New-York tribune., 1922-03-02
kncppcr and Swectscr Al"
most Sure TO Bring Tiger
and Bulldog Into Final
By Grantland Rice

s,.e and Princoton arc not sctedui 90
80 book all their battles upon aridiron,
diamond, water and track,
II Eof donc runs true TO form. which
It doesn't always do by fifty or twenty
muddy bilomcters. Rudy Knepper, Of
Princeton, and Jess Swectser, OF Naic,
VIII come fairly close to settling the
noNt intercollegiate golf champ piouship,
without any great outside interference,
provided Bobby Jone :, Of Georgis Tec'l
doesn't horn into the bunkered frame
There IS every indication now that
the next Intercollegiate chsmpi ionship
at golf VIII be the premier of them all
Wthln the next fortnight the first
outdoor campaigning viii find long
list opening fire from every leading
university not trapped in the March
snow bet.
But from this lst outside az Jones,
Ancpper of Princeton. and Swcetser.
Of Yale, head the parade.
Yale Alan Won in 1870
Swectser Won tre intercollegiate
championship in 1920 at Nassau by
playng brilliant golf.
Last year at Greenwich he fell before
the spectacular finish of Simpson Dean,
the Tigar star, when Dean stuck con
in tho amateur champ iopship. Swoetser
carried Chick Evans TO the last green,
whore { hick finally saved his scalp with
3v-io0t putt.
The Yale star. who ia month
Younger than Bobby Jouos. is also on
the Yaio track team, but he viii have
tlmc enough to get going tor The next
big test
Swoetser VIII find brilliant oppo-
nent ia kncppcc, Of Princeton. The
Sioux City star has been 8 tactor IN
national championships for the last
three wears.
AT St Louis last fall he turued IN Il
brace Of 70's over a course $500 YARDS
ss the golf ball is supposed to a}.
Later he reached the last eight, where
nc was finally stopped on the rim OF
the semi-hnal round by Robert A. Gard
rer. Of Chicago.
kncpper, who is now around tWcutY,
is long hitter and a fine iron player.
lie has been improving steadily and by
the spling AID summer campalg lgn will
bc e dangerous opponent in any tour
lament held.
Determined Players
Both Sweetser and knepper De.org
to the confident, determined t.ne that
otiNh "a tiIt / ISL, uSud4 dt NiSil OSSt
liz hard match.
As Yale and Princeton have been
leading factors for The last two years
in the intercollegiate struggle, the nv
airy has groNn kecner than usual in
the possession Of two such golhng
notaDles. While Princeton loses Dean.
Kncppor steps in TO fiji the gap, and
tic hard httiMg young Westerner from
Tie other IL of the Mississippi will
Keep Prince ~ we'll up in the scramble
for three IL X wears.
1t is 10 - tainty that Dartmouth.
Harvard and Tiers Will not break up
the Bulldog -!1ger grip. but the preaen,
trend Of I.s dope isn't in that direc-
ton.
Dartmouth mas a strong teem. with
Boyd, Of Chattanooga, one Of the feat
ure entries. and Harvard is working
hard TO bring back the day4 Of Chan
dler Egan, when Grim m.an golf was
supreme in the intercoli er4ate realm.
The lst "f golf courses around New
York Is now moving rapidly toward tae
200 target. New courses seem to D.
emerging from every open sweep Of
country, upland and lowland With an
average turn of 800 members to the
club, and one running as high as 600
and 700. this would account for 10000
metropolitan golfers.