Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1919-08-21
OUIMET WINNER
OVER CHIC EVANS
Brilliant Work Features Final
Golf Match at Pittsburgh
Yesterday

Pittsburgh, Aug. 81. - Francis
Ouimet demonstrated again yester-
ray that he is one of the greatest
golfers ever developed in this country
| by defeating Chick Evans 1 up on the
| home hole at the Oakmont Country
Club in the second round OF the an
nual amateur championship tourna-
! ment. Playing the game with the
same stroke and nerveAhat gave him
international fame inSSS13. when he
won the national open from Ray
and Vandon. England's most famous
professionals, the Woodland Club
representative, playing from Au-
burndale, Mass, fought throughout
the entire day against the skill and
stamina of the Edgewood Club star,
of Chicago, and eventually achieved
victory with a marvellous niblick
pitch from the pit to the home green
and a three-foot putt which required
perfect nerve control in the most
crucial moment of the entire So
holes of play.
Brilliant Playing
1AiS NClSaI VI IHt amateur anu
open champion hold-over since 1916
came only after hours of golfing
competition, which was the closest
and most brilliant ever witnessed i'll
similar titular tournament. All
even at the end of the forenoon IS
holes, the Eastern and Western
rivals renewed their golfing duel i'll
the afternoon, and for a short period
IL appeared as though Ouimet was
to quickly clutch the contest, but lie
weakened at the end of the third
nine holes, and Evans was quick to
take advantage of the opportunity
and, after being three down at one
time. succeeded in squaring the
match at the thirty-fourth green.
The next was halved in threes.
Ihe gallery, one of the largest that
ever witnessed a midweek match in
this country, was absolutely silent
Notwithstanding the intense strain of
the contest as the pair teed up for
the nome hole play. Evans drove
first and Ouimet followed, both
reached far down in the fairway
with long shots. Ouimet's second
landed in deep pit to the right of
the green, while Evans was just OIL
the edge of the rough, some 40 feet
from the pin. When Ouimet stepped
down into the pit he was out of
slght OF large part of the spectat-
ors and great shout of applause
lnNoluntarily sprang from the gall
lery when he pitched the ball from
cloud of sand to within four feet
of the flag.
Thrilling Periods
Evans mashie shot was a trif1e
strong and the ball rolled fully ~
1eet past the cup. The double title
holder sighted the lay of the green
for almost a minute before he putt
ed, but the strain was too great for
him, to do himself full justice and
he fell short of the hole by three
feet. Ouimet followed immediately
with gentle tap of his ball, which
rolled liesurely to the lip of the cup,
paused for the fraction of q second
and then dropped out of sight, thus
terminating enc of the most remark
able matches in the history of Ameri-
can golf.
Not all the glory of the days golf
goes to Ouimet, for the manner in
which Evans fought and forced the
victory is shown by the fact that
there was but difference of one
hole and one stroke at the end of
one of the hardest matches ever
| played in an amateur championship.
Ouimet finished with a total stroke
score of $50 and Evans 151, while
the medalwinning score on Monday
was 1853.