The Morning Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Okla.) 1919-1927, 1921-09-24
EUdnS and Hunter, Champs
OfAmeriCa and Britain, Are
Put Out in St. Louis Meet
Jesse Guford Eliminates Chick When Teholders Game
Colapses Because Of Poor Putting; Robert Gardner
Victorious Over English Contender.

Sr LOUIS. Sept. 23-Both chick
Evans, the American champion and
Willlo ~ Hunter. tho British title
holder wcrc eliminated today ip
tho H"mi- finals or the national anna
tour golf championship. played I'm a
driving Tninstorw over the links Of
tho 81 Louis Country club. Jesse
Guiltprd ~ Boston defeated Evans
z up and five 10 play while Robert
Gardner OF Chicago. sent tho Briton
back home empty handed, five ~
and four TO play. neither match
being Boo much doubt after the noon
ini'rWIgH.uu when GuilfOrd was
four mp and Gardner three up.
Evans was not able 10 putt at
any stage ~ tho contest and after
watching one short putt after am
"ihcr refuse to go down while Gull
ford sank his bnll in two and some
umcH ono from any part ~ tho green
he happened TO reach. the cham
pion.s whole game went stale IIc
was uff direction with his wooden
cluhF topped brassio or Two and,
although pronounced by Henry
Nnrdon ana jerome Travcrs tho
most exact iron player in she world
ho eventually went agtray with both
midlrou and mA.hlc and was play
INK from away ON many holes I'm
coutradistincfon to his first dozen
holes on which hc was almost al
ways inside with chance for a
win with two puts only 10 take
three or more.
Gullford Shot Fine Game.
II was not only Evans poor game
that lost for him, for even that
would have dcfntcd any reasonably
good game most of the way as he
went out In the morning with 81,
including four pars and two brides
and while he had only two pars
coming I'm and accumulated a
strokes. was not n bad score for a
rainy day that soaked everything,
a. II contained three slNcs. Tho
Boston player proved good mud
horse. plunging his long drives far
beyond Evans wooden shots al
though that had no effect on the
outcome, swapping his irons well to
the green at nearly every hole and
putting as well a. though the greens
woro not seas Of water into which
the balls dug almost out of sight
at times.
The Boston player displayed
about tho best golf ne over shot In
his career, although ne did not
need II. lie shot 81 On the out
home In AZ for good 20 under
tho conditions and he took only 3S
strokes to reach the final turn,
where ne was six up.
Evans Couldn't Settle Down.
Evans played carefully and tried
his best to get his games back, hut
" was no use. He acted like man
who had stiff muscles, although
he offered no alibi, beyond saying
It was not his day. His game today
was In strong contrast with the one
he used last year In defeating
Ouimct in the finals at the Engi-
ncer's club where he bettered par
nearly all the way and won by n
wide margin. Ouimct, who was
eliminated in the second round by
Harrison Johnston, watched the
Guilford- Evans match all the way
around, but offered no comment eX-
ccpt that Guilford was good enough
10 be a semi-finallst. The heavy
rain that started at daybrcak with
almost Cloudhurst was falling In
torrents when the morning MATCHES
started, and a horrific flash Of light
ming that shivered tree nearby
caused both Gardner and Hunter to
miss their drives from the first tee
and take SKIES for the first hole.
It was a drcary affair, the large
galleries Of previous days giving
way to small group Of persons
who would not be denied but moved
along with the dripping players un-
der umbrellas that gave the crowd
the semblance of a patch OF black
mushrooms And there were wo-
men among the onlookers who
were drcnohed TO the skin like
everyone else on the course
Briton Didu't Have Chance.
Gardner never gave tho Briton
a chance and took revenge for his
failure to lift the British title last
year when Cyril TOllcy defeat ID
him at the 37th hole. The winner
OF the title In 1909 and in 1915
showed his championship caliber by