Bisbee daily review. [volume] (Bisbee, Ariz.) 1901-1971, 1921-09-23
CHICK EVANS To
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Title Holder Furnishes ORA
matte Finish to Match
With Jesse Sweetser

ST. LOUIS, Sept. %. - In two
spectacular matches that ended ON
the Seth green today in the national
amateur golf championship az the st.
Louis Country Club, Chick Evans, de-
Tending his title, defeated Jesse
Sweetser of New York, by ! up, and
Jesse Guifford of Boston, eliminated
Harrison Johnston of st. Paul, by the
same score. bringing them together
in the semi-finals tomorrow.
In a still closer contest, although
not so thrilling in its finish, Willie
Hunter. British champion, defeated
Bobby Jones of Atlanta, and l, aft
err being down nearly all day. He won
the right to contest the other semi
final match with Robert Gardner, or
Chicago, twice fcrmer champion, who
bested r. E. Knepper of Sioux City,
and 2.
Evans Tiehtens UP
The most dramatic finish was fur
nished by Evans, who had to shoot a
20 in the morning to lead Sweetser
by up, the New Yorker having scor-
ed a rs. Evans, after accommodating
a few mere holes on the third nine,
with a SO to Sweetsers SO, became
careless with his putter. After drop
ping the 32nd hole by taking three
puts he lost the 33d, where Sweetser
scored a bIrGie. Evans found nlmseIr
only two up and 3 to go.
He then frightened, and dropped his
tee shot On the $50 yard 34th ten feet
to the left of the cup, aided by a back
spin. Sweetser's drive was 30 feet
from the hole, but he managed -
halve in three when Evans putt stop
ped short because of the mud on the
ball
Evans reached for the vantage point
en- the left side of the 35th fairway,
but pushed his iron second to the en-
bankment at the right of the green
and took a five, losing the hole and
becoming dormie one. He slightly
scoffed his drive on the home hole
and was 900 yards short of the green
back of hill, while Sweetser drove
to good position past the end of the
tormintory.
Plays Wonderful Shot =
Evans decided to end the contest
there. Taking a brassie, he played
wonderful shot and the ball dug
into the tairway like a mashie pitch,
stopping few feet beyond, but % to
the right of the cup on the slop1ng
green.
Sweetser plunked his iron II feet
to the left of the flag. The large gal
lery was motionless while Evans sur
veyed his treacherous putt, and then
planted his feet firmly for the effort
to hole out. The putt took the hill
side as though it were running
through slot ana dropped into the
hole for a birdie three, so exact had
he estimated the distance. Sweetser
did not try to hole his putt, as halve
would do him no good and Chick gen.
erously conceded him a three, making
his defeat one down instead of two,
as it likely would have been.
This was the third time today that
Evans demonstrated his ability TO putt
when necessary
knepper's Game Off
In the match between Hunter and
Jones, the winner was down nearly
all the way. The home stretch in the
afternoon was the turning point and
the invader won.
The struggle between Guilford and
Johnson was a ding-dong battle from
the first tee to the Seth green, where
Johnston could do no better than
halve in four and lose one down.
Knepper, who has shot the course
twice in 20, was off his game with
Gardner taking So for the first nine
and 43 to get home for an 81, the
worst medal score of the day, and be.
ing three down at the end of the first
round, losing four and two.