The Washington herald., 1922-09-10


this type that helped to forge the
new crown. 1t was this steadfast-
ness of soul and wrist that must
have finally convinced Evans that
heowas up against a hopeless
chase. But Chick refused to waver
in his pursuit of that still undis-
covered opening. Both had gone
out in 36 and the match stood as
it did at the end of the morning
round. Sweetser had not yielded
hole. \ fine recovery at the
tenth saved him here and he lost
the long eleventh by a low. strong
approach.
Evans Again Fails. =.
For the fourth time in the after
noon, Evans had his chance to cut
Facing the short twelfth he
pitched short of the green and
short of the bank and when
Sweetser's high pitch pulled up
abruptlT within eight fact OF the
pin. Evans had shot his final ar
row. Once again he had found
greater opposition than he could
overcome. He lost this hole and
again became 3 down.
The thirteenth was still further
proof that not even golfer of
Evans rare caliber could suppress
the :alent banked against him. This
hole lies down narrow valley.
banked by a lane of trees upon
either side. The green is well
guarded. Only accuracy can get by
After both had driven well Iyans
planted a mashie iron approach to
within I feet of the cup. one Of the
finest shots of the day.
Jess Wins Hole.
II this young opponent was to
weaken anywhere on the way home.
here was the time and place. but in
place of weakening in the slightest
the SiwanOy entry cooly and calm
ly stepped up. took his same easy,
carefree swing without the slightest
hurry. and dropped the ball only 6
feet from the pin. In place of
wavering he had gotten inside of
Chick and when the latter barely
missed his try for a 3, Sweetser
tapped the ball straight into the
cup. 1t was the younGster who had
won holes in a row after all,
and this matter of winning two
successive holes was the main bat
tie of the afternoon.
The wonder is that Chick hung on
with as fine determination as he
did after this heart t-breaking blow.
The wild cheer of the big gallery
over SweetZer's par-breaking at
a critical moment must have sound
ed to him like the church bells toll
ing the death of a new born hope.
But he beat par at the next hole for
fine 4. only to find his conqueror's
shadow still across the path. This
hole is iSC yards long with a par of
.. but Sweetser had his also by
nerVy S-foot putt. The match was
then as good as over with Evans
down and to play and while he
won the fifteenth and got his mashie
shot to the short sixteenth within
feet Of the cup. the putt failed to
drop.
Two stymies for Chick,
Both men had played exception
ally well. In fact. the match was
even closer than the score shows
for in the morning test Evans had
to face two dead stymies It the
twelfth and fifteenth greens that
no man could have made as in each
case SweetScr's ball was hanging on
IN" II OF the cup. an eternal block
dde against any possible entrance
into the depth of the tin. In each
ease Evans had puts ranging from
! I" feet for his half but he had
no chance to scurry by the guard
ing Ian which looked as big as the
earth itself.
In the final march Sweetser
played twenty-sevCn of the thirty
TOUR holes in par or better, with
numerous brides. This is wonder
'ui golf after week of strain and
sun ering and physical grind. In,
the afternoon whirls he had only
one bad hole, the eleventh. and out
side of this he was two under Evans
for the other fifteen holes. When
you consider taut nerves. physical
WEAKNESS and the mental depres-
sion after hard week of golf, the
lone fact that Sweetser played
thirty-three Of the thirty -four holes
IN even fours must stand as one of
the finest golf achievements of the
year.
starts mt Eleventh.
His real victorious march started
at the eleventh hole in the morn
ing Evans had squared the battle
on the tenth green with a fine pitch
for birdie :. But the Wcstches-
ter luminary then won the eleventh,
twelfth, fourteenth and fifteenth by
virtue of two rival slips and two
stymies, and with this big lead once
established there was no intention
on Sweetser's part Of ever giving
way. He had gotten the jump again,
as he did on Guilford and Jones. and
he proceeded to hang on with a
grip that would have throttIed an
elephant. He is stout hearted.
cool-headed youngstcr. with fine
game, and it isn't often you can
stop this combination when il is all
working in harmony. Golf is
game that no man can fathom. To
win one must have the skill, the
nerve. the stamina and the for
tunes of war. Sweetser had all
these. and while Evans gave the
best he had to the final putt ana
again proved his great gameness
and his great skill. he couldn't
SHIFT the star of destiny that was
shining in Swsetser's sky He
slipped. just here and there. not
very often, hut often enough
against a man who was making so
few mistakes and who was looking
for every opening in sight-a man
who had greater length from the
tee. was just as sound with the
irons ard probably a trifle surer