt^and the course is now fast enough t6"pr6duce' extremely low scoring in the filial "of the open championship this afternoon"; when Moss meets Shaw to play off the tie of their 307 strokes aggregate's' last week. ."It. was "an idle morning,' with the exception of a stroke handicap. After the. decisiOft in the open championship - this nf ternoorij the- long-driving competition will-be held. ; There Hs'/no draw for the four-ball to-morrow, and players are ' to-arrange" their,'own partners and opponents." "' ,- „.., ...THE PLAY-OFF. As .was anticipated' by the officials, a large; crowd followed the match, eagerly,' 7aivd adequate means were taken with"; the- aid of ropes and: sign- ■ lipar'cls, '.'£fi'e latter bearing the words ?'Stcrp'*~.!ind "Silence,'' to keep the ero'ivfd, at';a. reasonable distance from .the players' and protect the greens from harnu' -''rtie contest was .18 holes of '•tr'okci play, the total to tell. ;,'Moss."',wlo{i the .- toss ami drove a eleaii:hjt.,ba]], slightly outdriving Shaw, who pullect his. Both were long balls with ihe'^bHowing wind.: Shaw's sec.qihl?was"'straight down the fairway, 'li'ut/a'liy^i} short. Moss pulled his al? most.into the; bunker.. Shaw's third ' ira'sJ'sSortj while Moss's was .five feet pa-st'.'ti^'pin. Shaw's fourth was two cup,'while Moss sank his ~iorJa.,fc'~Jb.t the second, against the ,;vyitf d,.; Shaw hit;a' beautiful low ball, ,qut:4'riy.ing;' Moss by' twenty. yards, :botpWgl'ti: tovcly shots.1 Moss, taking'KjaVJjv.bbd, played a low skimming ball,rtliai,"struck just -before the bunker . and-ir'aniPXpr it on to the green. Shaw's iro;ii" shSt • was pushed out a little, and he was left with the. bunker between -him-and. .the pin, but his third was only ■thre»'x£eet.from the pin, but he missed .the putJy.jfjnd Moss, who laid his third ...ag^d,jto,qk; a' pretty 4 to a 5 for. the gcrcond -time. Moss 8, Shaw 10.' Both -lay--toge'thor in the centre of .the fair..vrtty ttqm','ttia third tee, Shaw again .thja','to!iger;.shot. Moss's wooden second ..Bcas.vAHcid,--ancl lay just short of the •bunker; to "the right, while Shaw's iron lay pin-high to the left on the green. Moss;played a-beautiful approach third, Sft'ifiom-the pin. Moss's third was a ,foot-from the" cup, and he holed in. 4. :Moss's,ipjj;tt was with the wind, but he Jjjtlved} in; 4. Moss 12, Shaw 14.. Both wifo-Jlirgugh the fourth green with their; -^tee, shots," Shaw with the worse ■ iiei'"M-'d-'he" was short against the wind with'his-approach. : M6ss made sure of being .upland was eight feet past. Both luiesed the putta, halving in .4. Moss 16,-iShaw-: IS. Shaw outdrove Moss by■fifty,, yards, at the fifth, and the latter.'^as/short. with, his mashie pitch into ■ the.wiK,<J. Shaw laid his short mashie chip,not three feet from the pin. Moss ■laid *js ihird dead, but Shaw sunk his putt"foir, Ja perfect 3.' Moss 20, Shaw -21". „SKaw- was in the bunker to the left~at"tn'e short hole, and Moss short .oii-the -eclge of the green. Moss all but ,liolc<TJu^ approach pntt,:and had only an, incj), or,two to tuck it in, Shawlying ..■jv^Uqn^tJie land, put his ball a foot frpm Jjhe^hple, but missed the putt in a '" gus^nSfrwind;---' 'Moss 23,; Shaw 25? Shaw hit a true iow ball dead into the wind's eye.at ifie seventh, Moss slicing into the sand" bunker, and -getting .only fifty yards out. Shaw's second hissed straight and low towards the hole. Moss; JBljiy.etr a clever slice round the hill for 3. Shaw was past the i.n with his mashie, chip, and Moss 8 feet short. Shaw's putt stopped at the hole, and he knocked it in for 5, Moss also getting a 5. ,Moas,2B, Shaw 30.' Moss'carried'the ridge at the eighth, .but" Sbivf.'s ball landed well over and Bdarlsvrrelached the green. Moss was ,p>s,t with his chip,. and Shaw ha,d T only;,^two-foot putt to sink, 'and again .had the-honour. Moss 32^ Shaw ■23.',.:'""'':: .;;..- ■ ; ■-.■■■■■ ~, 'Moss at the ninth was pushed.'out"'to the right. Shaw's was straight;' but short ;i!s.->. Moss's chip 'Was t?(teltity feet short. .Shaw's appeared tp;b,truntruly hit, a <id- curved off to the": rigirt," though -the strength was perfect. Moss laid his fourth dead. Shaw.sank the putt for 4. Moss missed his, and the .next. Moss 38, Shaw 37. At the tenth, Shaw'pulled his second, but put) his third out of the rough, ten feet from the pin. Moss, playing his. third, out of the bunker, lay a little further from the hole. Both were down in. 5. Moss 43, Shaw 42. - .'.;Shaw^gpt a beautiful drive at the eleventh,:- but Moss topped his from "fifty-yards. His second was in the thick] grass near the ditch, but his Si'ashie "'Shot was good, lying fifty yards Short of the green. Shaw's second,: a -magnificent brassio, was thirty yards from the pin, and his third was -within an" easy putt, which he got, doing the" h6le in 4 to Moss's 6. Moss 39, Sha'ri'"-36." M,oss was short at the tweifthj^ahd Shaw through the green. Moss-played a magnificent approach, a; yard from the hole. Shaw all but h'6red:"h'is"with high pitch.. Moss 52, ■Shaw:49. +';Both got long drives at the thirteenth. Shawns iron, was through the-greeny and Mosa'-s short. Shaw's appfoaehr was short, Moss laid his dead for a 4, but Shaw sank a five-foot putt for a-4: "Moss 56, Shaw 53. •"■The snatch ended in a win for Shaw, ■76 to-Moss's 79.