Evening star., 1921-09-18

were led by X. Z. knepPer OF SiOu
3-36-70. one under par, equaling
Bobby Jones of Atlanta. Chick E,
tied for third place with 70. as did I
Egan of Portland. Ore, had "a and
The British champion. Willie l..
Hunter. survived with a score Of 70.
four strokes fewer than necessary to
compete with the sixty-four best
players of today, on Monday at thirty
six holes for qualification, but s.
Davidson Heron of Chicago. cham
pion two years ago, failed by one
stroke to continue in the competi-
tion. He was erratic all the way, an
almost continuous string of fives
spelling his doom, short holes taking
as many strokes as the long ones.
Stein y Newcomer.
Knepper has shown before in medal
play, tying with Harrison Johnston
recently in the western amateur meet
for low score at 20: but the winner
of second honors today. Robert Stein
of Seattle. public links player. has
scores of 35, 37-72, just one over
par on the second nine, was one
stroke better than that returned by
the title holder Evans, Gardner, T. d.
Armour of Scotland and Robert Jones
of Atlanta. Evans would have had
n
tap in a four-inch putt on the fourth
green with the back of his putter and
failed to hole the ball.
STEMS splendid score was only one
of several turned in by the contingent
from the Pacific northwest. Egan's
a tying for seventh place with Max
Marston of New York. who led the
eastern players Two other eastern
ers were only one stroke worse, how
ever. Francis Ouimet and keSS Gull
ford OF Boston monopolizing the mark
of Is.
Three Score . 76.
Only three players scored rs, Ru-
dolph Wilhelm Of Portland. Ore:
John Gammons of Providence. r. l..
Louis players. Likewise a bare trio
made II, George Won Elm of Salt
Lake City; transmississippi champion;
Jesse Sweetser of New York.
H. r. Johnston of ST. Paul, Mimi.
served no wonderful purpose on the
st. Louis links. and he took not only
SO to get out. but 40 to get home.
A stiff breeze that swept the course
In the early hours of play made scor-
ing two or three strokes more difficult
on the second half than on the first.
penalizing the scores of the early
starters. This condition made it ap-
pear until near the close of play that
81 or IS would allow a player to COM
pete on Monday. but more even scores
began to fill the chart as the evening
put the wind to sleep.
Just as the 81 scorers were all but
counted safe, l.. F. Burning OF Chica-
go. came in with an unexpected 7S
and filled the last of the "a places of
thirteen men with tallies of "a, includ-
Ing Heron.
Jones Starts M for Record.
Evans. Armour and Gardner made
their 73's with even an easy golf by
playing their shots we'll, but Jones
started for a record score by chalking
up a "a for the first half. one under
par. He had two brides on this half
and started home with two pars, but
slipped on the short twelfth. where his
tee shot got out of control. The At
lanta star got back to perfect figures
on the next two holes. but met with
a terrific mischance on the Ss5 YARDS YARDS
into a difficult trap. took two to get
out and two more to reach the green.
accommodating seven strokes before his
ball found the cup.
Hunter, the British champion. did
not find the going to his liking. He
which he found too fast and f1uky, In
addition to what he termed poorly
placed holes Some of the cups were
set on ridges. he said. and the greens
were not true enough to get the ball
home under those conditions.
OF the Washington players entered
Guy Standifer with 50. 45-S3. was low.
Donald Woodward shot 45. 43-SS and
A. r. Mckenzies score was 46-45-91.
Some of the Low Scorers.
Some Of the low scorers among the sur
vivors Of the elimination round and their
follOW.