The Washington herald., 1921-09-24
Guilford and Gardner to
Battle for Amateur Crown
achick" Evans, U. S. Champion, and Willie
Hunter, British Title Holder Beaten
On Rain-Soaked Course. g.
BY GRANTLAND RICE.

lCLA1TON, MO-, sept. 23.-Two
kings Of golf went to the guillotine
today and tonight their heads are
upon the pixies of fate. With a
driving rain beating down upon the
field Chick Evans, amateur golf
champion of the United States.
and Willie Hunter. amateur golf
champion Of Great Britain fell be-
fore the, stouter blades OF Jesse
Guilford. of Boston, and Robert Al
Gardner of Chicago, who meet on
Saturday to decide whether the East
or the West Is to hold the golf
capitol of America.
The mighty hitting Guilford, with
his far, high trajectory, stopped
Chick Evans. by the count of G up
and to play, while Gardner was 5
up and to play above the rain
soaked figure of Willie Hunter. who
struggled gamely to the last :,
1t was a day that put a heavy
premium upon physical power and
SO II happened that Guilford and
Gardner had the long carrying wal
| lop at their command which gave
them too great an advantage to be
overcome. So II happens for the
| second year In succession Chicago
and Boston battle for the golf SUI
premacy of the country. just as they
did year ago. at the Engineers.
when Evans and Ouimet met.
Lone Drivers to Meet.
| Guilford in defeating Johnston
and Evans. Ouimet's two last con-
querors, has more than avenged his.
Boston teammates, and on Saturday
the powerful New England entry
will make a supreme effort to bring
the title back to Boston for the first
time in seven years. since Ouimet
won at Ekwanok in 1914. But in
Bob Gardner he faces a long-hitting,
hard fighting opponent, who has al
ready won two golf crowns from
the fields of 1909 and 1915. and who
| will enter the final dash a slight
favorite over his Eastern rival.
This final melee will be a battle
between two of the longest drivers
lin the game, further proof that this
Is the age of the punch, the era of
the wallop. the dynasty of swat.
1t is seldom in the history of golf
that two kings are slaughtered upon
the same day. but whatever chance
Hunter or Evans might have had to
reach the final round passed out
storm. Both knew. what they were
-np against, for neither Guilford or
Gardner had any fear of water
soaked course.
Crowds Follow in Rails.
In spite of the rain big galleries
followed both matches where a
long line of umbrellas formed a
roof on both sides of the fairway.
r4f hA INN r.
on Gardner by winning the third
where the Chicago star took three
puts.
| But this was the last time the
British champion ever reached the
front. He lost the fourth, fifth
and sixth in quick succession,
where Gardner played par golf,
the Deal invader struggling in vain
to get his chip shots dead or drop
his puts.
Hunter, by winning the short
seventh, turned only one down,
but on the inward journey he lost
kwo more holes through lack OF
power to keep up. When Gardner
won the first hole in the afternoon
with a fine four. 1t was merely
the beginning of the end. BY the
twenty-third hole, in a last des-
perate attack, Hunter had put the
| lead down to one hole but when
Gardner rallied gamely and won
back the next three holes by
Hawless golf, that was largely a
matter of fine pitching up to the
bin the Englishman's day was
over. Five down at the twenty
seventh, his case was hopeless
against Gardner's stronger play
The best he could do was to carry
the match to the thirty-second
green.
Guilford, with a fine. start, got
the jump on Evans and was never
passed. The siege gun revelled in
the weather, starting out 4-3-S
without a mistake. Evans was
J not hitting his irons in the OLD
Evans way.
aChick. Goes to Pieces.
Where Chick" round after
round, had been splitting the pin
he began early to find bunkers
an unusual turn for him. As 1t
was he reached the turn only ]
down, both out in 81 and playing
well. But the inward journey
Evans lost his grip completely
When Chick" squared the match
at the twelfth hole, the gallery
looked to see him take his old
place in the lead, but without
any warming starting at the
thirteenth. he> lost four holes in
} such quick succession that his
downfall bordered upon collapse
After losing the long thirteenth
and fourteenth by poor iron play
and cratic putting. his worst
break came at the AGO yard
fifteenth, Here Evans was short
in two with Guilford well on the
green. On in 8. Evans laid
his fourth shot 20 inches from
the cup.