New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-09-06
CHICK EVANS WINS
OVER N. WHITNEY
FoWnes Defeated-Ander
son Takes Hard Con-
test from Sawyer.
By GRANTLAND RICE.


Evans was dropped at the start at Man.
chester and Detroit, but to-day he out
cudgelled Nelson Whitney in battle
where neither golfer was at his best
Evans won by the margin of 3 and l.
improving sufficiently in the afternoon
to get the jump and hold it to the
finish.
Where Evans won, Bill Fownes, the
medalist Of the qualifying test, was
beaten by Cameron Buxton in death
grapple that went to the final hole
where Buttons fine put for A ended
the contest.
But the two feature matches of the
tournament were placed elsewhere
The days greatest upset came when
young Bobby Jones, the fourteen-year-
old champion OF Georgia, barred the
way to Eb Byers, the Pittsburgh vet
eran, who won the championship at
Englewood just ten years ago, and the
days toughest battle when John u.
Anderson eliminated Ned Sawyer on
the thirty green, the Siwanoy
golfer achieving a triumph when he
looked hopelessly beaten at the extra
hole test.
Considered an Outsider.
When young Jones qualified Monday
no one figured that the fourteen-year-
old kid would have even an outside
chance against the veteran Byers..
Byers is not only an ex-champion, good
enough to carry Chick Evans to the
thirty-ninth hole at Garden City IN
1913 and put Chick out at Ekwanok IN
1914, but he proved that he was well
up on his game by finishing third Mon
day, Just back of Fownes and Marston.
In addition to his golfing skill the
Pittsburgh star is also rated as one OF
the best match players of the game,
hard fighter over the full route.
But those on the inside make one
mistake. Young Jones is not only a
great young golfer, but a player OF
bulldog grit, who revels in match play.
In place of willing away before his
veteran antagonist. he went after MS
man with a rush and after sinking
15-foot putt on the first hole, soon had
the lump. And once in the lead he re-
fused 10 be shaken loose, although
Byers made at least two hard rallies
TO cut away the gap.
This Jones-Byers match soon became
so interesting that big part or the
gallery cracked tradition by leaving
Evans to follow the kid. When the
Georgia champion finished the morning
round. 3 up, few believed the stocky
little youngster could stand the pace
They knew how we'll Byers could fight
back and the belief was general that
the younger player would soon fade out.
Jones Fails to Fade.
And then the shock arrived. In place
of fading Jones won the first hole IN
the afternoon after being trapped on
his drive. This put him 4 up, Byers
having planted his third shot TO deep
pit. Jones added another notch to his
gun by ramming Oh. 2iO-yard drive
against the wind to the long second,
moving on 10 up when Byers drove
out of bounds.
Jones drove out of bounds at the
third and lost, but he more than evened
up for this mistake at the fourth. This
hole is marked UP on the card al 800
yards. Byers's drive travelled about
two-thirds of the way TO the green.
The kid then followed with a wallop
that even Guilford would have been
proud Of He raped one to within
twenty-five yards Of the green for
carry and roll Of fully $50 yards. thirty
yards beyond any shot that was played
to this green all day.
This long smash was mainly respon-
sible for putting him up again, but
coming to the eighth tee Byers had cut
this lead to 3. Eb had nice drive TO
this green, being about forty yards
short of the guarding trap.
Young Jones threw the safety first
principle to the winds. He had just
lost two holes and he desired 20 wreak
his wrath on something, so he picked
the ball out for his victim. He jumped
a grass ditch 70 the right Of the green,
but when his drive had come 10 an end
he was exactly hole high, $50 yards
from the tee. To round out the per-
Torrance he Clipped from a deep de
preston upon the green and holed his
putt for 3.
For a fourteen-year-o kid to wal
Top two drives $50 and $50 yards looks
TO be beyond all reason, but the best
part of his game is his iron play, as he
hits the ball with the firmness and the
crispness of a pro.
Here arc two sample shots: At the
eleventh tee he was up, but a wide
hook followed, with Byers far down the
middle. Jones finally found his ball in
the rough. but pitched a short TO
trap, with Byers ten feet away on his
second. In place of being disconnected
the youngster coolly stepped up,
Clipped from the trap TO within three
feet of the cup and sunk his putt for
a half.
Jones Plays Best Game.
The hard test was yet TO come
Byers. facing defeat. rallied here and
won the next three holes by fine golf
He was now but down and TO play,
but Jones. in place Of slipping. came
back 10 his best game again, winning
the fifteenth when his opponent took
three puts. Both had fine drives 10
the nerve-wrecking sixteenth, and both
were on through fine shots over the
deep quarry. Jones reaching the green
from $50 yards away against strong
wind with an iron. Both took three
puts, and Byers's last chance went
when he failed TO sink his three-foot
putt for a win.
For the kid made no mistake on the
2l0-yard seventeenth. rapping an iron
shot just beyond the pin. To-day he
meets Frank Dyer, who defeated Bios
som, . and 3. Here is the afternoon
card of the Jones-Byers match:
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