Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1910-07-31
Winner OutpIays Opponenl

Phelps won the title for the first time
in 1908 at Rock Island. The winner
played far better golf than his opponent,
especially during the afternoon round.
Evans was 2 up at the end of the morn
ing round, the eighteenth being the only
hole that Phelph won. l nthe afternoon,
however, the Midlothian youth started
with a rush and evened the match at
the end of two holes, After that Evans
never was able to regain the lead and
Phelps jumped to the fore by winning
the fifth, but Evans eyened it again at
the sixth. The seventh and eighth went
TO Phelps. making him 2 up, which was
the biggest lead he had at any time. The
ninth, tenth and eleventh were halved
and Evans reduced Phelps lead to l up
when he won the twelfth. That was the
last hole that Evans could win and the
thirteenth, fourteenth. fifteenth and six
tenth were halved in par figures.
The match ended on the seventh green
when Phelps ran down a six-foot putt
for a two and won the hole. Evans
e missed a chance for a halfon this hole
when he sent twenty-foot putt one inch
short of the cup.
Evans Play Ragged.
Evans played raggedly at times, while
Phelps played far more consistently
The only time that Evans really domi-
mated the situation was on the homeward
journey of the morning round. From the
twelfth to the seventeenth Evans was
Phelps master, He won the twelfth. four
teenth and seventeenth On the seventeenth
Evans got a two the reversal of which
cost him the match in the afternoon. That
made him 8 up brt from then on he was
never able TO get Phelps al disadvantage.
An unusual feature of the match was the
halving If fha first eleven ho1aS Of the
morning round. Neither man was able to
win a hole until Evans took the twelfth,
80 Evans putted poorly on many green's.
while Phelps was ragged in that depart
ment during the first half OF the morning
round While Evans putted poorly at times
he had bad luck in the last two holes of
the match He had a good opportunity Of
winning the sixteenth and evening the
match, but his putt hung on the lip of the
cup, enabling Phelps to haNe the hole.
Again on the seventeenth, Evanss long
putt stopped within an inch Of the hole.
Details of Play.
Hole /, 100 Yards, Par 4-Evans put his
drive to the right and Phelps second in the
bunker TO the left of the hole. Both were
on the green In two, but Evans third was
short He missed a putt ;or four and
Phelps was down in four, winning the hole,
Hole 2. $50 Yards. Par 5-Phelps outdrove
EVANS Bll the latANI BQl a louE HcCoHu W
the far side OF the green and Phelps sec
ond was four feet from the holeAF Evans
laid his third fairly close to the hole but
missed the putt for a four. Phelps holed
HIS approach and won the hole, S-S. Match
even.
Hole g. 100 Yards. Par s-Phelps' pitch
was short and his ball rolled back down the
hill while Evans was on the green in one.
Phelps second did not reach the top OF tne
hill, but Evans missed a fairly easy put
and they halved in four.
Hole l. $50 Yards. Par 5-Both made good
drives, but Evans brassey second went Out
Of bounds but on his second attempt from
the same lie he landed a bit short of the
green. Phelps was slightly over the hole
In three, but missed his putt and the hole
Hole s, 265 Yards, Par 4-Phelps drove &c
the green. while Evans put his drive In the
woods 10 the right, but his second was OF
the green. Phelps put his second b.i
over the hole, but was down In three win
ming the hole, "a. Phelps up.
Phelps Into Woods.
Hole 6 800 Yards. far s--Fnelps drove int
the woods on the lett ana his second wa
almost stymied by tree near the green
Evans was hole hign on the green IN two
laid his third dead and won, 40. Matcf
Hole 7. 22o Yards, Par 4-Both men wer,
near the hole in two, but Evans missed 9
two and one-half-foot put for a three, ana
ps won. "a. Phelps / up
Hole 5, 40 Yards, Par 5.-Both got or
good drives and Phelps sent his cleek sec
onds $50 yards to the near edge OF tn
green. Evans second was bit short. bu
he laid his third three feet from the hoi
and missed that putt, Phelps winning a.
Phelps up
Hole $. 400 Yards Par A-Both were OF
the green in two and their thirds Wen
both within two feet OF the hole and each
hoied out for a half IA four.
Hole 10, leo Yards, Par 3-Both drove 4
the green, approached a halved in
Hole II. SS5 Yards, Par 4.-Both got OF
good drives and we're on the green In two
They halved the hole IN four
Hole l2. SIS Yards. Par 5-BOth slice,
their drives but sol good seconds. Evans
was hole high ON the third Both quite,
poorly and Evans won sc. Phelps 1 mp
Hole IS H6 Yards. Par 5.-Both men wer,