The New York herald., 1922-09-08
How Golfers Pair in
Brookline Semi-F inal
UPPER HALE. :.
JESS SWEETSER, siwnnoy, VS.. BOBBY
JONES. Atlanta.
LOWER HALF.
CHICK EVANS. Edgewater. vs.. RUDY
kNEPPER, sioux City.

for a Q at the sixteenth. The Metropoli-
tan champion won both OF these. They
halved the seventeenth. then at the last
one Sweetser dropped another good putt
for birdie.
Guilford has made a name for himself
as great putter. The name was all he
had to work on this time. He missed n
putt to give Sweetser a half at the first
in the afternoon, and then Sweetser took
charge.
Guilford, in addition to putting badly.
was very wild man from the tee. Also
he was not always. as accurate as he
might have been with his irons. They
halved the second but Sweetser out
played the champion at the third, laying
his approach on nicely after the longer
drive and running up dead for 4.
Guilford was caught In the trap short
and to the right of the green. His third
was just out and his fourth was wide.
He picked up.
At the third Sweetser laid his ap-
proach within three feet OF the cup and
sank the putt. Then came the mem
orable fourth, which left eolflng Boston
sorrowing.
Guilford with a heave of his shoul-
ders slashed TO the right of the course
from the fifth tee and, had his second
been longer, il would have been in the
bunker. However, Guilford didn't feel
like taking undue advantages. Chival-
rously he fiunked his third into a trap.
Sweetser had q fine drive and what
had the makings OF grand second
However. the ball came around to the
left and dropped into the trap. Guiford
on his fourth made magnificent recov-
cry TO within half dozen feet Of the
cup. Sweetser on his third fiuffed from
the sand to the rough. His friends saw
a gift hole being thrown away.
GeAham Jess Thrills Gallery.
But Never let 1t be said that swectser
failed friend. The chip flew-that is,
down went that ball to the bottom of the
cup. a shot of sixty or seventy feet
Bostonians stood aghast. New Yorkers
roared. And little wonder. They
haven't had such good honest cham
pionship opportunity for roar since
Jerome Travers stopped playing check
ers with Chick Evans
Two THOUSAND Boston Adams apples
clicked like so many mousetraps. -Four
thousand Boston eyeballs rolled in con-
sternation. Fifty-seven New York straw
hats closed their season prematurely and
to the music OF q loud, sardonic and ro-
bust guffaw. Swcetser was up on
Guiiford. the national champion.
From Sweetser they turned upon their
own pet. Guilford deserved II. He let
them down, threw them in the mud. For
tho sixth, uphill Sweetser approached
Within six feet OF the cup and Gullford
beat him by the margin Of almost four
feet. Then the putting. Swectser missed
and, yes. Guilford missed that two footer.
The cup must have moved.
In addition to feeding the lions wild
oats instead of raw meat some one must
nave concealed a gaivanic battery some
where about the putter of the champion
He had his Apawamis drive with him,
not always, but too often. Also he was
spasmodic on the greens.
Sweetser. though, was playing golf and
that is how the Siwanoy man came to
be 5 up on the mighty GuiIford at the
turn and up at the eleventh.
Jesse Cups Jess's BaII.
Both had putt for a and missed
il at the seventh. The eighth was halvcd
in As in about the same fashion. At the
ninth Sweetser laid Gulford a sty1nie
and Jesse in jockeying for an opening
knocked Sweetser's ball into the hole.
IL looked as IL at this point Guilford
aroused himself from his lethargy suf-
f1ciently long to remark, Dash IT,"
The tenth was halved and at the
eleventh Guiiford hammered his second
10 the brow OF the bunker on the hill.
Sweetser won with 5. Guilford took
the thirteenth. Sweetser being wide on
the green to the right. Also the four
teenth went 10 Gulford in n fine 4.
IL may have been observed that all
this time from the twelfth Sweetscr
was dormie. a half now was all that
he required. There was very sad
affair at the fifteenth for here Sweetser
again stymied Guilford Jesse probably
would have had half here but for
this
Stymies were prominent throughout
the day. In the afternoon Sweeesev
laid Guilford bad ones at the ninth and
at the fifteenth. Both hurt At the
thirteenth Guilford stymied Sweetser
although IL il doubtful IL the Metro
politan champion would have made his
long putt for half In any event. Then
In the morning half stymies kept
Sweetser out. at the first and third.
About the only thing that can be
said Is that Guilford was soundly
beaten. He did not play nearly az
well az he can taking II by and large.
but then Sweetser cannot be blamed
for hitting and hitting hard while his
opponent was groggy. At that II took
him quite awhile to find his punch. or
the efficacy Of that sock there remains
not a shadow of doubt. not in sorrow
ing Boston.
kncppcr va. Tolley.
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