The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-07-25
SWEETSER IS LOW
 MEDALIST IN THE WESTERN TOURNEY
l. J. 0Sbun Of Birmingham Fails To Qualify With a
 Score Of 166

CLEVELAND. O.. July 24.-6By As soclated ress.)-Although he fin ished in tenth place of today's SCOT ing and slumped seven strokes from the first round, Jess Sweetser of New York, national amateur golf cham pion, today with 75 won the gold medal Tn the qualification for the western amateur title play because of the lead his record 6S for the May field Links gave him in the first round.
 sweetser scored the same today as Chick Evans, but the defending champion returned yesterday while Evans, despite a bad start that put him three over par in the first three holes, finished with 73 for 14S, tying him with three others for fourth place in medal play.
 Within two strokes of the na- tional champions fine 143, Capt. E. F. Carter of Chicago, formerly cham pion of Ireland, who scored 71-74-145.
 Only one stroke behind Carter came Densmore Shute of Huntington. cham pion of West Virginia. who today set a record of 33 for the second nine for n and a total of 147. He made the 33 handily although he took a six on the 395 yard sixteenth by over approaching down cliff and there by spoiled a likely 31 which would have landed him in the second place.
 Tied with Evans were Dexter Cum mings of Chicago, who had the best score of the second round, a pair of 35s for a TO- one under par, each way, James Manion of St. Louis, who improved his score six strokes to- day for a u. tying Shutes second best score of the day, and J. M. Wells of East Liverpool, Ohio, who merely reversed Evans score by taking his 75 today.
 Frank Godchaux of New Orleans. runner up In the recent southern championship, was only one stroke behind Evans, tying at 149 with Ira L. Couch of Chicago, and the vet eran Mayfield played J. K. Bole, Ed die Held of St. Louis, trans Missis- of Buffalo, after fine rounds of 73 on Monday, fell off five strokes each today and tied at 151 with Ned Saw yer of New York, who won the west ern title at Mayfield in 1906. T. F. Lamprecht and Ellsworth Augustus of Cleveland.
 Sweetser started we'll today, but on the second hole he committed his first fault of the meet by heeling his mashie and taking five on the 340-yard hole instead of the birdie three he got Monday. He could not repeat his birdie two al the 170-yard fourth and took par 36 to the turn. He started in with a second eagle three on the 45-yard tenth but went two over par on the 220-yard thirteenth and one over on the four teenth, fifteenth and eighteenth, for s. three over par.
 The national champion had only two bir0ies today as compared with four yesterday while the western champion had four birdies each day, but nD eagles. Evans, although ap- parentIy not in first-class condition, +, ,{, iron by scoring four twos in the double round, two each day. Evans started unpromisingly today, going three over par on the first two holes, with but two birdies twos on the fourth and the eighth. he turned in 37, one over par. He started home with a brace of birdies but dropped the advantage by going one over par on the fourteenth and the fifteenth and finished in even par 36 for 73.
 Sweetser's best ball for the two was 66, while Evans. was 6S. but in match play the national cham pion would have defeated Evans by a much wider margin than he did in the finals for the title last year at The pairings for match play with qualifying scores follow:
 Jess Sweetser, New York, 66-75- l4S, and Leonard Martin, New York, 76-76-152.
 F. A. Godchaux, IT. New Orleans, 75-74-149 and Kenneth Hisert, Chi cago, 76-79-155.
 Dexter Cummins, Chicago. 7S-7o- l4S and Harold Weber. Toledo, So-74 -154.
 Ned Sawyer, New York, 76-75-151 and Russell Martin. Chicago. 7s-7S- 1856.
 Charles Evans, Jr. Chicago. 75-73 .14S and James c. Ward, Kansas City, 79-75-154.
 Ellsworth Augustus, Cleveland, 76- and Nelson Davis, Cleveland,
 T. F.. Lamprecht, Cleveland. 75-76- 151 and James A, Kennedy, Tulsa 75-S0-155.
 Densmore shute, Huntingdon. 75,71 -146 and George Hackl. Jr.. Chl- cag, 7S-75-153.
 Capt. E. F. Carter. Chicago. T. 74-145 and D. H. Tweedie. Chicago, 77-75-152.
 Ira Couch, Chicago. 74-75-14s and Raymond McAuliffe, Buffalo 7s-76 .155.
 James Manion, St. Louis. 77-7l- 148 and A. E. Shannon. Columbus 74-SO-154,
 W. H. Gardner, Buffalo, 7s-7S-151