The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1910-09-17
Warren K. Wood and William
C. FOwnes, Jr., Win in Semi
Finals Of Tourney.
BOTH CONTESTS FILLED
WITH INTENSE INTEREST
"Chick" Evans Looks an Easy
Winner Until the Sixteenth
Hole Is Reached.

BROOKLTNE. Mass. Sept 1s,-The
midwest will meet the western edge OF
the east for the amateur golf champion
ship of the country AT the Country club
tomorrow. The winners In the mi-flnal
round were Warren X. Wood of the
Homewood club. Chicago. and William G.
F'ownes Jr. OF the xDakmount Country
club, Pittsburg.
The losers. both OF whom went down
on the home green. were Walter r.
Tuckerman OF the Stockbridge Golf club
and Charles Evans, Jr.. OF the Edge
water Golf club OF Chicago, Wood won
from Tuckerman by up. and FoWnes
from Evans by ] up.
The much neglected putter settled the
matches today. proving a more roughly
weapon than the far-famed mid-iron or
the wooden-headed driver, Wood ran
down half dozen puts more than ten
feet on tho green's. while Fownes's sta
ollity In that important department and
EVanss failure won the other match.
Both the winners used the putting cleek.
Ignoring the mallet putter, which has
been tabooed By the British association.
Evans Is Unlucky.
''Chick" Evans. hot favorite for f1nal
hole at the Country cub. over the smooth
green of which he lost his chance for
the championship. Tne sixteenth hole Is
only l23 yards from the tee TO the near
edge OF the green and oven ordinary
players make It in three strokes, despite
a trio OF deep traps that yawn In front
or the smooth surface. With two holes
safely slowed away in his bag. Evans
green,
II looked like and easy 2, and when
Fownes. minute later. fell short and
was dangerously near the edge Of one
OF the traps. half the crowd started back
Tor the clubhouse. satisfied Evans had
victory we'll within his grasp.
But F'ownes pitched his ball from the
edge Of the trap eighteen feet past the
yo,rtt t.l yrFifp ,arfaa
confidence that the match was his with
n half for the hole, but the ball ran over. |
Fownes holed out his putt. and Evans
mSSed TSs M. MS by hair and lost the hole
turbed the youngstcr. and when on the |
next hole Fownes laid his second dead |
70 70 pin and holed out $50 yards in 3.
since his arrival in the east
Each was on the green for the second |
shot. shot. but again Evans was too strong
while Fownes laid him third dead. Ev-
ans failed Ia run down six-foot putt
ma with tears in his eyes. Joined the
lundre9s that had ringed the hole in
For The first time, after ten years
work. Fownes found himself q fnalst
n the national event.
In the morning play for twenty-four
'ut OF the thirty-siX holes. W r. Tuck
rman OF Stockbridge held Warren Wood
u u aomswood Chicago. almost at his
roles TO the good for him. But Wood
proved himself good uphill player and
picked up two OF the holes at the very
tart in the afternoon. wholly by his
putting.
Tuckerman's defeat was practically ac-
oomplished on the seventh hole in the
fternoon. when he pulled tee shot into
:, trap. While on the home green. Wood
llnched the contest by holding another
onS putt for a three, Wood made the
curse In the afternoon in seventy-three
ne best score since Herreshoff's fine .
iork on Wednesday.
Morning Cards. ;
Fownes-Out 554 745. 545-44
Fownes-In. 345. 5Sl. 44i-I-s5 [
Evans-Out, 544. 456 S56-42. {
Evans-In. 345. 555. 345-39-s1. c
Mood-Out, 545. asa 455-l1. c
Mood-In. 345. ASS. 544-4o-S1 {
Iuckerman-Out, sos, 4+6, 445-47
Iuckerman-In, 354. 554. S44-35-77. ,
Afternoon Cards.
Fownes-out.- $50. Az, 34s-42.
foWnes--In, 34o. 657. 3S4-40So-1s7
Evans-Out. $40. 544. $3.50
Evans-In, 351, 464. 4i5-39- 79-1so
Mood-Out. AS. 453, 435-37.
Wood-In, AS, 354. 1856 7s-15n t
1Iuckerman-0ut. 4 $50. 454. 455-42. d