The New York herald., 1922-09-08
KNEPPER SALUTED
BY BRITISH CRITIC
American's Golf Against Toll
ley and Torrance Wins
Praise Of Darwin.
By BERNARD DARWIN.

By BERNARD DARWIN.
BRooKLINB, Mass. Sept. 1.-Two of
the mighty fell at Brooklino to-day.
Mr. Gulford and Mr.. Tolley arc gone.
Whether for British or American read
ers, there is but one match to describe.
and that Ia the one In which Mr.. Tolley.
after being down. with thirteen 10
play, lost to Mr.. Knepper at the last
hole. 1t was truly wonderful match.
The early holes must be lightly dis
missed. Mr. Tolley seemed at first
rather jaded and unwell. and played
some weak. erratic shots. II Was the
"heel of Achilles" That wild. crooked
driving was his undoing. He took "A
10 reach the turn. and with twelve holes
played. Mr.. Knepper. by keeping rea-
sonably steady, was up. Then came
the first thrill.
Tollcy Poor at start.
At the thirteenth Mr.. Knepper was on
the green in 2. Mr.. Tolley played a
poor second and was in the rough. He
played beautiful little pitch which
broke perfectly on bank and trickled
on and went in. Thus likely ) be-
came an actual and a likely down
became only down. Moreover. he won
the next, two holes as well. playing
them supcrbly. and was / down with
TO go.
But Mr. knepper came at him again.
halved the seventeenth and 'boled
great putt to win the eighteenth in 3,
and so went in TO lunch . up.
AT tho beginning OF the second round
Mr. Tolley seemed. out of the hunt. He
made some very crooked shots and Mr..
knepper was as steady as a rock. The
result was that MIR. knepper was 5 up
at the sixth hole. The seventh is
one shot hole of about 100 yards. Mr..
Knepper played beauty to within six
yards, but Mr. Tolley went one better
and was literally within six inches.
-Four down.
Two halves followed and at the tenth
Mr. knepper took three puts on green.
Three down with eigk. to 60 The elev-
enth Is we'll over 500 yards long. Mr..
Tolley slashed himself right home in
two glorious shots. Mr.. Knepper was
bunkered well short OF the green, but
got out and holed ten yard putt for
a cruel half in 4. The twelfth was
halvod.
Thirteen Crucial Hole.
Once again the thirteenth was crucial.
Mr. Tolley was badly bunkered off the
tee and could only just get out. Mr..
Knepper. straight as line. was home
in g. 1t seemed that he must be up
with to play and the match as good
as over. But golf is incalculable. Mr..
Toley played~a magnificent third and
holed a three yard putt. Mr.. Knepper
missed his short one and was only up
after all.
just for a moment he seemed shat
tered and shaken and hooked his tee
shot around his neck into a dreadful
place and gave up the hole. Now he
was only ! up and was in the gravest
jeopardy. but back he came like the lion
hearted little golfer that he Is and
played a fine second out OF the rough
land holcd a six yard putt for 3. Two
UP and 10 go.
The sixteenth. an uneventful short
hole. was halved in 8. exactly. How.
do not know, for the crowd was cnor-
nous and ! had raced ahead to the
seventeenth. This was the hole that
finally brought about Vardon's undoing
against Francis Ouimet, ,sand the bunker
that destroyed him is stili called VAR
don's trap. To-day the hole was nearly
fatal to America.
Mr.. Knepper played almost a very
fine second. but not quite. His ball
quivering for an eternity on the edge
Of bunker on the green and then fell
in amid five thousand groans. Mr.
Tolley played beauty. Mr.. Kncppcr
missed two niblick shots. and that was
that. America / UP with | to play
and n wild stampede toward last hole.
This hole calls for a drive and high
iron shot across a big bunker on to an
undulating green. Both drives sped
like arrows from the bow. Mr. Knepper
played the odd. and no finer. firmer
shot was ever played at a crisis. The
ball pitched eight yards past the pin
and fell like a stone. Mr.. Tolley hooked
TO left of the green. but there was just
this. that Mr.. Knepper had slippery
down hill putt. Mr.. Tolley played the
loveliest little pitch to within five feet
Mr.. Knepper's putt was well and boldly
struck The ball touched the hole and
ran four feet past. Amid a desperate
silence Mr.. Tolley played his putt II
was in! Mol 1t hit the hole but stayed
out. Mr.. Rnepper won and was
promptly swallowed in the cheering
crpwds, a crowd. should add that
treated Mr.. Tolley with most generous
sportsmanship. What q match There
Is no more to say about IL.