The Omaha morning bee. [volume] (Omaha [Neb.]) 1922-1927, 1922-06-29
Beats St. Paul
Golfer in Big
Upset of Meet
Chick" Evans Forced to Play
81 Holes 10 Win Over
Bob" Mckee Of
Des Moines.

Hillcres, Country Club, Kansas
City, Mo. June 2s,-(By A. P)-
Two rounds oi match play in the
Western Amateur Golf tournament,
today produced some OF the greatest
contests ever seen III any tl,uar
competition and closed with several
stars eliminated and several others
remaining in the contest only
through brcaks in luck which came
when the players seemed certain OF
defeat.
Harrison Johnston OF St. Paul,
Mimi. state champion and popular
favori,e to go through 10 the semi
finals at least. fell before Francis
Gaines Of Omaha. after he seemed 10
have the Nebraskan we'll in hand,
and "Chick" Evans had two narrow
escapes. being forced TO go q holes
to eliminate EDDIE Held OF ST.
Louis. and trailing Bob Mckee OF
Des Moines. until the youngster
cracked under the strain after play
ing sensationally at the start.
Two other matches went INTO extra
holes and several were not decided
until the 18th green was reached.
Johnston's defeat actually seemed
to spread gloom around the club
house, for he was one OF the most
popular entrants. After putting out
Alex Graham OF Wellington. Kan, in
the morning in a 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-
han shooter was up by winning the
18th and took the match when he
halved the last hole. Johnston SEEM
cd bothered by the big gallery which
shifted to him after Evans and Nc
kce 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 swings.
George Won Elm Of Salt Lake
City, after winning his 2l-hole morn
ing match from Henry Decker
through 20 and 40 foot puts when he
seemed sure of defeat, started badly
in the second round. being behind
Reuben Bush, jr., of New Orleans
most Of the way. The Transmissis-
sippi and Pacific Northwest cham
pion again pulled through by grea,
comeback, however, winning and !.
Heron Beats Ray Ouimet.
Dave Heron of Chicago, the for
mer national amateur champion, did
not have hard day, although he de,
feated Ray Ouimet of Kansas City
brother OF the great Francis Ouimet
only l up. Ouimet trailcd most OF
the way, but pulled up near the end.
Heron put out Eddie Limberg OF ST.
Louis early in the moring.
The western junior champion,
Burton Nudge, jr., OF Chicago, was
out at the 18th 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 holing a 20-foot stymie to
square the match. Nudge previously
had eliminated A. M. Bartlett of o.
tumwa, Ia, three times state cham
pion in p holes.
Aside from the three extra hole
contests and 80 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 that he had
the champion off forr.. shot sensa-
tionally at the start and soon took a
one-hole lead which held to the 18th.
Both made the turn under par. but