New-York tribune., 1921-05-23
u. S. Amateurs
Meet BritOns
I'm Golf To-day
Ouimet, Evans and Jones
Expected TO Fight Way
Into Semi-Final Round
By Grantland Rice


LIVERPOOL, Eng, May 22.-Britain
thunderstruck by the overwhelming
triumph of tho Americans in the in
ternational golf team match yesterday
Will battle grimly through the amateur
championship, starting tomorrow, to
regain its waning prestige. Criticism
OF the selection of the British eight
which faced the Yankees was wide
spread, but the general admission was
That no other team could have stopped
the American dash.
Ihe sun continues baking the course
as anxious watchers vainly scan each
gray drifting cloud for rain to end the
long drouth, which has turned the
| course into a granite hardness, where
the ball frequently bounds twelve or
ttteen feet into the air. A study of the
draw in the championship test by sec
t1ons offers an interesting ANALYSIS.
In the first section Malk Indian
golfer is favored to reach the last
eight. In the second section the fea-
ture match will be between Cyril Tol-
ley. British champion, and Jesse Gull
ford, of Boston, on Tuesday The
winner will meet jenkins, English
champion in 1914. Tolley is favored
Hard Match for Jones
In the third section young Bobby
Jones will have a hard match to-mor-
row on the opening round of the
tournament, when he meets Munford
a fine Scotch golfer. Other stars in IN
this section are Aylmer, Armour, Har-
ris, Campbell and Hezlett. 1t is 3
tough section. Jones is favored to
reach the last eight but he has no
resting place on this route.
Fourth section: Here it is a toss-ur
between Harold Hilton and Torrance
two star entries. Hilton has been
playing we'll and rules a slight ia
vorite.
Fifth section: Woodie Platt, of Phil
adelphia, Gillies, Hambro and Grant
are the leading stars in this part, with
little choice between any of them.
Sixth Section: Francis Ouimet, Bos-
toms star entry, is in fairly easy sec
ton here with Holderness and Dick as
his hardest opponents. Ouimet is
strongly favored to win here.
Seventh Section: Chick, Evans
playing in this part is in harder sec
tion, John Ball, Seymour and Captain
Bill Fownes, of the American team, be-
ing some of the stars he will have to
contend with. However, Evans is the
IaVorlte.
Eighth Section: Braid Terrence, Car
ter, Simpson and Wethered are the
strongest players in this part of the
competition.
Three Americans Favored
The four men now favored to reach
the semi-fnal round are Tolley
Ouimet, Evans and Jones, with Tolley
likely to offer powerful opposition
The British critics consider Tolley the
finest amateur developed over here
since Ball and Hilton were in their
prime.
However, he must first beat Guilford
Then he will possibly meet Jones, and
if he remains to the last he will prob
ably meet either Ouimet or Evans in
the thirty-six hole test. The Ameri-
cans are being showered with con
gratulations by their countrymen and
are now ready and fit for the bigger
stake ahead.
The Jones-Munford match at an early
hour starts the long parade, lasting to
the purple gray twilight. Munford is
a steady, longhitting Scot and is ex-
pected to give Jones an even battle. He
drives the ball like bullet from a
rifle, is sound iron player and good
putter; in fact, one of the best players
in the Empire.