The Rock Island Argus and daily union., 1922-09-09
|BOSToN YOUTH
And EVANS IN
FINAL BATTLE
Sweetser Scores Memorable Victor
Against Bobby Jones Of
Atlanta.
\ At the end Of the first nino
holes this morning Sweetxef
was one mp en- Evans. The
card follows:
Sweetxer 80. 40 HJ 54S-So
\ Evans ....... .646 SA5 4SA-W
BY FAIR PLAY.

Brookline Country Club, Brook
line, Mass, Sept. 9.--The west
against the east, youth and inexpe-
rience against golfer who has
been a semi -finalist five times and
who has twice been winner OF an
amateur championship. That was
today's lineup here at the historic
course where the greatest amateur
golfers OF this country and Eng
land have been battling for a week
for the coveted honor OF amateur
champion.
Jesse Sweetzer is the S!wanoy
lad who will battle for the title
against Chick" Evans OF Edge
water, the hero and many times tne
victor in a score of tournaments.
Sweetzer, a blond haired youth
Of 22. who carries a bag filled with
rusty clubs has never before been
championship contender. Nor has
he ever been in the semifinal stage.
He learned his golf at Forest Hills,
st. Louis. He was the high school
champion in. that city. He won
the intercollegiate championship
when he went to Yale and met
"Chick" Evans in one of the early
rounds at St. Louis last year. At
that time he was defeated when
Evans ran down a 32-foot putt for
win on the 18th hole.
II Sweetzer plays the kind Of
game today against Evans that he
did against Bobby Jones on Friday,
when the latter was beaten eight
up and seven to play, the former
champion will face the st.t1est game
in his whole career.
Unbeatable Golf.
1t was unbeatable golf which
Sweetzer snot in putting Bobby
jones into the discard. When he
holed out on the zytl mole ne was
four under fours. Has morning
round OF - would have beaten the
best bail OF Hagen, Sarazen, Jock
Hutchinson and dozen other tired
experts. The boy was deadly with
his iron clubs. On every hole he
put his bail almost within putting
distance OF the cup. Imagine play
ing the second nine in "a strokes,
.wo under par. and winning only
one hole. This was Bobby's hard
luck on the second nine of the
morning round. But after all Jones
would not have suffered such hu-
initiating defeat if he had been al
together on his game throughout
the day. He showed the STRAIN of
his previous battles, the toughest
OF any contestant in the tourna
ment, and nothing else could have
accounted for his weak approaches
and indifferent puts. Four strokes
On one green to lose a hole in six
Tells the story Of his breaking
down.
One brilliant show illuminated
- the day. On the sixth hole of the
Afternoon round, Jones was laid 6
Dperfect stymle. Beckoning to hi.
- caddy. and substituting NASH,
Tor putter, Jones jumped the bal
into the hole. Joe Kirkwood coult
not have done better.
Swoetzer's 20 holes, done in fou,
under fours. was unquestionabl,
the greatest golf shot in any anna
teur national tournament.
Evans gees into the finals toda,
with the knowledge that he has cas-
lily walked away from every oppo
nent he has met this week. H
shot par golf to dispose of Rud
knepper, the idol Of Sioux City, b
the one-siGed margin of ten up an
nine to play. He ambled aroun
the course as il he was out on
practice round, and never SCENE
to extend himself at any time. H
had frequent opportunities to scor
brides. but he putted cautiously t
the cup, content to make a par with
out running the danger of an over
approach putt which might jeopar
die his hoe.
Chick" played throughout tn
day with ease and confidence. H
obtained long tee shots withou
pressing. and hit his irons conf
IDENTIFY, but with perfect judgmen
as to direction and distance. H
scored par in the morning with
out difficulty, leaving him six up OF
knepper, but it will be remarkabl
II in his final battle with youn,
Sweetzer he fails to give evidenc
that he knows he is up against
lad who has in him the stuff O
which real golfers are made.