The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1915-07-24
EYANS-STANDISHT TO
RENEW GOLF DUEL
Same Pair Who Fought in
1914 Final Remain to Battle
Again This Year.
SAWYER HARD TO LICK

CLEVELAND. July 23.-Chick Evan OF
Chicago and James u. standish. Jr' OF
Detroit will meet again tomorrow In the
final round Of the Western amateur goh
championship, Just as they did a year
ago. The two 1914 fnalists triumphed
in the two semi final matches on the
links OF the Mayfeld Country Club to-
day. Evans defeating Ned Sawyer MS
fellow Chicagoan, over the SO hole route
by the narrow margin OF 2 up and ! to
play. and standish eliminating Harry
l.. Bingham OF the home club by the
more comfortable score Of Z up and 8 to
play.
Not only was the Evans-Sawyer match
the closer of the two semi-finals, put II
produced the better golf, and as a result
Chick Evans Ia the favorite for the title
and a repetition of his victory of last
year is generally expected. Evans began
md ended the match to-day with We
tories, but Sawyer was up most OF the
time in between. Sawyer's first hole
was the worst that he played all day, Tor
he wasted three strokes In a bunker and
took n :. with that one bad hole behind
him Sawyer braced to such good erect
that despite the 7 he reached the turn IN
SO and was 3 up at that point. He made II
4 up by winning the tenth, but then IL
was the champions turn to play golf
Evans won the next we holes. the
twelfth with n .. and seemed to be
well on his way toward squaring the
match when Sawyer cut In with n Z on
the thirteenth and was three holes ahead
again. For once Evans refused TO he
disnayed by the unlocked for setback.
and by winning three OF the next four
holes SQUARED the match on the seven
,een,h green. on the home hole Sawyer
holed a twenty-five foot putt for "A =
and n win although 1t looked as though
Evans had laid him a stymie. The long
and spectacular putt put Sawye up ut
the half way point of the thirty-six
hole round. The cards:
MORNING ROUND.
Charles Evans, Jr. Edsewa,sr;. 40
u +. sawyer, Wheaton:
out. Sc
In .".",5 5-'5-A
ln...... 5 t-ss-I<
Another great outward Journey in the
afternoon enabled Sawyer to gain a lead
that looked big enough to carry HIM
through to victory. He played the first
nine holes in "a. three strokes under
par, and although Evan played good
golf. lawyer was 9 up when the last
nine began. Even though Sawyer had
played so we'll the champion had
managed to square the match at the
twenty-third hole. but dropped back
again when Sawyer made "A 3 at the
,wenty-ffth and IA 2 at the twenty-sixth.
Chicks victory on the twenty-second
hole also was due to a ..
The first hole of the last min was a
hollow victory for Evans. for he made
a 3 to Sawyer's 6, and he won the next
with "A q when Sawyer played into the
woods and picked up. The two vic
tories put evans on even terms again.
but Sawyer won the next with a 3 and
was out in front once more. They
halved the thirty-frst hole in ., both
playing perfect golf, but on the thirty
second "A win FOR Evans in 4 to G
squared the match. With only four holes
left 90 play the big gallery crowded in
to watch the final struggle. The thirty
third hole was halved in 4, but Evans
won the next. 4 TO 3. n was ahead for
the first time since the first hole OF the
long struggle. He ended II on the next
green by running dow n hard putt for
n 3. The margin of victory, . up and |
To play. was exactly the same as that
in last years Evans-Sawyer match. The
! cards: