New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1910-09-16
EVANS A COlF|NG AJAX
Pits Out Herreshoff in Way to
Make Crowd Gasp.
ONLY FOUR PLAYERS LEFT
Wood, Fownes, Tuckerman and
Evans Survive Test for the
Amateur Title.

-,r af the third round n the national anna
- Championship tournament at the CoUn-
= r1rh. Rrookline today.
= remained for Chick Evans the boy
,-5.- from Chicago. TO administer the
,.,,sas- defeat ever suffered By FIerreshorf
80 latter stood s down at the end Of the
.-.--i7c round. and the match terminated
-. -he eighth green in the afternoon,
r--s-s gaining the verdict by the astound-
,,s score Of : ID and 10 to play
T. ne mean time X. .. Fou-nes, IT.. of
7,..-ee7,-z defeated II. H Wilder. Of Bos-
,,- hv ID and 70 play: Warren h
,roo6 o. Chicago beat John J. Anderson.
~ Boston . 1T. and u. T Tuckernen, OF
--,-zb-l 5Ee eliminated Harold Weber Of
-o-edo. h. I NJ IN 2 match carried TO the
--.--z-sez7ntI hole. the second. by the way,
-1s+ Tur1erTnan has had in two DAYS.
This means that in the semi-fnal round
tomorrow Evans viii play Fownes and
-oo5 7I1 lock horns vits TuCkerman. As
-,--r,---c rzs been caught in tho tolls Of
.-s- octopus known as the Western Golf
..sr-isria--- the Fsst-s lone remaining hope
rests 81 Tu~5s-rlzr. Although good play
- there arc few Who took 70 see him make
-,g-- Nea 5u-av against the brilliant Wood.
That the critics can sometimes &c wrong
fzr Z
oerS ~ Evans Early IN the week Walter
Travis the --ise man from Garden City.
vent on record -ith the statement that
Fans and his hook ball would not do at
r-oo-li-e. where traps are as Plentiful as
z7os-o- beans 7 is worthy IF mention that
Fans -as never trapped in his match with
E-e--eero4f to-day.
Getting down 10 tre match A gallery the
sic ~ which e rarely seen Il a golf tour
lament on this side OF the Atlantic turned
on 10 go The hattie Of driver n7ashie and
---re- between HerreShoT and Evans. NO
iced among rhe visitors were many New
Workers including John Reid. of St An
orezrs the father Of golf in America. Pro
lessor Denton. Of RalrusroI: r H Robert
son q Garden CITY Z former president OF
-7e United states Golf Association. Joseph
PE-7e president Of the Deal Golf and Coun-'
~ Club D-. T T. Rushnlore. Of Garden
CRY. and q host Of others. TO say nothing
Of TIE ushv original metropolitan entrants
-Ho haze rev1a med Alec Smith. the IA
-fo7al and metropolitan open champion also
Das critical o7looker.
The uncertainties a the game were
z-7v-n early IN the match. Her-eshoT be
gan hv winning two Of the first three holes.
s-5 Il * doubtful II there was a single
soul n that rhrorIg Of three -housand-odd
persons VINO had even the slightest present.
-77e-- o< che sudden turn about 70 he ma de
IT ne -ide
or he fourth Tee FerreshoT topped MS
drive mistake that practically cost him
re hole although he made assurance dou-
biz sure hv pulling his second shot into
1u-the- trouble Thereafter. topped drives
became almost la bit with the metroPol-
,,ar champion
When ne didn't TOP his tee shot he gen
e-srz found trouble on his second The
rr--r hole * I've hundred Yards. yet
Hs-res-or 20; such length of the tee
mere IS n enable him to use Jigger for
re approach. 7 was of the line. how
e7e-. and fell into 4 deep trap. Failure 70
GET OUT IN more cost him the hole. al
though 70 best Evans could do vas = 6
n --fs va FIerreshof found himself
6cBr 81 me 1urn. with the worst 10 come.
OF me other hand. the Western open
champion. who went out in 81. became
~lld horse on the homeward journey. his
or'- mistake being a. pulled second shot
s'uoe- oGt 81 hounds 81 the fourteenth
r-szre-rr recovery enabled him 70 get
have in 3
He stood Ut then. His long drive from
= lanppoSt on the far side OF the drive
va. and ii cost him : stroke, but Heres
ho- uas unable to take advantage of the
opening Tho metropolitan champions
drive r-fAe pulled. left him stymied by
point o. woods The idea was to play
"ra- rr- trees. hrr IN this as on various
other occasions during The DAY. his eTecu-
ION fs~ short a. his intention At any
-. -zF 10
~ 70 : had lie among trees. After that
= did vel - GET 2 have in . Evans,
Who PAYS beautiful half-iron shot.
landed OFT ono Of his choicest al the home
Foe. where he 20 5, = stroke better than
psr. Ee stood : up then. the strokes read
'1E = 70 = en- his favor
In Ire afternoon FIerreshor played 50
hsd'- rhar re lifted OF the first three holes.
r ersss Exams went stronger as the match
progressed The only hole Herreshoff Won
n -hH afternoon was Tho fourth. but +
orr 7e-ded n the evil CAY 2 trife. for
t-zns ~i-h ~ rhe sixth. AZ the sev-
N1'h srd ~ the eighth. ended the match
WOOD only defcs ted Anderson after one
- re hardest battles Of his career. the
msrch ending on me home green. where
A16e~sou had = fine chance 20 Uiu the
-o.e and make II interesting for the gal
iNrT Wood PLAYED his second shot too
N'-orE-z. and vas half styn1ied h. 2 couple
~ 1ilEe oaks Anderson was bundle 81
Hre7. however and did not take advan-
7se - The one oaportunity afforded him
national championship when he took
u nes-'T hair rhe turf for MS second shot
nd landed his ball n 2 carriage rut on the
r70sr-a~E
anderson made more mistakes than this
oe throughout the thirty-six holes He
20 afraid n himself on the greens. and
I'm better putting might have won the
1aicl ay no less than and 4. even II
900 pss or the line most Of the time and
aFins feV- errors himself Wood had q
7H ~ t1o holes IN the Massachusetts
IN g the end - the first eighteen holes.
~ NJ "ert 70 lunch feeling that he would
iesst T. Is well in the afternoon.
Nv PLAYERS drove far with their wooden
Us bIt Anderson hiss been showing the
- 81 his opponents from the tees
II Fas TOT surprising TO see him out
.a@ young Westerner by twenty-five
l'i-T-E Yards on eacn hole There, how
+I. ms or.l'iancy ended. Cor his iron shots
ally ~ere uT the line and his chip
''S 70 tie green either were TOO short or
.ai. Tie hole no far 80 get down his
vod used his irons vel. and bar
8 g lrU mistakes Oh the greens lis play
l1 ~ c1amplonship caIibre This match
y, give and take order only foUr holes