The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1914-05-21
FRANCIS QUINTET DEFEATED
BY COMPARATIVE UNKNOWN
American Open Champion Develops Uncertainty
on Greens-Hereshof and Lockwood Out
Evans and Weber Left

ing. Herreshoff played his approach to the
nome green little too strongly and the
ball stopped close to wire fence. Taking
MS stance carefully Herrshoff attempted
to play the shot, but as he drew back
his club IL hit the wires and he missed
the ball on the down swing.
He then made a hurried fab that sent
the ball twenty yards wide of the hole,
ana when he failed to get down the all but
impossible putt The match wen. to Scott
Although beaten llerreshoff's great rally
In the final stages of the match made him
sort OF hero this evening, and golfers
who were In America In 1911 were telling
OF his similar rally In the final round ut
ApawamIs for the American champion
ship. when he carried Hilton an extra hole
AFTER he was seemingly hopelessly beaten.
The cards of the Scott-Hcrreshofr match:
Hon. Michael Scott, Royal 81. George'si
n; , .....,.:...... tStsst 1ss-77
Frederick Herreshon. Ekvanok
in'... :......... sttSSsss C,s-7s
Nothing but encouragement for the
Americans resulted from the golf offered
by Evans and Weber. Both played bril-
Iantly. Evans had as his opponent, II.
W. scott golfer who IL fairly well
known. though not considered as being IT,
the top rank. All the way 10 the turn.
the play was close and Evans was only
one up when they drove on the tenth tee
Coming In. the American played steadily,
and to the surprise Of the onlookers
seemed TO grow steadier when his oppon-
ont was pressing him hardest. He kept
his lead well I'm hand and won the match
by three up and two 10 play. His con.
fidence Increased az the match progressed
ana when II was over ne was brlmful OF
confidence in regard to his chances OF
winning again tomorrow.
go to sleep for one moment" was hts COM
ment to-day as he walked back to the
clubhouse from the sixteenth green, where
his match had ended.
Weber was called upon to play two
matches to-day. but the double duty did
not worry him. In the morning he won
easily from X. NJ. Carlisle OF Summing
dale. Out In 80. Weber was 6 up at the
turn, and won the match by up and 8
70 play His afternoon opponent was a.
Marriott. and although the match was
not 40 one sided as that Of the morning
Weber was not especially hard pressed at
any stage Of the round. lie won on the
home green by 2 up
Both of the American survivors have
difficult matches before them Tomorrow
Capt g. X Hutchinson of ST. Andrews
who has won many notable victories ir
British golf and who was runner up e
Robert Maxwell in the amateur cham,
| Tlonship ~ 1909 AZ Mulrfeld will try &
| put Harold Weber out OF the running and
| Evans will meet G. Il. MacfaTlane. another
Scotch golfer with an impressive record
/ Macfarlane was a semi-finslist In tn,
| amateur championship OF 1912 and IL
! the same year was the runner up for tn.
| French amateur title
80 to-morrows test WI be a severe on,
| FOR the two surviving Americans, and AL
| though their hopes OF victory are high
! haN bot fh...f 20 81, l,,..
est Kind Of a struggle. While Weber anc
| Evans are struggling against Hutchinson
ard Macfarlane, two of the leading British
| PLAYERS will be playing each other.
Either ". D. G'llies or John Graham
= Jr., will have To join the ranks Of tn,
{ defeated IA the morning. and "a Gilllei
has the reputation OF being the mos
unlucky golfer in all England tn,
prophets are predicting this evening tina
he viii be the one TO fall The first three
. days OF the championship have beer
! marked by almost ideal weather anC
| players and spectators alike are hoplni
that It will continue until the champion
, for 1914 wins his crown.