Arizona republican., 1922-06-29
LEADERS WIN MOUND DUEL
EVANS HAS NARROW
ESCAPE IN MATCH
WITH ST. L0U|SIAV

HILL CREST COUNTRY CLUB.
Kansas City, Mo-. June 2S. - Two
rounds of match play in the western
amateur golf tournament today pro-
duced some Of the greatest contests
ever seen in any titular competition
and closed with several stars elimi-
mated and several others remaining
in the contest only through breaks
in luck which came when the play
ers seemed certain of defeat.
Harrison Johnston of st. Paul,
Mimi, state champion and a popular
favorite to go through to the semi
finals, at least, fell before Francis
Gaines of Omaha after he seemed to
have the Nebraskan well in hand,
and "Chick" Evans had two narrow
escapes, being forced to go 81 holes
to eliminate Eddie Held of st. Louis,
and trailing Bob Mckee of Des
Moines until the youngster cracked
under the strain after playing sem
sationally at the start.
Two other matches went into extra
holes and several were not decided
until the 18Th green was reached.
Johnstons defeat actually seemed
to spread gloom around the clubhouse
for he. was one of the most popular
entrants. After putting out Alex
Graham of Wellington, Kansas, in
the morning in well-played game,
the Minnesotan seemed to be having
no trouble with Gaines at the turn.
He began hooking his long drives
then, however, and blew some short
puts. with the result that the Oma-
ha shooter was one up by winning
the 18th and took the match when
he halved the last hole. Johnston
seemed bothered by the big gallery
which shifted to him after Evans and
Mckee had finished. The crowd was
not controlled and repeatedly swayed
back and forth as Johnston shot,
seeking to get a better view of his
powerful swing.
Tomorrow's matches in the western
amateur tournament will be as fol-
lows, with play at SO holes: Chick
Evans, Chicago, VS.. Ted Payseur,
Des Moines: Jess SHUTTLE, Kansas
City, VS.. Fred Wright, Los Angeles;
Francis Gaines VS.. George Won Elm.
Salt Lake City; Clarence Wolff, st.
Louis, VS.. S. Dawson Heron, Chi
cago.
George Won Elm of Salt Lake City,
after winning his 21-hole morning
match from Henry Decker. started
badly in the second round, being be-
hind Reuben Bush, Jr., of New Or
leans most of the way. The trans
Mississippi and Pacific Northwest
champion pulled through by a great
comeback, however, winning and L.
Dave Heron of Chicago, the for
mer national amateur champion, did
not have a hard day, although he de-
feated Ray Ouimet of Kansas City,
brother of the great Francis. only /
up. Heron put out Eddie Limberg
of st. Louis in the morning.
The Western junior champion, Bur-
ton Nudge, Jr., of Chicago was out
at the eighteenth hole in the second
round before Clarence Wolff of ST.
Louis, 2 up, when he conceded the
hole after being faced with the neces-
sity of polling 20-foot stymie to
square the match. Nudge previously
had beaten A. NJ. Bartlett of Ottum-
wa, Iowa, three times state champion,
in % holes.
Aside from the three extra hole
contests and a 33 on the first nine
by Fred Wright of Los Angeles, the
most spectacular work of the day
came in the game between Evans and
Mckee. Mckee, apparently believing
from the morning game tnat ne had
the champion off form, shot sensa
tionally at the start and soon took a
one hole lead which he held to the
twelfth.
Both made the turn under par, but
Evans was content to go along until
an opening came, feeling sure he
could take advantage OF it.
On the 306-yard twelfth, McKee's
second shot struck tree and landed
in a pit. "Chick" put his second four
feet from the pin. Mckee finally
holed out in five, conceded Chick a
birdie three and the match was
squared.
"Chick's, drive on the 17S-yard
sixteenth was 10 feet from the pin
for a par three, but McKee's drive
was hooked to the left and his pitch
back was short. His best was four,
which made Evans one up. The
strain seemed to be showing, for Nc
Kee on the seventeenth put his second
in a sand pit and then after an al
most impossible pitch back to six
feet from the cup. missed the putt
and lost the hole and match.