The Washington herald., 1921-09-20
BY GRANTLAND RICE.

to hold this putt LOT &, Idlleu
again, and finally got down in an S.
Evans had turned a "a for the
morning round, and had gone out
in "a for the afternoon. He had
started home As, and so, when he
reached the twelfth green, which is
a full-iron shot, a 3 here would
have given him a good shot at the
course record, still leaving him
under even fours for the full jour
ney. His iron shot Topped only IL
feet from the pin, but when he had
completed his very unusual eXhi-
bitiOn his round was a wreck. Aft
er that he struggled back in AZ,
giving HIM an 81 TO rthe distance.
1t is hard to understand how a i
golfer of Evans experience and his |
high rank in the game, still wear |
ing the champions crown, could |
have so far forgotten himself upon |
such an occasion.
If Bobby Jones, who behaved ad-
mirably under trying conditions
with two out of bounds at the last
hole. had done the same thing the
uproar would have been terrific.
Ouimet in Great Form.
Ouimet's record-breaking march
days play. The lank Bostonian was
at the top of his game. playing with
perfect precision and yet always
with something in reserve.
He had two unsteady spots with
6 at the~fifth hole and 5 at the
300-yard sixth. but at this point he
came back with rush. finishing the
| outgoing nine with a 2-3-4, all
under par. This sent him out IN
| IS. On the ;homeward journey he
was far. down the course with his
tee shots planting bis irons in easy
Y putting distance without slip.
When Ouimet reached the eight
eenth green he found that he needed
i a . on the 450-yard finishing hole
to break the Joint record held by
! Bobby Jones and Rudy Knepper
at 20.
! A fine drive, a magnificent ap-
proach and the record-breaking putt
rolled into the middle of the cup for
8. Here e Ouimet's card, which
lupset many calculations that 20
would never be broken:
Out.-............ 34652 4-3J
In. In.............s.. 4 8 ) 443 4 3-34-69
All in all. the final qualifications
day was replete with stirring incl
dents that kept big galleries romp-
Ing from knob to mound, winning
their way up and down the valleys
and across the hills In the after
noon, Rudy Knepper, the brilliant
Sioux City product, again went af-
/ ter the course record and turned in
, his second 20, only one stroke above
! Ouimet.
! Knepper finished at l47, three
0 strokes above Ouimet. but sNuI
0 four strokes in front of Bobby
4 Jones and Jesse Guilford who were
I I content with ISL in a tie for thirC
place. Bobby was a trifie erratiC
at times but his remarkable recov.
= cries always kept him in close
8 touch with par. His match PLAY
; card was close to unbeatable. AT.
ter taking a Z at the thirteenth
hole in se morning round hi
promptly settled down witout bat,
, ting an eyelash and turned in {
= cluster of 3's on three of the mex
= four holes, missing a short put
. for his fourth three in a row at tn,
4SO-yard fifteenth. Just back o,
Jones and Guilford. the West wa,
/ massed- in a solid phalanx. Jimm,
T |
= Gardner and Hoover Bankard, o
Chicago, were in a circle aroun,
Reggie Lewis, of Greenwich at 152
81 Qualify at 182 or Better.
Great Britain's two delegates of
> fered big change from the show
9 ing TolleS, Wethered and Hop
l. made year ago. Willie Hunter
J; British champion had a mrace of II
without any sensational feature
: while Tommy Armour followed
}; morning 80 with a as.
n Armour also had something t
); chatter about in his afternoo
v round. He missed three 2-foo
I puts on the first four greens an
~ then finally blew one less tha
five inches from the cup. the ba
gracefully and lazily curtin
around the tin. His play wit
, wood and iron was sensations
n where even poor putting failed I
y stop his low scoring as he wa
.; out in 36.
e, When the final cards were turne
a, in, 1T was discovered that THIRTY
ly one had T62 or better with Bush {
st. Louis and Smith, of Seattle du
IN to play off the tie at 1853 early Il
/ morrow afternoon.
<e VI the thlrty-two who Qualifiet
e the West led by a wide margin wit
twenty survivors against seven fc
Is the East and three from the Sout
\ and two from Great Britain. TT
n. hopes of the East are in the golfin
a. hands of Ouimet, Guilford, Mar,
= ton. Lewis, Sweetser and Anderso
a. with two of these due fall in II
.. first round Sweetser followed a
e. SO with a very good "A today.
" In the draw which followed
=, the edge of dusk. ouimet and Eval
- featured the upper bracket Wi
- Bobby Jones. Bob Gardner, Kneppe
., Willie Hunter and Tommy Armo,
. the leading candidates in the low
o sector. Ouiment is due for a ha,
H. match with Max Marston, whi
Jones draws a doughty opponent
40 Clarence Wolf. the st. Louis star.
y The lower sector will be full
Z; stirring clashes as the talent !.
q; more closely massed there than II
70; above. II Ouimet and Guilfo
3; both win tomorrow THE two loi