The Washington herald., 1921-05-24

Jones to the right of the green.
played sensational pitch over
ditch to within two feet of the cup.
Jones was one up at the ninth and
held this through the twelfth.
At the thirteenth and fourteenth.
both sunk fine puts with a rare
exhibition of nerve control over
slippery six footers that test the
stoutest hearts. Manford faltered at
the fifteenth and sixteenth. Jones
hitting a terrific ball for par golf
and won. Jones was around fine
rs. Evans. playing top form. dis
mantled Crowther. and 4. Chick
was at his best up to the green
with all his old time wizardry and
matchless skill. Crowther. consid-
cred a good player, was badly out
classed.
Ouimet Erratic.
Ouimet was erratic in the hrst
nine against the veteran Charles
Dick. missing tee shots and putting
IN an uncertain fashion, responded
With his old skill through the
stretch, shutting the door with a
bang and winning . and 2 Oui-
met. hitting a long ball 40 yards be-
yond his rival, was inclined to hook
on the early holes but later got
Strengthened out.
Wright, of Boston, won a grand
battle with Mark Seymour, half
brother of Abe Mitchell. the winner
Of a recent big tournament. sey-
mour. who in private life Is a gar
dener for Lord Northcliffe. Is q very
fine player, and was anxiously fol-
taA anA q
large gallery. Seymour got away
briskly, making no mistakes, and
was up at the fourth, when
Wright lit the fuse of the fire.
works. getting three IS in a row.
He sunk a 30-footer at the nth.
20-footer at the sixth, and. by fine
iron shot across the wind. got his
third successive ; on the seventh,
taking the lead. Wright's excellent
putting kept Seymour barricaded,
the younEster going boldly for the
cup and sinking fve and six-footers
on the return trip. Wright took
the lead on the twelfth, when Sey-
mour's approach trickled over the
green to the water. Seymour made
a bold bid to square the match at
the long sixteenth, but Wright saved
the bacon. holing a skittish To-
footer with a deliberate coolness
that impressed the gallery greatly.
Seymour's mighty wallop Travelled
335 yards to the seventeenth. but
he missed a four-foot putt for the
3 necessary to win with. Falving
the last hole, Wright was 1 up.
Armour's 20 Best.
Paul Hunter. out in Sc, took a big
jump over Carter, Irish champion |
and ranking player. One hole cost
Hunter s. but he played the others
in fawless golf. Carter drifted
well behind to the eleventh, where
he sunk a putt for a 2. still leaving
him well down in a hopeless chase
against the fast-nyins Californian.
The British are still anxiousiy
looking for an American over
throw. but their confidence was
badly shattered by the determined,
machine-like accuracy of the Amer
lcan players at close. quarters, tech
nically known as pinches. The gray
days nipping wind had no effect IN
blighting the American players
Tommy Armour. with a great score
of 20 against Orr in the best round
OF the day, winning to ., will bear
watching. Both Ball and Hilton,
rare veterans. won the opening
nNches. Hilton especially playing
extremely well. Great crowds
thronsed the course, sending silent
prayers to the gods OF golf for
British success against a still un.
broken line from overseas.