The evening world., 1920-09-11
SURE TO WIN
|. TITLE SOME DAY,
DECLARES HAGEN
Bobby Not at His Best Against
Francis Ouimet in
Semi-FinalS.
Bv Walter Hagen.

Francis Ouimet will meet Chick
Evans in the final for the amateur
championship. What could be finer?
Yesterdays results were just as we
had all expected, although 1t was by
no means certain that Ouimet would
get away with young Jones. Bobby's
golf was not as good yesterday as it
had been. He got n poor start and
this left him an awful lot to do, as
catching Francis Oufmet whom he
gets a good running start is not the
easiest thing in the world. In fac
cuimet gave Bobby no chance t.
overtake him after the morning
round Bob fought as only he knows
how to fight, but the Boston stag
with n lead of two holes kept thiE
margin between them. After halvinB
several holes it was a cinch that one
or the other would crack.
II Francis gave way Bobby would
have been encouraged to go on and
get the lead, but as he was the first
to slip 1t meant widening OF the
gap still further. The missed putt
on the seventh in the afternoon was
the beginning of the end, and Francis
soon increased 1t 10 and VIC
tory.
The driving of this pair was very
close When 1t was wet in. the morn.
ing young Jones had the edge on
account of his long carry. Ouimet
drives n ball that has more roll to H.
and he began to get a little further
than Jones. There was little to choose
from in the approaching, but Ouimet
outputted the Atlanta lad and this
told the story. Time after time
Jones had an advantage only TO lose II
on the green when Ouimet ran down
long putt.
Iam still Of the opinion that Jones
has a fine game. He did nothing
Yesterday that would lead me to be-
lieve that he is not a good match play
err He made mistakes, but Ouimets
work against him was of such high
class that Bobby simply had to PLAY
second fiddle. He will win the chant
p!onship some day, 1 am sure. His
chance is bound to come.
The Evans Allis match was n very
Cne- sided affair. At the sixteenth
hole in the morning Chick had gained
nothing on his opponent. but from
| this point on the match was all his.
his fine work on the greens. In fact.
/ he had putted his way to the semi
finals, but when he needed the puts
in the afternoon to hold Chick down
his putter refused TO work. | know
/ what this feelinT is. It appeared az
II both Evans and Ouimet were out
| tuning up for to-day's match. II Will
be grand golf and worth going n long
way to see. Yesterday I handled n
nag and helped keep the crowd back.
I'll be on the job to-day and will get
a chance to see every shot played.
For the past year every one has
been wishing that this pair would
meet again and settle the dispute as
to which is the better match PLAYER.
am sure that Chick plays the better
medal golf, and to-day will tell
whether he Is as good as Francis nt
match play.
At Pittsburgh the match went "a
the last green and l. am inclined 70
think that II will take as many holes
to-day 10 come to n decision. II is
a long. tough grind. Chicks fine mutt
on Tuesday against Lewis on the last
green has given him a chance for thi!
title. Some say II is a hunch that he
will win after such a lucky escape
from being out Of the tournament.