The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1921-05-27
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ONLY THREE AMERICAN
COMPETITORS LEFT
Baby Jones of Atlanta Meets
Defeat At Hands of Allan
Graham ....
ASSOCIATED Press Dispatch1

Hoy Lake. Eng, Tay 25.-Robert T.
Jones of Atlanta, VINO mad been con-
sidered a probable contender for the
British amateur golf championship
was defeated here by Allan Graham,
Royal Liverpool, the score being Ora
ham six up and five to play. Cyril
J. II. Tolley, English amateur cham
pion, followed Jones to defeat, being
beaten by j. B. Beddard of Pennsyl-
vania, three up and one 10 play.
Only three Americans were left as
competitors in the British amateur
golf tournament here at two o'clock
this afternoon. The survivors at that
hour being Frederick ]. Wright Of
Boston; DR.. Paul Hunter OF Los An
geles and J. II. Douglas, Jr., Onwent-
STA club, Chicago.
Bobby" Jones Of Atlanta was elm
mated in the fourth round Of play this
morning meeting defeat, six up and
Graham. Royal Liverpool. This set.
back disposed of the last member of
the American teams big three, -
Francis Ouimet and Chick" Evans
having been defeated yesterday.
w. C. Fownes of Pittsburgh, was
put out of the running in the fourth
round today by his team mate, Wright,
who won over the Pittsburgher, three
up and two to play.
Douglas was engaged in a close
match with John Ball, Royal Liver
being all square at the ninth hole.
Should Douglas win this match he will
meet Wright il the next round this
afternoon.
Jones Out Of Luck.
Jones held his defeat was due mere
ly to his own bad. play. When you
meet a man playing we'll and you are
playing badly, why you're Just out of
luck" he remarked.
Jones. Chick Evans and Francis
Ouimet, the eliminated American big
three" appeared together about the
course, arm in arm, after Jones elm
nation. Jones and Evans are also en-
tered for the British open champion
probably would not compete.
u. II: Douglas, Jr., Of the Onwent-
STA club, Chicago, who was a member
or the Princeton team last year and a
student at Cambridge this year, was
beaten by the veteran, John Ball.
Royal Liverpool, at the nineteenth
hole. DR.. Paul Hunter Of Los Angeles
won his match in the fourth round.
defeating F. E. Pegler, Sheffield, and
F. ]. Wright of Boston, one of the
two American survivors in the Brit
lsh amateur golf championship. won
his way through the fifth round of
the tournament this afternoon by de-
feating John Ball of the Royal Liver
pool, four up and three to play.
Finish of Match Thrilling.
inc finish of the Ball Douglas
match was thrilling. The PLAYERS
were all square with two to play.
Douglas played his approach to the
seventeenth perfectly, to within two
feet of the pin and won the hole in
three against five. =
Going to the eighteenth the Amer
lean duffed his approach and the vet
eran Ball, playing the hole perfectly,
won in four to FIVE. At the nine
teenth with gallery grown to large
proportions and watching intently.
Ball put down two yard putt and
won the match, amidst a scene of
considerable excitement. Douglas
congratulated the veteran British
golfer.
Douglas, who was popular with
the crowd, received a burst of ap-
plause even greater than that, &C
corded Ball After Tolley's defeat in
the morning Ball had been heavily
favored for the title by the British
enthusiasts, and it was a sad blow
them to witness his elimination in
the fifth round by Wright of Boston.