The New York herald., 1921-05-12
GuiIford, Jones, Ouimet and
Evans in Separate Quarters
of Hoylake Draw.
ny KERR n. PETRIE.

A superficial ana Careless scrutiny n
the draw for the British amateur golf
championship has resulted In reports
from abroad giving the impression that
the American players have Jared so
badly that with the exception OF Jesss
| Guilford they have been punched In the
lower half OF the bracket. Fortunately.
| SO far is this from being the case that
| II the American big Four keep on
winning until they come to the point
where they must needs commit golfing
| fratricide, they will figure In the semi
| final in this fashion: Jesse Guilford W..
| Bobby Jones and Francis Ouimet VS.
Chick Evans
With something like 223 players en-
tered and the necessity for byes In the
first round so that an even number or
contestants and matches may result Tor
the start Of the second, II is not TO be
wondered at that little doubt has
resulted as to the exact placing OF the
American stars The facts. however.
would appear to be these: To begin
with there are exactly thirty-three play
ers whose fortune II has been 10 get
what is termed a walltover into the sec
ond round, and as we know, among this
group is Gullford, paired with Cyril
Tolley, the British champion.
The thirty-third player awaits the re-
suit Of the match between Bobby Jones
and G. c. Manford Of Luffness New.
Jones, should he win. win play his way
through the second quarter of the draw,
with only w. L. Thompson as his only
compatriot TO be met en- route to the
semf-fnal
Close to the top OF the second half
Of the draw and therefore in the third
quarter, or semi-final section. comes j.
Wood Platt Of Philadelphia and Doug
las Grant, the Californian. who for sew
eraI years has been resident In Eng
land At the very bottom OF that same
quarter Is Francis Ouimet. In between
these two and Ouimet the only Ameri-
can is p. Hunt Of Houston, Texas.
Ouimet and Wright Apart.
Right beside Ouimet on paper, but oc-
cupying the first bracket In the fourth
quarter of the draw nevertheless. comes
Fred ]. Wright, Jr., the young Massa-
chusetts State champion. Four matches
away Is Evans, who, again Is only about
four notches removed from w. c.
Fownes, Jr. Down below. but in the
last part OF the final quarter, Is ]. II.
Douglas, Jr., the former Princetonian.
now at Cambridge University. So. not
only can the Americans. provided they
defeat all their British opponents, make
q purely United States semi-final OF IL,
bu., In addition they are In line to place
six Of the last eight, since Hunter has
a chance to meet Evans and Grand. or
J. Wood Platt to clash with Ouimet In
the round before the semi-flnal.
This. at least, Is how It appears from
careful digest of the draw as pub
lished in the English papers. Accord
ing to this Americans no longer need
49, la, ,elr - IN drnx
had the players themselves been invited
to hand pick their positions they scarce
ly could have done better.
or course before II comes to this
much requires to be done at Hoylake.
Considering first the case OF Guilford
as becomes his position at the top OF
the bracket. 1t Is found that in his
thirty-two are several renowned play
ers, among them the 1914 champion.
]. T.. C. Jenkins of Troon. Should Gull
ford defeat Tolley and Jenkins over
come Capt. ". w. Wadham, Jesse and
Laurie will meet in the third round.
The chances are that whichever of
this pair wins-always admitting that
they may not meet-will go on to the
last eight. where 1t would seem the OPP
position will come from II. s. Malik, the
Indian, member OF the Oxford team II.
s. 3. Tubbs, who figured with distinc-
ton during the last American invasion,
or some less known player.
In the same group is II. M. Cairnes
OF Portmarnock, although at SO It would
seem that the former Irish champion
cannot be counted as among the most
dangerous.
Jones in Distinguished Company.
Taking Bobby Jones and the second
quarter OF the bracket next. IL Is dis
covered that Robert Is among fairly dis
tinguished company. He begins with
Hanford, said to be one of the best OF
the younger Edinburgh school, and one
who figured In the last eight year ago.
Should Jones surmount this hurdle and
win in the second round from #. Cald-
well-Kerr OF Whtecraigs or v. Trew OF
Seaford Links. he very likely will be
called upon 10 play Robert Harris, for
mer runner-up in the third round.
Major Guy Campbell is also cruising
in the offing for a match with Bobby
about the fourth round and should the
Atlanta youth keep on winning IL IS
possible that when he steps to the tee
for the fifth time fre will have with him
II. D. Armour OF Lothianburn. the player
who reached the last eight OF the Amer
lean championship at the Engineers last
year. Before Armour gets this far he
also will have to perform prodigies, as
close beside him are II. c. Ellis. c. G.
| Aylmer and Major c. o. Hezlet. runner
| up TO Jenkins in 1914.
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