Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-09-05
VETERAN EGAN 2UP
ON JESS SWEETSER
voigt Also Leading at Turn
at Pebble Beach-Jones
Gets Ovation.
BY the Associated Press.

6y Lne ASSOClhbeo Pfess.
PEBBLE BEACH, Calf, September
S.-Cyrtl Tolley, the British champion,
and DR.. o. r. Willing OF Portland,
Greg, were all square at the ninth hole,
after q ding dong battle in their So
hole match, starting the quarter finals
Of the national amateur golf champion
ship today.
willing, 2 down ct the NTH, won
three successive holes to take the lead.
but Tolley squared matters at the ninth
with a birdie 3.
H. Chandler Egan of Medford, Greg =,
champion Is years ago, was again in
fine form and led Jess Sweetser, the
big New York blonde, by 2 up at the
turn. a ,s a.
George voigt Of New York, made the
turn up on Harrison r. (Jimmy)
Johnston of st. Paul. Voiet squared
the match at the eighth and took the
lead on the ninth.
Bobby Jones, the dethroned CHAMPION
was given q cheer as he walked up to
serve as a gallery aide with the Voigt-
Johnston match.
Halved First Hole.
Tolley and willing halved the first
hole in 4. the latter having provided
himself with a fine approach putt from
the green's edge. Tolley won the Sec
ond hole with q par when Willing
overran the cup 6 feet on his first putt
and missed coming back. The British
champion sliced his tee shot to the
rough on the third hole, but pitched
dead. He missed 6-foot putt for the
birdie and they halved In Is.
Sweetser and Esan were square at
the third hole, each with one under par
as result OF brides on the third
Cun ovNlg
birdie 5, while Egan holed out from q
l5-foot lie.
With Bobby Jones as the referee, the
Voigt-Johnston match drew twice as
large a gallery as was anticipated.
Volgt and Johnston halved the first in
par IS. Voigt pitching from a trap to
lay his third dead. They halved the
second in IS, each wasting a stroke to
60 over par by 1. The third also was
halved in par As, Johnston missing a
4-foot putt for q win.
Tolley carried cane seat" and
rested while the celebrated dentist
studied every shot. On the 325-yard
fourth Willing pitched feet from the
pin, but missed the putt and Tolley
got q half in L. The Briton's tee shot
on the l60-yard fifth found O trap to
the right OF the green, but willing
hooked two successive irons out OF
bounds. Changed clubs and put his third
on the green. He missed his 30-foot
putt. conceding the hole to Tolley, who
exploded well out to chuck his fourth.
Tolley up.
Ouimet took the FIRST hole in par, while
Little required an extra stroke. but
Little evened the match at the third
after they had halved the second IN
par S. Ouimet was over one stroke OH
third, while Little got his par 4.
Sinks s-Foot Putt.
willing got hole back when he sank
a 6-foot putt for q birdie 4 on the SOP
yard sixth. Tolley's putt hung on the
lip OF the cup.
On the short seventh, vikings pitch
was feet beyond the pin. He missed
the putt. but styrnied Tolley and won
the hole to square the match.
Egan and Sweetser were square at
the sixth. Egan took the fourth with
a birdie, while Sweetser was in trouble
at the start with his drive into q trap
ard his second shot. taking S. They
halved the fifth in par 8 and SweetSer
evened the match on the sixth with a
drive was out Of bounds and his second
hit q tree and bounced out Egan con-
ceded the hole when his pitch was far
short of the pin.
Willing put his second In a bunker
at the eighth, but Tolley sliced over the
bank toward the ocean and put his
third over the green into q trap. He
came out well, but barely missed a six
footer and took six, losing to vikings
five and the American went one up.
Tolley put q fine iron ten feet from
the pin on the 450-yard ninth, while
Willing short-chipped all the way across
the 0FnRn fnfn n tran HIS fourth f1 II
missed the cup, but Tolley got his birdie
three and squared the match.
The card:
Tolley, out 5 4 4 4 5 4 6 SO.
Willing, out 8 4 4 5 4 8 5 $40.