The Morning Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Okla.) 1919-1927, 1921-11-08
EVANS AND MCDONALD
DEFEAT LOCAL STARS
IN BEST-BALL MATCH
ponderous Drives of Metropolitan Open Champion
Give Gallery Thrills in Abundance Visiting
Stars Get Lead in Morning, but 1t Is Cut Down in
Afternoon-+To Oklahoma City Today.

Sonal OF the Tulsa Country club, ?
M and 1 to Llay yesterday In 30
hold best ball match over the course
Of the Tulsa Country club.
= The visiting stars who played in
okmulgec Sunday and who planned
10 give an exhibition In Oklahoma
City Tuesday gave their best ex-
Mbiton IN the morning round when
Mcdonald turned in par II and
Evans was but stroke behind him.
lock Collins likewise was in bill
liant form. going around in 72. but
i'm Kennedy was somewhat off and
required rs, and Evans and Nc
Donald were three up at the end Of
thc IS In the afternoon round Ken
pedy and Collins managed to win a
hole more than they lost, thereby
reducing the lead OF the crack Chi
cagoans 20 a pair OF holes for the
day. Evans eased UP noticeably In
thc second round. however. taking
A liberal 70, while Kennedy, Collins
and Mcdonald each took rs.
The pondeyous drives of the
metropolitan open champion, which
averaged from $50 to 900 yards
thrilled the big gallery that followed
the match morning and afternoon.
II was easy for those who watched
McDonalds terrific drives sail out
OF sight to realize that they We're
observing the worlds greatest long
distance driver. 1t was on the sew
enteenth hole in the afternoon that
Mcdonald scored his best drive Of
the day Hitting the ball squarely
with every ounce of his weight In
the blow. he sent II sailing beauti-
fully for ride OF fully $40 yards
for what Was declared to be the
longest drive ever seen on the local
course.
After watching Mcdonald for ii
few holes an enthusiastic caddy re-
marked that Babe Ruth would do
well 10 take lessons from him in the
art Of lohg-distance- hitting.
Il was a perfect day for golf. and
an enthusiastic gallery that at one
time numbered fully 500 turned out.
Tulsa Men OFF In Lead.
Their familiarity. with the sand
green's on the first nine holes
helped Kennedy and Collins to a
cup advantage at the opening of
the morning round. The sand prob
ably did not have as much TO do
with their early lead. however. as
did the remarkable playing of Col
llns. the Tulsa club professional ne
gotiating the nine in 80 strokes,
three below par. while Evans was
taking par 35 and Kennedy and
Mcdonald SO each.
They halved the first hole, but
the locals were one up when Collins
made the second in three. one stroke
better than par. The third and
fourth were halved and the match
!. was all even when Evans won the
- fifth. The sixth and seventh we're
halyed, both Collins and Evans play
ing the seventh. par four, in
three. Collins beautiful work at
the eighth and ninth gave both
holes to the local pair. He made
tn" eighth in two and the ninth in
three, each n stroke. below par.
Evans and Mcdonald evened the
match on the first two holes of the
second nine, having much better
a luck on the grass green's. Chick
won the tenth hole with a par four.
the other three men taking five.
Mcdonald won the eleventh with a
par three. They halved the twelfth
and thirteenth and the visitors went
one up on the fourteenth, which
Mcdonald won with two. the other
three playing It perfectly with par
threes, They halved the fifteenth,
and the visitors increased their mar
gin 10 two up when Evans won the
sixteenth. Evans and Mcdonald
won tho seventeenth and when the
eighteenth was halved they were
leading up.
The Afternoon Round.
Ihe thicagoans increased their
lead TO four up by winning the first
hole In the afternoon. but Kennedy
Won the next by sinking n beautiful
i4-ioot put for II par four while
me others took five. The third was
haVed. Mcdonald scored n two on
the par three fourth, but Collins
cut the margin back 10 three by
making the fifth In three. The
sixth was halved. Kennedy won the
seventh with a four. cutting the
,ead OF the visitors to two up. only
20 nave II increased TO three when
Evans played the par three eighth
IN two, Kennedy won the ninth by
playing the hole in three, one below
par, while Evans and Mcdonald
,ach REQUIRED four. The local men
mad again bested their crack op-
ponents on the first nine. They cut
'he lead from three up to two up.
Eyeryb body slowed up little on
me last ntre, with honors even 80
iar as holes went The tenth was
holved and Evans won the eleventh,
Inc twelfth was even. Collins won
m me thirteenth with pretty three
me fourteenth was halved. SCollins
and Kennedy won the fifteenth but
.9N tho seventeenth after halving
we sixteenth, Tho eighteenth was
even Evans and Mcdonald two ur
az finish.
Morning Cards.
Kennedy
opt '.,...,ts,.. 544'344 534
"c,..'.. ........554 534 655-7s
Collins
Out g. s,Y aoo
In 80 s "a
Evans
pw ,............G54 3s4 334
-.........444 535 AL.
McDonaid--
Out a.. n