The Washington times., 1922-09-10
EVANS FALLS
BEFORE YALE /
! STRIPPING IN
ks vs. 2 ~
EASY MATCH
Lad Of Twenty Takes Measure
Of One Champion After An.
other to Win National
Amateur Title. u 4ey .1ata
BY ROBERT E. HARLOW. I

BY ROBERT E. HARLOW. 4
HoUNTRY CLUB, BROOK
LINE, Mass, Sept. 9.--A
new champion is D fine
stimulant for any sport, and the
win here today of Jesse Sweets
ser, Of the Siwanoy Club Of Mts
Vernon, in the Metropolitan dis0
trict over the veteran Chick
Evans, jr., Of Chicago, win do
golf a lot of good.
n Sweetser, 20 years Of age;
won the national amateur title
as the result of one grand round
Of golf after another grand
round Of golf. II did not matter
how big a man, In the world, Of
competitive golf the United
States Golf Association put
against the Yale boy, he whipped
them all and with plenty to-
spare. ~
Sweetser on his way to the titfe
knocked off the following celebrities
and in this order: ~
|, Harry Kenwortby. 10 and q. t.I,-z
Willie Hunter. 7gand a. e1 Tz.a
Jesse Guilford; and ..
Bobby Jones, and Z.
Chick Evans, 8 and 2. ra ~
Played In Sequence. ~ z
"A glance at this list shows that
Sweetser took them In the proper
sequence. First he polished off a
Rhode Island champion. then he
brushed the determined Winie
Hunter, former British amateur
champion outside the Clyde, Park
lot; then Jesse Guilford, the then
champion, fell by the wayside. 81
Having gone thus far, every; one
considered that Sweefser had done
well in this tournament. His fourth
opponent was Bobby Jones and
hardly a soul, save perhaps his sister.
who followed him about all week,
thought that he could show suf-
ficient stuff to stop the great and
glorious Bobby Certainly the At
lanta Walking Club, which comes to
all these meetings, thought that the
game was I'm the bag for Bobby
But against Little Bob" Sweetser
blew up the course record and q
card of sixty-nine in the morning,
giving him q lead which Bobby was
unable to overcome, and Sweetser
rolled to an easy victory. So far,
so good. But what about the mighty
Evans. 80 W. -.
Out in Chicago they call Chich
"the perfect golfer" just as here IN
Brookline they call the Clyde Park
spot the Country Club" Hardy
soul here, save perhaps Jesscis
sister and his mother and father.
who came over last night to sse
the finals, Imagined that Sweeteer
could carry on against the shot
maker from Edgewater. assS
Never Had .. Chance. -
sr Chick really never had chance
to beat Sweetser. He was outdrirep
from nearly every tee by the hard
hitting Yale student, and Sweetsf
had by far the majority of insidf
seconds. He putted much bette
than Evans.
when Evans challenged with
some Of his really great irons n
the green's Sweetser matched thein
or covered them with an ace. -
Chick had not taken a single cnf
of his matches seriously and
imagined that he woub
walk over Sweetser with the SANG
ease and grace as he had with tn
others. He had the easy half d
the draw and all week was neve
made to sink into an ugly fighting
mood. the sort which Is needed =
win tight matches.
Sweetser's tough game, his brh
liant shots, his determination moi
to let Chick take the lead, hroushi
Evans up short more than oncf
and the former champion tried W !.
|Iiantly to break down the Doh
front Of his young rival. On ssieia
occasions Evans would bang riaak
terful iron shot to far-off sreet
but Sweetser always answeced stKe
fire. Cards:
Out
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