New-York tribune., 1920-09-08

out in SO and back in SO for 72 the
best golf of the forenoon round Evans
looks TO be at the top of his game
ana nothing short of fine golf is going
to drop him by the wayside. 'e
Another Western star who suddenlv
came upon his best game was Roi
Gardner. c. B. 'Grier, the Canada n
cnampion' found himself quickly blast
ca e, out OF the cast. Gardner PLAYED
the last 20 holes of his match in n
stroEes, three under As. This clip
Moutu ~ nave dlslocated almost any man
IN II, the field. In the afternoon the
Chicago entry went out in 35 and then
started home with 3-3. At this point
the match ended abruptly, since Griar
was only human.
Gardner has been coming TO his
game BY slow stages, but he has now
arrived, and when he meets Bill
Fownes to-day the contest should he
one of the days classics as Fownes
IS one of the finest match players in
the field. '''
BE Bobby Jones stepped into fast
With Simpson Dean spn another a n's Geopg;sn ma{1h
Jones was up in the forenoon ntan,
round where only three holes were
halved. But in the afternoon Dean
began to sink IL footers where Jones
was missing brace of footers and
so at the third hole Dean was only /
down. Here Jones stuck in a birdie
at the 405-yard fourth, and at the
eighth he planted birdie 2. Jones
was out in 35a gainst 36 for Dean,
which shows the quality of the golf
the two young Georgans were playing.
Oswald Kirkby, two down in the
forenoon, opened with his best golf in
Ho
II when Clarke Corkran finally sue
cumbed to an endless series of pars.
klrkby had only one hole over par
through the entire round, another ex-
ample Of the speed shown by the sur
vivors.
Par Is Reached Often
Par, in fact, was in dazed condition
before The day was over, for in his
match against Albert Seckel Fred
Wright, OF Boston, played we'll in the
morning and then stepped out in a "a
for his outgoing afternoon round. In
this victorious match he had seven 4s
and two 3s, and while Scckel was out
in 3s he never had chance. At the
long ninth hole Wright discovered that
he had left his putter on the last green,
80 while waiting for his caddic to re-
trieve the lost club he borrowed
seckel's putter, and then sank 4o-foot
putt for over one Of the most
treacherous green's on the course.
Tommy Armour is the last of the in
vaders to survive. The Scotchman had
q rugged battle with George Hoffner, Of
Philadelphia, but won out on the final
green by two fine shots that brought
him home. where Hoffner was triflc
short. Hoffner, down most of the way,
he al.
by holding his niblick shot out of the
trap for 2, the same hole that cost
Cyril Tolley an s and his chance to
qualify.
Tolley was part of the days gallery,
receiving the regrets Of all sportsme n
for his hard luck turn, for while he
failed to qualify he proved his sports
manship by coming 5000 miles to give
Gardner or some other American an
other chance. There are many things
in the game above mere winning.
Among the sixteen survivors nine
are from the East, five from the West.
seas. And from the class of golf
shown by those who stood yesterdays
test. selecting winner is ns hard a
Job as ever.
Three Of the feature matches to-
day should be between Gardner and
Fownes, Sweetser and Wright, Jones
and Dyer. But there isn't a star left
who has q pickup or romp.
In the top bracket there are four
who have already won amateur cham
pionships. These are Evans. Gardner,
Fownes and HerroU. In the lower
bracket Qumet is the only past winner,
but In the same bracket there is Bobby
Jones, who is easily one Of the most
formidable entries In the field.
II Ouimet and Jones can slip safely
by trouble for the next two days they
will meet in Friasy'a semi final, but
both will have more tran little to do
before they come together. The tension
will develop with to-dsy's drive con-
eluded, where only eight survivors
await Thursdays cell.
Michaels Ssope Smith