New-York tribune., 1921-09-22

throw the brilliant Bostsaian on the
mutt for half skidded gently by the
Young Johnston, with his feet dan
cginr over the precipicc on more than
oue occasion. had hung on with such
rim gamencss that when Cuimet
slipped at the finish he was close
enough to get his par 4, and SO move
forward against Jesse Guilford, an
ether mighty-hitting son of New Eng
land tomorrow.
1 Just after Ouimet passed out, Bob
Gardner, Of Chicago, retired Tommy
Armour, the pride of Scotland, on the
th;rty-third green, by the margin of
Willie Hunter, British champion.
started a merry chatter around the
nostoffce at Deal. England. when he
finally eliminated Jimmy Manion. of
s. Louis, in a fighting finish, by the
count Of and /.
Two Survivors From East
However, Willie must step out
against Bobby Jones in the third round
where he will be badly outdriven and
where only magic work with his tire
less putter will give the Englishman
an outside chance to win.
From the $50 who opened fire on
Saturday eight survivors now await the
third round test, where Guilford meets
johnston; Evans meets Sweetser, Gard
ne- faces knepper and Jones tackles
Hunter, leaving four men from the
West, two from the East, one from the
South and one from England still hold
ing on with the best they have. The
gsp between Sioux City and Deal, Eng
land, something better than 5000 miles.
shows the wide geographical stretch
i Of this championship as it comes into
It's closing national and international
stage.
It was the blade that helped to make
0uimet's fame that helped to steer
him upon the shoals and breakers to-
day. For years Francis was regarded
Is the logical putting successor to
Travis and Travers, but just as it was
the putter that started him downhin
against Evans year ago, and that also
stopped him at Hoylake, so in his Sec
| ond round it was the same tickle blade
mat trlpped him up with victory in
sight.
When normally fine putter takes
three puts on each of the last three
green's. after brilliant play up to the
PIN, one can see to what depths ne has
fallen on the green's.
Boston Stages Rally
In the forenoon round. the sturdy
Minnesota star was up on Ouimet
.H the ninth hole when the Bostonian
Arned. caught and passed his man with
ione-hole lead at lunch. In the after
EDn, after two halved holes, Johnston
Eared the match on the third green.
So play at the 490-yard fifth hole is
i FL VIC
With a slight breeze at his back. q
Ha shing tee shot carried 270 yards.
fine iron left him a ten-foot putt.
nd, W th Ouimet on and dead for his
Johnston got his eagle 8. Ouimet
lad beaten par, and even this was not
poo enough to win.
In place of weakening, however,
eaimet came back with a rush, winning
he next three holes, when Johnston
took puts on the sixth and missed
Bis tee shots at the seventh and eighth
lohnston now looked to be slipping, but
he gallery that had started to leave
smained when he won the ninth,
uulmet's tee shot having kicked off
INTO ditch
WIN tiAiS SSdlt SOHf1SLOI won DOtn
the tenth and the eleventh through ex-
tsent putting, and halved the twelfth
y another stout-hearted effort that
lcund the bottom of the cup from ten
feet away.
Ouimet again squared the match for
| the third time at the long thirteenth
and with five holes left the strain was
cegInning to tell on Johnston in the
p,c nd ~
the greens. where his putting touch
Nth the mud-covered ball had passed
away completely.
Misses Chance of Career
They were still all square coming
% the short sixteenth, where Ouimet
missed the chance of his career.
vuimet's iron pitch was on the green
senty feet away from the cup, with
ne ball almost a cube of mud Johns
an sliced his tee shot to the right of
ne trap and then failed to make the
sieen on his approach, the ball stop
ping halfway up the bank in heavy
grass. His third stopped four feet
away leaving Ouimet two puts for the
aoie and the lead. His approach putt
vas three feet from the cup. Johnston
vas down in 4 and Ouimet missed.
,oon,ing TO the seventeenth or thirty
altn hole Ouimet soaked long drive
ss0arht up the course. Johnston
aeeied his tee shot, the ball spinning
ssenty-hve yards to the left of the
ssslalway into . group of trees. Still
,sa'ihg. lie took d chance with the wood
,m WIN a sliced shot around a big
sapie from the rough came within
.sa.S Yards of the green. Ouimet was
,... IN = twenty feet away, but Francis
sa'1 TOOK three puts, where Johnston
ss.cown IN for his 5, and they were
-sa9 the hard final hole all square.
nsuis vaimet.s drive was good, but John
I'M $ with two life-saving holes be-
,sd ,su hlni' NIT one q mile up the middle
ss. Nv vas on with pitch fifteen feet
H.. ouimet's approach was thirty
II M. ma from the cup and his approach
s wa three feet short. as Johnston
pssasse s,ore dead on his third. Ouimet
H. ~ ,nis 3-footer for half, but for
I ii. s'Ssn time in the final eighteenth
M, snort one failed to dron and
,Aasa.,ota had triumphed over Massa-
u umets gam was never better from
lcu,s 70 the green, but he met in
M,n johnston s harder opponent
,sss; ne expected to find, and when his
rhg .ouch vanished he was doomed.
lsjs !. sIternoon cards show how evenly
mach was fought:
,shasson' q out - ; s 4 4 SIS
aamss pn' in 3 2 s-s7
g, g., '''--S ; 4 4 S 6--4i--7s