The Washington herald., 1920-09-09

Lewis struck mis- approach TOO bold
ly and the flying ball scampered
from the green we'll up the steep
bank where 1t lay in the brown
rough, leaving an impossible shot
back. This situation seemed to
leave Evans his second chance to
win. But Lewis, after carefully re-
viewing the contour and the down
ward slope, finally Clipped out with
Just enough speed to let the ball
t-ickle over a grassy ditch, working
its way through the remainder of
the rought, and then trtckle on its
way to within enghteen inches of
the hole-dead for a par four.
Crowd Cheers Lewis.
After this magnificent shot the
I shout that rolled out from the big
gallery across Long Island knobs
carried as much in the way of vo-
calistic catalysm as the wild howl
OF the tribe when Babe Ruth hits
one of his, famous home runs.
Once again Lewis had refused to
yield. for the best Evans could do
was to get down in two puts.
The next move was on the thirty
ninth hole, another thriller. Evans
again was straight down the mid
die. far and true. Lewis pushed
his long tee shot off to the right
in a cluster CT bushes and trees,
facing once more an almost impos-
sible shot. The ball was not only
partly stymied fro mthe green by a
= iou pof trees, but IL was living
badly on a group of sticks which he
could not move. But once again
the Greenwich entry came through
with a miracle recovery, thudding
into the bail with such force that
he not only cleared the trees but
also the green. Chick once again
had his chance with an easy mashie
niblick putt left. But the strain
was beginning to tell and he hooked
his approach TO the left of the
green and as neither got dead on
their chip shots back another half
in resulted.
Evans Wins at Last.
Coming to the fortieth hole after
two god drives Evans hooked his
second to the left of .he green
while Lewis righted the green's
edge at the back. leaving himself
a puzzling forty-foot approach to
get dead. Chicks third shot was
fifteen feet over and Lewis ap-
proach putt failed to take the roll,
stopping eight feet to the right Of
the pin.
Once more they halved in SIS and
moved on to the vanstgreen, slug
ging their way on to a champion
ship record Evans caught the
rough to the left while Lewis
slived into rough at the right. Both
were short on their seconds and
both were alike, thirty feet short
of the cup on their third shot.
Evans approach putt stopped high
two feet to the right while Lewis,
six feet short, failed to get his five
and so passed out Of the tourna-
ment after one Of the gamest bids
any golfer ever made.
1t was the narrowest squeak that
Evans has ever drawn and his
brilliant recovery at the thirty
sixth green will long stand among
the classics of golhng history.
Platt Eliminate. Heron.
But this Evans-Lewis struggle
was only the grand climax to a Sc
ries Of other climaXes. For Woodie
Platt. the young Philadelphian who
removed Francis Ouimet last Au-
gust at Oakmont, came through to-
day by eliminating Dave Heron.
the champion, in one of the after
moons many thrillers.
PIntt Receivers Well.
Platt, with a murderous Recovery
to make. not only got his bali out
but put it within four feet of the
cup for a half in 3. Two down
and only four to play, Heron faced
a rugged task. This task became
even harder when Platt pitched
from the matted grass on the 18th
and hOled his footer for a par
4. As the 18th and 18th were
halved Heron finally succumbed by
the margin of and l. 1t was a
hard blow for Dave but he had
never been able to get his game
going at the old Oakmont Clip.
Platt's fine putting and wonderful
recovcries featured his play.
While Bobby Jones was downing
Frank Dyer and Tommy Armour
was eliminating Phil Carter, two
fast champions We're locked in an
old fashioned battle when Bob
Gardner and Bill Fownes came to-
5tlHEIs lift later
Another dmatic upset followed
when Ned Allis, 6 down to Oswald
Kirby at the twenty-fourth hole,
finally emerged triumphant on the
thirty ninth green.
Bobby Jones Wins.
Bobby Jones was up against
Frank Dyer in the morning battle,
but in the afternoon Dyer played
the first thirteen holes in two under
as for a game bid to stay in the
scrap. But Jones. after losing four
holes, finally settled the match on
the short fourteenth.
Good Matches Today.
As result of Wednesdays
matches Evans meets Fownes on
Thursday while Allis is facing Platt
in the upper half. In the lower half
Ouimet. who won easily, takes on
Tommy Armour, the surviving
Scotchman, who has proved that he
is no opponent to be taken lightly.
Another feature match will come
between Bobby ions and Fred
Wright of Poston TbaOa +u-o