The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1923-05-09
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TURNS BACK
BRITISH
American Golf Star and Col
leagues Show Well in Third
Round of Tournament.
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was duly expected today. but New
lille continued to disappoint the form
players and proceeded to display
/ golf In fact, the further he went
! against Ricardo, the better he be-
| came, having five As in succession
from the fourth to the eighth holes,
| inclusive, and after stalking him
self to a sixth on the ninth, shot
another set of As from the tenth to
the sixteenth, where the match
ended.
The Results.
Francis Ouimet, Boston, defeated
| Percy Clough. England, and 3.
Jack Neville, San Francisco, de-
feated w. H. Rickardo, England, 4
and 3.
DIR. o. r. willing. Portland Ore,
/ defeated Edward Blackwell, Eng
land, and 2.
Cyril Tolley, England, defeated
Max Marston; Philadelphia, and 2.
George V. Rotan, Houston, Texas,
defeated F. Stone, England, s and Z.
Puzzle to British.
| Frankly, Neville has the British
puzzled. He played far above the
speed he was reputed to possess to-
day, his driving being brilliant, his
approaching deadly, and his putting
sensational. The cards were:
Neville
Out .... SIS A 4t4 A 6-ss
Ricardo
| Out .....46 545 4 8 40
Neville
j
In ........
Ricardo
| In ..5 445 ~
| The gloom pervading the British
gallery deepened when f.. w. e.
Holderness, the playing through
las Grant, an Anglicized American,
Z up and / to play.
Grant, native Californian, who
i has been living in England during
] recent years, was regarded here as
a most ordinary golfer; yet he de-
feated the champion of all England
today and did ii after the manner
OF one whom greatness is mere
nothing. On the last few holes,
when every shot carried success or
/ failure, 1t was the unknown and
not the champion, who played the
better golf.
/ Douglas Grant. formerly of Cali
fornia, now of England, defeated
f. W. f. Holderness, 2 to 1.
Satisfaction For English.
The Hon. Michael Scott was an
other British entry of prominence
to suffer defeat. He lost to r. w.
Crummack up.
However, the victory of Roger
| Wethered over j. J. Murray of
Romford. up and ! to play: the
survival of the Torrance brothers,
T. A, and w. B., at the expense
of d.. Scott and G. l.. MelIin. by
| scores of and and and 8,
respectively. and the defeat of ~Max
| Marston by Tolley gave the Eng
lish a modicum of satisfaction.
The Philadelphia started well
| against Tolley and at the end Of the
six holes was up. the former
British champion picking up at the
| fourth after topping his drive into
a hand dune. However. the sixth
marked the end of Marstons mas
| terry.
He lost the seventh because he
| took three puts. the eighth. because
! Tolley took birdie and the ninth
because MarstonTs drive found a
bunker. TolIey played par golf
| thereafter. It was more than
enough. The largest gallery of the
I tournament to date followed this
match.
Another American Passed.
Still another American passed out
| OF the picture before the round was
over, Fred Wright, of Los Angeles
being the victim. He lost to r. p.
| Humphries, of LStourbridge 8 up
and 2 to play.
Wright was not up to his usual
game and. while given many open
| ings by HUMPHREYS he was unable
to take advantage of them. The
American reached the turn. one
! down. after a mediocre display by
! both. He also dropped the twelfth
and fourteenth and was 2 down at
| the sixteenth tee.
Both were well off the green
| with their second shots but Hum
phries played out Of the rough dead
to the pin. winning hole and match.
! Their cards:
Humphries. out4 5 3 3 80
Wright, out. a 4 5 5-39
| Hunphries, ind 5 4 4 "a
! Wright, - 4 5
! Rotan outclassed his opponent in
almost every particular, JuuIclodSlS
mixing briliance with steadiness.
| Stone was never in the hunt aftSr
! the first three holes. The cards
| follow:
! Rotan-
| Out ..... 5 5 5 3 40 8 5-3S
! Stone
Out .... 5 6 AS 4 5-46
| Rotan-
| IN
| Stone
J In
Many English experts are now
predicting that Rotan will be
| semi-finalist and Tolley is being
generally selected as the likeliest
of the British hopes.
| Willing is the only American left
| in the top quarter with Ouimet,
| Rotan and Neville clustered in the
second quarter. thus insuring that
| only one of this trio can hope to
| reach the final round
The numerical odds are against
! the Americans, but their hope of
ultimate victory is becoming
brighter every day.