Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1910-09-16
1UCKERMAN AND
EVANS LEADERS IN
MORNING ROUND
"Chick" Evans Comes Up to His
Advance Notices in Coli
Tournament.

BROOKLINE, Mass, Sept. 16.-When
the forenoon round of Is roles in. the
semi-inals at SO holes of the national
amateur golf championship tournament
at the Country Club was ended today
the two representatives of Chicago
We're somewhat behind their opponents
from Pittsburg and Stockbridge, re-
~spectively. W. c.. Townes, jr., of the
oakmont Club, Pittsburg, was i up on
Charles Evans, 1r, of Edgewater Club,
Chicago, while w. X. Tuckerman. of
Stockbridge and Washington. had a
lead of 4 up over Warren X. Wood, of
the Homewood Club. Chicago.
Three of the players showed the eff
fects of the four-day contest and made
the first Is holes in worse than 80. but
Tuckerman was strong and finished the
round with a fine n. Evans, although
with only three years experience.
played a good game against the vet
eran Fownes, and they were never more
thar a hole apart. Tuckerman proved
too much for Wood II was well ahead
when the round ended.
This is the story of the work going
out:
Wood and Tuckerman halved the
first hole in five. both being trapped on
theii second shots. Tuckerman topped
his drive for the second hole and was
short in his approach, giving Wood the
hole A to ). Both made good drives 70
the third, and as each was short in his
second shot and overran his -approach
they halved it in 5. The fourth was
halved in /. On the fifth Tuckerman
pulled into the rough. but recovered
beautifully, laid his third dead and
holed out in the fourth, winning the
hole 4 TO 6 and squaring the match.
WOod-Tuckerman Match.
Both went into the rough on the
sixth and as Tuckerman was trapped
on his second shot and look 2 to get
out Wood easily captured the hole 4 10
6. The seventh was halved in 4. After
10th had made good drives to the
eighth, Wood pulled his second shot
into the woods. and as Tuckerman ran
down a siX-foot putt for a 4 the match
was again squared, Wood taking five
strokes. Wood topped his Dive for the
long ninth, made a poo second shot,
landed on the edge of the green with
his third and laid his fourth dead.
Tuckerman overran the green on his
third shot and the hole was halved in
five, making the match even at the
turn. The cards for the first nine
holes:
Wood. out.....,......5 5 4 8 4 8 al
Tuckerman. out.,...5 3 4 4 5-42
Fownes and Evans started by halving
the first hole in ), although they We're
a bit off in their approach to the green.
After both had driven straight for the
second hole. Fownes was short in his
approach, and again ON his third shot.
and Evans, going down in two good
shots, easily tool the hole, 4 to 5. The
third was played in regulation figures,
being halyed IN four.
Fownes pulled his drive for the fourth
into the woods, and after taking two
shots there was on the green in his
fifth, while Evans took but four and
won the hole, 4 to Z. Going to the
fifth, Fownes laid his third shot dead
to the hole. and as Evans was trapped.
the Pittsburg player took the hole, 4 to
B. For the sixth both were trapped on
their drives, but evans failed in two
attempts to get out. and Fownes won
the mole, D to q,
Evans fakes Lead.
For the short seventh Fownes pulled
his ball into a trap. While Evans laid
his on the green, giving him the hole
3 to 8, n the lead. For the. eighth
Evans topped his second shot. while
Fownes was on the green on his sec
ond, and won, A To 5, evening theI
match again. Going to the ninth hole
both were under the hill below the
green on their second, but Evans only
reached the edge of the mount on his
third n took three puts. giving
Fownes the hole, 5 to 6, and a lead of
| up at the turn. The cards for the
first nine holes;
Fownes, out........ 8 5474554 4 5-44
Evans. out.......... 5 SO
Wood had a chance to win the short
tenth hole. but Tuckerman laid him a
stymie and the hole was halved in 3.
On the eleventh, after both had played
poorly to the green in 3. Wood ran
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