The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1910-07-30
CHAMPIONS CONTEND
FOR WESTERN TITLE
Charles Evans of Edgewater and
Mason E. Phelps of Midloth-
ian to Meet in Finals.
Minneapolis.

MINIKAHDA CLUB. Minneapolis,
MINI. July 20.-Charles Evans, Jr.. Of
Edgewater will defend his title as west
ern champion against Mason E. Phelps of
Midlothian In the finals Of the Western
Golf association tournament at the Mini
kahda club tomorrow. 1t will be a meet
ing OF champions, as Phelps won the
western hCnors at the Rock Island tour
nament III 1908.
Evans won his way Into the final round
by defeating Robert E. Hunter OF Mid
lothlan IN a thirty hole match in
the seml-hnals today. while Phelps de-
.ated Warren X Wood Of Homewood
Dy up and 4 TO play
The western championship gave one OF
the most marvellous exhibitions of nerve
ever seen on western, courses Hunter
mole, In the Afternoon round. but Evans
made remarkable three in the face OF
g9iIing difficulties that would have over
Thieimed any one other than Of champion
started the thirty seventh hole Playing
that hole II appeared as II the fates hau
doomed Evans to defeat. His drive went
into the frst bunker and he lost stroke
getting out. Hard luck still followed him
ana he over-approached into the sand
trap on the far side OF the green. Am
or the edge OF the green In four. He
missed long putt for FIVE and was
reaGy 10 give up the hole, but his friends
advised him not to give up until Hunter
had putted Hunters second was short
and he over-Approached on his third. He
tcok three puts for six and Evans
still on.
Hunter was hole nigh on the second,
put on he edge OF the green. Evanss
SECOND sSS d.. vas sixty yards short, but he
hole and it was halved in four.
Hunter wobbled badly going TO the
third; The third hole. 13O yards, is To-
was snort and rolled back down the hill
he put his second too far over and his
third, third too 70 far back toward the tee He
missed putt for q Ave Evans had bet
ter luck and holed for a four giving hin,
the hole and a victory in the hardest
fought match OF the tourney
Evans was one down at the end OF
the morning round, as Hunter came In
we'll after being one down at the turn.
won the f fa Soe I On ws9 ss Isysn5 ESsn5
Evans ran down a afteen-foot putt for
half in four. Hunters pitch was short
on OF, the third and Evans won 9-4. making
on the fourth and Evans won ST.. MAX
Ing him two up. The fifth and sixth were
nin nalvsd ed IN par figures Evans trimming the
Evans had bad luck on the seventh.
and lost the 81. when he lost stroke
by unintentionally hitting his bah while
,, nuui esStuE ~ bo'n missed puts on
hVs. on the ninth. Evans put his sec
ond on the lower side OF the embank-
ment 10 the left Of the green and Hunter
won the hole. As, making the match
even at the turn.
On the honeward journey. Hunters
approaching was deadly in his accuracy
and he was able to halve several holes on
mat account, The tenth and eleventh.
twelfth, thirteenth. fourteenth and ff-
teenth en- were halved In par figures.
ond within two feet of the hole and ran
IL down, winning the hole. 81 and TAX
ing the lead one up Evans kept the
match going by holing a ten-foot putt
for a half In three In the seventeenth
Evans had to win the eighteenth 10 STAY
IN the running He got beautiful drive
out IL rolled under the raised side of
public road running through the course
ABOUT forty yards from the hole, 1t was
showed his championship calber when
he played out and put the ball about
three feet from the hole Hunter went to
me tar side or the green on his approach
9nG Evans won the hole. 3-4.
The Woods Phelps match was one |
sided and Wood never had a chance after
the match was well under way, Phelps |
was three ND at the end OF the morning
round and Wood was unable to improve !
ms game In the afternoon. Wood PLAYED |
INTO the woods several times and always |
got bad lie. while Phelps went in once,
hit a tree and bounded out into tire |
course. On the second hole In the after
noon, Wood laid himself a half -stynlie
put pirched the ball In with his nibllcl |
Tor hSI in five.
, Wood held Phelps fairly even for the
trst six holes OF the afternoon. bu{ |
Phelps won the seventh. eighth and ninth
lnd was six UP at the turn.
The match ended on the fourteenth