Evening star., 1931-05-20
VO|GT ELIMINATED
|. FROM BRITISH GOLF
Last American Contender Is
Defeated by Amateur Star
in Title Tourney.
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
WESTWARD HO, Devon, England,
May 20.-George Voigt Of New York,
last American contender, was elimi-
mated today in the fifth round OF the
British amateur golf championship by
sgd Roper, English star. by a margin
of up.
Voigt had won his morning match
from Bernard Darwin, London writer
golfer, and had Roper down at the
end of the first nine.
Roper evened the match on the elev-
enth green and from there to the I'm
ish it was nip and tuck.
Their cards:
Voigt, out ..... 4 3 5-37
Voigt, in S 4 4 AS 6-4o-37-77
It was an agonizing finish for the
American, who saw his two-hole lead
vanish at the first two holes of the last
nine, get a hole back at the twelfth,
lost 1t at the sixteenth and then took q
shaky 6 at the home hole to lose the
match.
All square at the eighteenth tee, Voigt
hit fine drive but failed to carry big
waterfllled ditch with his second iron
and had TO drop another ball Roper,
in the mea ntime, had sent his second
straight for the pin and with only q
5-foot putt to go. Vcigt hit his
fourth too hard and 1t rolled over the
green into short rough. When his re-
coyery also failed Of the green. he laid
his arm on Roper's shoulder and shook
his hand in congratulation.
Lost 10 Jones on Same Count.
Voigt fell two rounds shy of his
place last year when he went to the
semi-finals, only to lose to Bobby Jones
by the same margin as Roper defeated
him today.
George had trouble in his previous
four rounds at the tenth and eleventh
and those two holes today proved his
undoing The tenth, a 354-yarder, is a
dog leg around sea OF rushes and
the eleventh requires accurate shoot
ing down the fairway with the spear
tipped bull rusles on either side. watt
ing for the careless golfer Voigt drove
into the rllsnes on both holes, and al
though he got out both times, could not
catch the accurate shooting Roper.
The amateur cup. which Jones took
home last year for its third trip across
the Atlantic. Is sure to stay in Brit
ish hands this year, as all foreign
threats have been removed.
The only Americans ever to win the
British amateur have been Walter j.
Travis. Jess Sweetser and Jones
Roper Is the young insurance clerk
who shot IA fours, a three and f1ve
against Bobby Jones last year and lost,
3 and 2.
Never Got Chance.
Bobby was hot" that day and never
gave the young English player chance.
Roper played the first four holes in
par and got birdie on the NTH. but
was down. Included In Bobby's score
was an eagle 2 at the fourth, where he
holed a 120-yard pitch.
With a half holiday in the neighbor-
ing village, a gallery OF 1000 was on
hand TO see Voigt and Roper drive of
George won the first hole with par
4. barely escaping bunker with his
second shot
Roper hooked his drive on the second
but a perfect chip enabled him to halVe
it in par As. He evened the match at
the third with his par as Voigt
Clipped far past the pin and had TO be
content with S.
Voigt went ! UP again at the fourth.
winning a pitching and putting duel
from Roper, 4 and S. The NTH was
halved in par As. Roper's teeshot was
half buried In a sheepstack In bunker,
but he blasted 1t out, and voigt then
missed a four-footer
George went UP at the sixth. where
Roper overshot the green. Voigt al
most got down for birdie 3, but his
ball twisted out OF the cup.
The last three holes Of the first nine
were halved in par figures. Roper
seemed certain TO win the ninth as he
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