The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-09-21

CHICAGO, Sept 2G-(By Asso- ciated Press )-Jess Sweetser of New {. York, defending champion, won his way into the semifinaLs of the Ma . tionaI amateur championship by de- { feating' the Boston seige gun Jesse Guilford 2 in l. in the third round of ! the play at Flossmoor Country club. Sweetser Avill have as his opponent ! tonorrow Bob Gardner of Chicago. s who had a rather easy time of 1t in the third round, downing Densmore {. Shute of Huntington, w. Va, up and \ 5sto play.
 In the other half Francis Ouimet of 4 Foson, who had a tough match to- ( day in defeating George Won Elm of Salt Lake City 2 and l, will meet { Maxwell Marston of Philadelphia, who won from Joe Wells of East { Liverpool, Ohio, 4 and 8, although the 1 conqueror of Bobby Jones was down { to Wells much of the way. In their battle of pars and birdies today, Sweetser and Guilford displayed golf worthy of champions and were fol- |; lowed By a gallery of 1000 until the spectators switched over to the medal play off between Bobby Jones and Chick Evans. All square at the start
 of the second round, Sweetser having
 made a 36- 36-72, or two under par,
 and GuiIford a 35-3S73. the champion | dropped the nineteenth hole when
 Guilford copped birdie four on the,
 H1S-yard hole. On the twentieth
 Guilford was deep in the bunker to
 the left of the green. but clipped out
 to within five feet of the cup and they
 halved the hole in par 3.
 Sweetser took the twenty-first with
 a par 5 when Guilford'- drive went
 into the barn, and the twenty-sec-
 ond with a par four when Guilford
 again was in trouble through the
 fairway. Both took three butts on
 fhe tWenty-third and halved in 6's.
 Sweetser won the twenty fifth when
 Guilford's aproach was short. They
 halved the next two in par and the
 Guilford going out in mediocre 40
 to Sweetser's 38. Guilford lost the
 next two holes, Sweetser scoring
 birdie and par. After halving two
 more with pars, Sweetser rolled his
 third shot on the thirty-second with
 fin two feet of the cup, but Guilford
 laid him a dead stymfe and took the , hole with a par four. Sweetser had : difficulty with his butter on the
 thirty-third green and when he took
 three butts to sink, Guilford took the hole with par four They halved
 the next two holes in par and Sweet
 ser was up and l to play.
 The battle between Ouimet and Won , Elm was a zigzag affair. After ad- journing for luncheon two down to Ouimet, Von Elm squared the match in the first six holes of the after noon round On the twenty-first Ouf- met over approached and was not near the pin on his return shot, talk ing a six, while Won Elm played the hole in a perfect five. After halving the next two in par, Ouimet put his tee shot on the twenty-fourth out of bounds and again Won Elm played par and squared the match.
 Won Elm went into the lead at the short water hole, where he sank 25-foot putt for birdie two. They halved the next two in par fours, Ouimet going out in 3S to Won Films par 36. Ouimet squared the match on the twenty eighth with birdie l four and took the lead at the thir- tieth when he sank another birdie -four while the best Won Elm could do was par. He lost this advantage limmediately, however. when his Iron was short on the thirty-first and he took four to Won Films par 3. They halved the next hole in par and then ] Ouin1et took two holes in a row with par fours when Won Elm took an ex- tra putt on each green. Dormie two, Oriimet halved the thirty-fifth In par ] and won and 1.
 : xMarston, who yesterday, by shoot f ing one under four for 35 holes, eliminated Bobby Jones, open cham ] pion, after passing the half way mark one down to Joe Wells, the Ohio champion. both having turned | in a card of 80 for the morning round, dropped the first hole of the ] afternoon round when his brassie | foun the bunker and he was forced i to take six to Wells five. They both I were wide of the green on the next hole Wells ball landing in a coil /. of hose, and the halved In fours. On ! the 552-yard twentyfirst Marston y shot a birdie four for a win and on | the next were each one over par. Wells had trouble with his wood on 7 the twenty fourth and also took an extra putt for a six to MarSton'S s par four and the match was even. An extra putt on the twenty fifth for Wells enabled Marston to get a lead
 and when Wells was short on his
 approach at the twenty-seventh Marston increased the advantage to TWO up with a par four. Wells was
 one over par on each of the next
 three holes, and Marston, playing
 them perfectly, was five up. Mars ton was In the woods on the short
 thirty first and when his recovery
 was poor he conceded the hole to
 Wells par three. Marston dropped the thirty-second hole to Wells Dir
 die three. but won the thirty third
 and the match with a birdie three, four up and three to go.
 Gardner had to shoot close to par
 ROlt III the dlleIHOpn to maintain
 his lead up to shoot. On the out
 ward Journey in the afternoon, the
 West Virginian had a 37, including
 two birdies, to the Chicagoan's 3S,
 and they turned at the 27th with
 the standing still 6 up. Shute won
 the 2Sth with a birdie four but
 slipped in back to six down on the
 3Oth when he took an extra putt. They halved the short 31st in fours and the match went to Bob, and t.
 The course was heavy today on account of last nights rain but the
 scoring was good for the most part.
 The largest gallery of the week
 thus far followed the players and SvShcn all the spectators centered on |khe playoff between Jones and there was almost stampede Tor advantageous positions. The on 3ookers were well rewarded fo. ENans gave a display of deadly iron fshooting in the first half that made sfhe spectators gasp and Jones dem onstrated his prowess at the same
 game in the second half when he
 dipped two strokes off par while
 Evans was two over and lost 364O-
 r5 to 37-35-71. They had tied in
 L~ .,,oIffvf,,D rO1fnd 75-74-14Q