The Washington herald., 1921-05-26
Ray Praises
Wright's 5 Play
Sole American SurUiDor
At HoyIake Faces
Difficult Task.
BY TED RAY.
(American Open Gclf Cham7ion.)

HOYLAKE. England. May 2s.-
As a result of today's play at Hoy
lake, only one American remains
to night for the BRUSH amateur
golf championship. Britain having
seven still in the running. The IN
terest was amazing, and thousands
watched theStitanic struggles of the
fourth and NTH rounds. 1t says
much for the practical knowledge
of the game by the spectators that
the nlay was not interfered with.
So sensational were the ca rly
matches that, colloquially. the bot
tom was knocked out of the cham
pionship in the fourth round. First
Bobby Jones, then Cyril Tolley,
lowered their fags.
This evening the Union Jack Is
higher up the metaphoric stan than
the Stars and Stripes.
The only surviving player left
in the next round for America fs
Fred Wright, and If he has been
somewhat overlooked in the hero
worship of Ouimet. Evans and
Jones, he nevertheless is a strong
player. Tomorrow he will have a
OIL N"S NNANeh
Paul Hunter by meeting the lat
ter's conquerer. Bernard Darwin, just
as this afternoon he avenged the
defeat of ]. II. Douglas by John
Bull on the nineteenth hole.
Wright gets the call away es
far as any left in the champion
ship. his timing being beautiful.
More than any of the Americans,
he has been consistent in putting.
Wright beat Ball comfortably in the
fifth round. and 8, but the vet
eran has not gotten over the ter
rife morning match with Douglas
in which he obviously shot his bolt.
The start was steady, as the first
three holes were halved. Ball miss
ed a putt at the sixth, which gave
Wright the hole, and he took the
eighth and ninth also for a three
hole advantage at the turn. It was
then all up with Ball, who was
in no condition to fight an uphill
battle against the American, and
the enormous crowd resigned itself
to the inevitable long before Wright
actually won.
Whatever the surprises the early
rounds produced. they thus were
overshadowed today by the sensa-
tional elimination of Jones and
Tolley. regarded before this morn
ing as the staIwarts most likely TO
meet in the semi-final.
Cyril Tolley, the British cham
pion. went down before a little
known player in ]. B. Beddard of
Pennsylvania, 3 and 2. in the fourth
round. Tolley was never up during
the round. He was one down at
the turn and lost the tenth Twice
he was bunkered before reaching
the sixteenth two down, and found
another bunker at the seventeenth,
where the match ended.
Allan Graham, who defeated
Jones. and 5, in the same round.
bears a great golfing name and Is
brother of the late Jack Graham,
one of the most stylish of all
golfers.
Three thousand saw Jones drive
on the first tee and a murmur went
up when he cut his shot and was
trapped in sandy ditch guarding
out of bounds territory. He got OUT
weIl' but played his approach wide
and Graham had no trouble in talk
ing the lead.
only by reason of a good second
was Jones able to halve the next
hole and he lost the next two and
became down at the rour,b.
AFTER this disastrous start, Jones
Eot tremendous drive over fifty
yards ahead of the Britisher hut
idlled to take full advantage. nay-
Lns 10 mole a putt to snatch a half.
urdham, having played perfect
IRON TO the edge of the green. Not
until the sixth did Graham make a
real mistake. Here he duffered his
IRON shot, but he was not penaIIzed
as Bobby found a bunker and fajI.
ing TO get out. gave up the hole
racing a deficit of 4.
A great three gave the Anar;.
the short seventh and he had a
ratner extraordinary experience AZ
.ne next He pulled his second close
70 renee, but got to the green in
most spectacular fashion. With hi,
oack TO the hole he hit the ball hard
against thelfence. the ruse succeed
ing as the ball "cannoned" back to
the green, enabling him to halve II
Iranam took the ninth in three.
getting four holes ahead again
Jones had been playing weakly ON
the green and lost a chance of haIv-
ing the tenth by bad putting. Al
the eleventh he pushed his drivs
INTO the crowd, but got a good lie.
once more he missed a putt of less
than a yard, becoming down. At
the twelfth another yard putt con-
tronted Jones and he missed again.
At the thirteenth he had a short
one to save the match. but for the
thlrd time on consecutive greens