New-York tribune., 1920-09-07

the only lumlnartes who fell by the
rugged wayside. Jerome D. Travers,
Jesse Guilford. John G. Anderson,
Thomas Sherman, William C. Reekie, j.
S. Worthington, E. NJ. Byers-these and
many others Of note drifted OFF into
various forms Of trouble and were left
outside the championship fold.
The failure Of many stars TO qualify
is an old story from many champion
ships, but the list has never been
longer than the one to-day, where both
the Engineers and North Shore offered
two gruelling tests Of widely differ
ent types.
Youngsters Lead Entries
But where British invaders and
American veterans were fading out
into the gray mists, two youngsters
from the East and South stepped out
in front Of the field to lead the long
est parade that ever entered cham
pionship.
These two were Fred J. Wright, Of
Boston, and Bobby Jones, OF Atlanta,
who literally scampered around the
two courses in 154 strokes, each with g
79 at the Engineers and rs at the
North Shore.
Both were playing goR Of the
soundest sort and when the full re-
turns were in there was no one else
within two strokes Of their mark w:
c. Fownes jr., of Pittsburgh, stepped
out next to prove that the veterans
were still around.
In addition to Jones, Ouimet, Evans,
Herron and Bob Gardner, five Of the
leading favorites, all landed safely
among the select. So did Oswald
kir!.by, Max Marston. Gardiner White,
Jesse Swcetser, New Sawyer and Simp-
son Dean, to mention only few Of
note.
Cyril Tolley's failure was the big
out his battle at the finish he had
the gallery pulling Justify for him to
reach his way into match play.
With an 81 at North Shore in
the forenoon he was out in 43
st the Engineers. With only nine
holes to So his place seemed as
sured. But disaster swooped down
upon him at the short tenth. Here he
put his tee shot out of bounds,
dumped his next into trap and be-
fore ne knew what had happened an
8 was registered upon his card
and this at hole only 155 yards in
length. This upset left little room for
error. And when he took a 6 at the
eleventh hole he was out upon the
ragged rim Of trouble.
Fine Finish Futile
Three puts at the fifteenth, through
the rain soaked grass, were again dis
appointing, but the final blow came at
the sixteenth. Here, after mag
nificent drive far down the course, he
found his bail lying heavily in the wet,
matted grass ard his niblick hit to
the green caught the bunker, leaving
him c for the hole. This killed his
final chance. He finished gamely
too late 8 at the par 3
tenth would have turned the trick for
him, but TO take one hole in five
strokes over par is killing blow in
medal test.
Both Wethered and Hope were many
strokes away. Hopes last show
came at the fourteenth, at North
Shore. He took something like eleven
strokes to get down. At any rate, the
strokes he took here were quite
enough to discourage the most. stout
hearted. Tommy Armour, however,
played excellent golf and will prove a
dangerous man at match play. While
Tolley, the British champion, failed,
c. 3. Grier, the Canadian champion,
got safely in to lend color to the in
ternational end of the tournament.
Jerry Travers, with an "a over the
Engineers, found his game slipping at
North Shore, where he finally needed
an 81, well over the mark.
Ouimet picked up 9 at the six
teenth at North Shore, but outside of
this one break his game moved along
evenly. The 9 was the result of a
second shot that caught the trees to
the right.
Guilford's failure was a hard blow
to the Boston contingent With 7S
over the Engineers he seemed in by
many strokes. But he took his round
too casually at North Shore, figuring
that he was safely through, and when
he finally reached an unplayable lie
over the eighteenth green, Z here
dropped him among the vanished stars.
The big field left in the gray mists
at Z this morning and finished in the
still grayer mists at 1920 this evening
in one of the longest grinds on record
Those who finished late were at a big
disadvantage. 1t might be noted that
Bob Gardner, Max Marston, Oswald
Kirkby and Ned Sawyer were all play
ing extremely sound golf throughout.
The thirty-two who survive start at
match play tomorrow.