Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1915-09-01
INMAN-O OTHER NEWS OF SPORTDOM
NED SAWYER PLAYED BEST GOLF
OF HIS CAREER IN BEATING EVANS
Chick" Unfortunate in Drawing Skilled Player Going
at Top Speed-All Other Favortes Scored Easy
Victories -Pennsylvanians Easily Beaten
By GRANTLAND RICE

DETROIT. Mich. Sept. f.-Genius isn't
always born to glory Sometimes, arrayed
in sackcloth II must sit with the humble
and watch the laurelled parde move on
to fame. So Il happens that Chick Evans,
the greatest amateur SHOEMAKER I'm the
world, must wait another year For at
least another twelve months Chick must
continue his dream that some day he will
be amateur golf champion Of the United
States.
Last fall at Ekwanok, Evans fell be-
fore the deadly putting OF Eb Byers In
the first round. And in the first round al
Detroit. where he had hoped to win with
the championship again fought out on
Western turf. Chick was again cudgelled
from the fray in the first days play. And
he fell by the wide margin of 6 and 8.
Fate was against him today-fate ex-
emplhed in the grim, confident person.
age of NeC Sawyer, the Wheaton whir-
wind who fought a battle that was not
to be denied.
It was Chicks tournament fate to meet
such a test in his first match. He met
a golfer no man in the field could have
stopped as he played against the
Wheaton genius. Chick fought one of
his best fights, but he was doomed. There
make a start. For 16 holes Chick fur
nished his best fight. For 16 holes in the
forenoon he swapped blow for blow and
met the lightning pace. But the heavy
burden soon began to tell, and at tho
end of 16 holes Chick had fired his sun
set gun ane had run shy of ammunition,
and 1t was only a question OF how far
he could last.
Sawyer, playing every club with skill
and confidence, facing each delicate situ-
alton with rare coolness and steady judg.
ment refused to waver. II was merely
a question OF which would crack first,
and Sawyer refused to bulge an inch.
The one weakness that beat Evans was
inability to get his chip shots close to the
pin. This put a heavy putting strain
upon him, and he was thus forced to play
his weakness against Sawyer's strength.
Tbs doesn't mean that Evans PLAYED bad
golf He was around in "a, gooc enough
to lead almost any other rival, but in
the afternoon. when he started down, he
slipped badly before he could make an
other stand.
No other favorite fell by the waysde.
Jerome Travers and Francis Ouimet
merely romped home Jerry caught
George Crumr, of Philadelphia, badly off
his normal game and won by the wide
margin of Il up and 13 to play. Jerry
was playing steadily. returning a &c in
the forenoon WITHOUT being forced. It
was the freak of fate that Travers in
the morning with rs was IL up, while
Evans with "A was down.
Ouimet had no trouble with w. II.
Gardiner. OF Buffalc. playing good. steady
golf and winning by wide margin of
and Z. He is almost sure to go to
the final, although he will have a harder
battle today against James ID. Standish.
Jr, who will be fighting on his home
course. Standish proved on Tuesday that
he, too, is to be reokoned with as a
hard fighter by eliminating w. c. Fownes
at the thirty-seventh hole, sinking a Is
foot putt for a win when Fownes had
seven-footer for 4. This match was
the Laruest grapple Of the day, as both
moved along at a steady. consistent pace
and refused to be shaken Off.
Guilford the longest hitter of them ALL
tore into Marston at a fast clip and won
four of the first five holes. But Marston
settled at this point, and when Guilford
lost his ball at the sixth hole the Bal
tusrol star began to pluck a few holes
back. He showed what he could do by
coming home in S5. pace which not only
pruned away Guilford's lead, but left him
down at the end Of IS holes. Marston
soon added another hole in the afternoon,
and finished in front by a margin of 3
to /.
The Philadelphia contingent did not last
long, but their work was a great Satisfac-
tion to their friends. Five out of seven
qualified on Saturday and two out Of these
hung on through the Monday round. Both
Crump and Rotan drew man-eaters in
the first round. Rotan was beaten, and
2, by one of the Sherman brothers, who
have been cleaning up in the preliml-
naries.
Buxton had bad first round OF S. and
when he bid fair to repeat in the after
noon he withdrew, Worthngton was two
strokes to the bad on his total, as was
Howard Perrin. Both were ruled out by
afternoon rounds of 81.
Local golfers followed with much inter-
est the play of the Corkran brothers.
They were expected to make things hum