San Antonio light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1911-1993, 1923-09-23
STYM|ES BEAT
SNEETSER IN
GOLF BATTLE!
Defeated Champion Has
Path to Cup Blocked
and Loses Match.
PLAY ERRATIC GAMES
Match Full of Thrills in
Spite Of Some Second
rate Golf.

Chicago, Sept. 22.-Max Marston
dethroned Jess Sweetser as national
amateur golf champion at the Floss
moor Country Club here Saturday in
stirring extra-hole match with the
young champion that. was decided
when Sylvester was stymied on the
3Sth green.
The rise Of Marston to the cham
pionship-the first time he has passed
the semi-finals in his many attempts
at the national honors-was as spec
tatular as it was unexpected. In at
least three of his matches in his prog
ress title-ward, the 2S-year-old PhiIa-
delphian was on the very short end
of the betting odds. These were the
matches in which he conquered Bobby
Jones of Atlanta, the open champion;
Francis Ouimet of Boston, the inter-
| national star and former amateur and
open title-holder, and jess, Sweet
ser of New York, the defending hold
er of the amateur crown.
Marston played in-and-out golf TO
certain extent but his pinch" golf
was perfect. He never failed when
he would have suffered by failure.
Filled With Thrills.
Saturdays 3S-hole struggle was
filled with thrills, not so much, be-
cause of the class of golf played for
it was abominable at times, but. be-
cause Of the see-saw characteristics OF
the match and the brilliant rallies
each man made.
BY forcing the match to tie at
the thirty-sixth hole and recurring
two extra holes 10 decide the winner,
| Marston and Sweetser broke a record
| for national amateur tournaments.
Only once before has a Championship
! match gone longer than the Seth
that in 1911 when Harold Hilton, of
England, defeated Fred Herreshoff at
the 37th.
Sweetser made a desperate and
game effort TO win the title for the
second consecutive time, but the un-
written rule which says a champion
cannot repeat proved too strong an
obstacle.
With the shadowy fingers Of
| spectre, this rule seemed to move the
hands of fate against the New Yorker.
With the score one up in his favor
at the 35th, Sweetser was dead
stymied, Marston taking the hole and
squaring the match. They halved the
Both and 37th and again on the
3Sth Sweetser fell into full stymie
and lost the hole, the match and the
title.
Winner Started Slowly.
Marston played the same calm
game that carried him to victory over
Jones and Ouimet. As in the other
matches, Marston started slowly, At
the end of the morning round he was
two down. He started the AFTERNOON
round with a rush. taking the first
two holes before Sweetser could hit
his stride. He went right on to the
turn and at the 9th he had reversed
the score and was two up on Sweet
ser. Coming home, Sweetser made
a terrific effort to snatch back the
lead. He played his opponent to
standstill and at the 34th was one
up.
Then came the bitter 35th where
the dead stymie put Marston in q tie
| and the 3Sth where another stymie
gave the match to the Philadelphia.
The cards:
Morning round:
Marston, out go 547 $3.50.
Sweetser, out go 40 444-3S.
Marston, in $50 334 555-3S-7S.
Sweetser, in 535 PA 464-37-75.
Afternoon round:
MarstOn. out $50 AS 244-36.
Sweetser, out GA 455 354-4O.
Marston, in 655 34J 544-41-77.
Sweetser. in $50 3J4 454-SS-7s.
Extra holes:
Marston 90.
SweetSer, 5-4.
Marston's victory placed the ana
teur championship in the Quaker City
for the first time. Never before had
Philadelphia entry survived even
] the Semi-finalS.
The new champion is engaged in
the real estate business. I've comes
Of wealthy family, long identified
with New York banking interests.
He never attended college and has
devoted most of his time TO golf and
business. He first learned the game
as juvenile member of the Cransford.
\. J.-now Echo Lake-Club. Ills
home club now is the Merton Cricket