New-York tribune., 1922-09-10
New Champion Assumes the
Lead i'm Morning Round
and Holds Veteran Safe
By Grantland Rice
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made no impression npon The cool
youngste4. who refused to break.
The main job Chick" had was to
win two holes in a row and SO cut
down the lead to one. This he could
never do. And when at last the strain
became greatest it was Sweetser who
rose to the heights with successive 3s
at the twelfth and thirteenth holes
that settled the match beyond all
doubt.
Has Risen Steadily
For four years Sweetser has slowly
but surely fought his way forward. He
failed to qualify at Oakmont in 1919,
when he was only sixteen years old.
year later, at the Engineers, he was
beaten early by Fred Wright. At st.
Louis last fall he carried Chick Evans
to the thirty green in a great
match after bhing down.
This spring found him ready for the
big test. After wining the metropoli-
tan crown he broke course records far
and near, and when he came to Brook
line he was ready to trade blows with
the pick of the big field. The fact
that he had four great golfers in his
way never for a moment cracked his
confidence or swayed his faith in his
own destiny. Big and strong, with the
easiest swing we have ever seen and
less effort than any other golfer knows,
he had everything needed for the bat
tie OH. ahead.
Sweetser uses but very little body
movement in any shot, allotting most
Of the work to his long, powerful arms
he pumps the bali along on the line
to the pin. He has won the Intercol-
legiate championship, the Metropolj-
tan championship and the Amateur
championship before he was twenty
one, and from now on he will be a big
factor in any field.
Title Comes Back to New York
1t so happens the championship
comes back to New York for the first
time in nine year, since Jerome d.
fourth time in 1918. And it comes tc
one of the finest amateurs the country
has ever known, foreif Sweetser had n
weakness with any club in his bag he
failed to show it here when he was
thrown into the den daily with a
strong opponent ready for the joust.
In facing Evans he met a man who
had not only won both the amateur
and open championships but one who
had gone to the final round on four
occasions-at at Chicago in 1912, at
Merton in 1916, at the Engineers in
1920, and at Brookline in 1922 Here
was veteran at thirty-three who hai
reached the semi-inal round of no less
than eight championship parades, and
vet in watching them play no one could
have ever Judged that Sweetser was in
the deadly throes of his first great
urha
broken in the past.
Evans had been playing almost
miraculous. golf all the week and his
opponent knew it, Yet it was Sweetser
who got the jump at the first hole in
the morning round and held it with
grim determination and unbroken con-
centration to the thirty-fourth green,
where they handed him the big silver
kew to the throne room of golf
There must have been some Fremont
tion of what was to follow for Evans
at the first hole in the afternoon. He
was 8 down when they both drove. The
first hole was important at this point
of the contest Evans, who had the
lead, was straight down the middle.
Sweetser hooked to the rough. Evans
then laced out matchless brassie shot
over the race track to within fifteen
feet of the cup. When SWeetser failed
to clear the heavy rough on his second,
"Chick" naturally looked to an early
gain.
Seeks Early Advantage
Being a veteran of many battles and
knowing his opponents steadiness,
"Chick" knew he must get some ad-
vantage early in the match and here
was the first chance. But sweetser
pitched from the rnugh twelve feet
past the pin, holed his 4 and got his
half, leaving the steel door still Sc
cureiy locked.
This undoubtedly was one of the
vital spots of the match. It had helped
to restore the new champions con-
fdence at most important moment
Evans could win one hole at a time but
never two in a row. And this he had
to do before his longer hitting rival
could feel the heaviness Of the strain.
AT the third and at the seventh,
Evans cut The three hole lead to two,