! and it ran dead true until within
I inches o! the cui». where it veered off
just as it seemed al'Oiit to drop. \'on
I Elm stepped up and sank ih* 'a inch
putt t' at crowned him amateur golf
champion of the United States, nerv
ously but firmly stroking the ball
into a cup that held for him fruition
of the thwarted efforts of four year.
The new champion is a native < f
Salt Uike City and has attained some
prominence as an amateur boxer in
the West, lie was a member of the
1 Walker Cup team last Spring and was
j placed third in the official ranking list
of <he United States golfing associa
tion this year, heliind Jones and
Siv etrei. Four rears ago he w..s
suspended as an amateur because >f
j his connections with a si*orting goons
i house selling golf supplies. He w.-.s
reinstated the following year.
Von Kim's' game is ohuracterized
i by the crispest of iron shots, fairly
] good length from the tee and ;* snif>nth
i and easy putting stroke. He is *
great champion and a worthy sn •*
cessor to the man lie dethroned. Hi<
entire attitndr* in championship com
petition is u ruthlessness that has ,n
it something of the ferocity of th*>
' jungle animal for whom has be* n
| nicknamed, a tenseness, and readiness
j to spring that forms an infallible indi
cation of his will to wjn.
