The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1921-05-17
A suh Racr That Helped

49,. As we approach this BRUSH
Amateur event at Hoylake I wonder
4 fall those past experiences are go
ing to help Most people tell US
that we should have confidence De-
cause OF the former victories credlted
To our players in various matches they
have captured in the past. Out my
own view Of golf Is that defeats ana
dlsapd<mentS haye helped just as
much in preparing one Tor great
& test such as faces US.
can recall quite yiYidly my hrSe
appearance in big event in the
United States. 1t was in 1910 that l
took part in my first u. S. Amateur
Championship. It was played over the
Brookline Country Club course, near
Boston, my homo city, which accounts
for my entrance at rather early age
8ut the sole satisfaction obtained out
OF the qualifying round was that l
could be ranked with Bob Gardner. the
title-holder and h Chandler ESan'
former champion They. like myself
had failed TO qualify.
Instead OF being discouraged oy TINS
to be expected upset in my hopes ! I'M
,yNdtately came to the conclusion that
here was an opportunity for me that
rarely came to any youngster. Ny idea
ms that by carefully following the
matches to be played that week would
na able to pick up ideas about ootn
NAV and Eeneralship that would Do OF
great aid in the future So spent
the entire week on the links, Following
farSt one noted player and then another
studyinE styles OF play and methodS
OF execution. II was all profitable one
cannot alone fathom golf. AT best II IS
the result Of the thoughts Of many keen
students Of the game
Indeed, know now that the game OF
many a star Is a combination Of Ideas
picked up from other noted players
Populations DO Hot Count
One thing that struck me in particu-
lar during that event was the fact that
no matter how highly rated a player
might be this counted but little when
his opponent was Of a mind 10 play the
Ranne. At that time the late Fred HER
reshoY was one OF the leading Ameri-
can amateurs and a sound golter. In
S,na OF the rounds he was pitted against
a young golfer from the Chicago dis
tric4, named Charles Il. Evans IT,
bow at the time of whom little had been
hard. Everyone thought one-sided
victory by Herreshon was in order
Una Ttne the surprise when the Chicago
Row. now our present amateur champion
not only won the match but came home
a victor with the overwhelming score
AZ IL up and to play. That proved 10
roa conclusively that a golf match was
never. over until tho last hole had been
nIayed. Here was 10 better proof OF
the uncertainty OF tAHs game. matter
that has always added so much I" its
charm.
But scarcely had Evans won hts re-
rnarka bic victory over Herr"Sh"H than
he encountered W. t. FOwn"S. Jr.. Gap
tain OF our team today. Again Il
seemed that chick would wiz ~ he
held a lead Of ;wo hoes 49, they cam"
to the sixteenth. a short affair. 'hirN
nut his ma SHE on the "dg" ~ the green
whereas F'owncS played in'" a trap
But nothing is certain in this gam aS
Fownes played 30 the green on his SEQ
ond and ran down a long putt Tor a
:. Chick oyerran his approach putt
Almissed his ; and lost that hole. FowneS
EAxon out on the last green.
Evans ana His Puttor
OF interest TO the Eolning world to-
day was the play OF Evans At that
time. recall distinctly his selection
OF a midiron on the sixteenth green
with which to play mis- approach putt.
whlSwas his practice al this time In
his matches throughout the MiddI"
RehA Such a TACT may seem stunSe
Eay as practically all golfers are ad-