New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1920-09-10
OPniirrnet Again
Keeps 1ararels
From Invaders
Conqueror of Vardom and
Ray Subdues Scotchmam
i'm Third Round Match
By Ray Mccarthy

1t remained for Francis Ouimet to
come to the fore once more and repel
the last Of the British invaders in the
greatest national amateur golf tourna,
ment ever held in this country. Thomas
D. Armour, Of Scotland. war veteran
who carries the scars of several wounds
and grand golfer, the lone survivor of
the foreign contingent that includes
Canadians and Britons, succumbed to
the prowess Of the Boston star in a
hard-fought match yesterday. The score
was UP and A to play.
The Massachusetts, sharpshooter, who
astonished the golfng world in 1918 BY
defeating Harry Vardon and Ted Ray
Cor the open championship, had to play
the best game he has shown thus far
in this meet to conquer the game Celt.
The Woodland player, however, gave
the large gallery that trooped after
him the impression that he was play
ing still wells within himself and would
be very At against Bobby Jones, the
Atlanta sensation, to-day.
Before. the match It was generally
figured that Ouimet would win handily,
this calculation being based chiefly on
the fact that the majority of Armour
rounds have been above 80. His NOM
ing turn yesterday called for "a strokes,
and this kind Of play will never win
any matches from Ouimet, Jones or
Evans when they are on theft 9ame.
Consequently Armour was down at
the end Of the first half Of the 36-hcle
journey and apparently hopelessly out
Of it.
But the Scot, who has plenty Of fne
shots in his bag, and who 10 above all
sticker in match play, began o whirl-
wind pace in the afternoon. Only for
the fact that the Woodland Club lad
kept right with him, step for step, or
hole for hole, he would havs accom-
plished his object and mission Of reach
ing the semi-fnal round
Theirs was par golf in the afternoon
and give and take contest Of the
finest sort. Armour was hitting his
tee shots full on the nose in this Sec
ond half, was planting his iron shots
dead on the green on virtually every
hole and was putting like demon. But
going Ouimet. The Bay Slater not only
hung to his opponent all the way, but
went him several better when it came
to putting.
They halved the first two holes in
the afternoon in par 4s. On the third
Armour hooked his drive to the rough,
got poor second and failed to reach
the green until he had consumed four
shots. Ouimet, on in two, took 4 to
win the hole and become up. But
the Scot got this one back on the
fourth when he got home with two
fine shots, while Ouimet, in the rough
on his drive, took two more shots to
get on and two puts.
Fouss resulted on the rest Of the
holes until the ninth, where Armour
cut his opponents lead by winning the
hole with birdie a. He also won the
tenth, Ouimet catching trap after his
tee shot had run across the green. This
left the American but three up.
Ouimet halved the next hole by sink
ing a putt Of eight feet and won the
twelfth by dropping another long putt
The Bostonian was in form now and
going wild on the greens. On the thir'
teenth both reached the green in 2
Armour being away. He ran his third
dead to the hole, but Ouimet sank his
"a roll of some twenty five feet-and
maintained his advantage Of up.
At the fourteenth. the battleshir
hole, Ouimet got on from the tee, but
Armour fell short. His second failed
to come to the top and on the third
he shot over to the other side. The
Scotsman then conceded the match and
thus the last Of the foreigners in the
1920 tourney were disposed Of. Their