Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1926-09-14
KNEpPcR LEADING
IN GOLF TOURNEY
Scores 70 in Last 10. Tying
Jones Mark and Gaining
Lowest Total Reported.

second round Of the qualification test
for NE national amateur champion
shin today To cxce' Bobby Jones' bril-
lart 20 ~ yesterday. This gave him
tie iowos: total reported for the Sc
| HOES.
Weather Is Ideal.
Ideal weather crested early starters
IN tho second round.
Tho high scoring Of yesterday. par
ficul2rlv bv favorites. WAS ha sis for
the prediction today that totals of $50
FOR the 36 holes would be good enough
to qualify.
knepper. who turned in II vester
day. tore off sensational! card of 33
on his first nine holes today. Four
brides stood out conspicucusly in his
card. which was three strokes under
par.
Knepper slipped bit at the start
Of his incoming round. taking s
on the tenth hole. where he lifted his
head on his second shot and caught
trap. He came out nicely, but took
three puts to go down. He resumed
his record breaking march with par
scores on the eleventh and twelfth
and a birdie on the thirteenth
where he dropped a 5o-foot putt.
Despite 6s on the tenth and seven
enteenth green's OF his incoming jour
ney Knepper posted a 40. . strokes
under par His score tied the best
mark Of the tournament. made yester
day by Jones.
Kneppers card contained five bird
les. four on the first nine and one on
the incoming route. He was over par
on the tenth and seventeenth. hut a
long putt gave him one under regula
ton figures. on the sixteenth. where he
brought off his third deuce of the
round.
knerper's brilliant second round
gave him a total for the two days
play Of 147. the hest mark OF the tour
nament posted up 10 noon today.
Bobby Jones. building on brilliant
first day score of 30 yesterday. opened
his second round of the qualification
test for the national amateur golf
championship on the Baltusrol links
today with birdie 4.
The defending champion laced his
drive 260 yards down the center of
the fairway. He then lofted his sec
ond hole high and went down in the
conventional two puts.
The machinelihe Jones peeled off
another birdie on the 316-yard second
with a marvellous 3. His drive.
another tremendous clout down the
center, was just short of a yawnfng
sand trap. He pitched cleverly to
wiz hin 10 feet Of the cup and then
sank his first putt.
on the third. another par hole.
Rohhv got off his first poor drive of
the tourna The hall landed under
a tree in tall grass TO the left of the
fairway. The champion coolly nib
licked the ball 10 the edge Of the
green. hut required three puts for
the firSt time he has exceeded par
figures At Raltusrol.
The champion Immediately came
hack with another birdie at the 1876
ward fourth. however, tossing his
high iron shot across pond to with
in 10 feet of the fag He then holed
a difficult uphill putt for ?.
The titleholder's first putt at the
fifth hoped in the hole for birdie
2. and then hoped out again. He was
content with par 4.
Bobby got his driver under COM
mand again at the sixth. his long
straight smash bringing him so close
TO the green that he was able to pitch
within IL feet of the flag. Once more
he was putting for a birdie. but his
ball trimmed the cup and he took
par 4.
Bobby negotiated the seventh in
another par. taking the regulation five
strokes. hut at the eighth he hooked
his mashie approach to the right OF
the green in trap. lie exploded 10
feet past the pin and took two puts,
one over par.
The champion was too strong at
the ninth. his hall carrying into the
rough at the right of the green. His
recovery was - feet from the pin,
but he needed two puts to hole out,
again one over par.
Complete Scores.
Complete scores for the 36-hole
qualification test follow:
I. j. Oshun, Wilmington, Del, ~;
withdrew.
George Dawson, Chicago f4-4Z-
c. G. Waldo. jr.. Detroit, s4-4s-
]. W. Hughes. Omaha, $685.
]. s. Burke, sewickley, Pa, So
4s-44-179.
"A. A. Steiner. New York, s5-39-
Joseph NJ. Wells. East Liverpool,
Ohio. S4-43-45-l72.
J. NJ. Batchelder. Wenham. Mass,
S5-43-40-l6S
WI ats 'rutlh' Htioi'n' o'
1863.
r. f. Knepper, Chicago. 77-3S--
37-141.
A. F. hammer Crawford, y. j.. So
". n. Gardner, Buffalo, 7s-44-
r. G. James, New York. al-4S-
45-l7a. ;.
Grant A. Peacock, New York, Sc
42-43-171. =.
Robert A. Gardner, Chicago. SIS
4o-4N-lI0
A. w. Biggs. New York, 9o-with,
drew. =.
44-40-l69
charles Evans, jr. Chicago, 20
c. r. Rowles, Short Hills, \. j., 81
J. ~ Robbins. Philadelphia. 81
41-So-l6S
J. W. Dawson, Chicago $685.
". F. Serlick, New York, s4-37-
44-I65.
F. ". Conklin. New York, s4--4o-
c. F. Kaufman. Pittsburgh 81
3S-4l--l6S.
!. r. Mickles. Canada, S1-39-45-
Harry s. Charr, New York. %
40-4n-172.
G. J. voigt, Glen Echo, Md, $40
-4c-lee.
Chick Ridley. Atlanta, s7-i5-43-
lis.
SCHUYLER Van vechten. Elizabeth.
y. j., e3-43-44-1so.