The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1922-09-06
CHICK EVANS
ALSO GIVEN 4
CLOSE BATTLE
BIT fAIR PLAY.

Copyright. 1922, by The Argus.)
Brookline, Country Club, Brook
line, Mass, Sept. s.-The contesta-
ants for the national amateur golf
championship are thus far running
true to form. The survivors OF
Tuesdays matches who faced eacn
other Wednesday on the first tee
ct Brookline. with the poss Die ex-
ception of w. B. Torrance 81 Ems
land. might have been checked on
almost as soon as the first pairings
were announced. 1t is true that
some of them had close struggles.
Bobby Jones. the Atlanta prod
Ky, for instance, battled all day
Tuesday for his life against John
J. Beadle, a product OF the peoples
links OF Philadelphia and compare
lively unknown figure in a national
tournament until this year. Not
until the 35th hole was Bobby able
to breathe a sigh Of relief and
gratefully receive the congratula-
lions of his opponent. The fact
that Jones in order to win was
compelled to play u holes IN sue
cession, in a total of three under
par shows the kind of golf he was
up against.
A farmers boy is Beadle. He is
1.-THE, muscular as a jockey, and
totally without temperament He
never said word, nor cracked a
smile during the entire day, until
the match was over. He did moth
ing but play golf, and he did this
with an intensity that almost made
havoc of Bobby Jones nerves
Beadle seemed like an old man OF
the sea who would not be shaken
of Bobby's back. and the uncanny
way in which he ran down long
puts startled the immense gallery
which followed the match.
Evans Beats Anderson.
"Chick" Evans played today only
by virtue of the fact that he. wa:
able to squeeze a narrow victory
2 to l, out of his match with Johr
G.. Anderson, Siwanoy. This out
come, too close for comfort, as fal
as Evans was concerned, nigh
have been entirely different had no
Anderson's shot on the 18th hol'
been buried in the soft grount
about six or seven inches from tn
putting green. He was given per
mission to lift his ball and to re
place it, but refused to do so be
cause the rules would not perm,
since the ball was not on tn
green, although within 20 yards Q
the cup. Anderson lost the hol
and he was so flustered over tn
mishap that he lost the 14th.
Rudy Knepper, Iowa State an
Trans-Mississippi champion, stage
remarkable comeback, when, afte
being five down to Terrence at tn
end of the first Is holes. he rompe
around the course in 20, one belo'
par, and defeated Torrance 2 u
and 1 to play. Torrance only wo
one hole in the afternoon round, bu
Knepper cinched his victory
making two brides in succession @
the 10th and 18th holes.
Jesse Sweetzer, Metropolita
champion who had runawa
match Tuesday with Kenworth
had a different opponent to tack
today in Willie Hunter, former En-
lish champion. While Jones had q
unpleasant day ahead of him
playing Bob Gardner.
Knepper VS. Ouimct.
Ouimet was matched with Kne
per Wednesday. 1t was obvio,
that If Knepper could repeat We
pesday, the hero of the Vardon- R;
episode was expected to have fe
uncomfortable moments. Tolle
former British champion and O
who will always bear watching, m
Aulbach, another public links golf
who won the law medal recently
Toledo. 1t was thought Eva
would dispose OF Fownes, and Gu
ford was expected to beat Lewis.
The field is being gradually ma
rOwed down with the prospect
the semi-finals developing into t
greatest golf battle which ii