New-York tribune., 1921-05-26
Jones, Fownes, Hunter
and Douglas Go Down
10 Defeat i'm Amateur
Championship Tourney
ALI British Stars
Also Are Eclipsed
Clever Putting Wins for
Boston Man a Place
in the Last Eight
By Grantland Rice
Snecinl Cnbls TO Thc Trih,ae

CopyriRht- lSZl, New oEk tribune Inc.
LIVERPOOL, England, May 25. -
With Bobby Jones, Captain Bill Fownes
Paul Hunter and Jimmy Douglas skid
ding off the high precipice to the gray
valley Of defeat, young Fred Wright
Of Boston, Massachusetts, amateur
champion, remains as the sole Ameri-
csn to reach the last eight in the Brit
ISL classic. AS our stars sank from
sight Wright, playing steady, courage
Gus golf, with his nimble putter work
ing we'll, earned his way into the
sixth round by blasting the veteran
Fownes and the super-veteran John
Ball out Of the tournament with enor-
nous galleries looking on.
Once again the sun stalked like a
tyrsnt with flaming sword, baking the
course to even q further hardness,
vracking the nerves and disposition of
countless players. One consolation il
hst the leading British stars have all
passed out along with the leading
Americans. The surviving Britons for
the most part sre unknown players
who have never reached the last eight
before
Jones and Toliey Fall
Bobby Jones and Cyril Tolley, the
British title-hoder picked to reach the
semihnal, crashed together in nose
dives on the morning round. both going
fr from true form in defeat. Eight
thousand lined up 10 see Jones grappie
With Allan Graham. brother of the late
lem Graham. British star who was
dlied n the waF. zones was uncertain
ifom the tee and with iron shots fving
many yards off the line, STRUGGLED
aoEelessiy to get going.
Ills Old precision was entirely lost
tlte Intermittent brilliant strokes
nlAed With many bad ones. Going out
~. the Atlanta youth was three
aewn ct 5he turn, and after losing
hs senth With badly sliced iron an
Eoaeh ne missed short putt on the
sigFenth 70 become Eve down, with
aalg tragedy ahead.
lenes was finally beaten by 6 and s.
eSlng cut 70 join 0uimet aud Evans,
Pa had gone the way Of sorrow the
aiy before. The American youngster
atd no excuse to cfrer He as simply
ma big slump Ike the others.
Aeanwhile Toiley, the British hope,
Paying even worse than Jones, was
5eaten by j &. BeddGrd, an unknown.
Ioiley, sicing. topping and heeling
saos and putting poorly, was beaten
e ordinary golf in an amazing rever-
al Of torn. Young Jimmy Douglas.
iomer Princeton student and now Of
oxford, gave John Ball terrific bat
lie. Douglas was dormie one and lost
the fnal hole with a short mashie ap-
proach after getting q fine three at tne
seTenteenth
Huge Crowd Present
Bali won on the nineteenth green.
with a cheer going up from tho
BIC crowd as the veteran sank
the winning putt Ball played
ID the drst championship tour-
lament here at Hoylake forty-four
Years ago. The veteran made a gal
Ant fight, playing steady golf
me afternoon round found Wright
and Hunter the lone surviving Ameri-
cans. Wright had eliminated Captain
Lownes after d hard struggle, while
hohter stopped Pegler by up. Wright
laced Ball on the afternoon round b.
lore the greatest crowd of the tourna-
aent, which closed around the match
ready to applaud every shot old John
The first five holes were halved in
aIhe, steady golf, both playing extreme
we'll. But Wright took the lead at
As Slxth and was never headed, as the
great veteran began to tire BY win
1lns the eighth and ninth in par fig
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