New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1920-09-09

ing an eight or ten foot putt.
Ihe turning point Of this match
came at the thirteenth and fourteenth
holes in the afternoon. Heron, trapped
at the thirteenth on his second, was over
the green on his third and needed 6.
He was then down. At the short four
teenth Platt pumped his ball over into
near the junction of grass and sand at
the back Of the hazard. Herron's high
pitch stepped twelve feet from the
tin. Plat, with a murderous recovery
to make, not only got his ball out, but
put 1t within four feet Of the cup for
half in 8.
Two down and only four to play,
HERON faced rugged task. This task
became even harder when Plat pitched
from the matted grass on the fifteenth
and holed his eight-footer for par 4.
AS the sixteenth and seventeenth were
halved Heron finally succumbed by the
margin Of 2 and /.
1t was a hard blow for Dave, but he
had never been able to get his game
going at the old Oakmont clip. Platt's
fine punting and wonderful recoveries
featured his play.
Ex-Champions Locked in Grapple
While Bobby Jones was downing
Frank Dyer and Tommy Armour was
eliminating Phil Carter, two past
champions were locked in an old
fashioned battle when Bob Gardner
and Bill Fownes came together. This
match was featured by two sudden
turns. In the morning round Fownes
opened at such speed that he left Gard
| ner far in the rear. While the Chicago
ing out nothing but As and So. and so
he was up at the seventh hole.
Later on in the journey Gardner cut
this big lead to a pair of holes He
was down at the forenoon finish,
but once again Fownas got the jump
and around the eighth hole in the
afternoon he was 7 up. Then Gard
rer cut the leash and by coming back
in 33 Fownes had to make two wonder
full second shots to hold his margin.
He was only 2 up coming to the Gath
green.
In the face of Gardeners fine tee shot
the Pittsburgh veteran was forced to
play spoon shot over group of
trees to reach the green, one of the
finest shots of the day. At the 35th
he was again called upon to ram
long second home, and once again he
dropped the ball within few feet
of the cup. Gardeners 33 on the home
ward journey was another exhibition
of his gameness and skill, but the rally
came too late against golfer OF
Fownes's experience, judgment, skill
and nerve.
Another dramatic upset followed
when Ned Allis, down to Oswald
Kirkby at the oath hole, finally emerged
triumphant on the 39th green. Kirk
by was up, with only nine holes left.
But at this point his putting touch over
the rolling greens vanished and he
then lost six of the next eight holes,
where Allis was playing par golf.
Game Rally by Kirkby
One down coming to the 36th hole,
Kirkby rallied and carried the battle
on by getting fine 4. After two
halved holes in par Kirkby's tee shot
on the seth went out of bounds, and
this was enough to settle the match.
Both men played good sound golf all
day until the turn came in the last
nine holes.
Jones was up against Frank Dyer
in the morning battle, but in the after
noon Dyer played the first thirteen
stay in the scrap. But Jones, after
losing four holes finally settled the
match on the short fourteenth.
AS result of yesterdays matches
Evans meets Fownes to-day, while
Allis is facing Platt in the upper half.
In the lower half, Quimet, who won
easily, takes on Tommy Armour, the
surviving Scotsman, who has proved
that he is an opponent not to be taken
lightly. Another feature match will
come between Jones and Fred Wright
of Boston. These two youngsters tied
for the medal round on Monday at 154,
and Wright added new laurels to his
record yesterday by defeating Jesse
Sweetser, after hard struggle, and /.
The elimination Of Heron and Gard
ner makes the winner Of the Evans
Fownes match look like the finalist in
the upper wing of the draw, while if
Quimet and Jones both win to-day, they
| will meet tomorrow in a 36-hole test
that will draw one of the greatest
galleries on record. But before they
get this far they must both overcome
two strong opponents who are playing
championship golf in Armour and
Wright.