Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1921-05-22
AMERICANS SEND EFFICIENT
TEAM OFAIMA7EUR COLI ER.S
TO MEET ENGLISH PLA YERS
Captain Fownes Expresses Confidence in United State;
Entrants Prior to Leaving For Match Which
Begins ,TOmorroW-All Men Are Veterans

ability on the INKS when IN" defeated
Jerome -. TrhNtrS At Manchester. VI.
| ia the final match of the L : q ~
tti"Hal amateur tournament of 1914
rms was after puImct had returned
from a brief trip Ia Europe where he
was eliminated IN tine second round
nut n" afterwards won ih, French
tltl" at la Eonili". Last year he WAS
the runn"r-mp :" Chick Evans IN tn"
national amateur at RoSlyn. y Y.
ana II is hoped thai he vii! play up
I" expectations in his coming attempt
'"r hrii,Sh coli ,!hIinors.;
horn. at Atlanta. Ga. March II. 1900.
NJ ~" ~" Of uiuc wears he won tho
junior championship Of tn" East lake
H,i@.t club OF atlanta and Duplicated
was IL years old Bobby finished iirst
~ a thr""-day tournament at Bir-
ming ham. Ma.
ON his home course young lone.
Tx" Miss N"Na Stirling had tho
"ncht Of tuition from stewart Maiden
INC ciuh professional. and hc became
i"rt in 1915 when at Merton. "a, he
reached the third round ct tn" ua
,Ipnhl amateur tournament. bat VAS
defeated by Robert y Gardner. ~
Chicago. who subsequently, was IN"
'runn"r-up 10 the winner ChicN Evans
DURING IA" war Jones gay" Scv-
Eastern courses aud helped to ac-
rumulatc thousands OF dollars for tho
Red Cross and other dement's In 1919
as hna!ist Jones WAS defeated by :
y. tcrr"n in national tournament at
oakmont. Pa and last wear hc
reached the scmifinal stage. but was
beaten ~ Francis ruime,
Fr"drrt"h i. Wright. HUSTON.
Frederick J. Wright. IT. q mon,
hcr OF IN" Alhomarl" Golf cub. New
ton. Mass. i a uat'v" OF Arlington
Mass. and - wears old He won
;hc stat" amateur championship at
i!ro"klin" Last year. h'tsd"s having
Western and state junior titles to-
ms credit; u" il long hitter. al
God pu't,r am! "a I'm" muich player
In addition he - a ucrvy gCli.r who
can hole more LONG puts ana chip
shots than many amateurs OF highcr
rank a." has acquired TIA. NHrdon
method OF getting hhckSpiu without
CoUrin" the turf cutting Slightly
under tn" hall. ~" Is considered 10y
many to hc possessed of tn" elements
OF play that viii aid him under tho
match play conditions OF III" british
title tourney.
!. w"od Fiat. rhi'nd"Irhia.
Next 10 Hohby Jones an! Fr"d
Wright. = Wood rla,r. tho rhi!adci
phia amateur golf champion. J. IN his
end year, and such mas h'"n mis-
work on tn" links during tn" past
Two years that II" j. rated Is one
OF the most sensational ninS"rs IN
tho country -. Is q member ~ IN"
White Marsh VALLEY country club
and the North INNS Country club. and
i known as tn" "giAnt- ki.i'r' N' aus"
81 his propensity Tor "lnund'nG ihN-
critics from ~" national champion
shin In 1919 at bnh'uONt. lfa'' mot
Francis oUiinci in tn" thiT! round
and defeated him in one OF TIA" most
Sensational! matches ever played ~
Il national championship Tn" match
ended on tn. thirty -'lEHth green IN
a binding ralnStorm.
Last year Plat, encountered :
Davidson Hrrrou. 81 PITTSBURGH, tn
title holder in Inc second round OF
tho national amateur chhmpinneh'p.
and defeated him hy q margin ~ :
and Neither Of ,hcs" Two amaz-
ing triumphs brought rla'i a cham
pionShip. FOR after defeating puim"'
at pakmont he succUmh"d N" i"'
loving day in tn" s"rninna!s u" ltor
non. who then proceeded to hci"h
rohhy Jones for tho Title in tn" INA!
Again a, tn. Engineers club. after
dcthroning Heron. rlatt vas "hmi-
mated from the title, even by Ned A.
lis o. Milwaukee.
Before the United states oni"r"d
the war. riatt hold the lhi'ade!phlh
iunior chamr!onshir. After he ha!
bcnn DISCHARGED from the service he
immcdiatcly stepped into tn" lime
light 10y his work in the 1911" amateur
champions h!H. IN" same Yea 'N
niavcd on III. PENNSYLVANIA l.osl"y
Gun team. and again last year. ana
in this competition h" has never los
Last wear r.a,t won the philadcl-
phia amateur championship and also
won the Nassau invitation event. 90
fca,,nc Tom Armour. one of Grca'
EritaIn's defending aces in the an
preaching British mn'onsh'1, IN
IN. nnal which was an extra mole
struggle. In addition Platt won half
a dozen other invitation tourna