Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-05-26
u. S. GOLFERS WIN
|NBRIT|SH TOURNEY
Jones, Johnston and Voigt
Beat English Opponents
F.GH
at st. Andrews.
~ the Associated Press.

~ the Associated Press.
ST, ANDREWS, Scotland, May as
Robert Jones, American open champion.
advanced to the third round Of the
British amateur golf championship to-
day, by defeating 8. Roper, VIOLATION
Park, UP and 2 to play. Three thou
sand were in the gallery following Jones.
Jones had to shoot inspired golf to
win from his sturdy English opponent
who played the first nine holes in 80
strokes, through q combination of nine
straight 4s. Bobby, however, covered
the first nine holes In 80 strokes, in
Guiding four brides and an eagle.
Roper Battles to Sixteenth.
Roper chung tenaciously to his bril-
liant opponent before he was forced TO
bow ut the sixteenth.
Jones joined George Voigt, a Walker
Cup teammate in the third round, the
New Yorker defeating Edward Triple.
l up. l9 holes, several hours before the
Albanian finished his match. Both Voirt
and Jones had byeS in the first round
Harrison r. johnson, amateur cham
pion OF the United States, won his first
round match from Bernard Darwin, 2
up and to play, but had to win an
other In the afternoon TO qualify for
the third round
johnson, playing loosely against Mai.
"A. Q. Barry, In his second-round match,
vas one down ut the fifth, as the aft
ernoon play got under way.
Johnston Fights for Victory.
Johnston encountered stern opposition
nom Darwin In the first round, but
nnAlly eliminated the famous eoif
writer, and /.
The London golfer fought Johnston
on even terms for the first Is holes
OF the match, but the American applied
Q little more pressure on the last four
70 win and advance to the second
round Of play.
Johnston played easily against his
veteran opponent but didn't get the
toucn OF the greens until after the turn
was reached.
Here the American champion was
up, having won the eighth with q T,ar
wnen Darwin missed q three-foot putt
FOR half. Johnston missed holeable
putts ~ the fourth and sixth holes and
missed two-yarder at the eighth
which he subsequently won.
AT the famous short eleventh-the
Eden hole-Johnston missed another
two-yarder and Darwin squared the
match. Johnston regained his one-hoie
lead with birdie 4 and he wound up
the battle ON the seventeenth with q
birdie 8.
Volgt's defeat of the ao-year-o,d
Triple, regarded as one of the best
English prospects, was a great disap-
pointment to the British gallery. Triple
Is frst-class player and battled the
American throughout the 10 holes.
Voigt made three bad shots In sue.
cession to lose the eighteenth. He
hooked his drive, under dubbed his
second and was short with chip shot.
level. Good putting had kept him in
the match and enabled him to bring
Voigt to the home hole and then the
| extra journey.
Voigt's difaculties rested with h,s
iron clubs. He half topped number of
shots, and after being level at the turn,
went one down at the tenth. He won
the eleventh, where Triple made q Wild
tee shot.
FOrsman Ii Beaten.
The hrst American casualty was John
II. Forsn1an Of the Winged Foot Club,
Mamaroneck, N. Y, who was eliminated
In the first round by w. Hope Pitcher
OF st. Andrews, 8 and 2.
Another American to fall by the way
side was Paul Azbill of West Orange.
N. j., who bowed to James Dewar of
Turnhouse, up. Azbill, who now lives
In London, was 4 Up on Dewar at the
turn, but could not Withstand the Eng
lishman's closing rush.
Robert T. Hunter Of Los Angeles was
eliminated in the second round by J. D.
oHanlon OF Ringway, up.
w. L. Hope. former British Walker
I3. e. r. Storey, runner-up In the
championship in 1924. the last time It
was played at st. Andrews, was beaten
by F. L. Hird of London, l I'D.
Harvey Bates Perrin of Los Angeles
was eliminated in the first round by A.
S. Bradshaw Of st. Andrews, 4 and q.
Arthur Thornton of Bruntfeld dis
pine Islands, 6 and 4.
Frank Stevens Wins.
Frank Stevens, young HOLLYWOOD,
Calf, entry. who received a first round
bye. defeated G. H. Longstaffer of Aide
curgh, former Cambridge player, 5 and
T. IN the second round.
Bobby Baugh, Birmingham, Ala,
youth, who Is captain of the Oxford
golf team, went into the second round
ct the expense Of I. r. Patey Of Hay
ling Island, 4 and 3.
Andrew Jameson, who eliminated
Bobby Jones In the amateur at Muir.
held four years ago, was beaten by
DR.. j. B. Saunders, tall, lusty, young
Scottish surgeon, one up. Saunders
conducted operations at Edinburgh Hos
pital for seven hours yesterday, arrived
at st. Andrews this morning, and With
out single practice shot went out In 35.
| Weather IL Ideal.
@. Parker Toms Of Los Angeles was
eliminated in the second round by II. 3.
Tipping Of Ashford Forest, 3 and 2.
Gray nistS shrouded st. Andrews as
Johnston. American amateur champion,
teed of for his match with Darwin.
Weather conditions were almost per.
feet for golf In the morning round, ale
though a heavy dew slowing the pace
Of the green's.