Throughout the whole match Crompton never once succeeded in. taking the lead, At the end of the: outward half in the first round he was four down, and after minor fuetuations he was again four down after the first 18 holes.
At the beginning of the second round Thomson adopted the only) method by which it is possible to succeed on greens such as we are now -experiencing. He went hard for the hole, and in most cases it paid him, Crompton lacked thi confidence on the greens, and being. absolutely out of luck lost ground steadily, until the position was that. he stood seven down and 12 to go.
Then Crompton started to fight, and brought off one of the finest Gnishes of a golf match that has been witnessed in Shanghai. Ho was somewhat tired as was seen by his' shorter drives, but he took everything out of his approaches and went for the hole with his putts, His approaches were his finest point and at the eighth hole he just missed a one. He reduced the margin from seven until Thom-
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