Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1921-09-19
S|XTY-FOUR SURVIVORS
TO RESUME PLAY TO-DAY
Of This Number Thirty-Two
Will Enter Match Play
Tuesday.
'h'ih~r OF Field TENDERS 10 Improb-
"h'- That Any Cutler Cnn Turn In
fishrr Ihnn II I'nir OF sos md Re-
n'nin In Tournament
ny Alexander T.. Jones,

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COUNTRY CLUB. ST. LOI,IS. Mo
sept l6-fiay ia the amateur ma
'iphai golf tournament viii be re-
stunned here Monday. wIth sixty-fou-
Survivors Of the first qualifying round
competing in q th!rty-six- hole .liin-
inatIrn which VIII determine. tho
ihir,ytwD players who viii enter
match play Iucsday
The CaIibcr OF the field mal;.s 4,
almost certainty that "a pair Of SUE,
"i!i lac the highest score that can
b" turned in Monday by any golfer
who expects Ia trail along with ,hr
present company. The way tn" stars
are cracking the bah prcsag.s .N
tra"rdinnrily low scores
This Pacific Coast invasion and IN q,
way the W"stcrHcrs are oUtshIuinl.
the Eastcruers is the sensation OF tho
tournament. THE Sc ia" FIRST tim .
the tournament has ever boon hold
vest OF the mississippi River. and
the results thus far prove that Tho
reason more Western golfers arc not
nationals known u more a matter
OF re"graDhy than anything else
Rudy kn"pp"r IA. Iowa HASA.
showed himself To- b" "a brilliant "a
performer a. Echhy Jones. the youns
Atlanta star. 10y turning in Il - Sat
.rhty. cGuaiinr the South"ruc-'S h.S,
Seattle, h"t;cred Francis Cuimet'p
initial round hy three strokos with "a
NIFTY -. The cn,ir" quartet entered
from the Pacific Northwest qualincH
for the medal round Harrison II
Johnston. 'he Minnesota champion.
also played "a sweet round and can
hc expected to bc in there after a
good many az the carly survivors
have put their clubs back In their
bagr
Il Chandler EEan. former national
champion. who now lives out IN
Oregon. explained why tho Western
crs have thrown such Il scare into
The hearts OF the few surviving East
crn cracks.
The standard OF golf out West
Is just as high as II is in The Eas,
and has been for i number .! years
he told the United News II, has
taken Gs'S and 7G's TO win the North
west championships. and the courses
are ar severely trapped within a
stroke or two as any club in the IA I
Then We are catching them young
out there and making golfers out Of
them. Bon Stein. tho Seattle boy whu
shot - ycs,.rday, was Il caddy boy
and learned his game on the public
links. just as Lee Stcil. the other
Seattle boy, did
shooting championship golf for years
and George Won Elm, OF Salt Lake
city. can hc figured "a being 4 mighty
good possibility Ia this tournament,
lark Spcirs Is another yUUngEtcr who
learned his game on III: public links.
Guy Staudtfcr and Russell smith OF
Portland. are both golfers VINO have
been travelling In as fast golf com
pan! a. will be SHOWN. / believe, IN
t",S logrnam"nt
Southern golfers did not have the
luck some OF them deserved In the
nrst round. although i:obhy Jones
proved that tn" man thar shovcs HIM
ont In tn" cold l. going To have To
play Il sensational game. Richard
Hickey and Charles Ridley. OF Allan
ia. and Louis Jacohy and G. l.. DcN-
ter. of Dallas. al! performed cred
itahiy and are sin in the running.
ono of the most rcgrcttablc fca-
tGrcS Of the FIRST round Was tho elm
ination ~ Raymond swift, the Eng
fish entry.
Those who are dguring on possible
winners OF this tournament talk mos;
about Chick" Evans. who is p!ayin:
a whale 81 game: Eobby Jones
Whose play SO far has been almost
perfect; Francis Ouim2t, who appears
stronger and in better health than
he has been in three years; and Will
he Hunter. British amateur champion.
The players spent sunday after
noon competing for the American
golfer prizes for driving. approach
and putting. Every player is being;
given three drives. and the results
are judged on accuracy and distance.
som. remarkable shots were made.
especially in the accuracy competi-
ton.