The Washington herald., 1920-09-08

old junior at the University OF
Georgia and another Atlanta prod
uct from the Prodigy School the
Boston star found himself one down
at the 18th hole. Ouimcts iron game
was none too good and as Hickey
refused 10 break the former open and
amateur champion, had to give
his best to win. Ouimet braced up
quickly on the last nine holes in
the afternoon and by winning the
I 18th and 18th. ended the match
/ But in this test the Georgia
youngster proved that he was mot
far behind Jones. Only ten DAYS
ago Jones gave Hickey three
strokes. shot a 20 and was beaten.
( As Hickey gets to play most Of his
I golf over a short nine-huIc course
4 at Athens with very little compgti-
tion 10 carry him along. he deserves
more than passing credit for his
fine play today.
] Chick Evans set one Of the swift
= est clips Of the day against F. C.
4 Newton. Tho Western champion was
I out in SO and back in SO for d q.
the best golf Of the forenoon round
q He looks to be at the top Of his
game and nothing short uf nne euIt
I is going to drop him by the way
side
( Bobby Jones stepped into a fastl
pace for while in his match with,
Simpson Dean, another Georgian
Jones was thrice UP la the fore
I noon round where only three ho.asi
| were halved. But in the afternoon
3 Dean began 10 sink twelve Iooters
where Jones was missing q brace OF
{ tWO-fOOters, and 30 at the third hoI,
NFE
. Jones stuck in birdie al tile
. sos yard fourth and at the eighth
he planted a birdie . Jones was
7 out in 35 against SO for Dean. which.
shows the quality Of golf the Iwu
Young GeorEians were playing Os-
wald kirkby. ? down iu the fore
noon. opened with his hest golf in
the afternoon. He had three 4's for
Il when Clarke Corkran finally
( suCCUmbed TO an endless series uf
/ pars- kirkby had only one hole
over par through the entire rourF-
another example Of the speed shoul
Iy the survivors
. Par. in fact, was IN a dazsd con
diuon before the day was over. For
in his match against Albert Se.krL
Fred Wright Of Boston played we'll
in the morning and then sto1nuF
. out in a S4 for his outgoing afrs--
noon round In this Victorious
march he had seven IS and Two IS
and. while Seok"I was out IN sS. he
never had a chance
Armour Survives.
/ Tommy Armour is the last of the,
/ invaders to survive. Tn, Scotch man
had a rugged battle with Georca
Hoffner Of Philadelphia hut fnar .
.
fine shots that brought him s.wa
where Hofuer was ,rle- short
Evans on Wednesday rrs.ts Reg
gle Lewis. who overtr-ew Gardiner
while on the last green T..n ".-a-
ner meets Eul Tnwr,s. 1s-. llF
Kirkby tackles Nod Au.s Dave
Heron faces Wood. T-ar.. E@nr-s
Ouimet tackles ECruE.rr -a.h. TltI
Garter. after heating r.- Md rival
Max Marst0- hy --s.Gr -n'f and
fine putting. comes aE.I0-r Tommy
Armour. Bobby Jones and Frank
Dyer mcet in h4tr.- 'Eat should
be A thriller while r-- .C the F5a-
ture matches Of the day will hr
between Jesse Sweets,- and Fro 8
Wright. as both have h.an unyin-
at top speed Among the stvrer-
survivors nine are FROM rho Ea-'
five from the West. one srum tr.
South and one from .ov. -s0as. ami
from the class of golf shown hr
those who stood Tuesdays test
selecting winner is as hard a JnN
as ever.
Feature Matches Tomorrow.
Three of the feature matches t.-
morrow should be between Gard
nov and Fawnrs. Sweet-er and
WriAhi. Jones and Over EGr there
is not a star left who mas q pick up
,or "a romp-
In the top bracket There are four
who have already won amateur
championships. These four are
Evans. Gardner Fuwu,s and Her
ron. In the lower bracket Ouimst {
is the only past winner. but in IN"
same bracket there is Bobby Jones
who is easily one NJ the most
formidable entries I'm the field
,Ouimet and Jones can Slip safely
by trouble. for the next two days
They will meet in Fridays semi
final. hut both viii have more than
la little 10 do before they come to-
'pother. The tension will develop
with Wednesdays drive concluded
Iwhore only eight survivors wait
/ Thursdays call.