The Washington herald., 1922-09-06
KNEPPER FLASHES
MIRACLE GOLF in
AMATEUR TOURNEY
Picks Up 5 Holes in Last
18 to Beat Torrance,
up.
cort,rped From Page One.


The first day test for a starting
affair was unusually replete with
drama. In the tale of two cities
Sioux City Joined forces with
Philadelphia. For while Beadle
was bringing glory to the latter
Rudy Knepper was lifting the old
Western homestead up to dizzy
heights. Rudy In his match
against W. B. Torrance, the vet
eran Scottish internationalist, lost
his first FIVE holes. He stood
down at the turn and Torrance Is
no golfer to spot FIVE holes.
The gallery took 1t for granted
that Sioux City and Princeton
were fading into the fogs. But
Enepper knows how to stick. BY
the finest golf Of the afternoon he
caught Torrance at the tenth hole
and then rode on to a brilliant
victory by 2 up. He was forced
to tie the record of the course to
make this gallant comeback and
when he stood 1 down and to
play he was forced again to get
two brides in succession to square
the match.
Coming TO the short sixteenth in
the afternoon. Knepper was still
l down. Torrance came within a
hair Of holeing mis- thirty-footer,
and then Knepper with a slanting
downhill putt of fifteen feet tapped
the ball for the back of the cup
for a to square the battle. When
he came to the seventeenth with
Torrance on in 2. Rudy then pro-
ceeded to pump his pitch shot to
within Ave feet of the pin. where
again the putt went for the back
of the cup. Torrance had played
two successive holes in par at the
crucial stage to see his lead sno'
away in a dizzy flash.
Knepper. with a par at the
eighteenth, settled the issue beyond
doubt when Torrance sliced his ap-
proach to the right Of the green,
where q stately oak laid him a
stymie that only an ak could play.
These were the two feature matches
OF the day, but even they were
closely crowded by the determined
way in which John G. Anderson. OF
Siwanoy, crowded Chick Evans to
the thirty fifth green.
In the morning round. Evans
went out in 80, the fastest pace
that anyone has set over this hrst
long nine. only to stand l up. This
was enough to jolt the heart out
OF anyone. but Evans continued to
play great golf. and Anderson con-
tinued to stick to the thirty-fifth
green. where he was beaten. and /.
Britons Threaten Leaders.
Outside of these thrills. the Stall
warts were IN a murderous moOd.
In the main. they overwhelmed their
unfortunate opponents by crushing
margins Tolley and Hunter, the
two remaining British golfers, an
initiated Newton and Lloyd by IL
and 9. and played golf that will
make them hard to beat. As Tor
rance and Aylmer fell by the bleak
wayside before the blows of Kns7-
per and Ouimet. the two former
British champions in opposite sec
tiOns of the draw are keyed up to
lift once more the slightly dimmed
prestige of British golf
Tolley is now in one Of his over
whelming moods, and If this only
lasts ne will be no factor to over
look. Hunter. a master at match
play. finds Sweetser in the wav
today and if this battle isn't a
heart breaker. there is no guess left
to make. II Hunter slips safely
through. his thin shadow again will
fall across the field rs it did ~ St
Louis a year ago when a heavy
storm killed off his march.
Two Equal Records.
II the brand of golf which began
on Monday and then ran on through
Tuesday continues much longer. the
hi- galleries will soon he pop eyed
They may even begin stoninG some
poor unfortunate soul who takes
over -. Today Ouimet and KnAp-
per both had 7os. equaI'inE the
record Of the course Tollev and
Chick Evans had lis. Jones had
y 3 in the forenoon and a II in
his second round. Chick Evans II
included : at the long eleventh.
where he took three puts from
within six feet of the cup on
keen downhill slope If this putt
which trimmed the cup. had dropped
i1. he would have had a 81? Evans
is DIaying his best golf and he
needed il today aga 'nst the fne
courageous game which Anderson
put forth - the cIosin~ green.
Willie Hunters pace can be
Judged from the fact that at one
stage Of his march he had three
brides in succession when events Of
this moment are taking place you
can understand how swiftly the
leaders are travelling and the brand
Of golf il will take 70 survive the
week
SIX Fasteners Survive.
Among the sixteen survivors no
Still carry on the East has Ouirnet
GuiIford. Sweetzer. Lewis. McPhail
Gardner. KEep1er and Johnston,
Godchaux. Roth Rota and Cod
cuaUx from Texas and Louisiana
won by wide margins, hitting the
hall terrific distances and playing
extremely well. Add to this inter-
sectional fight the presence of two
great British stars and the drama
of the week can ne better under
stood.
In his match with young Beadle.
Jones went out in 40 to find himself
2 down He then began to play
with all the hrilIiance of his best
game. He was then back in 30 but
needed three brides to s.uare the
match There were few who be
lieved that BeadIe could last long
in the afternoon as Jones was hit
ting each tee shot straight down
the middle for 25O and $50 yards as
he planted each ron shot oc d dad
line to the pin. But Bead!c con-
tinued to meet the fusilla lie with
courage and skill
BeadIe sticks Ia EnI