New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1920-09-09

curve. broke off sharply when about
two feet away, and then disappeared
from sight-one of the greatest puts
ever sunk in any championship any
where on earth.
Lewis missed his fourth, and so they
moved along to the first extra hole
Here two fine drives travelled on down
play safely to the right Of the pin,
catching the bottom Of the green's big
dip. Lewis, playing boldly for the
cup, caught the green's down slant
and the ball, while perfectly struck,
rolled into trap beyond, He was
barely out on his third, still forty feet
or more away. Evans, fifty feet from
the hole, had treacherous putt to
handle up the sloping, battling bank,
and he did we'll enough to get the
ball within five feet of the cup.
Long Putt Eludes Cup
Lewis here made his bid for victory.
His long putt hit the cup and bounded
out. A moment later Evans's putt
curled up to within hair Of the rim
and hung there.
OFF they were to the second extra
hole, where another fare and fash of
drama was in the making. Once again
two fine drives came about. Evans then
to the right, while Lewis struck his
approach too boldly and the flying ball
scampered from the green we'll up the
steep bank, where it 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 reviewing the contour
and the downward slope, finally Clipped
out with just enough speed to let the
ball tickle over a grassy ditch, working
its way through the remainder of the
rough, and then triekle on its way to
within eighteen inches of the hole
dead for a par q.
After this magnificent shot the shout
that rolled out from the big gallery
across Long Island Sound carried as
much in the way Of vocalistic cata-
clysm as the wild howl of the tribe
when Babe Ruth hits one of his famous
hcme runs.
Once again Lewis refused to yield,
for the best Evans could do was to get
down in two puts.
More Thrills on 18th
The next move was on to the 39th
hole, another thriller. Evans again
was straight down the middle, far and
true. Lewis pushed his long tee shot
off to the right in cluster of bushes
and trees, facing once more an almost
impossible shot. The ball was not
only partly stymied from the green by
group of trees, but it was lying bad
ly on a group of sticks which he could
not move. But once again the Green
wich entry came through with a mira
Gle recovery, thudding into the ball
cleared the trees but also the green.
Chick once again had his chance with
an easy mashie niblack 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 IS re-
suited.
Coming to the 4oth hole after two
good drives Evans hooked his second
to The left Of the green, while Lewis
rghted the green's edge at the back,
leaving himself puzzling A0-foot ap-
preach to get dead. Chicks third shot
was IS feet over. and Lewis's approach
putt failed to take the roll, stopping 8
feet to the right of the pin. Once
more they halved in SIS and moved on
to the 4lst green, slogging their way
or to II championship record.
Evans caught the rough to the left,
while Lewis sliced into rough at the
right. Both were short on their Sec
onds, and both were alike, 80 feet short
Of the cup, on their third shots
Evanss approach putt stopped hole
high 2 feet to the right, while Lewis,
6 feet short, failed to get his s, and
50 passed out OF the tournament after
one Of the gamest bids any golfer ever
It was the narrowest squeak that
Evans has ever drawn, and his brilliant
recovery at the 38th green will long
stand among the classics Of golfing his
tory.
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