Indiana daily times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1914-1922, 1921-09-20
GOLFERS START
MATCH PLAY IN
NATIONAL MEET
81 Contestants Open Battle in
Amateur Tourney for Amer
lean Championship.
EVANS DEFENDS TITLE
BY ROBERT e. HARLOW.


International News Correspondent.
COUNTRY CLUB, ST. LOUIS, Sept. 20
Match play started today for the ma
tional amateur golf championship with
thirty golfers who survived the quail
flying tests in the first round. The field
Is the most representative of American
golf ever gathered and to give it inter
national color has Willie Hunter, the
British amateur champion, and Tommy
Armour of Scotland in the fight.
Chick Evans of Chicago, the present
champion; Francis Ouimet of Boston and
Bobby Jones Of Atlanta are the favorites.
but their advantage over the field is Of
more uncertain sort than before as
some new players from the Pacific and
right up among the stars to challenge
their leadership.
The West had twenty players in the
first round. the East six tried veterans
the South, Bobby Jones and three others.
while England and Scotland had one
each. The Americans hail from Port
land, Ore, from Seattle, from Atlanta,
from Boston and other golfng centers.
The winner will be truly entitled to be
called the national champion.
Russell Smith Of Portland got into
the match play for the national golf
championship today when he defeated
Prescott Bush of st. Louis, in a play-off
for the thirty second place. Smith and
Bush were tied at 163 for last place at
the close of the regular qualifying
round The Portland player won at the
first hole. taking a four to Bush's five.
The st. Louis golfer missed a three foot
putt for half. Both were on in two.
Feature matches today were between
Jesse Guilford of Boston. the Massa chu-
setts champion, and "Jinx" Won Elm
the trans Missouri champion; Max Mars
ton Of Philadelphia and Francis Ouimet !:
Clark Speiers Of Seattle and Bob Card
ner of Chicago and Willie Hunter. the
British champion, and Hoover BankaTd
OF Chicago.
Chick Evans met c. L. Dexter Of Dali
las, and Bobby Jones had Clarence Wolff
land played Lee Steel of Seattle.
The weather dawned fair and bright
with scarcely breeze stirring and bid
fair to develop into another Of st. Louis
scorchiRg hot days
Those who qualified were: Francis
per. Sioux City. 77-70-147: Robert Jones.
Atlanta, 76-75-151: Jesse Guilf0rd. Bos-
ton. 71-74-151; Robert Gardner Chicago,
1913 152. E. Hoover Bankard- Chicago.
Conn; 1916 152; II. r. Johnston. St
Paul. 75-77-152; Willie Hunter. England,
77-T-154; George Won Elm Salt Lake
City. T6-7S-154: Clark Speirs. Seattle,
T2-s2-154; o. F. Willing. Portland. 77-77-
1854; T. D. Armour, Scotland, 1915;
Max Marston, Philadelphia T6-S0-156,
Jesse Sweetser. New York. So 74-157:
Charles Evans, Chicago. 77-s1-15S: Charles
Dexter. Dallas, S1-7S-159; Clarence Wolf,
st. Louis, s0-79- 159: A P Boyd. Chat
tanooga. 1882 159; Edward Held, st.
Louis, 7s-S1-159 J. VI. Simpson. Indian
spolis- Vincennes. S1-79-1G0: James Man
ion, st. Louis, S5-75-160; L. f. Drumming,
Chicago. 77-S3-160: l.. E. Sten, Seattle,
S3-7S-161: r. E BOckenkamp. st. Louis,
s4-77-161; Joe Wells. Wheeling, SO-S1 -161
John G. Anderson, New York, S1-s1- 1852
Roger Lord, st. Louis, S1-S1- 1872: Dewey
Weber. Chicago: $3.50 162; Albert seckei,
Ghicago, S2-S0-162; Bon Stein, Seattle,
S5-77-162: Prescott Bush. St Louis. So So
1853; Russell Smith, Portland. S5-7S-1G3.