Evening star., 1924-09-14

heavily trapped course of the Gardcr
irons. backpin shots and putting of
!: The defeated Americans today '
Max R. Marston of Philadelphia, and
former amateur champion Marston
another giant in statue and the mil
took part in the tournament, Cyril
and French open champion.
The margin by which Sweetser lost
was the greatest of any match in the
series. He was defeated by the Hon.
Michael Scott who has held various
Australian titles, by and 6.
Robert T. Jones, jr.. of Atlanta.
former open champion. defeated Mai
Charles o. Hezzlet, and 5.
Charles Evans, jr.. of Chicago de-
feated ". A. Murray, 2 and /.
Francis Oumet of Boston defeated E.
+. Storey, up.
Robert A. Gardner of Chicago. cap
tain of the American team, defeated
w l.. Hope. 3 and g
. Jesse p Guilford of Boston defeated
z. A. Torrance . and l.
DR.. o. F. Willing of Portland. Greg,
defeated Dennis H. Kyle, and 2.
The British had the almost impos-
sible task of winning at least five and
ene-half matches to take the cup
home and their failure to do so was
apparent in the afternoon, when three
Resulted in American victories. The
British had chance, however, after
the morning round, for they led at
lunch in two matches, the Americans
led in three and three We're even. No
lead was then decisive except Scotts.
Tolley's Victory PIeaxes Gallery.
The victory of Cyril Tolley over
Marston delighted the gallery. which
received big thrills for two days, from
his tee shots. He putted badly in the
foursomes yesterday, but today sup
plemented his tee shots with good
work on the greens. Marston, who is
no mean hitter. was constantly out
driven
Starting the afternoon even with
Marston, Tolley won four of the first
five holes by amazing puts. His lead
was cut to two holes at the turn and
Marston squared the match at the
sixteenth by laying up mashie pitch
close for birdie 8. The lead went to
Tolley then on the 53S-yard seven
Jeenth hole. Against the wind he
dashed out the mightiest drive of the
day over 800 yards and followed it up
with such a good iron that he won
the hole with a birdie f.
AS each played the short home hole
over the water in par 3. the match
went to the British captain.
gs Jones Regains His Form.
Bobby Jones. after wavering at the
start and enabling Maj. Hezzlet to
hold him even in the morning. re-
turned to form in the afternoon and
played machinelike golf. AS the re-
suit of going to the turn in the after
noon in SO, one under par and equal
to the days best medal for that nine,
he was 3 up, and the result of the
match was never in doubt after the
first few afternoon holes. Jones out
drove Hezzlet by 10 to so yards and
the major had nothing to compare
with Bobbys backspin.
The best golf of the day was the
match between Francis Ouimet, form
ek amateur champion and f. F.
Storey, Cambridge University captain.
who plays while smoking a pipe and
wearing kid gloves. Each had the
best medal of the day for the round,
storey having par IS in the morn
ing and leading up at lunch and
cairet having 73 in the afternoon.
Duimet frequently was in traps and
Gpe rough and his recoveries were sur
trisin4h Storey had an excellent short
tame, But it was the putting of Ouimet
f the Afternoon that took the match.
pRimet had squared the match at the
&rn in %the afternoon by a pair of
BRIDES and he won it by birdie at
t1e home hole, putting his mashie tee
xitot six feet from the pin and sink
E it in one putt after Storey had
tfsSed a thirty-footer.
4 The Garden City course, which puts
! $lpremium on accuracy, is made for
golfer of the excellence of Chick
Evans with irons and while his match
with Murray was close, the result
pever was in doubt. Evans had lead
of one hole in the morning and never
Iost the lead. The match ended at
the 18th green when he laid up a
Chip and sank seven-foot putt for a
birdie 4.
end his opponent. Michael Scott. was
pff the course only twice. never took
more than two puts and often sank
in one. Sweetser was down after the
morning round, largely as the result OF
three green's on which he took three
puts each and by the time the turn
had been reached in the afternoon he
was 7 down. He won only two holes
IN the morning and none in the after
noon. He had three more three-putt
green's in the afternoon.
s Capt Gardner of the American team
Mas up as the result Of the morning
round and his lead remained at that
Eli day, each winning two holes in the
afternoon.
{ GuiIford's Match Close.
Z Jesse Gulford of Boston, former
Amateur champion. had close match
with Toney Torrance. one of the best
bf the British players. They went to
lunch all even and the standing was
fhe same at the 9th hole, each going
but in par 81 in the afternoon. Better
approaching and putting then gave the
match to the Bostonian, the last hole
won being the 18th, where Guflford
laid up mashie SO close that par
was certain.
iDr. Willing, the Portland dentist.
playing No. on the American team
as he did last year, when his victory
enabled the United States to triumph
in an uphill battle, was prepared to re-
beat his performance if necessary, but
Victory for the United States had been
concluded. The doctors short game
fold in the end. 1t enabled him to go
TO lunch 2 up, although Kyle, who
wears suspenders on trousers nearly
alp to his neck, was good as the
doctor in tee shots and irons. The
x1octor did some amazing putting in
The mofning