The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-09-19

Chick sliced his drive on the 35th and failed to get home in 2, losing the hole and the match when Hun ter holed birdie four.
 Bobby Jones did not play very well in the opening round. but man aged to finish the half one up. Coch- ran soon took tho lead by scoring birdies on the 18th and the 2oth sinking a goodly putt ontthe latter fer two The open champion won tho next three, however and was two up, but he dropped the 24th to par four and the 27th to the same and was square turning into the home stretch. This made Jones two up and he could not improve that lead, for the Texan was par and par alike with him for the next four holes until the match ended on the 17th green.
 Jones' Cochran after noon card: Jones in afternoon ..435 344 45x--xx Cochran in afternoon 435 z44 45x-xx Jonues in afternoon .435 344 45x-xx
 G picked up; bye hole not played.)
 The field was well scattered geo. graphically after today's round al- thoughout eight of the players were eliminated making three home play CTS, two Boston stars and one each from New York, Wheeling. Filwau- kee, Salt Lake City. Pittsburg, Phila- delphia, Atlanta, East Liverpool, Ohio, San Francisco, Los Angeles and St. Louis in the second round.
 Thee was some good medal SCOT ing today in spite of the heavy course, Jess Sweetser recording a 35. one under par on the first nine of the afternoon round in spite of a six on the first hole. He was not so good in the morning taking 3S for the first nine and more for the second. Bob
 
 in the morning, but the honors for medal play went to Densmore Shute and George Von Elm, who shared a Fl, two strokes better than the best previous score made during the meet thus far by Francis Ouimet on Mon day in qualifying. Von Elm got his 71 in the morning and Shute in the afternoon
 Captain Carter declared that while his opponent made the course in 71, Won Elm's score really was 70, for he had knocked the Utah golfers ball in the hole on the fourth hole in trying to play a stymie.
 Shute's afternoon card with par: Par out ............ .535 444 344-36 Shute out ........... 445 345 344-36 Par in ......... 1885 344 455-3S-74 Shute in ..... .445 344 344-35-71
 Haines- Ouimet afternoon card: Haines out 542 546 445-42 OulHel ioV ooo Q Haines in .......... 555 345 45x-XX Quimet ...........6 665 PA 55x-xx
 (x bye hole no played.)
 Evans was not poor in medal play at any time although he took 40 the first nine in the morning owing, to the heavy course but he was only over par on the second nine for 39 and his 79 equalled Hunters score. In the afternoon round the former na- and his 79 equalled Hunters score. In the afternoon round the former na- ticnal open and amateur champion broke par by one stroke with a 35 and would have been a least two strokes better for record on that nine if Hunter had not laid him deadly stymies On the last nine Evans was even pars for the first four holes but lost the short 3Ist to Hunters birdie two. He slipped a stroke on the next hold and two on the 33rd where he got in the burn and finally lost at the 17th despite par five as Hunter scored birdie four.
 Evans Hunter afternoon;
 Evans out afternoon ASA 544 345-35 Hunter out afternoon 435 AK 345--xx Evans in ..535 356 55x-xx Hunter in ........... 536 254 54x--xx