The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-09-20
OPEN CHAMPION SETS NEW COURSE RECORD AND GOES TWO UNDER PAR BUT LOSES
Max MarSton Plays Wonder
 full GoFf And Comes From Behind To Win In Last IS HoIeS From AtIantan

title holders and the natlonal open champion. Bobby Jones of Atlanta
 were eliminated today in the second
 round of the national championship tournament at Flossmo. The defeat of Jones by Max Marston of Phila- delphfa. furnished the thrilling upset of{a day re 2lete with startling deVel- ohents.
 less Sweets CT of New York, kept in me race to defend his title by over
 coming Dave Heron of Chicago. a former titleist and 3, and Bob Gardner of Chi,lago, twice holder of Pittsburg, another former champion,
 and 1.
 In another close, match that kept the crowd on edge for hours, Francis Ouimet of Boston, formerly national open and am atenr champion, finally
 outgolfed Willie Hunter of Los Ang- Great Britain and won and ?.
 Another former title holder to sur vive was Jesse Gulford of Boston who had a coq1Spa ra lively easy time in defeated Dexter Cummings of Chi cago, intercollegiate champion, and G. In the other tavo matches, George Von Elm of Salt Lake City, playing superlative golf at times, defeated Jimmy Manion of St. Louis, and 3. Joe Wells of East Liverpool, Ohio,
 busted II. K. B. Davis of San Fran cisco, 4 and 3, thus removing all the far west contenders except Von Films, and Densmore ShiEte of Huntingdon,
 w. Va, eliminating Ned Allls or Milwaukee, and D.
 The defeat of Jones following that of Evans who had tied with Jones for low qualifying score at l49:
 caused the greatest excitement Of the day although the prospects for time that Hunter would down Oul- met as he had Evans: kept the fol- lowers on edge until the Boston golf
 CT by shooting even par on the third nine and three better than perfect
 golf on the last quarter up to the
 finish, finally disposed of the Brlton'
 Jones' downfall was all the more impressive because he not only maoe a 10. record for the 6,705-yard course
 in the morning breaking par by four !. strokes and adjourhing for luncheoh A 2 up, but he kept within two stroKes |Nof par on the afternoon round only Ato lose to a collection of brides mat netted Marston the advantage. Although Marston had shot spIendid 73 in the morning, few of the hundreds who followed the con test expected anything but a Jones victory and even the loss or tne zotn hole where Bobby took a four to \ Marston's par 3 did not change the I onfnton. Jones halved the next two holes in par but failed to win the next one, when Marston got trapped and went one over HFStASSh AAS N'A NA and was still one up.
 ' Then the overthrow of the national
 open champion took place and he was
 never able to regain an even keel
 arstoifS unleased three birdies in
 W. making the 357-yard 240 in three and the 126-yard 25th in two al though he did not need this, Tor Bobby dropped into the pond and the 335-yard 26th in 6, and the Pennsyl- vania champion was two up. Marston would have got his fourth straight birdie if Bobby had not laid him a stymie on the 27th to halve in par four.
 The PhiIadelphian was not to be denied another birdie, however, for after having the next two holes Tn k par. he got home a four on the 4S2- 1yard 3Oth but Jones was down in Ithe like After halving the baby 3lst par 3, Jones recovered one hole nt Xthe 33S-yard 32nd by laying Marston a stymie and causing him to take Hive The reduction did not last, for Jones pulled his drive to clump Of ytreess on the 444-yard 33rd and was barely over the brook in 2, taking five to be two down and three to go. Marston was all ready to end the struggle on the 34th green where he pitched to within fifteen feet of the flag in two but Jones dropped his ball ! enough to play for a half in par four well inside Marston's and was wise when Marston laid him stymie. Marston settled the argument on the 35th where he holed long putt for a birdie four after he had fallen short on the bluff with his second, while Jones pushed his brassie second far to the right of the green and still had a five-foot putt left for a half which Marston conceded, making the 1 result to l.
 It looked much worse for Ouimet at the end of the first IS holes than terday for he was two down at that it had seemed for Chick Evans yes point while Chick had been only one down. Ouimet started without great promise of overtaking Hunter in the afternoon for he failed to get home a birdie on the 518-yard 18th and Hunt
 CT equalled his par on the 212-yard
 goth but he picked up a hole at the 552-yard Fist by bagging a birdie
 four and squared the match with a par four on the 23rd where Hunter
 was in the rough.
 k Ouimet dropped back one at the short waterhole by pitching his tee shot into the muddy bank and splat-
 tering himself with mud in his futile
 effort to get out with his niblick while Hunter was perfect from the \tee and got a birdie 2. Hunter then
 threw away his chances by getting
 nd taking three butts at the 27th
 mmeshed on the 26th for a five
 ole for another five, putting Ouimet
 ne up as they started on the home ~ sretch.
 - Hunter squared it again with a birdie four on the 2Sth. but Francis got birdie two on the 177-yard 29th | and was again one up. They halyed the 30th in birdie four and the 31st nin par 8 and then Ouimet completed mother birdie at the 32nd by sink
 ng a longish putt and was two up
 nd four to go. After halving the
 srd An par, Ouimet took the 34th
 with par four and settled the match and when Hunter took three butts
 rom 25 feet.
 Sweetser had to play good golf to defeat Heron, chalking up a 72, two under par to be two up at the 18th as | the Chicagoan shot a par "A and the : champion had to go out in 35 this ,afternoon to bs four up at the 27th yhole Sweetser was one better than par also on the six holes they played of the fourth nine and Heron was only two over par on the 15 holes ] played in the afternoon. The Chi cagoan brought applause at the 24th hole by holing a chip shot for birdie 3, but he lost the 25th when 6weetser pitched dead over the pond for two and the 27th. where Sweet to jump with his mashie.
 Guilford did not play remarkably we'll In the morning. taking Ss-3s- TT and he was one over par 36 for