Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1928-09-13

he can blow a shot or two and until
his opponent cracks.
But the emperor only sits on his
throne today as he matches shots with
J. B. Beck, Ole CT the visiting English
men, and one of two survivors OF the
three members of the British Walker
Cup team, who qualified by no wider
margin than gnats eyebrow. For
Bobby was only a good tee shot away
from almost certain elimination last
night, as a dim mist fell over Brae-
burns rolling fairways, and he slugged
a lengthy tee shot to an almost impos-
sible lie far to the right OF the stretch
Of green that reaches toward the eight
zenith hole. He Is in today by margin
only as wide as his putter blade, but
he Is in. The champion is still the
champion, and should have no trouble
with Beck, who has not. been by any
means the star of the British brigade.
I, Indeed, the path of the emperor has
been creased again. He will have no
such tough assignment as he tackled
last year at Minneapolis, for the big
guns of the tournament have vanished,
with but two exceptions, blasted out
under a crcsS-fire from comparative
unknowns which recorded at least four
outstanding upsets before the day of
sorrow was over for Won Elm, Evans,
Ouinet and Sweetser. With these stall
warts out. Jones should have comDara-
lively little trouble wading through the
balance of the field And from ring
side seat it looks as II he will match
shots with George Voigt in the final,
for Voigt was also the survivor of the
two hectic l8-hole rounds yesterday.
Bobbie Jones never did like 18 holes
match play rounds in the amateur
championship. and he liked them no
better late yesterday afternoon, as he
moved to the fifteenth hole down to
Ray Gorton. 37-year.old star OF the
Braeburn Club. who caught the At
lanta lawyer distinctly OF his game
and came within o tee shot of beating
him Bobby went to the nineteenth to
down the ~rotund Gorton. suffering all
the way. For had Gorton had a good
tee shot at the eighteenth the chances
arc the amateur champion would not be
on his throne today.
Look Like Toss Ups.
Outside of the Jonas-BecS match. the
c.iiar7 in the third rouna. now under
.?.c-', i1ok like tcss-ups. No interval OF
rcst along the title path looms for the
otilor six still in the title chase, as T.
Phillip Perkins, the British amateur
champion. crosses clubs with Johnny
| Dawson of Chicago, while dog fight
is in progress between George Voigt
and Or. o. F.. Willing from faraway
oregon, and Phillips Finlay, the new
siege gun of the game. meets Harrison
R. Johnston of ST. Paul. These eight
survived the two 18-hole matches In
| day that saw the eraSing or at least
four favorites and q day that saw the
great Jones palpitating on the ragged
| verge Of defeat. And not for q few
holes. but for 10.
Voigt and SweetSer drew the crowd
Yesterday, anticipating tremendous
battle between the bulldog Of Brookline
and the n1edalist and the newest star
on the amateur horizon. But they saw
Sweetsar who hadn't the keen edge of
Rrookline against Voigt. who hung on
. liEo grim death. never giving the for
~" champion q chance for his alley.
Voigt was never down to SNeetser.
2lthougn Jess squared at the NH.
after dropping the first two to consecu-
tiba brides by the East Potomac Park
bred golfer After that Voigt was lar
too steady for the former American ana
British open titleholder, closing Sweet
ser out on the sixteenth, which they
halved In par As.
national amateur drama was one to
draw tears to the eyes Of strong men.
First it was Won. Elm, one Of the top:
heavy favorites to VIM who was dropped
before the drum fire Of hefty Arthur
Yates of Rochester. by 3 and 2. Then
along came Johnnie Dawson OF Chi
cago, shooting a 50 to close out Chick
Evans on the seventeenth, with the low
est and best round of the tournament
SO far. Then Phillips Finlay and Francis
Ouimet came to the seventeenth all
square, and Francis pushed his tee shot
far to the right to lose the hole and go
to the home hole down. That match
ended when Francis put his tee shot In
the ditch which crosses the eighteenth
fairway. while Finlay whaled one lar
and high down the middle.
Meanwhile, Frank Dolp, the taclturn
Western champion, was closed out on
the seventeenth by c. Ross SomerVille,
Canadian title holder, and Maurice y.
Mccarthy of the Washington club and
GEORGETOWN University fell before the
steady golf of John Dawes Ames OF
Chicago. son Of the former Princeton
foot ball star
Beck Redeems for British.
Beck redeemed. Britains reputation
when he beat Rudy Knepper. the lion
tanner of Brookline, and Tommy Perkins
went % holes to beat the 18-year-old
Don, Moe. from faraWay Oregon. Per-
kins was lucky in the match, for Moe
had 4-footer to win on the eighteenth
when the British champion laid him
dead stymie.
Jones had won by and 3 in the
morning from j. w. Brown, and started
out in fackadaisical fashion against Cor
ton. dropping the first hole to a par
4 and halving the second in terrible
6. Jones became down at the fourth,
where he pushed shot into bunker.
and took another g. But he got one
hole back at the short sixth, where he
canned a 15-footer for birdie 2. only
to lose it at the seventh with another
buzzard s. He won the eighth and
ninth. however, to square the match.
Both men were out in Al. II that is
championship golf Cy Cummings rates
this competition.
Right away the fireworks started.
Bobby got birdie 4 on the 491-yard
tenth, but 1t wasn't good enough, for
Gorton, who Is fully as rotund as the
title holder and considerably older, sank
10-footer for an eagle 3. Bobby was
hanging on the ropes, his arms down,
waiting for the finishing blow. when
he pushed his tee shot at the eleventh |
far into the high grass. But he played
truly marvellous shot over a high row
Of elm trees to bag another birdie 3,
only to have Gorton halve the hole in |
8, when the home club star sank
curling 10-footer. They had played |
the last two holes In one eagle and
three brides. We've never seen medi- /
ocrity SO hopelessly mixed up with bril- !
lance in any golf game Bobby squared !
at the 63-yard twelfth. when Gorton |
found trap, but the emperor again |
went into a one-hole deficit at the
thirteenth. where Gorton raped in an
other birdie f.
They split the fourteenth in par 5s.l
and Jones squared again at the fifteenth
with birdie 3. The sixteenth was
halved and they faced the tricky seven
tenth, 255 yards down hill, and hole