The sun., 1918-09-16
EVANS AND JONES
LOSE GOLF MATCH
Beaten at Home Hole by Nc
yamara and Bowling on the
Scarsdale Course.
CHAMPION OFF IN PUTTING
In Spite of That He Goes
Around in 75-Raise SO, 900
for the Red Cross.
CHAMPION OFF IN PUTTING

rysn though they lost the match ~
,ss home hole, Charles Evans. Jr., ma
,onal amateur and ppen champion. and
Robby Jones put up worthy fight at
N. Scarsdale Golf and Country Club
,ss,,rday afternoon. They were de-
;,,,ed by Tom Mcnamara and Jack
Iovl!ns. the homebred professionals. In
match for the Red Cross.
Neither Evans nor Jones had played
aver the circuit before, but at that the
,h,cago golfer managed to return 75
,or the round, while Jones needed two
.,rokes more. Mcnamara had tho best
Individual effort. making the FIRST nine
Soles in 3S. and the inward half In sc
for n, while Bowling had a rs.
II was an on day" for Evans on the
su,ting green's, and he never got down
one more than a yard In length during
me entire round. His play from the tee
and through the green was practically
rutted beautifully.
First Three Halved.
They halved the first three holes and
Bowling, after laying his tee shot to
within a clubs length of the flag. ran
down his ball for 2. This hole Is 1S1
ards long. and the others all took IS.
They halved the next in 4. while
Tommy Mack won the sixth when both
Q, the amateurs got into trouble. BY
he time the turn was reached. however,
the national champion and the boy
ronder" had squared accounts. Evans
von the eighth in 4. to for the other
hree while Jones won the next In ..
The professionals became / UP at the
long tenth, when Mcnamara ran down
a. AIn- Co. Thran a
followed. and the amateurs made a hash
Of the 500 yard fourteenth. the longest
hole on the course. Both took 6 there,
whereas Mcnamara ran down a 20 foot
ru,t for a 4. The ''pros" Increased their
cad to up at the 235 yard fifteenth.
both getting IS. while Evans and Jones
needed As.
at the next green. where Bowling got his
tee shot to within a few feet OF the flag,
but he missed his try for and had
70 be content with a half. Evans
leSened the professionally advantage to
up by winning the seventeenth In =
and he had a chance to square accounts
a the home green. Jones trimmed the
cup on long try. and then Evans
missed a putt of about three yards In
length. so that he had to be content
With a half in 4 with Mcnamara. The
Winners had a best ball Of II as against
u for the amateurs.
At Enslewood Wednesday.
II was the second OF a series OF Red
Cross matches Evans will play In the
Fast. his first having been at Baltusrol
tie day previous. The national cham
pon and Bobby Jones will next appear
at the Englewood Country Club on
Wednesday. where they will take on
Jerome Travers and Oswald Kirkoy.
Because Of tho auctioning Of caddie
privileges the match yesterday did not
start until late. There was great deal
0. good natured bantering between Cliff
ION Crawford and Shelley Hull, who had
charge OF this phase of the programme,
Evans was first put UP and Crawford
put forward all his persuasive powers
in getting the bids up. The comedian
spoke OF the national champion as
lily, impossible to improve upon. and
Chick, on the strength of that, was sold
for slc5.
It was Hul's turn then and he kept
up the fIowery figures OF speech. re-
terring to Jones "a the Southern rose
The Atlanta lad brought $l15. When
Crawford spoke for Mcnamara, the
word shamrock" was mentioned, and
The homcbred solo Tor tl35. DoWHnB
the home professional. brought the high.
es, bid. Hull finally 'knocleing him
down" for $500.
When a picture with the signature OF
Woodrow Wilson was offered for sale
Hull started by bidding $50. and after
the drawing had been resold a number
n times and the sum brought up tc
800, the last bidder presented II tc
Evans. There were close to 1000 peo-
pie following the quartet and 1t Is ex'
pected that the sum raised for the Red
Cross will he more than $4,000.
The best ball and individual cards fol
low.
Mcnamara and Dowling-
out............. 4-1
hyans and Jones
Out ............. 1854 S-3s
MCNAMARA and bowling
In ..........,... $50 4-G-T
lnr...,.......... 544ss 49, 4-N-7:
Tom Mcnamara
0W.............. 50 +--2s
.:........,.. $50
Jack bowling
eout"..,......" SIS