The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-09-23

he missed his three-foot putt fo~ {.
 They halved the twenty third in birdie fours and the twenty fourth in perfect fours, and the American defender became up when the Brit on required four strokes for the baby twenty fifth. Jones advantage flick cred out on the next two holes, as he got into the brook on the boomer rang twenty-sixth, and the Briton pitched dead for a birdie four on the long twenty-seventh. sQuaring the match with his par 35 for the third nine.
 Turning into the home stretch they halved the first three holes in per feet figures, the Briton gamely hol- ing a long putt on the twenty ninth after being over the green in two, Then the American took the lead momentariiy for the last time with par on the 56S-yard thirty-irst after topping his drive as the in vader got into s cross bunker with his second and took '. Hunter sank an is-foot on the thirty green for a birdie three. and vas again on even terms when Jones missed a To- lOot4l lof d naive.
 
 thirty third by missing two-foot putt for a halve and ? down on the 1S0-yard thirty fourth by pulling his tee shot to the rough and taking four. They halved the thirty y-hfth in perfect fours, and the Briton was victor. 2 to 1.
 GuiIford-Jobnston Tilt
 The struggle between Guilford and Johnston was a ding dong battle from the first tee to the thirty sixth gi cen. Johnston could do no better than halve in four and lose down. The Minnesota champion, going out In the morning in SS to Guilford's 37, turned the first quarter post l down and coming home in ss, the same as his opponent, was still l down at luncheon time.
 Johnston uncovered a better game on the third nine, shooting the first three holes in three each. but his birdie three on the nineteenth was equalled by the Boston golfer, who became down by losing the twen- tieth and twenty first. Johnston got into trouble on the twenty fourth and took six, but won the long twenty seventh with birdie four for a par 55 out and turned home l up
 They halved the next four holes In par, and the thirtysccond in 1 over par, but Guilford squared the match on the long thirty, second with birdie four. They were both over the 1so-yard thirty-fourth green and took four each. Gulford snatched the lead at the thirty-fifth when Johnston was over the green in two for , and clinched the victory on the thirty-sixth with a perfect four, which Johnston managed to equal with fine pitch from the rough to within foot of the cup after he had pulled his second shot.
 knepper off His Game
 Kpepper, who has shot the course twre in 70. was off his game to- day with Gardner, taking 38 for the first nine and 43 to get home for an Sl the w orst medal score of the day and being down at the end of the first round Gardner with S6-4o--76 did not have to extend himself, ana in the afternoon he gained maxi mum lead of up on the Iowa cham pion by winning the twenty second twenty-third and twenty-fourth, only to lose the next two and turn up for the last nine. The former cham pion won the twenty-ninth. but Knepper fought back. momentariiy taking the thirtieth with a birdie two, and the long thirty-first with a par five and halving the next two in perfect figures only to lose four and two when he required Tour strokes for the short thirty-fourth hole.