Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1924-09-26
Jones, Ouimet and
MarstOn Enter Golf
Semi-Finals Today

Two former national title holders.
the present amateur king and for
mer sectional champion who has long
been a contender for national honors
are left in the national amateur golf
tournament for the semi finals tomor-
row. In the third round today. one
former amateur champion, the pres
emit intercollegiate titleholder. and
two former sectional champions were
eliminated.
Robert T. Jones. Jr, Of Atlanta.
former open champion. today defeat
ed Rudolph E. Knepper. former
trans Mississippi champion. by SIX
and four.
In the semi finals tomorrow Jones
will play one OF his closest friends.
Francis Ouimet. former open and
amateur champion. who today defeat
ed his fellow -Bostonian, also former
amateur champion and close friend
Jesse P. Guilford. The score was
four and three.
Forced to the hardest match of the
tournament. Max r. Marston of Phila-
delphia. who is defending the national
amateur crown. today defeated the in
tercollegiate champion. Dexter Cum
mings OF Yale and Chicago. At Mars
tons request the score was ofieially
recorded as two and one. although ex-
perts thought he won the last half.
Tomorrow Marion will play George
Won Elm OF Los Angeles. former trans
Mississippi champion. who today by I
and eliminated E. H..Drisgs. Jr., for
mer New York state titleholder.
Bobby Jones seems to be improving
as the tournament ages and to be sur
viving ''inspirational" golf by oppo-
nents. He had D. Clark Corkran. the
medal winner. practically eliminated
yesterday when CorIren started fu-
tile belated battle. To-day Rudy knep-
per. three down after his morning
| round with Jones. started after his
famed opponent right from the after
moor gun. Knepper shot in the first
five holes in the afternoon and then
was only hole behind. The putter that
enabled him to win the play-off in the
qualifying round was working again
al ter failing him in the morning. knep-
per did the amazing thing Of holing out
on the first afternoon holes by one
putt on each green. Then he relapsed
and Jones. by shooting to the afternoon
turn in IS. one under par. had his OPP
ponent four downs.
Wildness with wood and long irons
then proved Kneppers undoing and
! the matches ended shortly after he
drove out of bounds from the Send
tee. Knepper. choking all his cubs
in contrast to most of the stars who
grip at the end. was never far be-
hind Jones from the tee. His short
approaches with irons were often
better than the Atlanta stars.
Francis Ouimet. Jesse Guilford
and their Boston rooters disiked i'm
mensely the draw that put them in
the same half. and the wags in the
gallery wondered if they would toss
up dime to decide their match they
hated so much to defeat each other
that they both putted poorly in con-
trastt o their usual brilliance in this
department.
! less, We ought to he in the sec
ond division" said Francis as they
went to lunch all even. Guilford
having had a medal Of 81 and Oui-
met 81. Ouimet was one up at the
! afternoon turn and then won three
. homes in succession, two Of them be-
cause Guilford took three puts. Not
, even close friend can spot Ouimet
four holes with six left to play, and
! Francis regretfully took the hand Of
Jess on the S3rd green after two par
! fonrs
The breaks in tie afternoon fell to
Marston. His second on the goth
| hole sliced out of bounds but hit a
| three and returned to the fairway.
! Then he got a thirty foot putt for a
! birdie four. A hook to trouble on
I the short 2lst' lost him the hole, but
/ he won the next when Cummings
! took three puts. Cummings cap
! tured the Gath hole with a birdie
! three and the 25th with par four
! when the champion mussed up fiv,,
! strokes In succession. Marston made
II three up again with a birdie on
! the 26th.
! They halved three holes with Cum
minss fighting hard. Pitching IN
within foot Of the pin on the AIS
! yard 30th for another birdie he be-
came two down and lost the next
when bunkered.
Over the 32nd green with his pitch
) he holed a forty foo chip shot for a
birdie and the hole. The next two
We're halved.
! Each took two shots to get on the
, short 35th. Failing to sink a lon.
putt. Cummings conceded the hole
/ and the match.
! Later Marston decided that he
I could not have sunk the short putt
he would have needed for par and
| requested that the hole he recorded
! as halved, making the score two and
| one.
| George Won Elm. who has become
! one OF the favorites OF the gallery
] because nf his good medal scores,
did not do quite so well today. but
did not need to. BY shooting a IS in
the morning. only one stroke worse
: than the best medal Of the day, made
/ by Marston and Jones the westerner
I had Eddie briggs six down when thew
| went to lunch. briggs was wild from
/ the tee and through the green. He
| turned himself in in the afternoon
| and Rv succession of par tours cut
! Won Elms lead to our holes at the
| turn. Then Won Elm proceeded to
win three holes in a row. mostly with
+ his putter. for the match.