Evening star., 1915-07-25
Chicagoan Takes Western Golf
Title and Breaks MayfieId
Course Record.
GIVES GREAT EXHIBITION
IN DEFEATING STANDISH
Plays in Carefree Way While OPP
ponent Works in Determined
Manner.

CLEVELAND. July 24.-Play-
ing the greatest golf that ever has
been witnessed over the Mayfield
course, "Chick" Evans today de-
feated ]. d. Standish, jr.. Detroit.
7 and 5, in the final match for the
1915 western amateur title. In
doing SO he set new record for
the course this morning. finishing
the eighteen holes in II, one
stroke less than marks made by
w. c. Fownes. jr. Pittsburgh.
and Ned Sawyer, Chicago, earlier
in the tourney.
Evans victory topped fine
week for the Chicago golfers, who
won the Olympic cup. Donald
Edwards won the presidents cup.
and Joe Mcdonald the vice presi-
dents cup. 1t was the seven
teenth straight scored by Chicago
players. and the George X. Thorne
cup will remain, for another year
at Edgewater.
Another day OF sunshine wound
up the greatest week of golfing
weather the western tournament
has had, while the course un-
doubtedly is the best the players
ever have battled over. Only the
early downfall of several stars
served to rob the third round OF
interest
Match Very Interesting.
While the match did not have the
thrills that accompanied the Evans
Sawyer clash of Friday, it was made
interesting to several hundred golf
fans by the determined playing Of
Jimmy Standish. Standish was handi-
! capped by his own weakness to slice
or nook ON ms tee shot. But the pref
StandIsh's beautiful recoveries from
sand uaps, iong grass. woods and
creek. inlS maze a great hit with the
crowd, put each time IL lost the De-
,roiter stroke and many times =
mole.
Taking into consideration the FREE
quency with which he did this his des-
perate match against the champion
was remarkable But Evans had no
SiaIiBS FAULT such as Standish's lie
piayeu game throughout.
Winning mis- nth championship WAS
not sucn a thrill to him. He WAS used
to it, and went about the task with
Carefree smile on his face, often halt
ing to discuss the score with friend.
Standish, on the other hand, was de-
termineu and p4ayed out every shot AZ
Al MS lie depended upon it.
Plays Sensational Golf.
This style of play found Standish
leading at the first turn in the mora
ing round 1 up. Only three holes We're
won in those nrst nine holes. the other
six being halved in good scores: Evans
made the first nine in 81, equaling the
par up to the turn. On the return
ne played sensational golf, being aided
at tie eighteenth by holing out on a
masnle shot from the rough, 100 leet
from the cup. This gave him "a for
the return, two strokes under par. lie
had overcome standish'S early lead and
stopped for lunch two holes to the
good.
The afternoon round was not SO in
teresting. Standish continued hook
ing and slicing with sensational mashie
shots to the fairways. Evans missed
easy puts that would have given him
the match sooner.
Again the champion made the first
ilalt OF the course in par. He was two
strokes under par when the match
ended and might have broken his morn
ing mark mad ne been forced to con
tinue the matcn to the eighteenth
mole.
1t was brilliant golf and WAS viewed
by a crowd that numbered about 800.
despite the fact il was the hottest day
OF the summer in cleveland.
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