The Birmingham age-herald., 1922-06-28
CHICK EVANS LOW
 MEDALIST IN THE WESTERN TOURNEY.
By Associated Press . %t4 H I O

Kansas City, Mo, June 27.-Quali- flying rounds in the western amateur golf tournament closed tonight with Chick" Evans. present titleholder and six times champion medalist, with a 143 mark as a result of 8 67 score in today's IS holes, which smashed virtually every known record for the Hill Crest course.
 All of the well-known stars en- tered in the tournament qualified.
 Following close behind Evans were Harrison Johnston of St. Paul. with IA through 72 yesterday and tha same today. Fred Wright of Los Angeles, with 75-70-145; Ray Oui. ment of Kansas City. Mo. 74-72-146 Nine men got under the 150 mark.
 Evana' Great Game
 Evans great game today included six birdies and one eagle. He was six under par for the IS holes. tied the professional record for the course, beat the competitive record, professional and amateur by three strokes and set new mark of 33 for the first nine against par ST.
 The Chicagoan's most brilliant work was on the 45S-yard fifteenth, where he made an eagle three. His drive carried 230 yards over a hill and gully partly up another hill. which concealed the green.
 "Chick" got a line on the blind green. To the surprise of every one, he used his midiron, sending the ball 23S yards on the fly to 25 feet from the cup, where 1t dropped dead. not rolling six inches. He then faced. a side hill putt. The ball was started in direction six feet above the hole. but curved gracefully into 1t.
 Johnston fin Form
 Harrison Johnston also played a splendid game. cutting one from par 73. Johnston's only bad hole was the sixth where he topped his ap- proach into a bunker getting a kick over the side of the green. He fin- ished the first nine in par 37 and ths second in one under par 36. Evans beating him only one stroke for total medal score.
 Alex Graham, Kansas state cham pion, played with Johnston and his long shots kept the Minnesota st~1 title holder working all the time.
 Fred Wright. Ray Ouimet, George Van Elm of Salt Lake City. Jess Stuttle of Kansas City, Dexter Cum mings of Chicago, J. A. Kennedy of Tulsa, Dave Heron of Chicago. formerly of Pittsburg, where he once won the national amateur champion ship and Ira Couch, Jr.. the 18-year- old Chicagoan, who tied with John ston for low medal score yesterday, all played super golf.
 ToDAY,s EARRINGS
 Kansas City. Mo, June 2T.-In the pairings for the first championship flight of the Western Golf assocla- ton tournament R. C. Bush, Jr., of New Orleans. is paired with Ira :. Couch, 17-year- Chicago player, and H. R. wenzler of Memphis with F. s. Gaines of Omaha. Both ere in the lower half.
 Chick Evans. present champion. ments Edie Held of St. Louis In the upper half.
 soUTHERNERs QUALIFY
 Kansas City. Mo, June 27.-Followink are the 32 men who qualified for the championship match play flight beginning tomorrow in the western amateur golf tournament:
 Chick Evans, Chicago. 76--67-i43. H. R. Johnston, St. Paul. 71--72--ti4. Fred Wright. Eos Angeles, 7s-7o-145. Ray ouirnet. Kansas City. 74--T2-ii6. Dexter Cummings. Chicago. 74-7s-i47. Jess Stuttie, Kansas City, 74--73-14T. Robert Mckee. DesMoines 7s-72--14s. H. A. Wenzier. Memphis 7s--76-14s. 
 Jim Manion. St. Louis. 75--7s-14s. Is. D. Heron. Chicago. 7s7-71-1ta. Leslie conley. Kansas City. 7s-77--15o. T. Bayseur, DesMoines. 75--75--150. Ira Couch. Jr.. Chicago. 72---7s--1s0. A. M. Bartlett. ottunwa, Iowa, 74-Tf-
 151.
 Eddie Held, St. Louis 75-77--1s2. Sam Reynolds, Omaha, y77--75-15a. Alex Graham. Wellington, Kans.. 74-7s--
 152.
 Hugh Braun. Kansas City. 7s-77-f53. T. B. Cochrane, Wichita Falls Texas, si--
 72-1s3.
 Henry Decker. Kansas City, so--7s-15s. R. E. Bockeamp. St. Louis, 77--76--1s3. Clarence Wolff St. Louis 77--77-I54. T. B. Curren. Jr., St. Louls 7s--77-155. Arthur Eckland, wichtta. Kans. 76--79-
 155.
 F. S. Gaines. Omaha, s1--74-i5b. A. P. Briggs, St. Louis s0--76--l66. A. Limberg. St. Louis, 7s-7s--156. Arthur E. Smith, Rock Island. Ills. IT,
 79--l66.
 R. G. Bush. Jr.. New Orleans. 7s-77-15s. Burton Nudge. Jr., Chicago, s0--77-i57.