The Omaha morning bee. [volume] (Omaha [Neb.]) 1922-1927, 1922-07-01

st. Louis in battle OF nerves in
their Nmi-hnal contest.
Evans completely outclassed Fred
Wright Of Los Angeles, 6 and 5.
while Won Elm's margin was 4 and
2. Part OF each contest was played
in driving rain storm. but the
moisture seemed to help Evans and
Won Elm.-
Both matches started as If they
would run to the 36th hole. each
victor being one down at the ninth
and one up at the 9th. 1t was Just
the old story in the afternoon round
of the strain proving too great for
some, but of no effect on those who
had been stceled against brcakdowns
through gruelling play in dozens Of
tournaments.
Evans Six Times Champ.
Evans. present western amateur
ttlcholder, six times champion and
former national champion, never
faltered in the tight plays. Wright,
a nationally known start. failed i'll
the end and despite a great display
OF nerve when his hands refused to
obey his thoughts, blew up.
Won Elm. loser Of only one
tournament match in 80. in three
years. and holder of the Pacific
Northwest and Transmississippl
titles, never lost his careless atti-
tude. Wolff. fighting hard throug h
out, and several times being in the
lea |, lost control of his clubs when
control meant victory.
Evans shot two under par in his 81
holes despite the rain which at one
time made it impossible to see fifty
yards ahead. 1t did not last long,
however. He turned the first nine i'll
par 81, the second in par IS, the third
in par 81. and shot two brides and
two pars in the other four holes.
Good Control.
The real brilliancy Of the cham
pion's game did not show in his
cards, even though they were under
par. 1t was his deadly accuracy and
unerring control of every club i'll his
bag that made Evans game today
worthy Of a place in the golf hall of
fame. But for few bad breaks
several more strokes would have
been cut off of his medal cards.
After the first four holes, when he
partly dubbed drive and sliced an
approach. a blind man could have
caddied for him, for every ball was
sent in an absolutely straight line for
the pin. His drives and brassies
were right for the play; his ap-
proaches dropped dead in an exact
putting position, his long puts went
straight for the hole. several Of IS to
so feet going in. and seldom did he
miss short one.
There is little to write of Evans
shooting in a descriptive way-it was
perfect golf and that tells the whole
story.
Wright made a great start after
losing the first hole. He hung up
three brides in a row, taking quick
advantage of Evans only let up of
the day. He could not hold his ad-
vantage against Evans beautiful
play, for he became erratic and de-
veloped an unintentional fondness
for poking with the weeds. He never
quit trying, however. and by brilliant
recoveries with the irons. managed to
hold an advantage to the 10th. He
then lost three straight holes and in
the afternoon round never had
chance.
Anybody's Match.
The Won Elm-Wolff match was
anybody's most of the way. Neither
man turned in the medal scores which
graced their cards in previous rounds.
but each played good game and
each made remarkable recoveries
from bad shots into the rough and
gullies.
Wolff, one down at Is holes halved
the nineteenth when Won Elm missed
putt for par and took the twentieth
with par four when his opponent
got into trouble on his approach,
thus evening the match. Both men
turned in perfect tours on the diff
cult 2lst but the long 22nd found
Won Elm's drive in the rough and
one putt short, resulting in a isx
while VOLTS perfectly played FIVE
gave him hole lead. The next was
halved but the 24th found Won Elm's
powerful drive again in the rough
resulting in another score over par
while Wolff again had perfect figures
for a two-hole lead.
Won Elm took the next, lost the
succeeding one and made it one down
by par four on the 37th, while
VOLTS drive was in the gully, his
approach short and his run up long
ior conceded five when the first putt
was wide. 1t was at this point that
the luck changed and that Won Elm
began rising to the super-golf that
has made him the most talked of man
in the tournament His long drive on
the ss4-yard 9th hit a small hillock
and kicked over to the rough behind
two trees which completely blocked
a direct shot to the green. The Salt
Lake City player took a brassie and,
playing an international slice from
grass four inches high, curved the
ball around the trees and for e.
flight onto the green. 1t was the
most sensational and the most beau.
tifully played shot of the tournament
Two puts gave him birdie four and
evened the match. He halved the
18th and took the 30th when VOLTS
second landed in a ditch and a long
putt failed to drop for the St. Louisan
Tn 3lst WAS an even four for. each