Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1914-09-02
Chick EVANS
ALMOSTLANDED
THE open Title


championship, which again almost
went to an amateur player, Chick"
Evans, is described in the following
mainland dispatch, under Chicago datc
line OF August 81: -.
Walter C. Hagen, % years old, ma
tive professional of Rochester, N. Y,
today won the open golf championship
of America with a medal score OF 290
for the u holes over the Midlothian
Club course, just one stroke better
than Charles Evans, Jr., Western am
ateur champion. Evans cutplayed the
whole field in a spectacular finish
that electrified the long gallery, which
had followed Francis Ouimet, last
years champion, until he failed, TAX
ing 298 for the ~ holes.
Hagen played excellent golf today,
but not as good by seven strokes as
Evans, who made two rounds of IL
and 40, despite several missed puts,
for 141, the best double round made
during the tournan. mt. Par for the
6421-yard course is 70.
Hagen yesterday made rocerd Of
6S for the course by good long work,
aided by spectacular putting. He took
"A in the afternoon, leading the field
at the end of the first day with 142
Today Hagen fell off a trifle, taking
IS for the first round and 73 for the
second. The best of his game today
came on the last nine holes, where
he made IS, two under par.
Evans had been off his game be-
cause of a wrenched right ankle,
which seemed to bother his putting
more than his long work and irons.
The Western amateur title holder
barely qualified with 15S. Hagen took
152 in the elimination round, whila
Ouimet. the title-holder, playing even
ly, took 14S.
Evans improved slightly in the first
two rounds of the finals, but HIS
score of rs. 74-150 was five strokes
behind Ouimet, the Massachusetts
amateur, he having made SO, 76--145.
and seight strokes worse than Hagen
who led the scores for the first So
Roles with 6S, 74-142.
oulmet . Good Loser.
0uimet fell off slightly today, TAX.
Tar 81. Nh flss Hdgan stamp.
ed to IS, 73i4S. Evans made the
first round in II. driving long and APP
in spectacular manner
He missed puts with considerable
regularity. however, but kept gaining
on Hagen Until he was within one
stroke at the end Of So holes. He
could not overhaul the young profes.
s.onal, who had sprung into fame fof
the first time, for the Rochester man
scored splendid IS on the last nine,
holing putt after putt Evans, hot on
the heels of Hagen. was surrounded
by a thousand persons shouting to the
Western champion to win,
Evans responded with all the game
except putting. His tee shots spanned
come 800 yards of the fairway nearly
every time. His irons were nearly
all perfect. The spectators stood on
tiptoe while Evans tried the 3Otoot
putt. He missed by foot and the
open championship went to Hagen.
ouimet lost the title with graceful
strolling about the lawn
with another lad. humming q lively
tune. He has no fault to find, he
said. He has fallen off his game. as
others had done before. He won the
title last year at Brookline. tying with
Harry Bardon and Edward Ray, Brit
fish professionals, at 304. In the play
eff ouirnet made 70 to vardon's n and
Rays Is.
Hagen, the new champion. was born
in Rochester. learned his golf there
and had not made any record outside
his native city until the present tourn.
afnent He is slight in buiit. but fol.
lows Vardon's system of shooting
straight for the flag all the time.