The Morning Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Okla.) 1919-1927, 1921-09-23
9th Turns Defeat into Victory Indians Hang On Yankees
Chick EUdnS Has Close Call,
Barely DOWni1g NeW Yorker
Noses Out Jesse Sweetzer, / Up, to Enter SemFina
Willie Hunter, British Champion, Eliminates Bobby
Jones, Coming From Behind Late in Match.

sT LOUIS. sept 22...iu two
spectacular matches that ended ON
thu 3Gth green today in the national
amateur golf championship at the
-. Louis Country club. Chick Evans
defending hia title. defeated Jesse
4wDptlrr 0f New YORK. by the mar
ruV margin " up, and Jesse Cult
ford Of Boston eliminated Harrison
Johnston of st. Paul. by the same
SCORE. bringing them together In the
HrWlflnrls tomorrow
IN 10 still closer contest although
mot SOD thrilling Ia its finish willie
Hunter British champion. defeated
Robbie tones ~ atlanta. 2 up and
] tu play. after being down tp the
Georgian nearly an day and won the
right co. contest the Uhcr soml-
uu1I match with Robert Gardner uf
Chicago. tWirc former champion.
who uostcd R. b.. kurpf-r uf Sioux
rlfy. ard O.
Tho most dramatic finish was fur-
nishcd by tho present champi
who Iu defending hIs title had 60
shoot 3G J7-7J in the morning %
lead SwoC'zor by two up. the New
YORKER having scored 37-3s-75.
Evans after acCumulaiiuE few
more holes ON the third ninc with a
a6 ~ SWortzor's ~ became careless
with his putting and after dropping
the 32nd hole by taking three puts
from 20 feet away and th" 33rd
whore Swcoizor scored birdie,
Evans found himself only two up
and three To- go.
Evans Tightcns His Game.
lie dFhtcned his game porccptibly
' 4 a 4 B.
yard 34th. 10 feet to the loft Of the
cup. a bnckspin causing the bah 10
spring back a foot from whore II
landed Swpetzcr's drive was on the
verge of the green, 30 feet from tho
hole, but he managed TO halvc In
three when Evans well atudicd putt
stopped short because Of the mud
on II.
Evans reached for the vantage
point on the left side of .he 35th
falrway but pushed his iron second
TO tho ombankmout al the right Of
the green and took five when his
mashic ulhliCk atubbod It's nose on
the side Of the incline. losing the
hole and becoming durmie /. lie
slightly scflaffed his drive on tho
home hole and was 200 yards short
Of the green In "a valley behind a
hill while Sweetzer, playing steadily
despite his prccarlous position, drove
to Il good position past the end OF
the tormintory.
Evans decided to end the contcat
on fhe h"m" gr"er and after waik
ing TO the top Of the hill to measure
the distance and observe the dircc-
| tion, backed down to his ball TAX
| ing n brnSsic he cut as beautiful n
. shot as was ever played and the bail
/ dug into tho fairwny Ike n mashie
/ pitch. stopping few feet beyond,
but % to the right OF tht cup on
the sloping green.
Swcctzcr Fights Desperately.
Swcctzer again showed his fight.
ing qualities by plunkinE an iron Il
feet to the left of the flag. The
large gallery was motionlss while
Evans surveyed his treacherous putt
on both ends OF the line and thcr
planted his feet firmly for the effort
10 hole the ball. The putt took the
hillside as though IL were running
through a slot and dropped into the
hole for a birdie three without any
avmhlauCe OF "A gobbler side slip, so
cNact had he estimated the distance
Sweetzer did not try TO hole his putt
as a halve would do him no good
ana Chick generously conceded him
n three, making his defeat one down
inatead OF two down, as 1t likely
would have been.
This was the third time durinE
the day that Evans demonstrated
his ability To putt when necessary
having holcd a 25-footed on the
twelfth green to halvc the hole
In two after SwcetZer had sunk a
putt from 90 feet and putted down
a 30-footer on the long twelfth tC
win the hole in five when SweetZeI
was only five feet away on the like
Hunter Comes From Behind
The match between Hunter and
Jones was the reverse Of the Evans.
Swectzcr contest, the winner beinr
down nearly all the way. The At
lnnta boy. going out In a fine "a
one under par made the first turn
two up and although he slipped or
tho second nine and took Al, he was
still two up at the eighteenth hol,
with his rs, Hunter having scored
36-4O-76
The British champion soon over
came this advantage In the after,
noon when Jones found bunker
with his second on the nineteenth
and took five while Hunter scored d
perfect four after topping his drive
Each had a chance for "A two or
the 22l-yard twentieth, but missed
match on the short twcn' first
when Bobbie took three puts. Jones
won the next hole Sor new lead
by whipping dead 20 the cup from
a deep Slnd trap into which nj,
hcelcd iron had fallen. fusslng hi,
opponent so that he missed hi,
threc-foot putt for a four.
They halvcd the thirty-third ir
birdie fours and the thlrty-fourtt
In perfect fours and the American
, defender became two up when tn,
Hrltun required four strokes for the
baby twcnty-tifth.
Jones advantage fllCkcred out or
the next two holes as he got int
the brook In the boomerang twenty.
sixth and the Briton pitched dcat
for birdie on tho long twenty.
seventh, squarinE the match will
his par IS for the third nine.
. Turning into the home strctcl
they haived the first three holes n
b.