The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1917-07-11
News From World of Sport
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FALL IN FIRST
ROUNDAT MATCH
Quimet Finds Tartar in In
experienced Chicago Man
Goes IL Holes
(By Associated Press.)

EASTERN BOiLSTS, Two international
players and one southerner were
among the sixteen survivors yester-
day Of the first match round In the
western amateur golf championship
playing at the Midlothian Country
club. All the southern contenders,
except Reuben Bush of New Orleans,
were eliminated, including Bobby
Jones of Atlanta, southern champion,
who succumbed to Ned Sawyer, of
Chicago, 8 and 1, after holding Saw
yer even on the first nine holes
with par golf.
Donald Edwards, of Midlothian,
after making low medal score of $50
for the 36 hole qualification, defeated
Tom Prescott, of Atlanta, 8 and l..
while Kenneth Edwards, Of the home
Runcie Martin, a Chicago public
links golfer.
The longest match of the day was
between Jesse Guilford, Massachu-
sets champion, who won on the
twenty second hole from Walter
Crowdus, another public links golfer.
Guilford, despite his long drives, was
three down at the turn, but hit his
stride on the second half with a
string of pars and brides, and
caught his opponents at the home
green. In another extra hole match,
K T. Peterson defeated his fellow
Chicagoan, r. E. Rolfe, on the nine
teenth hole.
Jack May, Argentine champion,
eliminated F. ]. Douglass, Of Chi
cago 2 and /, while j. s. Worthing-
ton, of England, defeated Perry
Adair, the young Albanian, by the
same margin.
The match that attracted the gall
lery was staged between Bobby
Jones and Ned Sawyer and was the
best golf of the first round. Sawyer
went out in 3S and Jones in 81, one
over par and were even on holes at
the half way point. Sawyer halVed
the tenth in five and won the short
eleventh with three and the twelfth
in par four, but Jones cut the lead
to one with a birdie three on the
338-yard thirteenth. Sawyer made
it two up again with a par four at
the fourteenth but the southern
champion made another birdie Three
on the 402-yard fifteenth, standing
one down and three to go.
Sawyer drew birdie four on the
53s-yard sixteenth with long putt
and was dornie two. With a putt
for q half on the seventeenth the
young Georgian lifted his ball and
conceded the hole and match, and
!.
Met a Tartar.
Francis OuimeL former national
amateur and open champion, found
a tartar in A. s. Mcintyre, a rather
inexperienced Chicagoan. who ad-
mitted he was somewhat abashed at
his famous opponent. Ouimet won
the first hole in par Z, but took six
on the second, two over par, and
four on the third, one over, par, and
was one down. He squared 1t on
the 520-yard fourth with a birdie
four and was one up at the sixth,
won in par 3. Another birdie four
on the 490-yard seventh made the
Bostonian two up.
Mcintyre then halved the next six
holes, four of them in par, but was
three down after losing the four
teenth. They halved the next and
Ouimet was dornie three. With a
birdie four on the long sixteenth,
Mcintyre kept Ouimet to dornie
two, but lost the seventeenth and
the match, three down and one to
play --z -
John q. Anderson, twice runner
up in the national amateur cham
pionship had trouble in his match
with Paul Gardner, of Chicago, be-
ing two down at one time, but he
finally overcame his opponent on the
seventeenth hole.
Ouimet, who is the upper half of
the draw will play the 36-hole Sec
ond round match with ]. T. Henry,
q Chicago public links golfer, while
John Anderson, in the lower half,
will meet Robert Bowker, also a,
player on the Municipal links here.
Guilford meets G. Decker French of
Rock Island, ILL.,, who yesterday de-
feated Paul Hunter of Chicago,
medalist in 1911 and 1915.
Bush, the New Orleans star, will
have to defeat Kenneth Edwards to-
day to keep the south represented in
the tournament.
Results of the first match round.
the winners being matched today with
the next winners below, follow:
Donald Edwards, Chicago, defeated
Tom Prescott, Atlanta, 8 and I.
J. 8. Worthington, England, de-
q. H. Bankhead. Chicago, defeated
Richard Hickey, Atlanta, and l.
Jack May, Buenos Aires, defeated
Frank Douglass, Chicago. 2 and l,
olson Stillwell. Chicago, and, 2.
J.. Peterson, Chicago, defeated r.
Rolfe, Chicago, 10 holes.
j. 7. Henry, Chicago, defeated Al
bert Seckel, Chicago. and 2.
Francis Ouimet, Boston, defeated A.
S. Mcintyre, Chicago, 3 and 1.
Kenneth Edwards, Chicago, defeat
ed Runcie Martin, Chicago, 10 holes.
Reuben Bush, New Orleans, de-
feated Arthur Lee. Detroit, and 8.
Jesse Guilford. Boston, defeated
Walter Crowdus, Chicago, 22sholes.
@. Decker, Rock Island, defeated
Paul Hunter, Chicago, 2 and !.
John 9. Anderson. New York. de-
Robert Bowker, Chicago, defeated
r, Knepper, Sioux City, 3 and 2.
Robert MarkweIl, Chicago, defeated
Parker Hall, Chicago, 2 and /.
ID. e. Sawyer, Chicago, defeated
Robert Jones, Atlanta, and !.