The New York herald., 1922-09-08

champion has good broad back and
wonderful pair Of shoulders. but here
was milestone that tried his strength
sorely. He lost four OF the first six
holes and won but one. At the turn
he was down.
Starting the inward journey Toiley
won the tenth and then lost the
eleventh and twelfth. The twelfth he
played badly. but he settled down to
show some golf after that. At the
thirteenth he Clipped in from the rough
for birdie. good putt for another
birdie gave him the fourteenth and
he had the fifteenth as well when
knepper, hugging the trees on his drive,
hit the foliage on his second and re-
quired to reach the green.
Quite a comeback this had been Toi-
ley was now only 1 down. where he had
been 4 to the bad. However. Knepper
laid his second to the home green within
eight feet Of the cup and sank the putt
for winning 3. leaving off UP.
Another wild start was made by Toll
ley in the afternoon, the widest fthe
tournament so far. His first shot was
sleek over the fence to the race track,
and his second, a wooden club shot.
ricocheted from the fence. On the third,
an iron. Tolley got back to the golf
links, but he didn't have a chance on
the hole. Thenshe was bunkered. at the
second, and there he was again down.
At the sixth he was 5 down. but he
cleared this latter loss away with a
brilliant shot at the seventh that almost
yielded the first hole in ! of the tourna-
ment. The ball passed the cup and
lay only two inches beyond.
No one could have told by Tolley S
demeanor that he was hanging on the
verge OF defeat All golf matches look
alike TO this player. He was down
with 0 to play, but Knepper had not
won yet Tolley took the tenth. clip
ping dead from the back of the, green.
while his opponent. from almost the same
spot. ran out of dead and missed his
putt.
ToIley was on the Sis yard eleventh
with two magnificent swipes and almost
scored an eagle 3. Knepper halved with
him one under par by polling a twenty
foot putt AT the twelfth Tolley was
stymied and IL seemed all up at the
thirteenth. when he sliced his drive to
bunker.
Electing to play toward the green.
his recovery hit n rock and bounced out
upon the fairway. Not many yards
away Keeper sent his second to the
green. The Princetonian was wide, how
ever. and required three puts for p
5. whereas Tolley had his iron shot up
within five feet of the cup and sank
the putt for I.
Knepper Forced to Pick Up.
Knepper all day had been keeping
wonderful direction. For a change he
hooked his drive in the fourteenth
down against the walli and under
tree and finally was forced to pick up.
Tolley was now only down.
There Is no telling what might have
happenen at the fifteenth had Knepper's
sliced drive been intercepted by the
back of a member of the gallery. Ger
tainly the ball would have dropped into
heavy rough. Instead. Knepper got a
lie Just beyond on the side OF the drive
way. From here he reached the green
and proceeded TO sink n twenty foot
putt for a winning 3. The halving of
the sixteenth left Knepper dormie ?
but the latter tossed the seven
teenth through a bunkered second.
There was some frantic scampering
for points OF vantage on the home hole
Both drove magnificently. especially
Tolley. who was far ahead of his OPP
poncnt. However. the Englishman
pulled his second 10 the side of the
green, whereas Knepper laid his on.
fifteen feet over the cup. Tolley pitched
fairly high, q magnificent shot that
rolled the ball four feet past the hole
Knepper still was two feet away. but
Tolley lost all chance Of souaring the
match by missing his putt. lie picked
up.
There was never a moment that saw
Evans in danger or defeat in his match
with Godchaux. In fact his was tho
only match that was decided early in
the day for Chick was up at the
turn and up at the end OF the round
At tho turn in the afternoon he waa
s up.
But Jones had a fight on his hands
against the little known McPhaii. Bobby
was | up at the turn In the morning
and all even at the end OF the round.
AZ the sixth shey were stiiI All Jared