Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1910-09-17
WILL NEVER FORGET
THE SIXTEENTH HOLE
Chick Evans Gets Nervous for First
Time In Play at Brook
line.

Brookline, Mass. Sept 1.-THE mid i
west VIII meet the western edge OF
the east for the amateur golf cham
pionsh'p OF the country at the Country
club tomorrow. The winners in the
semi-final round were Warren X. Wood
or me Homewood club. Chicago. and
william G. Fownes Jr., OF the Oak
mount Country club. Pittsburg.
The losers, both Of whom went down
on the home green, were Walter r.
Tuokerinan of the StockbrldRe Golf
club and Charles Evans Jr. OF the
Edgewater 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 more
roughly weapon than the far-famed
mld-iron or the wooden headed driver
Wood ran down half a dozen puts
more than 10 feet on the greens, while
Fownes' stability In that important
department and Evans's failure won
the other match Both the winners
used the putting cleek. ignoring the
ballet putter. which has been tabooed
by the British association.
Chick Evans, q hot favorite for
final honors, will never forget the six
teenth hole at the Country club, over
the smooth green OF which he lost his
chance for the championship. The six
tee to the near edge OF the green and
even ordinary players make II In three
strokes despite a trio of deep traps that
yawn In front of the smooth surface.
With two holes safely slowed away I'm
his bag. Evans tossed his ball deity
on the edge of the green.
IL looked like an 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 to the clubhouse, satisfied Evans
had victor well within his grasp.
But Fownes pitched his ball from the
edge OF the trap is feet past the hole
Then Evans putted with perfect conf
dence that the match was his with n
half for the hole. but the ball ran over.
Fownes holed out his putt, and Evans
missed his by hair and lost the hole
The break was astonishing and dis
turbed the youngster. and when on the
next hole Fownes laid his second dead
to pin and holed out 800 yards In ,.
Evans was anxious for the first time
since his arrival I'm the east.
Each was on the green for the second
shot, but again Evans was too strong
with his putter. and the ball overran,
while Fownes laid him third dead.
Evans failed to run down n six-foot
putt and with tears in his eyes. Joined
the hundreds that had ringed the hole
in applauding the winner
work. Fownes found himself finallst
in the national event.
In the morning play for "a out of %
holes. w. r. Tuckerman of Stockbridge
held Warren Wood of Homewood. Chi
caRo, almost at his mercy. the morning
round ending four holes 10 the good for
him But Wood proved himself a good
uphill player and picked up two OF the
holes at the very start In the afternoon,
wholly by his putting.
Tuckerman's defeat was practically
on the seventh hole In the
afternoon, when he pulled tee shot into
n trap. while on the home green. Wood
clinched the contest by holding another
long putt for three. Wood made the
course I'm the afternoon in 70, the best
score since Herreshoff's fine work on
Wednesday.
MORNING CARDS.
Fownes-Out. 554. 745. 545-H
Fownes-In, 3s5. 5Si 4i-it-S5
Evans-Out 544. 456, 356-42
Evans-In, $40. $50. 345-39-si
wood-Out, 545. 454, 4b5-li.
wood-In 345 465. 544-iO-s1
Tuckerman-Out. 555. 446. ass
Tuckerman-In. 1854. 354, 3ii-35-77.
AFTERNOON CARDS.
Fownes-Out, csc, 444, 1862.
Fownes-In, 345. 657, $40 s2-167.
Fvans-Out 545, 544. $3.50.
Evans-1n, 354. 464. 445--39-79-l60.
wood-Out, AS, 453, 1879.
Wood-In, As. 354. A3-36- 73--l5O.
Tuckerman-Out, 555, 49,, $50.
Tuckerman-In, 435. asa. 46i-3s-sf-
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