The Washington herald., 1920-09-12

-Gons Scotia'S soul-absorbing game
All square at the end Of the first
nine holes. Evans played the next
ninetecn holes in seventy-One
strokes. five better than even fOUrs.
and before this MeNandrian assault
OUimets last defense crumbled as
the branches of an ancient oak snap
and crash before some uuleaShed
tornado set adrift from the tower
ing hills
q More than 10000 deyotees Of the
fold game stood upon the myriad
knobs or rushed through the end
less valleys of the Engineers club
this afternoon to gasp in bewiIdered
amazement at the hawIess golf
which Evans used to batter his
game and skilled opponent into a
state Of utter heIplcssness.
No Opening Given OuImet.
In vain Ouimet peered through
the shadows Of impending defeat to
catch one faint ray OF light. to find
just one opening through which he
might start counter attack to-
wards victory. but the ruthless per
feCtion Of Evans game blocked all
hope and left the great BOstOnian
struggling vainIy in the grip Of de
feat as certain as the last grim
day that waits each human pilgrim
as he takes his rag and pack and
starts through the final twilight
down the last long trail
Evans this afternoon. in his con-
quering march, applied his club
head to the ball as some master
sioIinist might apply his bow to the
strings Of a Stradivarius.
The great crowd that stood and
watched or that rushed in breath
less haste to get one fiecting look
saw a mighty master of harmony
Of each instrument attUned to a per
feet pitch, giving an amazing eXhi-
bitiOn of rare coordination and
swinburnism rhythm to each stroke.
While Ouimet was struggling to get
back the old touch that once con-
quered Warden and Ray, Evans was
a perfect picture of supreme conf
dence and enduring grace as he
laShed his long tee shots straight
down the middle and then lifted his
weII-Cut approaches to within easy
putting distance of the nearby cup.
Wonderful Exhibition Given.
The great crowd, composed of old
men and young men. Of women be-
yOnd 50 and young girls below Is. d
rowing, rushing biIIOwy mass of hu-
manity who flowed the last nine
holes in the morning round to the
finish Of the match, saw the finest
exhibition Of golf that any cham
piOn ever offered.
After a bad start in the morning
round through the first nine holes
they saw Evans come back in 35
and they saw him pick up this re-
lentlcss march in the afternoon by
EiOnE out in 81 and then stabbinE
at the tenth hole. 10 holes in 80
strokes. or I better than even IS.
And they saw all this done with
such grace and ease and harmony
that the battling game invented five
centuries ago by some wandering
Scotch shepherd seemed to he too
easy for any one to play.
-F He Out-drove, oUt-a pprOaChed and
out-putted Ouimet through the last
twenty-One holes Of the contest and
proved beyond the last shadow Of a
doubt that Chicago today can claim
the greatest amateur golfer in the
world.
Evans Training Helps.
There were three decisive stages
to Evans victorious journey. The
first came when he was battling in
tie Western Amateur and National
Open, while Ouimet was waiting to
cast his fate upon one supreme
test Evans was developing the
needed stamina and steeIing his soul
through the white heat of struggle,
while Ouimet was resting in his
tent.
The time has passed when any
man can win an amateur open cham
PiOnship by playing one big tourna-
ment without any previous tests
Under FIRE This summer training
beneath the barraEe Of competition
was the first stage.
The second came on Wednesday
afternoon when the SPECTRAL hand
Of Destiny took Evans by the neck
and lifted him from the quiCksands
Of certain defeat One down and
pne to play against Reggie Lewis.
4 cool. game fighter. Chick missed
two shots in succession on the de-
cisive hole Of the match As ne
stood, so yards from him the bafling
green with Lewis just over. the
Western star was a hundred -tO-One
shot to last minutes longer for
he was called upon to play two
U7iracuIous shots in succession. to
tive another night He made those
two shots just as the curtain was
iboUt to ring down on his act. He
zane safely through the dark valley
where there seemed to be no exit
and where Fate for moment had
sxtinEuished the last light
Old Defeat Remembered.
when Evans saw at the ninth
hole in the morning round that he
was holding his own with Ouimet
on the greens his expression upon
the tenth tee was like that Of som-
explorer who has at last come upon
the borders Of "A new land which he
had travelled long to find For
more tina ntwelve months the mem
Ory Of that one hole defeat by
0Uimet in the championship had
rankled in Evans mind and he saw
at last that his time had come to
wine out thp old slate and write a