The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-09-22
GARDNER AND QUINTET ARE BEATEN INV SEMI-FINALS OF
 NATIONAL AMATEUR TOURNE
cGonqueror Of Bobby Jones
 Eliminates "Boston-Sized -s Gun" In Great Match

FLOSSMOOR, Sept. 21.-(By Asso- ciated Press. )-Jess Sweetser of New Work got step nearer the goal to- Gay in his defense of the amateur sdgelf championship by dereatIng Bob I Gardner of Chicago, twice holder of the title. and in the semi 48finals. The champion played one stroke better than perfect golf in the morning round while Gardner slip ping at times with various clubs took S1 for the first round and was two . over par when he lost at the 29lh hole.
 Max Marston of Philadelphia will T be Sweetser's opponent in the tinal round as the result of his victory 5 and over Francis Ouimet of Bos- ton. While Marston did not shoot re- .fnarkable golf, taking S1 for the first r6und and being only trifle better !, on the second, Ouimet could not get his game in working order and H. nalIy slipped on the last few holes, letting Marston get an advantage that his game of today could not overcome.
 lG Ouimet was not crisp with his ap- preach shots, often falling Wloe or Short and he missed numerous rdhances to get home medium length 3 puts While Marston was not play sing any better than Ouimet at any place he was steadier at points where Ouimet slipped and he even had an ! even break of luck on the short A5th fshple where a wide pitch shot Dy Tfs gallery and bounced onto the green instead of getting into trouple' : This was tho first time that Mars tor, has even reached the finals Tn a National championship althougH he once reached the seml-finals'
 After Ouimet had played worried
 x.I,- rrh L. iy, squared his match with Marstotl with birdie fours on the 2Sth ana 30th. the only two holes he playeu Under par all day, he dropped tle match on the shortest hole or th9 ? Jrotrse by missing a two-toot putt itF F6r . birdie two after Marston had -ssfnk fifty-foot one for his two. j Tine play on this short hole surround ed by trees and pits was the most : dramatic witnessed during the daE, a Marston's tee shot was Wilu anu ygould have carried over the bluft oi +he nlateau green which is downhlI f,on1 the tee if the ball had not hit a boy scout who was trylhs Id keep back the excited gaIlery. Ouimet's tee shot was so perfect that 1t hit the flagpole ana droPpeG oaTN f two feet from the cup and It ap- peared certain that the Boston pIayer would get lead of one up. Marstoh measured the side hill putt careIuI,y and gauging the distance per1ectly tsnned the ball with just enougn y'cpYer to plunk it into the side hil! scun much to the admiration or tTa awestricken spectators. The re- s sultant cheers apparently upset tn9 ' nhlegmatic Bostonian and ne 1hlSseH T his easy two-foot putt Tor nal and was one down.
 The effect of this play came at +;noe to cost Ouimet the contest, TOT Ta nlaced his second too gingerly oS inc 32nd and while he got a par four. Marston, evidently lnsplreu with confidence, as the result or ms : long putt, sank nlne-looteI Ao1 o' birdie three and was tWo 'P'
 4Narston's shot to the gallery on the aard did not help him, and like Oui- met: he had to play out of the brook Tn TWO The Philadelphian was to inc far corner of the green in three, while Ouimet was within ~ leet ta the cup, but .Marston ran up ~ within five feet of the cup anu halved in five when trahcls "isSeN the tin by dnches. o.+h
 The contest ended on the S4th when Ouimet drove to the rus n,ld n, fell short ofsthe green Tn two aiiI iiI made a poor pitch from the sue nlin n '. bunker. taking five to Marston pdl four. .dverse weather conditions, an overnight ran having slowed up the course WHicll Wlan was swept by cold northeast wino that auartered many of the holes' 0nIv a few faithful friends tolloWeu inc Sweetser- Gardner match at the start but gradually the skies clear ar ed and bright sunshine greeted ene W snectators, who rapidly increased III III numbers until each match haq r a thousand or more in it's gallery Ine favorites of the gallery lost in botn x nnatches. but the remarkable shooI- ine of the champion was lordly aps niauded and Marston got his snare oI piaudits pIa when he played up close to the court. to1,,, al
 Strong wind did not materially ar al- fect inc driving of either Sweetsef or Gardner. both learning to ao eheao The breeze through their eNperlen1cse on inc golf links of the Brltlsn 1sies and Ouimet who had peeh +brourh the same school. did not as crihe his poor drives to the wlh4, ne,
 rbile Marston whenever was oli 1tne from the tee brought his pow, arful physic into play to make goou % racoveries. Both Gardner ana Cui ,,et dismissed their defeat With lne ramark that 1t was not their day'