The Washington herald., 1921-09-18
knepper's 20 and STEMS II
Head 1st Day Qualifying List
Scores Of So and Better Get Into Final Medal
Play Test Tomorrow Failure
ToEnter Select GA Biggest Surprise. &
BY GRANTLAND RICE.

sum- somewhere west Of the Afssis-
sippi River, TO show golf In its
highest form today when the big
held started In It's first eIfmina-
tion test to- record the lucky sixty
four or more who were 20 move
forward on Monday for the fnal
medal day.
Sioux City and Seattle. seldom
plastered in large letters on the
golfers diary, were the two cities
which offered the winning talent
to an anNtously waiting clientele
From out where the sun goes down
Rudy Knepper. OF Sioux City and
Princeton, led the parade with q
brilliant 20, ueing up Bobby Jones
record of the day before and
thereby proving his supremacy for
the time being by two full strokes
Rudy is one Of our younger prod
ucts who are coming on, and n
one is 20 judge from the returns
he has already come quite a dis
tance with only little Of the trail
left TO be covered @,ni
Out-54I Is-Se.
Knepper, with a nne long tee
shot and sound iron play. went out
in 81 and staIked back In Sc.
amazing golf with the stin wind
that roistered back and forth
across the course and cane blow
ing in against the player upon all
the long holes.
Just back Of the Sioux City en-
try. Seattle presented it's claim 70
golhng growth in the person Of
Bob Stein, who turned in ~.
taking the hurdles with ease and
grace as he moved along Stein
Is a newcomer in polite golfng
circles so far as the Middle West
and East are concerned, but his
game today justified his score.
Taking these and other scores
the West still insists that Eastern
supremacy is Pullman car su-
premacy. due to geographical To-
cation and not better golf
II remained for another great
veterans from the dim and distant
past 10 show his class when u.
Chandler Egan- once from Harvard
and Chicago, but now from the Pa
cifc Coast, returned a 70 with a
and in his card But for these
two slips the old amateur champion
from 1904 and 1905 would have
been up with Knepper but his card
was good enough TO show the
quality Of his game and to prove
that he will again be a vital factor
when match play starts on Tues
day. Egan was again playing his
fne long game and length is an
important aid upon this course.
stars Closely Bunehed-
with a chance 60 win, were all
/ aIa h.ra1kAl
Chick Evans werr both around In
7S's. So were Tommy Armour and
Bob Gardner. Max Marston re-
ported with a steady "a while Oui-
met and Guilford. the Boston stars
were content with 75's. These
scores were sufficient proof that the
leading talent was well upon its
collective game, prophetic OF close
and brilliant matches to follow
when match play starts on Tues
day.
As usual the big excitement OF
the day came when those who had
turned in SFs began 20 hover
around the score board with their
pulses taking an extra jump. In
this list were Dave Heron. a form
er champion. w. W. Patten. OF
Mohawk. who helped to defeat
I
Harold Weber. Sheriff. Sherman
and others who has figured ir
past championships For a shorI
while it looked TO be certain that
the SI's were safely in. but the
last bunch out began to come In
strongly and at the finish only th'
S3's had broken through as a dis
consulate coterie began to look
elsewhere for solace. The failure
Of Heron to qualify was a distinct
upset as the st. Louis course with
its long carries is much after the
manner of Oakmont where Heron
won his crown two years ago. DaN"
had an S-foot putt TO qualify but
the attempt failed TO go down.
Hunter shoots n -.
Willie Hunter. British amateur
champion, moved around in IS. safe
ly in by four strokes. thereby sur
passing Cyril Tilley's showing OF q
year ago. Hunter still finds the
long distances against his game
leaving him more than normal work
around the greens, which TO-DAY
were exceedingly keen. II was no
great trick TO take three puts for
a distance of 10 feet ~ one at
tempted to go for the hole. for the
ball had a habit of sliding and
drifting well on by when any such
effort was made.
As a result Of this first test. East
West and South are all strongly
represented with promise OF ono o.
the greatest championships in many
years, judging from the quality "
golf shown in the first medal test
1t has added much interest in the
occasion to have Evans. Jones. ous-
met, Gardner. Armour. Guilford and
Marston among others at the tor
OF their best games. and all keen
for action.
Tomorrow team pairs will plav
for the American golfers trophy.
where the best ball Of each pair
will count With this concluded
there will be a driving. approach
ing and putting test with a long
entry list scheduled. which will add
considerably to the occasion.
Those who qualified today WI
now be called upon 20 play So holes
4 on Monday, where the surviving
80 will start on match play sTues-
day over the daily 3s-hole Nouts
in quest OF the crown which iehick
Evans wears and which he hobes &c
defend successfully. But he will
find the strongest sort OF competi-
tion. headed by Bobby Jones, in his
path.
Here is Rudy Rnepper's score:
Out .......3t IS 80 33S-34
In ......H Is - 44S-2s-50
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