The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1916-1920, 1919-08-19

vandeventer, New York; Hugh NJ. Keiieher,
Seattle, va. George 3. Groesbeck, New York
on the fourth. when his second landed
but twenty feet of the green.
He followed by bagging q bird on
the nth. After slicing his drive behind
q mound, he pitched q mashis to within
twelve feet OF the pin and ran down q
single putt A s on the sixth was fol-
lowed by on tho seventh. when he
took three puts
But The second half Of this round was
one Of the worst Jones has shown since
arriving here. After being bunkered on
the eleventh, he took a 6. and then
faced the difficult twelfth. With q good
drive be hooked long brassie to the
high grass and lost his ball.
After playing another one, he played
his fourth across the green into a trap.
His fifth ran over into another pit. and
he took to get on. and wound up
with an 8. He got in with 43 for the
second half. and q round of 81.
Poor Afternoon start.
His start for the afternoon was poor.
His second shot sliced almost out of
bounds. and he had to play his third
straight out into the fairway. On in
four, he got a 8. The fourth also cost
him that figure. He drove to the rough.
was short and then caught trap on his
third. He finished the nine IN ~.
Then he steeled to a fine consistent
gait and turned the second nine holes
in par figures OF SO. With SIS on the
tenth and twelfth and SIS on the eleventh
and thirteenth he came to the eighteenth
green in even as. HIS first two shots
there were well nigh perfect. leaving him
an eight foot putt for 8, which would
have melted him a tie with the leading
trio. The ball ran straight for the hole.
and stopped Just on the lip OF the cup.
His card In the morning was:
f Hn t.: ::::.::.:: s:sssssttsL.,
In the afternoon he turned inI
In. ............. ss6sii i-ss-7s
John q. Anderson, who topped the
metropolitan delegation. had a fine
chance to have taken first place after
his morning round of 7s.
But he came to grief in the afternoon
when he took an eight at the fifth. His
drive hooked into a deep trap, leaving
him an almost .unplayable lie. but he
chose to try It
Anderson Drops Back.
After three inefrectual attempts he
was forced to drop back, taking a PEN
atty of two strokes. He shot his seventh
to the green, and holed single putt
to save an eight. The third had pre-
viously cost him 6. when he took three
puts. His total for the nine holes ran
to As. He had no less than five 5s on
his return trip, and finished the side in
| 40.
Anderson's morning card was:
in.............. 4is 1854 ts7-7s
In the afternoon he turned In:
i In. ............. sSsssSs ES-,,
The days activities were not with
out disappointments and surprises.
Chief among them Was rne failure OF
Oswald Kirkby, the Metropolitan cham
pion, to qualify. Kirkby got away to
an suspicious start with trio of Al
| on the first three holes. At this stage
he developed troubled in his tee shots
He topped his effort badly at the fourth
and took 6. The same thing hap
pened at the fifth and he had no chance
for anything better than a 6. After
finishing the short sixth he again gol
| away a miserable drive on the seventh
hooking a low one to high grass and
taking another 8. He finished the nint
holes In ~.
The second half was even more dis
astrous. Erratic driving was handicap
ping him right along, and reached II:
climax at the seventeenth. He got of &
long ball here. but 1t landed in a trap
a deep muddy one at that. He chopped
away until he had counted fve befor,
he got out. Kirkby then overran the
green, and after getting on took thre,
puts. His record for the second hal
was 46.
Nothing daunted he began the after
noon round fully confident OF picking VI
his rather heavy handicap. But hi
trouble lurked with him throughout tn,
round. He was mourning penalties or
an average of every other hole and tool
~ on each side in his morning round
netting IT'S for the day.
sweetser Outside Fold.
Jesse W. Sweetser of Ardsley was an
other to suffer the disappointment o.
failing to get In. After an SO in the
morning round he felt rather conaden
OF being able to cut that by 3 or
strokes, which would have put him in
But instead he ran to 81. which left hin
just outside the fold.
Lester Conley OF Siwanoy also fell BY
the wayside. Conley played with Bobby
Jones, ana practically eliminated himself
with a round of 90 in the morning. H
was only slightly better In the afternoon
taking OIL for total OF 1873 Peter Har,
mon suffered like fate with a 81 for hi.
first round. He rallied with an So in tn,
afternoon but was considerably short
Gardiner White, who was teamed will
Oswald Kirkby. played consistent gol
throughout and compiled total of l6S
Chick Evans was somewhat off form
in the morning. when he totalled SO, bu
he came back in the afternoon with
rs, landing him in n tie for fifth plac
with John G. Anderson.
Francis Ouimet made his appearance
and played in spite OF his weakened
conditions. He was going strongly II
the morning with a 3S for tho first min
and Al TO total TO- But in the after
noon he ran to 81. The fifteenth cost hin
not less than strokes. His second sho
} got into a deep bunker. and he didn'
have the strength to play heavy driv
J ing iron to get out. He took six I
rescue himself and had three puts afte
J getting on.
Jerry Travers displayed good. stead