The sun., 1919-08-21
Details of Golf Match in Which
Champion EpanS Was Defeated

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brassie second found the trap to the
right Of the green. Evans was short on
two but got his approach to within four
| feet OF. the cup. 0uimet took three TO
get out of the trap and Evans won s-6.
10-Both again had good drives but
each found trouble with his second shot.
Ouimet took two to recover from a trap
but holed a single putt Evans was on
| in three and sank his to halve the
hole
11-With a good drive both failed to
get the green on their second. each fnd-
ing a trap. Both took three to get on
and halved the hole in Ga
Fail to Reach the Green.
~12-Each hit a long shot here, but
Evans drove his second to a trap and
took four to reach the green. oulmet
was there in three but needed three
puts. and Evans saved the half with
his 6.
1S-Evans was on at this short one,
while Ouimet went into a trap. Out
met recovered in great shape and sank
seven foot putt to get half in SIS.
l4-With Ouimet 2 up Evans hooked
into the side of a bunker, but re-
covered with a beautiful second to the
green. Ouimet drove into the rough
and his second was in trap at the
right Of the green. His pitch from
the trap rolled across the green into
the long. Evans's approach putt left
him four feet from tho hole. Evanss
| fourth was dead. He then sank his
| putt and won the hole. leaving Ouimet
/ up.
| 16-Following long drives we'll on the
favway, both found traps on the second
Ouimet played Just short of the green.
Evans ploughed into his ball, but instead
Of taking It with plenty of sand he
caught 1t clean and 1t shot far over the
Green and trap, landing in the rough
beyond. His chip back was just on the
edge. Ouimet's fourth ran over the cup
| four feet Evans's fifth just missed going
down and Ouimets fifth stopped on the
edge Of the cup. They halved In six,
still leaving Ouimet / up.
16-Evans showed his tee shot to the
green and was about twenty feet from
the pin. ouimet sliced to bad rough at
the right, and his Third was over the
| green and in trap beyond. Evans's ap-
proach putt was short, but Francis
missed his fourth, while Evans sank his
leaving the match here all even.
17-They both were short of the green
Evans was forced to play over a trap.
ouimet Clipped five feet over and sank
| for q three, Evans Clipped inside
ouimet. He sank a four footer. still
leaving the match all even.
! 1S-The gallery was silent. notwith-
| standing the intense strain OF the con-
test as the pair teed up for the home
hole play. Evans drove first Both
reached far down the faIrway with long
shots. Ouimet's second landed in a deep
pit to the right OF the green. while
Evans was Just on the edge Of the rough
about forty feet from khe pin. When
Ouimet stepped down ihto the pit he
was out of sight of a large part of the
spectators and great shout of applause
| involuntary Fprang from the gallery
when he pitched the ball from a cloud
Of sand to within four feet OF the flag.
Evanss mashie shot was n trife
strong and the ball rolled fully twelve
feet past the cup. Evans sighted the lay
of the green for almost a minute before
he putted, but the strain was too great
and he fell short OF the hole by three
feet. Ouimet followed with a gentle tap
of his ball, which rolled leisurely to the
| lip of the cup, paused for the fraction of
a second and then dropped out of sight,
thus terminating one of the most re-
markable matches in the history OF
American golf. q.
Jones Eliminates Gardner.
| WINE In6 OulIneL-ENduS IraCaS was
the feature of the day, the battle OF the
Bobs was easily worthy OF first place
honors except for the de luxe COMPETE
ton which it encountered. Bobby Jones
had something of an old score to settle
1t will be recalled that three years ago
at Merton. when he was making his first
bid for widespread fame, in his first ma
tional tourney, 1t was Gardner who cut
him short, after he had ditched Eh
Byers and Frank Dyer Jones hadn't
forgotten this.
In the morning round he caught Gard
ner out of his stride, Just as Marston
had done. BY the time they had finished
three holes Jones was that many up.
He finished the round up.
He lost no time In the afternoon
round. He got the first. IS, halved
the second In Is and lost the third, when
he missed four foot putt TO halve.
Dividing the fourth In BIS he took the
next two in 8s. due to a couple of beau
tlful mashie shots that left putting
easy He now stood up at the end
of twenty-four holes. a BIT better than
Marston was in his match with Gardner.
They halved the next two with a
par and a par 8. Going TO the ninth
Jones made one OF the most sensational
shots OF the day. The hole is 462 yards
distant, up hill all the way. He fol-
lowed a drive of some two hundred and
forty yards with a brassie straight to-
ward the pin, just skirting a yawning
trap. The ball rolled less than four
feet past the nag.
Garner took to reach the green and
his approach putt laid the youngster a
partial stynnie. He did not try to hole
his 3, playing II safe count a 4. He wa g
out in s5, but stroke behind ouimet's
sensational stunt.
Rather poorly second shots cost him s
on the tenth and eleventh. Gardner took
the latter with a after having the for
mer. Gardner also won the long twelfth
with fine 4, when his third ran within
three feet OF the cup. The thirteenth
was halved.
-Four down and five to go, Gardner en-
countered tough going on the fourteenth.
His second caught a trap and almost
buried the ball In the bank. Three futile
efforts were enough. He conceded Jones
the hole and the match