The Washington herald., 1922-09-09

Coutteued from Fu0e Ohe.
no wonder that such fne golfers
as Jones and Knepper were abso-
lutely swept on the reservation by
the fury OF a gale that carried
everything before It.
Through all the golden and the
i. rsin-soaked years that We have
been following golf. We have never
come upon anything that quite
matched the perfection Of Sweetser
and Evans as they toyed with par
whistled to the brides or occa-
sionally called in an eagle to the
scene.
Youth Meets sAge.'
And tomorrow, these two meet
for the amateur championship of the
United States. sole survivors from
the stoutest amateur field that ever
met in the 5o0-year history of the
game. On the one side is Sweet
ser. of New York. the tall. power
full blonde who 20 years ago was
born in Cobb County. Kentucky.
On the other is that grizzled. dod-
dering. astonishing veteran. Chick
Evans. of Chicago. who at the ad-
vanced age of 80 had no right to
even enter tournament where
only the kids have been frolicking
on the lawn. How Evans, at the
grave-ridden. crutch- bearing. long
whiskered age of 80 ever dared to
compete against overwhelming
youth still on the sunny side of 81.
is one of those mysteries that never
l. -
Chick still has the heart of a boy
and that even in his dotage he is
still the Peter Pan of sport.
- So New York and Chicago fight
il out again in the final test for the
first time since Evans and Travers
met at Wheaton ten years ago when
New York won. And one of the
greatest crowds that ever followed
a golf match will swarm along the
faiTway tomorrow when these 'EO
masters of par and snare-s of the
elusive brides step forth to match
their skill over the Brookline
course.
Evans shows Control.
1t is difficult to understand these
days how any one as old as SO can
match his golf game with a young
SltI VI ~, put Evans mas Deen play
ing all week with much remarkable e
control OF wood. iron and putter
that even the new miracle man Of
westChester County. nov metro
pnlitan cf ampion. can afford I, daI-
~ for no brief moments in his rush
to the big throne of the game In
spite of Sweetser's remarkable play.
he would have been only l up on
Evans at the 2Tth hole. where Rudy
Knepper stepped forward to con-
rratu'.-,' III conpusTor
SwectSeT's game against Jones
was something that even the great
est Of all golf StyliSts couldn't
match. The hi- New York blond.
with a swing as free as the wander
ing winds and yet as powerful as
the blow Of a hammer. broke the
record OF the course on the morning
round. Before you hurry beyond
this line consider few addit al
details. Seventy has been the proud
record here for all time. Ted Ray.
the EritOn. first set up this mark
nine years old. GuiIfurd edualled
II on Monday. but for more than a
decade SUch great golfers as Oui-
met. Guilf"rd. Hagen. Vardun. Nc
Derm"tt. RAY and all the rest have
found this mark unbeatabIc Yet
SweetSer. today. under the heavy
strain of a sem'-fnal round. dipped
below these record figures where he
might easily have been three
strokes lower in place "f one.
swretsrr's shots Phenomenal.
Of the % holes played before
Jones finally suCCumbed. Swectser
played - in par or better and q
less than Of these 26 were either
brides or eagles Jones. with a
strong -. only won one hole in the
morning. H. only won holes all
day and vet re was playing golf
that ordinarily would have carr cd
him safely into the ultimate frame.
He drove far and straight. he
lashed out with his irons. he went
for the cup. he jumped stym: es and
yet with all the golf he had to
shoot. the Southern champion might
just as well have tried to halt a Cy-
clone with Lady Windermere's well
known fan.
Jones. as usual after a series Of
hard matches. started slowly He
has done this all week as he has
been forced to fight for his life I ~
after day. But for a 14-inch stymie
on the Sth hole he would have been
found himself 6 down II was here
that Bobby showed his courage and
Skill. In place of weakening
against this unexpected avalanche
that fell upon his neck. he came
back in - hy the finest golf YOU
would care To see. and Vet with
this -. he had won back only a
single huI" where on the seven
teenth green Sweetser proved his
human connection by taking puts.
Fails to Break Bnrrirr.
When Jones had fired this heavy
br"adsid. back at his antagonist
and had failed to break down tn.
impenetrabl" barrier. u was EASY
enough To- see that Sweatser was in
for one Of his uuconqucrabIe days
that no living golfer could eve.,
hope to match. There was no shot
that he couldn't play. His long
drives SCARED at high eIevIt on
above all trouble far down The II? ID
die Of the course. His iron .slu z
usually fiattcucd out from SIx to
twelve feet Of she cap and when
he slipped slightly. his chip shots
ran up 10 the lip of the cup or
futfered in
And all this time. the New York
star. who started first from the EIue
Grass regions If Kentucky. was olay-
ing with such supreme ease and cpoI-
ness that no sign Of effort ever came
into his play Ii all looked to be so
ridiculouslN easy. 50 impossibly sim
pie. that one wondered why he iidn't
hole more OF his approaches. Demp-
sew Ticking ne ashes from a cigar