The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1922-09-08
JONES WINS MATCH IN
MA TIONAL GOLF MEET,
BUT GODCHAUXLOSES
Jesse P. Guilford, Champion,
Loses in Semi-FinaIs to
SWeetSer-Rudy Knepper
Eliminates Cyril TolIey

Brookline, Mass, September. -
Jesse p. Guilford's attempt to re-
tain the national amateur golf cham
pionship came to an end today. The
title holder was defeated by Jesse
sweetser. Metropolitan champion. 4
and 8, when he failed, in an at
tempt to jump a stymie which the
latter laid him on the fifteenth
green, where Guilford was four
down.
Cyril ]. H. Tolley. winner of the
British championship two years ago,
was conquered by Rudy Knepper
of Sioux City, la. With ToIley's de-
feat was marked the complete COL
lapse of the British expedition to
capture the American title.
Bobby Jones of Atlanta. south
ern champion. went ahead to the
semi-finals tomorrow. This will be
sweetser against Jones; Evans
meeting knepper.
OA WITCH
Three of the four matches today
ended on the fifteenth green at four
up. 1t was there that Sweetser
stymied the champion. that Jones
completed victory against the for
mer caddy and that Evans steEmed
the success of young Godchaux
which had carried the New Orleans
prayer from six down to three
down, through consecutive victories
at the twelfth, thirteenth and four
teenth holes. 1t was a different story
in the Tolley- Knepper match. The
British former champion and the
youngster who had put cut Tolley's
compatriot, w. b. Terrence. two DAYS
since, and Francis Ouiment yester-
day came up TO the home hole for
decision
Two down at the close of the
forenoon round, and five down at
the sixth green in the afternoon,
Iolle fought back so ,courageousiy.
that knepper was only one up at
the thirty-second hole.
On the seventeenth. Knepner,s iron
shot was in trap and two futileNat-
tempts to set out led to another
pickup. That cut his lead to one
On the far side of the green in two
from 400 yard tee, Knepper putted
TO the hole but the ball passed over
1t. FOLEY made a desperate attempt
to equal in his third shot with a
chip fro mthe left of the green. When
he missed a curling putt, he con-
ceded the hole and match.
Guiiford-Swectser Match
Jesse Giulford. Woodland golf
clubs leading member, did not vacate
his title without a struggle. After
the morning round ended with the
champion one down, his game and
the game of the young challenger
from Yale. Jesse Sweetser, tight
ened up.
The champions siege gun doomed
at intermittent intervals but 1t was
not often that his drives were far
ahead of Sweetser's.
With Sweetser, dormie five at the
thfrty-second, the champion won the
hole with birdie four. 1t was a
last titnnfc effort to retain his
crown, but the odds were too great
With all hope of winning the thirty
third gone when he was stymed and
his mashie failed him In an attempt
to jump his oponent's ball, the cham
pion picked up both balls, smiled his
characteristic way. quietly shook
hands with HIS conquerer and
stepped down from his crown.
Jones Had Hard Time
Bobby Jones had no easy row to
hoe over fairway and green when
he encountered the youth, almost as
phenomenal as himself, Billy Nc
Phail. The first five holes of the
match were halyed and SO close was
the play that at the end of the morn
ing round they stood all even with
Jones never having an advantage of
more than two holes in the IS played
AS the Afternoon round wore on,
however. Jones sharpened his touch.
His lead, gained in the first hole of
the afternoon round, carried him
through the trip out. notwithstand-
ing McPhail's efforts, sensational at
times, to even the issue,
Frank Godchaux. the New Orleans
youth, who was runner-up to Bobby
Jones in the southern championship,
although eliminated four and three
by Chick Evans, gave him far better
battle than the score would indicate.
In the forenoon, after being two
down, he squared the match on the
seventh hole by wining the sixth
with long putt in birdie figures.
and the seventh in one over par.
Chick won the next two, however
on the inward trip, Evans won
four holes, each with efforts of par
or better, and Godchaux won two.
How Godchaux Lost
The Chicago star started a run
away match in the afternoon with a
lead of four up, gaining lead OF
six by adding two holes out OF the
first nine. But Godchaux was far
from willing to admit defeat. The
pair halyed the next two in par FIG
ures and then the southerner started
cutting down the veterans lead. God
chaux sank 900 foot putt for
birdie two on the twelfth, added
second winning hole on the thirteenth
with a par four and shot birdie
four or the long fourteenth ana
Evans advantage was cut in hair
The squirt could not be maintained,
calling as it did for super golf and
Godchaux's drive from the fifteenth
was in the rough. His second Sc
cured no better lie while Evans on
the green in two, sank an easy sec
lond putt for victory In the hole and