The New York herald., 1921-09-20
NEW COURSE MARK
Is SET BY OUIMET
Tie Turns I'm Card Of 60 in
I; Qualifying Round for Title
I, at 81. Louis.
III PUTS BY CHICK EVANS
Makes Them on n Single Green
From a Distance Of Eigh-
teen Feet.
z PUTS BY CHICK EVANS
ny KERR n. PETRIE.

Special Despatch 70 THE NEw yoEg HEaaiD.
J CLAYTON, Mo-. Sept. le.-Those who
like to dabb!e with the psychology OF
solf can ponder and report % the world
their conclusions on the strange reversal
pr form which found those deadly rivals
.lof the links. Francis Ouimet OF Wood
land. Boston. and Charles Evans. Jr. OF
'Edgewater. Chicago. reversing IN the
sthirty-slx hole qualifying round IN the
national amateur championship al the
st Louis Country Club to-day the roles
met on the course OF tho Engineers
Country Club at Roslyn. l.. T., In the
final OF the annual blue ribbon event ot
The Z. S. G. A. On that occasion. Il
may be recalled. Evans took the pride
yof Boston into camp BY the staggering z
margin OF up and to play. Francis
never has forgotten that bllghting epi-
.sode in his career. Night and day ever
since it has haunted him. and that per-
haps is why to-day he was out esiab-
hshtng course record OF SO while
Evans was meandering around In ten
soSAOhNS AiOAc.
= That happened in the first round The
second round Is q story In itself, for
while Ouimet, going out In 30. loafed
home in 40 to finish as medalist with a
grand total Of LA. Evans was showing
everything that he possesses In the wa
of golf and temperament. Tonight IL Is
ndifficult to say which has mos: M
pressed the critical st. Louis gallary--
The display Of golf which brought Chick
ITO the .urn In "a strokes or the ebuilition
"cf spirit which caused hin, TO play field
hockey and to turn In an on par 8
pole when, to begin with, he was not an
inch more than eighteen feet from the
cup with HIS tee shot.
seven Puts, Many Laughs.
Seven puts That Is the champions
contribution to the days excitement
Seven puts on a single green. Seven
puts from distance Of eighteen feet.
!. In all the sweltering story of golf
there is nothing to compare with this
bacchanaliaa orgy OF putting given by
the national champion on this lS2 yard
hole OF the st. Louis Country Club.
But despite this staggering recital It
heed not be thought that Evans has al
lowed himself to slip back into that
ynorass of putting paralysis which fer
so many years kept him on the outer
ring of the championship target. Chick
had himself to blame and appeared
ready to suffer the consequences.
:, Sighting along his eighteen footer
Evans began without any. warning, OF
twhat was to come. His fine 60 to the
turn he had allowed with a pair OF IS
that did not fit well with the general
k~sr~ 20 4 L rv~
o. slightly down hill run to Chicks putt,
pnd that down hill swing carried the
ball off its mark. ard beyond the hole.
II was a bad miss. but. while. no doubt.
annoyed at the Ill treatment the cham
pion still had no idea of making
Roman holiday for the st. Louis crowd.
When he sent his ball beyond the hole
on the second putt, little too far to be
comfortable. Chick treated himself TO
cspacious grin. Then he went to his
work again, and once more missed the
mark. This was more than his patience
couid sta-d. Reaching after the ball he
gave the rubber core a jab with the
5sck OF his putter. but with no better
result than to draw It back again past
the cup.
Knocl<s Ball Hithcr and yon.
Almost before that ball had decided
where 1t was to anchor 1t was on It's
Tny again. and, as Ill fortune would
have Il. once more to the other side OF
the cup. Chick by this time was grin
Ming and knocking tho bali hither and
Eon. as II he did not care what hap
pencd. When finally the recalcitrant
sphere had been coaxed home the cham
eion did not know just where he was at.
What did / get on that one?' he
called out by way of 4 general saluta-
tion to the crowd. Then began a guess
srg contest. with the votes running
Strongly In favor OF q 7 and an but
with no one quite ready to stake his
life on what It really ought 10 be. Some
were not certain whether or not Evans
had hit the ball In motion and thereby
Incurred an extra penalty. Ultimately
the tangle was straigttcned out to the
satisfaction Of all and Chick given an 8.
That Is, the spectators were coaxed to
p state of unanin1ity. No ono asked
Chick how his outraged feelings hurt.
Fortunate II wes for Evans that he
had made the first nine holes In "a,
for he certainly would have jeopardized
BIS ctances Of qualifying. on the other
hand, however. IL Is doubtful if Chick
~ouid have INDUCED IN any such horse
play if the situation rad been close for
him. As II was he had no very great
margin, as no completed the round In 81
for a grand total OF 16o. whereas tho
dcadIine on qualifying was drawn at 163,
bnd at that figure two players are left
10 play off for the thirty-socond place
tomorrow morning at half past eight.
y After that twelfth hole Evans never
aid settle down. and he took AZ for
the nine holes coming back.
T incidentally. Evans might have been
nearer the danger line but for a for
tunate break Mt the end OF his morning
POUND. when, playing his second shot for
The home hole, ~. ehoed and hit spec
tator who was leaning over the tenn
torary rope fence erected above the
pasinlike green. The ball caromed back
hnto the green and Chick scored at 4.
Fhe penalty for out OF bounds here
bas been cut 10 loss OF distance only.
Even 80. Evans almost certainly would
have taken had II not been for the
fntervention of the Uranium OF his
friendly member OF the great unnamed.
q. And with the moral hazard OF score
with an as its basis hanging over him
there is no telling what the afternoon
might have brought forth. At that IL
eeen1s scarcely possible that matters
could have broken worse for Chick.
0ufmet Mt HIS Dcst.
Cufmcts grand golf naturally has
caught the crown, and tonight the
CORNER champion ~ right In the centre
IL tho limclsht That record round OF
80 saw Ouiil1et at his best perhnps