The New York herald. [volume] (New York, N.Y.) 1920-1924, 1922-09-10
SWEETSER EARNED
TITLE, DARWIN SAYS
Fought Way Through Hardest
BrOokline Brackets With
out Serious Trouble.
BY BERNARD DARWIN.

BY BERNARD DARWIN.
COUNTRY CLUB, BRooKL1NE. Mass.
Sept. 9.-America has new champion in
Jess Sweetser of Yale, who was 20 years
old last May. He beat our old friend Mr..
Chick Evans by up and to play. and
most thoroughly deserved to. He has
fought his way through the hardest half
of the draw, meeting in succession Mr..
While Hunter. Mr.. Gullford. Mr.. Bobby
Jones and Mr.. Evans, and no one OF
them was able very seriously to worry
him.
At the beginning OF the tournament he
was a little FESTIVE and jumpy. but he
has gone from strength to strength. To-
day he was completely master of himself
and never seemed In the faintest degree
likely to break or even bend under the
strain. He was not as brilliant as
against MIR. Jones. but an approximate
rs in the morning and, barring one bad
hole. score of two under fours In the
afternoon are good enough for anybody
who does not expect to be invincible.
Mr. Sweetser is not exactly stylish
player, and there is a certain monotony
about his shots. which are played all
much in the same way, with rather a
short swing and very rigid left arm.
but if it is ever monotonous to the spec
tator IL must be much more so to his
wretched adversary, who sees every
shot hit with such hopeless ac-
curacy. Moreover, ne has an art which
conceals his art, and in MINDLESS weather
at any rate, is master of every stroks
that he Is likely to want.
NJ. smut
the world disappointing. 1t was
thought that his long head and his gem
eralship would pull him through, but
in the morning he was rather ragged
and nervous. In the afternoon he was
beautifully accurate. but seemed to
lack the punch and sting TO drive home
a half won advantage, and, most fatal
of all. he could not make himself give
the hole a chance on the greens.
Mr.. Evans used 10 be a poor putter.
lie has made himself very effective
one in rather artificial manner, but
to-day as SO often happens under a
strain, the old weakness. the half for
gotten fault that had been concealed
but not buried deep enough, reappeared.
He fought the good fight, but he never
had the light of victory in his eye. |
should have liked to see so old friend
and so very great a golfer win. but
truth compeLs the admission that IT
was the better man who won.
There were two or three crucial mo-
ments in each round. Mr.. Evans be-
gan weakly and was down at the
third. At the fourth ne played one of
his inimitable pitches practically stone
dead and got one back. At the fifth
he played just such another while Mr..
Sweetser was bunkered. but youth got
grandly out and holed in two more
while age faltered and missed the short
one This was the first crisis.
The second came at the eleventh Mr..
Evans had just won two holes running
10 square the match. Now, we all said.
is the time for him to 20 away. But he
did not 1t was Mr.. Sweetser who went
away at such rate that ne won four
OF the next five holes, and though Mr.
Evans had a grand at the home hole
he lunched . down.
The Deciding Hole.
II any one hole decided the issue,
though / doubt If il did. II was the FIRST
hole in the second round. Mr.. Evans.
with two perfect wooden club shots, was
home in >. Mr.. Sweetser was In the
rough with his drive and still In with
his second, but he played beautiful
got his half after all.
Next came a long spell OF mechan-
icaIly good play by both sides. Mr.
sweetser gave no opening ard Mr. Evans
could not force one. MIR Sweetser was
IN with eight TO go. but made mess
OF the eleventh anG picked up. Down 10
. And now vas Mr.. Evans's last
chance. a short hole. where the man who
can put his shot near the hole and give
his enemy something 10 go after. has
a distinct IL impalpabie advantage.
Alas. Mr.. Evans played poor toe
shot and completely missed his httle
MITCH from tho rough. while Mr.. Sweetser
rubbed Il in with a perfect shot. That
was che end. Mr.. Sweetser was GER
tain winner now II only the thought
that he would be a champion in hair
an hour did not paralyze him. what
ever he thought he played on Ike 3
conuuering hero 10 win on the sixteenth
Mr. Evans had an eight foot putt TO
keep the match alive, but his gallant
holt was shot and the ball stopped a
foot short of the hole.
And 50 a wonderful championship
euded-a championship that took as
much winning as any that ever was
nlayed. Year nv year II will be harder
Ia win as myriads OF new infant prodi-
eies sprinE up from public links. from
remote unhcard OF little towns in the
middle West, from all over this vast
continent. If any Briton ever means TO
win II again he had better he quick
about il and he must learn to Tutt like
the devil unclaimed.