Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1922-09-07

| second shot was short Of the green
and the Sioux City battler failed to
get dead in three.
Ouimet's Win on Thirteenth.
His victory at the thirteenth was
the last for Francis. however, and
left him down with to go. Meth
er man got home in 2 at the long
off the tee. Francis was on with his
third, eighteen feet from the hole.
while Knepper's third was short of
the green. The Sioux City lad. how
ever. Clipped up well and Francis
missed. leaving the Boston lad 3
down with 4 to go.
Both men hit fine balls at the If
teenth. Knepper, short off the tee,
pitched into a bunker at the near side
of the green. while Ouimet was short
played chip shot was ten feet short.
Knepper was out we'll and down in
two puts for a five. while Ouimets
try for a four curled away from the
lip of the cup and stayed out, leaving
the Bostonian dormie three down.
teenth was thirty feet to the left of
the pin. and Kneppers ball was far
inside. Ouimet made a bold bid for
the putt and ran three feet over, be-
ing laid dead stymje by Knepper.
whose putt for two hung on the lip
finally called his caddie for mashie
to play over Knepper's ball. He made
royal try. but the ball struck the
edge of the cup sounding the death
knell to the hopes of the Woodland
player for this year
An Epic of Long Hitting.
The battle of the Bobs. won by
Jones. was an epic Of long hitting
and magnificent golf in the face Of
the worst weather imaginable. I'm
deferred by the cold. driving rain
from off the bay. these two golfing
kings siogged the ball for astounding
distances through the messy fairwav.
that only kings can display under
such adverse conditions
i Gardner's aspirations came to an
end at the short sixteenth. where
young Bob got sweet revenge for that
licking at Merton in 1916. The hole
had to niblick his ball out Of a self
made hole at the edge Of the six
teenth. giving Atlanta Bob the vic
tory by and 2.
British Threat Looms
The British threat. although made
smaller numerically by the defeat of
Willie Hunter at the hands of Jesse
Sweetser. looms stronger today by
the victory of Tolley over George
,
who fights hardest when pressed. was
In his element in the storm. with 210
pounds of beef and concentrated ef-
fort behind every shot, which slowly
wore down the fighting Boston lad.
Tolley looked impressive all through
his match, although the scrap
ping Boston public links product.
weighing less than $50 pounds.
matched the ex-British titleholder
shot for shot all through the long
rain soaked afternoon, and actually
led the Britisher to the ninth hole.
where Tolley squared the match.
While Tolley looms today formi-
dable threat to American claims to
the championship, close observers be-
live he will have bad day and lose
before Saturday In the meantime,
however, he will take a lot of beat
ing.
Harrison r.. Johnston. known more
familiarly as Jimmy. faded away in
the rain before the accurate game of
McPhail. the plusger from Boston.
Jesse sweetser far outshone Willie
shots in the morning to win. when
seemingly outside the hole. He turn
ed FIVE up on the ex-British champ
and won handily by and s. Guilford
was the same old seige gun. booming
along through the rain in Characters
tic Guilford fashion and winning as
he pleased from Reggie Lewis.
The Godchaux-Rotan match was
quite 4 contest in the morning, when
the southern youngster finished 1 up.
but Rotan. who halls from Texas but
plays from Pine Valley near Phila-