Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1910-08-01
PHELPS IS NOW
WESTERN CHAMP
Midlothian Golf Player Fights
Chick" Evans to Standstill
at Minneapolis.
SECOND TIME A WINNER
Successful Contestant Takes Honora
at Rock Island Arsenal Course
Two Years Ago.

Minneapolis, Mimi. Aug. L.
Mason Phelps of Midlothian. Chicago,
fought Chick" Evans of Edgewater
to a standstill at the Minikahda club
Saturday and won the final match
for the Western Golf association
championship, to 1. This is the
second time Phelps has won the title,
| having won it at Rock Island in 19OS.
Phelps, 2 down at the end Of the
morning round, braced wonderfully
in the afternoon and outplayed Evans
all the way. Chicks" poor putting
is his whole story of the match. while
Phelps not only increased his putting
ability in the afternoon, but placed
his long drives and approaches with
an accuracy that was deadly to the
edgewater boy.
The boys started badly in the
morning, both playing what is con-
sidered miserably poor golf for them,
halving the first IL holes, a perform
ance never known before in a West
ern Golf association championship.
Evans was strong on the last nine of
the first round, losing only the last
hole and winning three, his loss be-
noon, however, Phelps showed nerve
seldom equaled by an amateur. He
was even more accurate the last nine
holes of the match than at any other
time, and saved many hole by long
puts.
Evans Weak in Pincbes.
Evans, on the other hand, appear
ed on short puts on two of the last
ed on short puts ntwo of the last
four holes. 1t was all over when
Phelps laid his drive up to eight feet
of the hole on the 18th and Evans
missed a long approach by bare
inches.
A gallery of 500 saw the finish and
gave the new champion the praise he
deserved, lie played championship
golf and won on his merits and the
display of sticking powers with great
stamina, considering he has played
nearly 200 holes in the last week.
Evans had played over 200 and the
strain was too much for him.
Although both players were away
off in their putting in the morning.
they kept consistently equal for IL
holes, first one and then the other
missing fair puts which would have
won the hole. Phelps mistakes were
more costly, as he had more oppor-
tunities because of better approaches
than Evans, while on the other hand,
when a good put was needed to stave
off a loss, "Chick" was there, devour-
ing half stymies as though he liked
them, and running down good puts
in two or three instances, for halves.
Evans conceded a number of puts
which the gallery thought were hard
enough to play out, but as this mat
ter was optional. with the players
Chick" could do as he pleased.
Both Miss Puts.
Phelps sliced TO the woods at the
fifth in the morning, but got pretty
out. Both missed their puts and halv'
ed in 4. AT the sixth Phelps got 275-
yard drive. but Evans was well up and
both were on in 2, missing their puts
by narrow margins, and were down in
4. Both drove 10. the edge Of the sew
er tn green. Phelps second was dead
and Chick rolled into 3-3 half. Both
we're on the green in two at the ninth,
missed their puts and were down in 4.
Chick conceding a rolling put.
Phelps barely missed the sand pit
On his drive at the eleventh and went
little over the green on his second.
Both were dead for As. Phelps dubbed
his second out of the long grass on the
! twelfth and was short on his third and
| fourth, while Evans was on I'm 3. After
Phelps missed his fifth, Evans played
safe and took two to hole out, winning,
| Sc ano going up. Phelps missed
good chanace at the thirteenth. Evans
overrunning a put on his fourth shot
| Both played the fifteenth evenly,
A, and both missed long puts for