Evening star., 1922-09-08

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Tolley had holed six-footer for
Further semblance Of cracking was
shown by Knepper when he hooked
teenth and conceded the hole after a
futile effort to play out. But holing
a 2o-foot putt at the fifteenth en-
abled him to put on the brakes. and
he went on to win at the final hole.
The day saw the dethroning of
Sweetser to the tune Of 4 and 8.
Seise Gun Jesse did not play his
game against the metropolitan lad.
but even II he had. 1t is doubtful If
Sweetser would have been beaten to-
day, for he holed 3 chips and alto
gether played splendid golf.
Chick Evans had Frank Godchaux
we'll in hand all day long, ending the
morning round up and maintaining
that margin at the finish. Bobby
Jones had bit Of trouble with Will
liam E. McPhail Of Boston in the
morning. but overwhelmed the Hub
tad In the afternoon by and 8.
Tolley Takes = Brace.
Fighting magnihcently after he had
thrown away hole after hole by in
different play. Tolley actually ap-
peared to be 4 winner over Knepper
until the latter holed a twenty-footer
at the fifteenth to become up and 3
to go. folley lost the first two holes
to become down by Indifferent golf,
actually missing four shots on the
nrst hole to take I. He was badly
trapped At the second and played a
puttsr. but was unable to get dead.
kneppef got lucky half at the third
vhsn Tolley missed his six-foo. try
for a 4. and the fourth was halved
In I.
Although Rudy was trapped at the
NTH. he got 4 half in 5 when Toll
leys chip shot was short. and won the
sixth to become up when Tolley
dubbed his pitch to the green.
But then the British lion showed his
claws and made the first Of series
OF valiant bids to win the match.
which all but succeeded. Knepper
played a fine iron shot to the green,
zoo yards away, but Tolley actually
hit the cup with his iron shot. q push
shot which struck just short of the
green. BY all odds Tolley's ball should
have dropped. but 1t lay two inches
They halved the eighth in and
the ninth In 5. but Tolley got a birdie
I to win the tenth. and at the long
eleventh knepper won by sinking a
25-footer for a birdie L. TolIey, who
Vas vas fat , inside knepper. was laid a
which he failed to negotiate.
Then came the thirteenth. where
able signs Of cracking. Tolley's tee
shot was trapped. He barely managed
to get out but the ball struck q rock
and bounced thirty yards out on the
fairway. 140 yards from the hole.
from which point he played a mag
rifcent iron shot to within six feet
OF the pin. Rudy, home in 2. missed
a four-footer for q half when Tolley
made his putt.
Rudy got into his toe shot at the
fourteenth too fast and hooked into
the woods. bringing up against a
stone wall, where. after q shot, he
leaving him but 1 up on the fight
ing Britisher.
Knepper. from the rough at the
right, got home at the fifteenth and
holed the putt for a birdie 3 to
become . up and 3 to go. Knepper
was far inside at the short hole. but
Knepper was trapped, took to
get and conceded the hole, paving
the way for the finish to one of the
greatest international matches ever
staged.
FOLEY, with the honor, split the
middle with his long drive, and Knep-
per was just few yards behind him.
Knepper was home above the hole.
while Tolley hooked his pitch into
the immense throns banked around
the green. Tol1ey tried hard to hole
his chip shot. and then missed a
three-foot putt for a 1, conceding
Knepper a two-foot putt and the
match after the latter had nearly
holed his 3.
Keepers High Rank Assured.
BY his victory over Tolley. Knepper
takes his place. In the ranks of the
Eolfng great He has beaten Tor
rance, Ouimet and Tolley in three
successive days. two members OF the
British team and former American
open and amateur titleholder. Even
II he loses to Chick Evans today, and
most predict he will. Knepper is as
sured OF his place. He Is a scrapper
from the hrst shot to the last putt,
and has everything else.
Guilford was laid a half dozen
stymies during the day by Sweetser.
and at the conclusion of the match,
whom asked whether he would like to
break mp his putter, said, mo, I would
rather break the stymie rule"
The champion did not putt in his
usual accurate style today, and did
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