Evening star., 1923-09-22
SWEETSER LEADS
FOR GOLF TITLE
Near Second Consecutive
Victory-Leads Marston
at End of 18 Holes.
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
FLOSSMOOR, September 22.-Max
Marston of Philadelphia today man
aged to hold a champion, Jess Sweet
ser of New York, to a lead of up
on the first eighteen holes OF the nnal
round in the national amateur golI
championship at Flossmoor, although
the Pennsylvania champion took forty
strokes for the first nine. Sweetser
shot very good golf for final ses-
sion, going out in above par 1or
So and coming home under par Tor
total of 75.
Hole 1, 51S yards, par s. Sweetser
drove $50 straight. while Marston
was ten cards shorter. Marston's
second wes to the edge of a trap
short of the green and Sweetser
pulled to a sandpit twenty yards
shorter. Jess niblicked to fifteen
feet over the CUP. while Max Clipped
ten feet short. Jess all but holed for
a birdie and Max bobbled the cup
halving in 5.
Hole 2, 212 yards. par 3. Both iron
tee shots fetched the green SWeetser
twenty y-five feet to the right near
trap and Marston eight feet closer
in two feet, while Marston was with
in a foot, and they halved in par.
Hole 3, 552 yards, par 5. Their
drives were side by side 23O yards
brook in 2. Max reached the far
edge forty-five feet from the flag
Sweetser pitched to within three feet
of the pin and his ball jumped back
two feet from the back spin. Mar
ston was eight feet short on his
Il ~ hut
and halved when Sweetser missed
his ive-footer.
Break Comes ON Fourth.
Hole 4, 342 yards, par 4. Their
230-yard drives were even again, but
Marston. playing the odd, pushed his
ball to the bottom of the bank of the
terrace green. while Jess was straight
ed eight feet past the flag, while
Sweetser grazed the cup. Marston
ran two feet over and lost. 5 to 4,
and was / down.
Hole 5, 447 yards. par 4. After $50
yard drives, Jess pitched within five
feet of the cup. while Marston struck
short but trickled up to within twelve
feet Marston's putt missed by
foot and Sweetser also missed, halv-
ing in four
Hole s, Alt yards, par A. Sweetser
sliced to the woods in the bow of
the dog leg, while Marston pulled to
the rough. Marston was so close to
the fence he could not get a stance
and he played left-handed with his
putter, going only five feet and was
short in three. Jess was behind tree
and had to chip out fifty yards at
an angle. Sweetser pitched twenty
feet short, while Marstons fourth
was twelve feet over the cup. Jess
was two feet to the right in four and
Max missed twice, taking seven to
Sweetser's five, and was two down.
Hole 2, 126 yards, par 3. sPond
hole.) Jess pitch was twenty-five
feet, over while Marston narrowly
missed the drink and was eighteen
feet short. Jess was six feet short
in two while Max ran over a foot
and laid a stymfe which Jess essayed
to pitch but missed, taking four, and
was one up.
Even Score mt Eighth.
Hole 8, 335 yards: par, 4. Marston
outdrove Sweetser ten yards, getting
240 yards, and after Jess pitched forty
feet short of the pin Marston ran up
to twelve feet Jess bobbled the cup
with his long putt and Marston got
home for a birdie and squared the
match.
Hole 9, 3S7 yards; par, 4. Marston
again outdrove Sweetser, getting 23O
yards uphill. Jess was on in 2,
twenty-five feet to the left, while
Marston overran the green and was
twenty. yards over the cup. Marston
ran up eight feet to the pin and again
stymied Sweetser. Jess tried to eng
lish around it and failed, but won, and
was / up.
sweetser took the turn in the morn
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