Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1921-09-18
LOW SCORES MARK FIRST
DAY OF PLAY IN TOURNEY
-Four Former Amateur Golf
Champions Led by X. f.
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ST. LOUIS. Sept Flour men
Who have won the national amateur
golf championship today proved Their,
ability again by finlshin. almost M
the top in the elimination round OF
the contest for the same honor at tho
-. Louis Country Club. but the l32
starters were led by II. T.. Knepper.
.! SIouN city. Iowa. champion, who
scored 3i-35-7O. one under mar
edua!ihE the course record set yes
tcrday by Bobby Jones of Atlanta.
Chick" Evans. of Chicago. defend
ing the title. tied for the third place,
with -. as did Robert A. Gardner.
while III. Chandler Egan, Of Portland,
Greg" had ~ and Francis Ouimet. rs.
The British champion. Willie i.
hunter, survived with score OF 10.
four strokes fewer than necessary TO
compete with the sixty-four hest
players OF today on Monday at thirty
six holes for qualification, but S.
Davidson Heron, of Chicago. cham
mon two years ago. failed by one
stroke to continue in the competition:
He was erratic all the day. an almost
continuous string of fives spelling his
doom. short holes taking as many
strokes as the long ones.
Kneppcr has shown before In medal
recently in the Western amateur
meet for low score at 70. but the
winner of second honors today. Rob
crt Stein, OF Seattle, public links
player. has never competed in the
East. His score OF 35-37-72, Just
ono over par on the second nine, was
one stroke better than that returned
by the title holder. Evans: Gardner:
T II. Armour. OF Scotland, and Rob-
crt Jones, of Atlanta. Evans would
have had n - if he had not care
leSs!y tried TO tap in n four-inch putt
on the fourth green with the back OF
his putter and failed to hole the ball.
STEMS splendid score was only one
OF several turned in by the contin-
gent from the Paciac Northwest
ECan's a. tying for seventh place
with Max Marston. OF New York, who
led the Eastern players. Two other
Fasteners were only one stroke
worse, however, Francis Ouimet and
| less Guilford Of Boston. monopoliz-
| ing the mark of 10 80
Only three players scored re-. Ru-
| dolph Wilhelm, OF Portland, Greg.
John Gammons, OF Providence. r. l.,
| and Edward Held. leader of the ST
Louis players. Likewise. n bare trio
| made II. George Won Elm. of Sal,
| Lake City, trans Mississippi cham
pon; J. NJ. Wells. OF Wheeling. w
! Va. and Jesse Swcctscr. of New York
IT, II. Johnston. OF st. Paul Mimi.
| Minnesota champion. found his long
drives served no wonderful purpose
| on the st. Louis links, and he took
| not only IS TO get out, but 40 to get
| home.
a stiff breeze that swept the course
| in the early hours OF play made
| scoring two or three strokes more
| difficult on the second half than on
| the first. penalizinC. the scores OF the
| early starters. This condition made
| IL appear until the close Of play
that Sc or 81 would allow player
to compete on Monday, but more even
scores began To fill the chart as the
evening put the wind TO sleep.
Just as the 81 scorers were al
| but counted safe, l. +. Burning, OF
| Chicago came in with an unexpected
| IS and filled the last OF the sixty
| four places of survivors of the hat
| tie. crowding out thirteen men WITH
| taliics of ST. including HERON.
Turning two over par, the coas
| plaver made only one mistake on th'
| way home, taking an eNcusaoie sN
an the b6S-yard thirteenth. but he Go'
a birdie 3 on 35O-ynrd tenth. and dio
| something the prophets had predict
ed To be impossible by scoring
ON the 4l2- yard eighteenth. which Is
| so severely trapped as to gain ths
| nam. '''Trick Hole"