Evening star., 1921-09-23
EVANS AND HUNTER
TRAILING At GOLF
Gt,iiford a Up on Champion;
Gardner Leads Briton
/ by Three Holes.

NY IHICC T1OtCS.
ST. LOUIS. Mo-. September 2%.-
Chick Evans of Chicago. the cham
pion. and Willie Hunter, the British
tilteholder. were trailing at rhes and
of the first eighteen holes in the semi
t- a-ioral amateur golf
championship tourney here today.
Jesse IiullIord, the BOSTON Siege gun.
Was up on Evans. while Bob Gardner
of Chicago. former champion. was )
up on Hunter.
A heavy downpour of raia started
at daylight and soaked the course
so that the balls plowed up mud and
threw up sprays of water when they
rolled across, the putting green: the
rain kept up steadily and affected
the gallery to the vanishing point
and made par golf Impossible.
Play Well Despite Going. =. ~.
Despite the heavy course Evans
and Guilford managed to get par 4
on the first hole. Hunter and Gard
ner did not do so well, getting IN
trouble and taking three puts each
amongst the pools of water on the
green for a half in six.
Evans lost the second hole to ).
by missing 4 five-foot putt. but halV-
ed the third in par ;.
Guilford dubbed his drive on the
fourth and was over in trap in j.
nut nOleu out ana Sol Il u " iliiS A<N ans
who was in trap indenting the green,
as his second came out short and took
three puts for a half
Hunter ana Gardner halved the sec
ond in four after Hunter had bee" In
a trap, and Hunter won the third. 8
to A. although he was on the edge OF
Il pit with his hooked tee shot. while
Gardiner "-"s close to the cup. put
took puts.
gardiner luund his putt on tho fourth
81 ty, hIa
hole to 5, Hunters second finding
a trap and they were square. Card
ner outdrove Hunter on the long NTH,
but pulled his iron second to hole
at the edge of woods. only to chip
out dead for birdie f. which made
him l up. Hunter reaching the green
in . and taking three puts.
Evans won the fifth with a birdie
4, by reaching the green in ,. while
'i,,ilford mad to chip in and miss
halved the sixth in par 4. but Guilford
was one up when he foled in two on
the 147-yard 7th, Chick taking 3.
Hunter was far short from the tee
Gardner was wetl on in 2 and won,- 4
TO 5, and was 2 up.
While Gardner was driving from the
first tee. terrific flash of lightning
followed by an almost instantaneous
crash of thunder caused him to miss
the shot. The lightning struck tree
not far away and paralyized police
man.
Gardeners pitch on the short seventh
was over in a trap ard his first nib
lick hit the bank and rolled clear back
across the trap on a plank. He was
twenty feet over the cup in and
took 5 to Hunters and was l up.
Evans took three puts on the eighth
and was down when Guilford got
par 4. Evans recovered on the long
ninth. reaching the 50S-yard green in
>. while Guilford was short of Evans
on his drive, topped his second to
creek and had to drop out. taking 6
to Evans birdie 4.
Gardner and Hunter halved the
boomerang eighth. in par 4. leaving
Gardner up. Gardner was ten feet to
the left on the long ninth, while the
Briton failed to reach the green. but
he ran up to within two feet on his
third. Gardner -Erazed the hole and
they. went in for pair of feurs. and
the American still was l up.
Evans and .Guilford shared the
tenth IN par 4. but Chick squared the
match~en the sfesenthv,by holding a
six-foot pug f9T par 4, while Gull
mashie out of bounds. was short on
his fourth and took s. Both found
the trap to the right of. che twelfth
green. 1So yprds. Rrfd both were over
the flag on their Outs. Guilford was
was half waY between him and the
cup Chick overhutted and halved it,
Hunter ant Gardner halved the
tenth in 4. Gardner topping his Sec
ond. but rolling to the green. Card
ner became 2 up when Hunter took
while Gardner. whose approach drop
ped ten feet from the pin. almost got
q 3. They halved the short twelfth
iii by taking three puts each.
Three Are Real, BATTLES,
Two of yesterday matches were
except the victory Gardner scored over
II. f. knepp of Sioux City. and q
Evans. had to sink a twenty-five foot
putt on the home hole to beat Jesse
TO the thirty-fifth green to put out
Bobby Jones, the Atlanta youth, in
gIueling uphill tes: that was wit
messed by 10000 persons. and Guilford
was carried the full distance to dis
pose of II. r. Johnston of st. Paul.
On his way to the semi-finaIs Hun
ter waded through E. H. Bankard of
chicago, and 5: James Manion of St
Louis. and 1; in addition to Jones.
He has showed marvellous consistency
line yesterday. Hunter. vest terday y had
s-72. while Jones scored 75-f6.
Jones Lacks Generalship.
Jones owed his defeat largely to
ack of generalship, as he made more
"illiant shots and drove farther than
ne Hriton. On the boomerang eighth
Tor example. Jones tried to carry the
wood forming the angle of the dog
leg fairway. He had done it before,
but as he was ut-driving his oppo-
nent and approaching better most of
the way, he likely would have halved
The hole without taking chances. and
besides he was 2 up at the time
The southerner failed in his at
sempt and sank his grief in the creek
among the trees and lost the hole. He
also played his drives perilousIy close
TO the road on the first hole in both
morning and afternoon. leaving a
dangerous route of approach over
back trap in the right corner of the
green. This hazard he found on the
second round and took 5. while
Hunter dropped his drives to the left
o. the fairway and ran his approach
up to the green. passed the bunker
into which Jones had fallen and won
the hole. These two holes halved
would have left Jones all square at
he seventeenth with chance to
win, instead of down.
Evans strong I'm Pinches.
The characteristics of Evans game.
straightness with wooden clubs, dead.
ly approach and ability to better his
game in the pinches as we'll as to
hold himself in reserve for emergen-
cies when a spectacular play will un-
nerve his opponent. told against
Sweetser. Evans once was up, but
got careless with his putter, and. go
ing to the last hole dormie /, had to
make his long putt to win.
Guilford's long driving and good
putting carried him to his victory
over Johnston. He had to shoot
76-74. however, to turn the trick. It
was ding-dong match, Guilford
gaining his margin at the thirty fit tn