The New York herald., 1921-05-24
AMERICAN GOLFERS
VICTORS in FIRST
ROUND AT HOYLAKE
Eight Of Eleven Drawn for
the First Days Play for
the British Champion
ship Survive.
NO STARS ELIMINATED
J. Wood Platt Injuries His
Right Knee in Fall and
Has to Retire From
the Tournament.
JONES HAS HARD MATCH
Gallery Finds Bobby Is Not
Inhuman, but Gives Him
Credit for Strong Game
Evans Easy Victor.
JONES HAS HARD MATCH
BY BERNARD DARWIN.


Special Gable to THE New YoaK HEnALD.
Copyright, 1884, by THE New YoRK HERALD.
HoYLAKE, May 23.-Eight of the
eleven Americans won in the first
round of the British amateur golf
championship here to-day. No stars
were eliminated. Jesse Guilford, the
Boston long driver, did not have to
play to-day, IN consequence of bye,
and therefore the American strength
for the second round is unimpaired.
j. Wood Platt fell down stairs at
Hoylake last night and had to with
draw from the games to-day.
To Bobby Jones fell the task of
hitting the first ball in the tourna-
ment. 1t was at the untimely hour of
$3.50 o'clock this morning. but Hoy
lake crowds have taken him into their
hearts and there were plenty Of per-
sons to see him start. He won and
won in the end completely enough by
8 and 2, but he had to work hard for
it. He was down at the start and was
held down tightly for quite long time.
These were just the sort Of conditions
under which we wanted to see him
play. We now know he Is not in
human: that he can look uncomfort-
able; that he can play poor shot or
two and that, like others. he can, per-
haps. look up too soon to see where
the ball has gone.
But we also know. IL we needed any
further instruction, that he takes very
great deal Of beating and that he can
keep his game going In a tight place.
G.. s. Manford Is one Of the best OF
the younger Edinburgh school. He Is
rather a curious player in that while
he Is slashlng hitter, he is very slow
and methodical over his .preliminaries.
He did not drive as far as Jones. but
he was far from being crushed in
length. and be began the match by put
ting admirably.
Both Bunkered at Fourth Hole.
The match had a great start. for
Jones had . at the first and Manford
countered with a 3 at the second and
went ahead with at the long third
hole. Both were bunkered at the
fourth. Jones played thoroughly bad
second shot at the fifth. but Manford
did not take what possibly might have
been a really winning chance and drove
too far at the sixth and was bunkered.
Jones wisely took a cleek fc- this hole
and squared the match, this being the
crucial hole. Joens was 1 up 1T the
turn and 2 up at the eleventh.
Manford came again and won the
twelfth, but this was his expiring ef-
fort. The long holes at the end Of the
Hoylake course just suited Jones. He
seems to play them grandly whenever
I watch him, and he ran away with
the fifteenth and the sixteenth and won
the match amid much clapping of
hands.
The rest OF the day was equally as
successful for the Americans. save only
for J. Wood Platt. with who... every one
commiserates. He had a fall last night
and hurt his leg so badly that he had TO
withdraw.
Charles Evans. Jr., played ID. +.
Crowther, sturdy Yorkshireman who
can produce good, solid. stold golf. but
he Is not quite in Evans's class. y:vans
played well within himself asI won by
up and I to plas-
Or. Paul d. Hunter OF Los Angeles
beat e. +. Carter. q brilliant, but uncer-
tain Irlshman. Jesse Guilford had a bye
and w. G. Fownes. Jr, a walkover.
Ouimet worked Hard 60 win.
Francis Ouimet had to work quite
hard against c. E. Dick, who used TO be
a very fine golfer, but Is now out ~
practice and 81 years old into the bar
gain. Dick, however. rose nobiy to the
occasion. His driving was none too
good. but his iron shots had much the
old ciearness of click. He took Francis
10 the sixteenth green and came very
near to prolonRing the match to the sew
enteenth.
think Ouimet Is, on the whole, the
favorite to win the championship. His
beautiful holding out and his beautiful
method Of driving have made a great Inn
preston here. and J should say that Just
now he Is ahead Of Bobby" Jones In
the betting.
There was one great event this after
noon. That was the appearance OF the
great John Ball. now in his 6fty-ninth
year Ball started down the first nole at
Hoylake with big crowd tramping be
hind him, all longing, praying for his
success like nothing else In the world Of
golf II IL impossible to explain Il In
words, but II gave one a real thrill to SEQ
IL. hat inperturbable figure. with bert
knees and wonderful swing. appears
demigod 10 Hoylake, and one can SYM
rathize with the feeling of the gallery.
The old hero played we'll. too--very
well indeed, against an unknown but by
no means negligible opponent He was
once 5 up and was pulled down to I,
thcn sailed easily away again. His adj
ycrsary was A. N. Howard Of Walton
Heath.