The Washington herald., 1922-09-07

nent on he stuck to the guns with
cut faItering once in his long. slog-
GIN hike araund the course.
All in all IL was a day of thrills.
drama and Lifting climaxes
such as golf alone can produce for
those who know and love the en-
cient game. While Knepper was
beating Ouimet and Sioux City was
lifting its victorious banner over
Boston's standard. George Aulbach.
Boston public course golfer. was
using his pUtter almost exclusively
TO throw a heavy shock most of
the way into the stout t-hearted
system of Cyril James Hasting Toll
ley. the big British golfer. who
meets Rudy Knepper on tomorrow
morning.
TolIey Comes Through safely.
Tolley was figured an easy VIC
tor. but two things happened TO
upset the schedule. The long hit
ting Oxfordian lost control of his
tee shot in the forenoon heat and
Aulbach insisted upon holeinG out
every putt as far way as he could
- see the cup. When your wooden
shots go bad and develop a petty
moment as your opponents putter
turns into Merlin's wand of
wizardry and magic. there is al
ways trouble ahead. Tolley came
to the twenty-seventh hole
down. but the heavy rainstorm
which flooded the course. tho
players and the galleries gave him
better chance. and in the battle
OF the lion and the mouse. as the
two looked physically. Tolley final
ly fought his way into a safe lead
and came through safely.
While all this was taking place,
Fob Gardner. of Chicago. was CIV
ing Bobby Jones another desperate
hght. a fGht that Jones only won
by a great rally and sound finish
in par golf
At this moment ID seems To he
a fitting time to recapitulatG and
check back on the shifting tides
OF fortune. In the first place the
morning came on with another
spray of golden sunshine that at
certain moments was entirely too
steamy for comfort. In the after
noon as the first match started.
another torrential dOwnpour broke
over the course and for two hours
fairly drenched everyone In sight.
CnCe aCain il was fully as wet as
the middle of the Atlantic OF Pa
ciflc. whichever you prefer. and
We recall no other occasion where
as many costly pieces Of feminine
headgear dropped so drearly ard
dipped in such bedraggled fashion
before what Ring Lardner has
probably by now nicknamed the
fury Of the elements" Yet the big
E0ston galleries stood up before
the shock gamely and slogged their
way through the driving rain to
zh
struck.
Inter-SectiOnaI Matches.
AS result of the days summary,
the inte<sectional and internation-
al program retains all its spectacu-
lar elements. The New England
district has GUilford and McPhail.
the West has Evans and Knepper,
the South has Jones and Godchaux.
the New York district looks to
Sweetser. and England can still
pin its faith upon big Tolley. who
may yet carry the Union Jack a
dangerous distance through this
field.
= TOlley beats knepper tomor-
row they will he paging Paul Re-
we're through every village and farm
in clarion call that goes back to
the days of 80. the first Boston tea
party and the midnight ride which
preceded the shots heard round the
world. Tolley alone remains from
the British forces. for Jesse Sweet
ser. III" tall and sinewy New York
champion. crushed Willie Hunter by
IN" expansive margin Of : and 6.
While this drive was under way.
with Swc"tScr always in command
n h. -FF Frrst f..Vr
dr"pnin@ Reggie Lewis by the still
wider margin Of l. and ..
Evans >tiII Factor.
This brings the two Jesses to-
CetHer in the third battle for a
contest that should live long in
the annals Of the game. Both are
cool. c"ufident and at the crest of
tEsir strides. mighty hittcrs who
know M fear Chi,k Evans. pIay-
ing with the same ease and brill
lidn"y which hc mas shown all week.
crushed Bin Fuwn 10 to .. proy
in@ again that he is StiII a vital
factor in this championship. a man
to No respected "r feared by anv
one he meets. The only big unset
0f the day Camc when William Nc
Pha!l. former public course golfer
from tho RuStoH district. eliminated
Harrison Johnston Of ST. PauI. by
aud ? Johnston could not get
GoinE at his usual speed His tee
sn0ts began to wander off the line
and his iron play was errstiC, so
M"Phal. by greater steadIness.
finally "ustsd the man who beat
OUimet at St Louis and carried
Guilford to th4 rnsl green. There
Was different Johnston in action
i"i"I "~ both wer" strUEEIin" to
beat eighty. but the young Bos-
tunian deserves fine credit for stop
ping golfer Of Johnston's caliber
and for holding his nerve to the
end of the test.
Frank GudChaux. OF New Orleans.
and George Rotan. of Texas. a long
hitting all Southern duel from which
GOdchauN emerged with most of
the glory. The former Vanderbilt
football star just out Of college was
four down at the sixth hole. then
he spied in the gallery his old friend
Leon Enrol, the star comedian of
sally When ErrOl heard that his
Young friend was in trouble he i'm
mediately rushed over. grabbed the
bag and started in to Caddy for the
Louisiana star. From that moment
on GOdChauN came back to earth.
He proceeded to win four holes in
succession by super golf and to take
the lead shortly afterwards He
was hitting the ball a mile far and
true down the middle of the course
and while ROtan hung on the
greater mart pF fba way ba uyoy sonn