The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1922-09-07

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Chick Evans. playing well within
| himself. was the only contestant in
the third round of the national anna
teur golf championship at Brookline,
Mass, who obtained a substantial lead
over an opponent in the first IS holes
of the 36-hole rIatches today. Evans
led Frank Godchaux, of New Orleans.
| by four holes. The other matches
were being closely contested. The sur
prise of a large gallery was Billy Nc
| Phail, from Boston's public links, who
held fast to the great Bobby Jones. of
Atlanta, and stood level with him at
the end of their morning game.
Jesse Guilford, present champion,
| and Jesse Sweetser,4 metropolitan
champion, were engaged in a great
battle, with Sweetser one up at the
20-foot putt for three. Sweetser
4 was two down at the thirteenth, but
put on a fine finish.
Cyril ToIley, the English player, and
! Ruddy Knepper, of Sioux City, fur
nished the International flavor to the
play. Knepger, by holing 14-foot
| putt On the home green for a birdie
three, Jed the British golfer by two
holes.
Bobby Jones. (of Atlanta. Chick
! Evans, of Chicago;. Jesse Guilford, of
Boston, and Cyril FOLEY. of England,
were favored to Survive the third
Guilford, present title holder, was
matched with Jesse Sweetser, of
| Siawony, the metropolitan champion.
Jones met William McPhail, of the
Boston public links. Evans .clashed
with Frank Godchaux, of New
Orleans, and Toiley, lone British sur
vivor, met Rudy Knepper, of Sioux
| City. Evans and Jones were expected
to win very easily GuilforG was fig
ured as having a days work cut out
for him in his match with Sweetser
and many were willing to back Knep-
per to drop the last survivor of the
| British team. y
Jesse Guilford, present champion?
and Jesse Sweetser, metropolitan
champion, were all even when they
had completed the first nine holes. =
The cards:
Guilford, out, 555 365 444-40. -
Sweetser, out, 545 asa 445-4O.
Bobby Jones. of Atlanta, led Will
lam McPhail, ofsBoston, one up at the
end of the first nine holes: Cards:
Jones, out, 544 454 $40. 81
McPhail, out, 544 455 $3.50.
Chick Evans, of Chicago, was ex-
pected to have an easy time of it
against Frank Godchaux, of New
Orleans. and few followed the match
At the ninth hole Evans led Godchaux
2 up. Cards:
| Evans, out, 554 444 534-SS.
Godchaux, out, 555 453 1910. IS
lF-Ruddy Knepper, of Sioux CITY, led
! Cyril Tolley, of England, three holes
at the ninth.
Charlie Gault was preparing to hit
the ball off No. z tee at the Country
| club. The sun was setting in the wests
| Judge Porter, ma estic in his 6 feet 8,
stood nearby. Something bothered
Mr.. Gault. He looked at his ball and
then turning around saw the judge,
tall and slender, scrutinizing the dis
tant green. We'll, sir" commented
Mr.. Gault as he reached down and
moved his ball, IT never thought that
Judge Porter could make a shadow"
The failure of Harlow Hurley and
Frank Griggs to qualify in the city
| championship tournament was a dis
appointment to the golf bugs who
wished to see this sweet stick pair in
| the rounds.
Stanley Clithero attempted to quail
| ify for the city championship but his
| former professional work disqualified
him for the amateur honors.
Hutchinson has opened formally it's
new $125,000 Country club home, six
| miles northwest of the city. 1t is said
to be one of the finest golf homes in
the west The course. also new this
season, is built over and around Cow
creek-the stream that creates so
| many hazards on Senator Emerson
| Carey's private course near Hutchin-.
son.
There are eleven Country club play
ers and twenty-one Shawnee golfers
in the city championship matches. In
the first rounds DR.. George H. Allen
| and E. E. Sallee and DR.. w. K. Ho-
bart and H. B. Fink. all of the Coun-
| try club, are matched thereby elimi-
| mating at least two more from the
brackets. Among the Country club
players who are contending s,for9 the
championship there are Felix. Sallee,
Allen. Kistler and Fink, all former
| members of Shawnee, who are well
| acquainted with the course. the sand
greens and the natural hazards.
The George snyder-Jack Grow
match in the first bracket of the city
championship will be the leader in
| interest. Both are star players of their
clubs and play mighty sweet golf.
Crow has the sand green advantage
while Snyder has the steadiness of
| many years playing. Their contest
will be watched with more interest
than any other pair in the initial
rounds.
The w. D. Updegraff-Dan Studdard
| match also will be worth walking
around the course to see. If Upde
groffs irons are working Studdard
will have to do some accurate putting
| to defeat his opponent.