New-York tribune., 1921-09-23

.yer played when he finally caugh
Jones on the 35th green by the mar
II was a victory that should estab-
ssb Hunter as one OF the lion hearted
.o,fers of all time For he was fight
;rr an uphill battle most of the long
route against youngster who stands
.s one of the finest amateurs the game
has ever known: youagster who COM
s;res both skill and courage and who
sfood up to the gruelling test until
l. was at last beaten down by the
rim determination, enduring accuracy
I'd putting skill ofan opponent who
rfused to falter by an eyelash at any
staee Of the contest. And this opponent
added to his riae-line play with wood
md iron putting touch that was al
msst beyond belief upon greens as
keen as polished glass.
In the final summing ur. as the gal
lery OF over 10000 spectators raced
hack and forth amid midsummer heat,
keyed UP to tremendous pitch, it was
through his supremacy with the putt
ing blades that Willie Hunter waved
Bobby Jones out of the champio nship
list.
Nerves Aid Putting Blade
This putting blade, backed up by
nerves of Arctic ice and touch as
sure as death itself, found the line
irom the ball to the bottom of the cup
on green after green from FIVE to fif-
teen feet away, until the wonder is
that young Jones stood up so gallantly
to the constant hammering when he
seemed to have hole after hole securely
with half.
On no less than seven greens Hunter
wns further from the cup in three than
green's the British champion got his
half by magnificent putt.
The first ominous sign came when
Jones went out TO smother his man
at break-neck clip, moving at a be-
w;ldering pace for ten holes, where
Two under even Is only found him up
Here, with Hunter hanging grimly on.
cool, unrufled and always down the
middle, it became evident for the first
time that Great Britain had an entry
worthy of our best steel in the field
and that Hunter was a dangerous fac
tor to be faced.
Where Jones drove the Stars and
Stripes were planted. Where Hunters
tee shot rested the Union Jack was
s:uck. And after each tee shot the
ananny way which the Union Jack
auttered in the warm breeze down the
enter of the course made the gallery
soader whether Hunter was a golfer
gs machine of tempered steel. He
yunever up until ne reached the thir-
0third green, and yet there was not
ss moment in the match when his
Ha features wore a discouraged look
mks grey eyes changed their fixed,
iooE oil ha 1ipc to he hole
Evans to Face Guilford
As result of to-days brilliant
zitches "Chick" Evans meets Jesse
/ egilford tomorrow in the upper
mcket Of the semi-fnal round, while
falls to the lot of Robert A. Gard
asr, of Chicago, to meet the conqueror
d Bobby Jones.
Evans, after winning the first three
aoles of the forenoon match, finally
stopped Jesse Sweetserr of New York,
on the thirty-sixth green by the mar
row call of one hole, "Chick" holing a
s0-footer on the final green with Sweet
ser only eight feet from the cup. In
almost the same way Jesse Guilford
finally eliminated Harrison Johnston,
Of St. Paul, by one hole in one Of the
longest hitting, finest battles Of the
z,
got back at Minnesota for the Quinn ct
overthrow
As Bob Gardner stopped Rudy
Knepper, of Sioux City, by 8 to 2
margin. there are now left in the cham
plonship fold two entries from Chicago,
one from Boston and one from beyond
the intervening seas.
1t was the Huntcr-Jones match that
drew the gallery, with long lines of
humanity banked from tee to green
as the two stepped up on the first tee.
Despite the heat, Hunter still wore
MS thin alpaca coat, refusing to permit
any type of weather to interfere with
an old tradition.
At the start it looked as if Bobby
was out to smother his British rival.
Ills long wooden shots left the English
man ten and fifteen yards away, while
me Georgian's short and long ap-
proaches were dropping from five to
eight feet of the cup. But with numer-
GUS puts for brides he found il i'm
possible TO steer the undiscovered ball
INTO the cup. while Hunters lower run
sslng shots, ficking the mud loose, left
ana better chance to find the cup
First Blood for Jones
Jones drew first blood with fine 8
y y the second hole and another at
NE short seventh left him 2 up, an
saVantage he held to the turn. Jones
vas out in "a, where with any for
Mhe on mis- four and five-foot puts he
nnghs have easily been so or 81.
hunter cut in SO, was still hanging
IN, and at the eleventh the English
ma nan won his first hole by playing for
,as center OF the green. with Jones
Paying for the pin and kicking to the
'e,s Of guarding mound.
sfor eleven holes Hunter had been
s0reed to struggle to keep in sight He
as aau no chance to win n hole up to the
::'sVenta, but was fighting desperately
~ ~ haif on green after green. Yet
sssse was no sign of any weakening
aoiaie' tie was 2 down goinr TO the
ssssntsenth, where he won his second
49, ent after losing the eighteenth,
sasre Jones sunk an eight-foot putt,
W. vas down at the forenoon finish.
! When the afternoon round started
!. gallery had more than doubled, for
do as easy to see that Hunter had no
~ Ja OF quitting at any stage of the
tsas s.n.. There was quick evidence of
s,oe ssouoie to come when Jones was
;apped at the first hole, and Hunte
sss .sa MS par a stood only / down. The
viii In1 4, was halved, but at the third,
hai, h,rp Hunter dead fer his 8, Jones's
ar.. turned over as he addressed his
a. as.u anu so the match was squared.
M. ~. sne fourth Hunter was on in two fine
but a. Win Jones trapped to the right,
ec.. ehs youngster made a brilliant re-
his ana sank four-foot putt for