The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1914-05-21
Special ca6ie DespatcA to rnr Sex

SANDWICH, England, May 2O-It all
rests with Chick Evans and Harold Weber
as far as Americas chances of winning
the British amateur championship are
concerned. for when play ended to-day.
they We're the only survivors of the group
OF ten who began play with such high
hopes on Monday Nearly every one here
looks to Evans to make the last stand
for America, as Weber Is not regarded
as especially dangerous, although he has
played excellent golf In the matches that
/ he has won thus far. all eyes viii be
upon the Chicago golfer tomorrow.
Second only to the startling defeat of
Jerome Travers on Monday was the
| downfall of Francis Ouimet. the American
! open champion, in the second round to-
/ day. Ouimet rested yesterday as he was
/ not called upon until to-day. This MORN
/ ing he Jared forth in search OF victory
! with n comparatively unknown golfer, IA.
/ Tubbs OF the nearby Littlestone Club as
his opponent Tubbs was generally re-
garded as playing the part OF "A stepping
/ stone In the course OF the American
/ champions triumphai progress toward
the later and more severe rounds, but he
refused TO play his part, and beat Ouimet
by up and I to play after "A match that
( was second to none in close and excite
ment breeding play.
~ lfh I'NilbNt Hl1fF MlllllltE iftli-
dily from J. X. Plat In the second round,
was beaten by the Hon Michael scott, one
Of England's best golfers. IN the third
round. and Arthur @. Lockwood was elm
mated by G. q. Hayward of Ealing. the
list of American survivors dwindled until
only Evans and Weber remained
Some Of England's best went down to
defeat to-day, so the losses were not all
upon the eide of the visitors from over
seas. Harold Hilton and Robert Harris,
the winner and runner up OF 1913. met
this morning and again Hilton was tri-
umphant He won by W and 10 play.
and his victory meant the removal OF
Harris from the list Of championship pos
sibilities. John Ball. eight times cham
pion of Great Britain. was another favor
lite who tasted defeat. He was beaten on
the nineteenth green by Capt. A. n. Ham
bro. a well known golfer, who ranks high.
! although never a champion. Two Wilton,
/ the Australian open champion, who beat
! Fraser Hale OF Chicago yesterday, was
himself beaten to-day by -. Lockhart, and
Australians hopes " taking the British
title to the Antipodes are ended. Hilton,
II. n Gillies and John Graham, Jr. are
considered to be the best of the home
golfers who still are In the race FOR the
title.
Ouimets defeat can In a large measure
be accounted for by weakness on the
putting greens, n surprising development
in his game. and one that proved fatal
ruhhs with everything 70 win and moth
inv ,n lose tony adv,nta,. Of m. oman.
ings offered by Ouimets lapses when
close TO the cup and won a place for him
self in the hero division. Not much of q
gallery followed them when they started
out. for an easy victory for Ouime'
was ANTICIPATED. and besides the crowd
wanted to see Hilton and Harris engaged
once moro In mortal combat
Ouimet was In buoyant spirits when the
match began and played confidently. Tht
first three holes were halved and then
the American made the first slip lie
played the fourth hole badly and lost II
and few minutes later threw away tins
short sixth by taking three puts. That
left him down. and after halving the
seventh he won the little eighth, to 3
and WAS only one hole behind. He was
still one down when the turn for hons
was made and was out in AZ 10 40 TO-
Tubbs.
The tenth hole was won by the Brius!
golfer. and tho twelfth too went to him II
I rather lucky fashion His drive scrambled
along the ridge OF the dog legged hole
and after placing his second on the gr"'.h
. he holed a long putt for a 3. which gave
. Oulmet no chance even TO halve. Two I'm,
shots on the long thirteenth put Oume
ON the green. and he won the hole. but tn
= gain was only temporary. for he lost tn
: fnur,eertb and was down with onll
fnur holes NOR. 20 MAY.
, snectators came hooking from all part
NJ the course 10 watch Oulmat and Tuhb
as ,bev heard the news OF the sorry pllgh
: mat tho conoueror OF Vardon and Ka,
, was In His buoyant spirits of tho earl
s,oras NJ tho match replaced by a deadl
: .arIousnass as he realized the extent o
tho ,ask before him Ouimet played ol
; wItbou, n trace OF nervousness before tn
constantly Increasing gallery. HIS cool
= rs. even +, defeat was n ioy TO watch
: F,r n moment ON the f,fteenth IT locke
a. though the tiae had turned In Ouimet'
!. favor. for Tubbs was badly bunkered, bu
= the Iittlestone golfer made great re
/ / coyarv and baIyad the hole The unaX
. pec,ed escape from the clutches of IN
= bunker left him dormie and all he needle
; TO win the match was to halve ono g
;. win victory in his grasp Tubbs becam
l. nsrvons and when oulmet lust missed
= long nut, for n win al the sixteenth IN
n younp British player followed by miss
Z, ing n short putt for the shot that woul
l. have ended the match and Ouimet wo
/. tho hole Merry BUSINESS was again apps
rent when Tubbs played the seventeent
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