New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-07-11
Three Eastern
Golfers Still in
Big Tourney
Anderson, Ouimet and Gull
ford Survive First Round
Play at Chicago

Chicago, July 10.-Three leading
Eastern golfers, two international play
ers and one Southerner were among the
sixteen survivors to-day Of the first
match round in the Western amateur
golf championship playing at tho Mid
lothian Country Club. All the South
orn contenders, except Reuben Bush,
of New Orleans. were eliminated, IN
GLIDING Bobby Jones, OF Atlanta, South
ern champion, who succumbed to Ned
Sawyer, of Chicago and !, after hold
ing the former champion even on the
first nine holes with par golf.
Donald Edwards, of Midlothian, after
scoring low medal score of loo Tor
thirty-six- hole qualifications, defeated
Tom Prescott, of Atlanta, 3 and J.
The longest match of the day was
between Jesse Guilford, Massachusetts
champion. who won on the twenty-sec-
ond hole from Walter Crowdus. another
public links golfer. Guilford, despite
his long drives, was down at the turn,
but hit his stride on the second nail
with a string Of pars and brides, and
caught his opponent at the home green:
Jack May, Argentine champion, bested
+. J. Douglas, of Chicago, ana /,
while ]. s. Worthington, of England,
eliminated Perry Adair, the young At
lantan, by the same margin.
Gallery Follows Jones
The match that attracted the gallery
was staged between Bobby Jones and
Ned Sawyer, and was the best golf OF
the first round. Sawyer went out IN
80 and Jones in 81, one over par, ana
they were even on holes at the halfway
point. Sawyer made 1t up with
par 4 at the fourteenth, but the South
ern champion made birdie 8 on inc
492-vard fifteenth, standing l down and
g to 20. Sawyer drew birdie on the
53S-yard sixteenth with a long putt, and
was dormie .. With long putt Tor
half on the seventeenth the young
Georgian lifted his ball and conceded
the hole and match, 3 and !.
Francis Ouimet, former national ANA
teur and open champion. found Tartar
in p. :. Mcintyre, rather lneEpen.
enced Chicagoan. Ouimet won the hrst
hole in par 4, but took 6 on the second,
two over par. and on the third, one
over mar. and was ! down. He squared
II on the 52O-ysrd fourth with birdie
4 and was 1 up at the sixth, won IN
mar 3, Another birdie 4 on the 49O-
lard seventh made the Bostonian up.
Mcintyre then halved the next six
holes but was down after losing the
fourteenth. With birdie on the
long sixteenth Mcintyre kept Ouimet
10 dormie .. but lost the seventeenth
and the match, down and TO play.
John G.. Anderson, twice runner-up
in the national amateur championship,
also had trouble in his match with raul
Gardner, Of Chicago, being down at
one time, but he finally overcame his
opponent on TIE seventeenth hole.
Ouimet Plays Henry
Ouimet. who is the upper half OF the
draw. will play the 36-hole second
round match with J. T. Henry, Chi
cago public links golfer, while John
Anderson, in the lower half, Will meet
Robert Bowker. also a player on the
municipal links here. Guilford, OF Bos-
ton. meets G. Decker French, medalllst
in 1911 and 1915. Bush, the New Or
leans star, will meet Kenneth Edwards
For the first time in a national tour
nament. stymies were abolished under
new rule of the Western Golf Associa-
ton. some OF tne pld!NiS nm" ~
plan. while others said II removed some
of the elements of competition.
Results of the first match round, the
winners being matched tomorrow WIN
the next winners below, follow:
Donald Edwards. Chicago. defeated Tom Pres
colt. Auauts. and J. ,.., ,,-- .s.tr
L s Worhington. England dictated Perry Aasf
T., II. Bankard Chicago. defeated Richard Hickey.
Iock NAV Buenos Ayres. defeated Frank Doug
lass Chicago. and !. .,,,. can
Paul Burnett. Chicago. dcfeated Addison suli-
well Chicago. and 2 NJ. c4,..ro
j. Peterson. Chicago. defeated X hone 'hlc4so'
J. +. Henry Chicago defeated Albert secSel'
Francis Ouimei. Boston defeated A 5 Mcintyre
Kcnarstb Edwards. Chicago. dcfessed Runcis
Martin Chicago. 10 hoes. , ,.. -
RclIien Bush. New Orleans defeated Arhuf Lee
Detroit 4 and ;. 10000, ,,,,..- c.d,,s
Chicago - holes. ,,., r.,,,
q Decker French Rock Island. defeated PauI
Hunter. Chicago. ana j - ,,-.s paul
John G.. Anderson. New YORK. ueleaNu 9N'
Gardner. Chicago. and l. $780,.
Robert Bowker. Chicago. defea'eh ~ hhopIN''
Sioux city. 3 and ?. , ,,-,.- 49,,
Robert Maxwell Cmcsgo ceiealeu faNe' --'
Chicago = and ]. $1,000 NJ. -.
ID r. Sawyer Chicago. deleaed h"''It '""oS'
Atlanta. and ].