The Washington times., 1931-05-18

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the running.
Good Chance to Win
But Voigt's performance was
such as to please the most cap
tious critic. He played himself
into" the course and swept
through his first two victories
with smoothness and assurance
that gave every promise Of his
inheriting the mantle of Jones
before the week is out.
Earlier, F. Sweeney, Oxford
undergraduate, had gone down
to defeat at the hands Of j. V.
C. Moberly, of Worplesdon. The
match went Is holes.
Mcguire Also Wins
soon after the Voigt opener,
Tom Mcguire of Stockdale, Calf,
walked into he second round by
defeating H. L. Archigald, of ST..
Cloud, France( up and 4 to
Day.
A total of I'll golfers, embrac-
ing the cream of British amateur
ism. was entered for the tourna-
ment. Although a sizeable field,
this number was a 101 less than
that which competed last year at
St. Andrews.
At first glance, the final battle,
to be played on Friday. seemed to
lie between Voigt and Cyril Tolley.
Both gave Jones terrific fight
last year, Voight losing only on
the eighteenth green after being
two up with five to play, while
Tolley took the champion to the
nineteenth.
Should Voight and Tolley take
all their early matches, they could
not meet before the final.
Many Nations Entered
In addition to the American
contingent, an impressive array
of foreign talent entered in the
hope of taking the amateur
crown to some far CLINE. Golfers
came from India, Chile, France,
Canada, the Persian Gulf, South
Africa, the Federated Malay
States and Germany.
Besides Tolley, Britain pinned
her chief hopes on Roger Wethered,
Sir Ernest Holderness, j. A. Stout.
Rex and Lister Hartley, T. A.
Bourn, E. R. Tipple and L. G.
Crawley. The latter is a famous
cricketer who has only taken up
golf seriously during the last two
years or so. but who managed to
win the English amateur cham
pionship at Sandwich in April.
This year. as in so many years
before, much depends upon the
weather. Westward Ho, is almost
the worst wind-Swept of all the
seaShore courses in Britain, and
many a perfectly timed shot will
undoubtedly be pushed to de-
struction by the ocean breezes.
The American players are ex-
pected to be particularly affected.
Fairways Like Greens
So far as the course itself is
concerned, no one has ever had
a word of criticism except to
say it is difficult to tell the diff
ference between fairway and
green. Probably no course in
Britain or anywhere in the world
boasts of a finer turf.
The Voigt-Bowman match at
tracted a large gallery which
gaSped when Voigt made a mess
of the first hole. taking three
puts on the velvety green for a
six. The American star refused
to let his experience unnerve him
however. and played through the
rest of the round almost without
an error.
He took a S on the second, one
over par, and after that settled
down to a swinging pace that car.
ried him through the remainder
of the first nine holes in par fig
ureS.
With a total of 80 for the first
nine, Voigt resolved to make short
work of the rest of, it. He took a
par on the tenth and a beautiful
birdie on the 372-yard eleventh.
Par figures for the rest brought
the match to an end on the fif-
teenth green.
Masters Contrary Winds
Voigt seemed to be playing him.
self into" the course, and as he
rounded the turn it appeared he
had mastered the contrary winds
and got the feel of the smooth
greens. From the third hole on
ward, most of hic tee-ShotS landed
true to the green and his irons
placed him well within range of
the pin. He holed several splen-
did long puts after chipping ac-
curately from perfect lies.
VOigt'S card:
Out ..... 6 S S 4 3 A 4 3 $50
In ....... 4344 "a
BOwman's card:
Out ... 5 6 S 4 3 4 5 4 5-41
In ..... 4445 "a
The first American casualty of
the tournament was that of L. r.
Phillips, of La Cumbre. Calf.
who lost to N. c. Selway, Hun
stanton, ENGLAND. 1 down