The Washington herald., 1920-09-12

fours while Ouimet had slipped on
both fairway and green. Ouimet
cut this lead down to two holes by
planting par-beating approach at
the long eighteenth within three
feet of the cup for his birdie three,
and so he started the afternoon
journey only two down and there
fore close enough to get back this
deficit quickly if the cards were
right.
But starting the afternoon round
with the big gallery banked from
tee to tee. Evans offered .Ouimct
just what Ouimet had handed Evans
year ago, In their afternoon
match at OakmOnt Ouimet went out
in "a with no less than five threes
in the first nine holes. On this oc-
casiOn Evans also went out in "a
and when he added to his advan-
tage on the first few holes Evans
started the final journey with su-
premc confidence. He had the touch
and he knew it. On the first hole
in the afternoon round he ran an
approach putt dead from fifty feet
away with Ouimet facing possible
three.
When Chick became , up at the
second hole through two fine shots
matched against al over approach
by the Eastern golfer. those looking
for a Ouimct rally began to shake
their heads. The other man was
doing the rallying. When Ouimet
took three puts on the third hole
and became 4 down il was apparent
enough that the master putter from
the East no longer had the old un-
Canny touch that once made him
the most feared golfer in the game
An ImpreEnabIe Barrier.
From that point on Evans put
up an impregnable barrier that was
imperViOuS to all assault He
dropped his mashie approach at the
treacherOus fifth within four feet
, Evans then had three foot putt
for a , at the sixth hole. but missed.
No one had ever Witnessed finer
mashie play. With perfect timing
and confident ease with all tho har-
mOny of an old fashioned sOnE be-
reft of jazz, Chick was applying his
wide mashie blade to the ball and
turf with a snap at the finish that
meant perfect direction and perfect
control. He missed his putt for a
8. but came 6 up at the short
eighth. by again dropping an iron
shot near the pin with OUimet over
the green. At the long ninth and
the short tenth Evans again dropped
two mashie approaches practically
dead to the cup-dead enough with
Chick putting like a Travers or
Travis. He beat par on both holes
The last great thrill Of the match
came at the short tenth. Ouimet
here was down with only nine
holes left. He was beaten and he
knew it. His last hope vanished
when Evans laced his pitch to
within five feet Of the cup. But
even here the lion-hearted Ouimet
refused to quit. He followed Chicks
effort by planting his tee shot
within two feet of the cup where
another turn or two would have
given him a /. They halved this
hole in ,. Chick missed his first
shot Of the afternoon at the
eleventh. where he lost. COnceding
OUimet 3. but he evened up by
again ramming his mashie ap-
prOach at the twelfth to within four
feet Of the pin. where it held with
the grip of glue.
Crowd Cheers Winner.
The last shot settled the final is
sue and as Ouimet, after being
trapped, played out. putted and
conceded the hole the cheering
crowd stormed in upon the green
and lifted Evans against the sky
line.
So Evans after winning at Merton
in 1916 comes back to his own
again as the greatest .amateur of
them all. This makes his second
visit to the amateur throne room
Of American golf. Through 1920 he
has won the Western amateur
championship, has led the amateur
field in the open, where he finished
but three strokes back of Ted Ray.
and now he is again national
amateur rbopnDi,n