Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1915-07-24
PLAY FINALS TODAY
Evans and Standish Meet for
Western Golf Title.
WIN SEMI-FINAL MATCHES
Titieholder of 1914 Shows Splendid
Form in Defeating Sawyer,
Also Of Chicago.
WIN SEMI-FINAL MATCHES

GLEN ELAND, July 24.-Chick Evans
OF Chicago and James d. Standish. ir., of
Detroit will meet again today in the
final round of the western amateur golf
championship. just as they did year
ago. The two 1914 finalists triumphed
III the TWO semi-inal matches on the
inks Of the Maytield Country club yes
terday. Evans defeating Ned Sawyer, his
fellow ChicaSoan, over the SG-hole route
by the narrow margin of 2 up and l to
play, and Standish eiimina ting Harry
p. bingham of the home club by the
more comfortable score of up and 6
TO play.
Not only was the Evans-Sawyer match
the closer of the two seui-inals, but it
produced the better golf. and as a result
Chick Evans is the favorite for the title
and Il repetition of his victory OF last
year is generally expected. Evans began
and ended the match yesterday with VIC
tories, but Sawyer was up most of the
time i'll between. Sawyer's first hole
was the worst that he played all day,
for he wasted three strokes in a bunker
and took Il {. With that one bad hole
behind him Sawyer braced to such good
effect that despite the he reached the
turn in So ana was 3 up at that point.
lie made it 4 UP by winning the tenth,
but then it was the champions turn 10
play golf.
evans won the next two holes, the
twelfth with a ., and seemed to be we'll
or his way toward Squarlng the match
when Sawyer cut in with 2 on the
thirteenth and WAS three holes ahead
again. For once Evans refused to be
aisinayed by the unlookerd-tor setback,
1rf Ia trI
holes squared the match on the seven
teenth green. ON the home mole Saw
yer holel "a twenty -fve-foot putt for a
ana a win, although it looked as
though Evans had laid him a Stymle.
The long and spectacular putt put saw
yer | up at the halfway point OF the
thirty-slX mole round The cards:
Score of Morning Round.
Charles Evans, js.. Edgewatcr-
uut ........ ) ) 4 $50
Evans
Sawyer
in ............ : 8 . 4 ) 3 is "A
Another great outward journey in the
a.tcrnooE enabled sawyer to gain 1t
lead that looked big enough to carry
him through to victory. lie played the
FIRST nine holes in "a. three strokes
good golf, Sawyer was up when the
last nine began. Even though Sawyer
had played SO well, the champion had
managed to square the match at the
twenty-third hole, but dropped back
again when Sawyer made q ) at the
twenty lth and u at the twenty
sixth. CHICKS victory on the twenty
second hole also was due to a z
The first hole of the last nine was u
hollow victory Tor Evans, for he made
a TO Sawycrs 6. and he won the next
with u when Sawyer played into the
Gods and picked up The two VIC
tories put Evans on even terms again,
but sawyer won the next with a 3 and
was out i'll front once more. They
haiVed the thirty first hole in ,, both
playing perfect golf, but on the thirty
second a win tor Evans in to s
squared the match. With only four
holes left to play, the big gallery
crowded in to watch the final struggle.
The thirty third hole was halved in 4,
but Evans won the next, to >, and
was ahead for the first time since the
first hole Of the long struggle. He
ended it on the next green by running
down hard putt for 3. The margin
OF victory. up and l to play, was ex-
actly the same as that in last year
Evans sawyer match. The cards: