New Britain herald., 1924-09-12
AMERICANS AHEAD
 IN GOLF MATCHES
Three Out Of Four Pairs Led by
 BritiSherS at 18th
SWEETSER MATCH EVEN
Gardner and Marston Are Up, As Are Ouimet and Guilford, Jones and Fownes Have Three Holes to Their Credit in Walker Cup Play.
By The Associated Press.

Their Credit in Walker Cup Play. By The Associated Press.
 Garden City, N. Y, Sept. 12.-- American golfers were ahead oi their British opponents today ir three out of four foursomes when the 36-hole Walker cup matches were interrupted for lunch. One match was square after the eigh. teenth hole.
 Max R. Marston of Philadelphia and Robert A. Gardner of Chicago were one up after playing IS holes today with their British opponents in the S6-hole Walker cup matches w. A. Murray and E. F. Storey.
 Francis Ouimet and Jesse Gull. ford of Boston went to lunch one ur on Cyril Tolley and Major Robert 0. Hezlets k
 Robert Jones of Atlanta and W. c Fownes of Pittsburgh left the 18th green three up in their match with the Hon. Michael Scott and Rober, Scott, Jr.
 Jess Sweetser of New York and Harrison Johnston of St. Paul were all even with T. A. Torrance and O c. Bristowe after the morning round
 Gallery With Long Hitters.
 The gallery was largely with the heavy hitters of the two teams, Tol. ley and Guilford. Honors were about even in length from the tee Guilford starting with the longer shots and Tolley finishing up with the greater length. Ouimet and Gufiford had a lead of three up al the tenth. but the British began to show the results of their practice in chipping and putting. They came from behind by good short mashie approaches and butts. All fouI made excellent recoveries from traps. The Americans played the round in "A, one over par. to 75 for the British.
 ouimet got long putt at the home hole for a two to take the lead. The cards:
 Guilford and Ouimet-- Out .... 434 444 454---3s .
 Tolley and Hezlet-
 Out ..., 5S3 445 554-8s
 Guilford and Ouimet-
 In ..... 444 GA 462-3S-74
 Tolley and Hezlet-- ....
 In ...... 533 544 553-37-75
 This match was scheduled to start first, but Guilford could not find his shoes and had to wait till a new pair was purchased.
 One Up.
 Jones and Fownes were one m at the turn as the result of going to the turn in 39 to fl for the un- related Scott namesakes. The Amer jeans came home in fl for a total of so, never having been behind. The heavy hitting of the youthful former American open champion supplemented the steadiness of the veteran former amateur champion, Fownes, around the greens, although neither pair exhibited the good golf of the Tolley- -Guilford match. The cards:
 Jones and Fownes--
 Out .... IA 544 564-5s
 Scott and Scott
 Out ... 446 455 544-41
 Jones and Fownes--
 In .... 454 GA 653-41-so
 Scott and Scott
 In .... 454 655 454--42-S3
 At the eighteenth, a short water hole, Bobby's tee shot was 40 feet to one side of the pin in the rough, but his partner clipped up dead, and the Americans won the hole in three when the British took three puts.
 Jess SWeetser, former amateur champion, was the heaviest hitter of the quartet he played with, and his driving, sometimes into the rough, found a good complement in the short game of Theiestern, amateur champion. In this match incidental ly, the British were ahead at one time for the only occasion during the morning rounds of the four matches.s That was after Torrance and Bristow played sixteenth hole in a par four Sweetser promptly held square the match at the sev- enteeth by laying up a chip dead for a birdie four. At the home green Bristow just missed a long putt for a birdie two which would have put him and Torrance in the lead again. A stymie figured in the winning of one hole for the Ameri- cans, Johnston laying one that Bris- tow could not negotiate at the tenth. The Americans picked up at one hole for an approximated seven after they had floundered about In rough and traps. The card;
 Sweetser and Johnston
 Out 5 3 6 6 5 { 5-40 Torrance and Bristow-
 Out , 3 5 5 4 5 E 40 Sweetser and Johnston
 In 46 3647 7R 5-4a-s2 Torrance and Bristow-
 In s5 S654 445 S-41-s1
 Americans Drive Putters.
 Marston. present American anna teur champion, and Gardner, former champion. started as if it were to be a runaway match, winning the first