New-York tribune., 1920-09-08
Armour Lone
Foreign Entry
Left I'm Meet
Has Hard Time, However,
i'm Coming Through i'm
Match Against Hofner
By Ray Mccarthy

Upon the shoulders, or hands, Of
young Thomas D. Armour, who is the
sole survivor Of the foreign invasion
Of the national amateur golf cham
pionship tournament, rests the hopes
of the British Kingdom. The dark
haired Scotchman, who holds the
French amateur title, is the only player
from the other side who is still in
the running.
c. P. Grier, Canadian champion, was
quickly removed from the struggle YES
terday by Robert Gardner, of Chicago.
This left Armour to gS it alone, and
Tor a while it appeared very much as
II the lad from bonnie Scotland would
fall by the wayside also. On the home
stretch of the second round his chances
appeared none too roscate. In fact, thev
probably could have been purchased
Tor less than a song.
George Hoffner, of the Bala Club, Of
rhlladelphia, one of the most brilliant
players in the Quakcrtown section, was
opposed to Armour. Hoffner did not
get into his stride until the afternoon
round had begun. But once he began
making, his shots good, he quickly
overlook and passed the man from
abroad and at the turn of the second
round Hoffner looked every inch the
winner.
Hoffner Takes Lead
He rapidly forged to the front, and
going to the thirteenth hole was il:
the lead by two holes. Playing as he
was this margin looked plenty large
enough to win for him, and Il appeared
more so when Armour threw away a
royal chance on the thirteenth hole by
playing his chip shot short and missing
putt.
But Armour is plugger, and he
held to his task with the determina-
ton and tenacity of bulldog. His
efforts were rewarded on the four
teenth hole. Here Hofrner played into
played dead to the green and got his
3: The Philadelphia went to the far
side of the carpet from the bunker
and took two puts to get down. On
the next hole Hoffner slipped off again
and his sloppier play cost him this
hole also.
The Quaker hooked his drive, shot
over to the rough on his second, was
short on his third and finally took 6.
armour was short on his second shot
and fiubbed his third, but he managed
to get S to win However. he I'M
mediately returned the lead to Hoff
ner on the sixteenth hole. Here the
visitor topped his drive, hooked his
second, went over the green in 3 and
then picked up. HofFner, on in two
took two puts for a.
But in this merry up and down whirl
Hoffner refused to stay up and after
playing short on his second on the
seventeenth he shot over the green on
los ho L-1,
squared the match once more and they
started for the eighteenth. Here Hoff-
ner was short again on his cecond
while Armour got on. He Clipped on in
three but missed putt Of several feet.
while Armour made his second for q d
and the match.
Plays Carter To-day
To-day Armour plays Philip Carter.
OF the Shlnnecock Club, and is figured
to win, but it begins to look as though
the British invasion will be completely
blocked out of the picture tomorrow,
provided Jones wins to-day from Dyer
Bobby will then meet Armour, and if
the Scot gets by this round we shall
have to begin to worry about our anna
teur title
Ihe HERON Harmon match, thc siz-
zler of the day, and one Of the keenest
contests ever staged in champion-
ship meet, was the only struggle to 90
to extra holes. The following cards
show how the lead was tossed back and
forth:
MORNING
Out:
Hsrmnn Hsrron '...t ss4454sstss-.sss
In:
Hsr%on HsrFa1 tst Ills ! sas-s5 s-1s-s5
AFTERNOON
Out:
5isr%on Hsrr"o ::ts+ ::::::t s+tsasss s-ss s-ss
In.
Heron Heron .....s4 ..s44+ss545 s-4o-7s
Extra holes-Herron. a; Harmon. a.
Ouimet's tussle with young Hickey
was Of brilliant hue and one worth
going far to see. This is how Ouimet
won it:
MORNING
Out:
nG!%:t fl'tTss ::::s ::s s-ts "a
In:
GsssS Gr!%:t :::s a s-s5-ss s-s5-ss
AFTERNOON
oy%s. o%.,..
naHsS nialnst ..:s ..:':t s-te s-te
In:
ouimet .......3 3 44344
Hickey .......4 s 2
Ouimet Sinks Long Puts
On the morning round Oumet sank
putt Of twelve feet on the fourth,
one Of eight feet on the eleventh and
a atwenty-fvc-footer on the twelfth. On
the sixth he lost his ball. In the after
noon he played straight golf. Hickey
played we'll all the way with the excep-
ton of one or two holes, and also made
several long puts.
jess Swcetser and Ned Sawyer, club
mates from Siwanoy, have been rated
as being about equal in ability. But
yesterday young Jess handed his older
opponent a decisive trimming, playing
superb golf all the way. His score was
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