The Washington herald., 1922-09-07


was never headed. At the battling
ninth over the crest of a hill he
stuck his mashie shot within three
feet of the cup for another win and
after this finally fought his way to
a 3-2 triumph despite Gardner.s de-
termined golf to the last putt Here
are their cards:
Morning Round.
Jones Cout) ...435 454 s45-37
Gardner 1out) SAC 444 - 80
Jones (inl .4 3 454 3 4 -36-I3
Gsrdner Cini....i42 45s 5-84-7s
Afternoon Round.
Jones Cout). .....55 4 453 3 SO
Gardner (our...5 @Ss
Jones Cin)......4 8
Gardner (in)....4 5 454
ToIIey vs.. Aulbach.
The next big feature match that
followed found Tolley and Aulbach
paved. There could be no greater
physical difference. Tolley. weigh
ing well over 200. broad of chest
and powerful in every way: Aui-
bach small. slender. slight. But
the depressing heat bothered Toll
ley; his tee shots left him for the
first time in two weeks, and Aul-
bach began to WELD one of the
deadliest putting blades ever seen.
You would never take the Boston
public golfer for a good putter.
His style is all out Of gear. but
he continued to hit the ball firmly
and confident. straight for the cup
from 80 to so feet away. and this
seems to be the main system after
all. There were at least five
greens where Aulbach Junk long
puts for wins or halves. and
against this the wonder is that
the big Briton hung on with such
cOolness. In playing the eighth
in the forenoon Tolley almost de-
served to win the championship
by his stand. Here he topped his
drive and hooked his second from
a b-i line over IS yards into the
depth of an almost impenetrable
forest. As he walked in and dis
appeared from sight. one felt that
he ought to have a guide to be
led back from the wilderness of
naples and oaks. Finally. we saw
his tousled black hair shining back
of a tree over 140 yards from the
green. He was almost completely
stymied by this majestic oak and
there were forty other trees In
the wy. But with Aulbach on
the green. Tolley played a wind
slice around the oak and the ball
finished with a fine backspin close
against the cup.
TOIley Produces Rally.
Tolley was still one down COM
ing to the twenty-sixth hole. but
here he rallied with skill and cour-
age that have helped to make him
famous and in the face of his tre-
mendOus tee shots. Aulbach was
soon too far distanced to have much
of a chance to rely further upon
his putter.
1t took no keen prophet to fore
cast a hard struggle for Francis
Ouimet when he stood up with Rudy
Knepper Knepper had finished
with ~ in all of Mondays rain.
He had taken 20 to overhaul Tor
renee. He was in a confident mood
and ready to go the route. His
game was quite good up to the
green. but after all it was up on
the smooth putting surface of
Brookline rolling sward that Rudy
reached his greatest height.
Here he was unbeatable. Ouimet
looking slightly tird. was struggling
for pars most of the way rather
than having puts for brides. And
this game was not good enough to
hold Knepper. Rudy still gripped
his club far down at the foot of
the leather, but he hit the ball
long. long way He was one up on
Ouimet in the forenoon. and after
the heavy rain set in he increased
this lead to = up. coming to the
ninth. The tenth tells the rest of
the story. Ouimet was on the green
In >, just twelve feet away. Knep-
per was on in 2. twenty feet away.
westerner shows Form.
Taking his time. the young west
erner. now in Princeton, brought his
putter hack slowly and steadily and
hit the ball straight for the middle
of the cup for his three, and Ouimet
missed on three other occasions.
Knepper holed Ave footers where
he was partially stymied, either
slicing or pulling his putt to get
the ball into the cup. Only nne
control and a sure putting touch
could have achieved any such re-
suit. The final blow came when
Knepper laid Ouimet a stymie on
the short twelfth hole. Francis
being only two feet away. This
left him four down against a re-
doubtabIe fighter who was on his
way to his second great triumph in
as many days. The end came on
the short sixteenth. where Ouimet
was again stymied. but even as it
was, he would have lost as Knepper
was 3 up and dead for his three to
end the match. Their cards:
Morning Round
KnPpper CoutD .. 54 544335 4-37
Ouimet Ioutt .. So 3 4 5 4 ~3S
KnPpper Iin) w & 3 4 4-3s-T5