The Morning Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Okla.) 1919-1927, 1922-06-29
Jim KENNEDY IS
ELIMINATED 4-3
\ IN FIRST ROUND
Four Matches Left in
Western Tourney;
Play Great Golf

I. ne Associated Press.
HiLLCREsT COUNTRY CLUB,
rhNsAs CITY, June 2s.--Two
r..ras OF match play in tho western
amateur golf tournament today pro-
e..od some Of the greatest contests
ever seen in any titular competition
al closed with several stars elm
.-lted and several others left in
.-.v through breaks in luck which
came when they seemed certain OF
u eat.
Harrison Johnston OF 81. paul.
,.rr.. state champion and a popular
...Ir.'e 10 so through 10 the semi
I..1s AZ least. fell before Francis
G. .cs Of Omaha after he seemed TO
haze tho Nebraskan we'll in hand,
ana Chick" Evans had two narrow
.nes. being toyced 20 go p holes
ta Eliminate Eddie Held Ot 81, Louis,
..f trailing Bob Mckee of Des
N. aes until the Youngsters cracked
Under the strain after playing sem
.4.nully at the start.
Two other matches went into
extra holes and several We're not
taHad until the eighteenth green
was reached.
Defeat Spreads Gloom.
Tahns'on's defeat actually seemed
% spread gloom around the club
house. for he was one OF the most
-.rgi8r entrants. After putting out
A... Graham Of Wellington, Kan.
.u the morning in "a we'll played
game the Minnesotan seemed TO be
haNug no trouble with Gaines at the
u.n He began hooking his long
drives then, however, and blew some
short puts with the result that the
Omaha shooter was ! up by winning
tra .eveuteenth and took the match
on he halved the last hole. john
SION seemed bothered by the big
gallery which shifted To him after
Eeana and Mckee had finished The
crowd was not controlled and re-
r-. edly swayed back and forward
as Johnson shot, seeking TO get a
better view OF his powerful swing.
Several times he waited on the green
for The audience TO become still, but
20 showed no inclination 70 stop and
he went ahead and shot, missing
three puts of three feet each
George Won Elm of Salt Lake City,
after winning his 2l-hoie morning
match from Henry Decker through
20 and 40-foot puts when he seemed
sure Of defeat started badly in the
second round, being behind Reuben
Bush, jr., of New orleans most Of
the way. The Trans-M Mississippi and
Pacific northwest champion again
pulled through by great comeback.
however, winning and /.
HcrrOl Beats Ouinet.
Dave Heron of Chicago, the for
mer national amateur champion.
did not have hard day, although
he beat Ray Ouimet of Kansas City.
brother of the great Francis. only /
UP. Ouimet had trailed most of the
way but pulled up near the end.
Heron put out Eddie Limberg of
81. Louis early in the morning.
The western Junior champion. Bur
ton Nudge. jr.. of Chicago went out
al the eighteenth hole in the second
round before Clarence Wolff Of St.
Louis up, when he conceded the
hole after being faced with the
necessity OF holing a 2O-foot stymie
70 square the match. Wolffs bail
hung on the lip of the cup, Nudge
previously had beaten A NJ. Bart
lett of Ottumwa, Iowa, three times
state champion, in % holes.
Aside from the three extra holes
contests and a SO on the first by
Fred Wright of Los Angeles, the
most spectacular work of the day
cama In the game between Evans
and Mckee. Mckee, apparently be-
heWns from the morning game thar
ne had the champion off form shot
, sensauona,ly at the start and soon
took one-hole lead which he held
"a the twelfth.
Took Good Break.
Both made the turn under par.
blt Evans was content 10 trail Just
as he did with Held. untll an OPEN
ing came, feeling sure he could take
advantage OF II. And that is just
"nat happened.
=, On the 806-yard par four. twelfth
Mehee second struck a tree and
hnaed In "A pit. Chick put his sec
end iour feet from the pin. Mckee
rlhaIly holed out in five, concedng
ChIek birdie three and the match
Wis s4uared. Chicks" drive on the
'o-yaId 16 was 10 feet from the pin
ior par 3, but McKee's drive was
hooked wei! TO the left and his pitch
uScN was short. His best was a four
NA!ch made Evans up. The strain
seemed to be showing, for Mckee
n KY MS second In the sand pit and
men after an almost Impossible
ple1 back 10 six feet from the CUP
a