GOLF.

Hawera & Normanby Star, Volume LXII, Issue LXII, 10 June 1912, Page 8

GOLF.

ENGLISH AMATEUR CHAMPION-

SHIP

SY CABLE—PRESS ASSOCIATION—COPYRIGHT. LONDON, June 8.

In the final of the amateur golf championship Mr John Ball beat Mr Abe Mitchell at the thirty-eighth hole.

Amongst the crowd who witnessed the golf final were many artisans, who cheered Mitchell, who is a chauffeur. The newspapers comment adversely on the introduction of a partisan element. The "Fines says that the crowd was venomous and unsportsmanlike. The Daily News says that the aristocratic spectators did not conceal their resentment at a workman playing in the final. Both players were most sportsmanlike in their friendly lelations.