The Washington herald., 1922-09-10

ley and knob. the two were fire.
quently widely separated b5 the
big crowd that was again won
derfully handled by the officials in
charge. 1t was a great day fUS
young Jesse. but 1t was a greater
day still for his father and mother
who must have been thrilled AT
every turn by the generous ac-
aclaim paid their son. not only for
his mastery of wood and iron. but
for his cool. courageous bearinS
cndsr heavy fire from beginning
70 end. They saw the new cham
pion collect his share OF the laurel
by driving far and true and then
matching the fine iron play OF
Chick Evans, stroke by stroke, with
few mistakes.
showed hurst Of speed.
-. BY a fine burst Of speed through
the inward journey in the morn
inE round. Sweetser won four out
OF I'VE holes by superior play where
; Evans tor a stride or two lost
his grip and so finished the first
test 3 up. In the afternoon jaunt
the veteran westerner. who has
won two amateur AMI one open
championship. made the bid of his
long career to beat down this lead
But YOU can't break down an iron
wall when the door is locked. Ev-
ans hammered with everything he
had from pars to brides. but he
made no impression upon the cool
youngster who refused to break.
The main job that Chick had was
TO win two holes in a row ano SO
cut the lead to one. This he could
never do. Nni when at Iast the
strain became greatest. It was
S1vretser who rose to the heights
with successive 3s at the twelfth
and thirteenth holes that settled
the match beyond all doubt.
For four years Sweetser has slow
" but surely fought his way for
ward. He failed to qualify 1T oak
mont in 1919. wher he was only
Is years old. \ year la-er at the
Engineers he was beaten 81 y ~
Fred Wright. At St Louis .ast
fall he carried Chick Evans to tine
thirty-siXth green in a great match
after being 5 down. This spring
found him ready for the big test
After winning the Metropolitan
crown. he broke course records
far and near. and when he came
to Brookliae he was ready to trade
blows with the pick Of the big
field.
Refused to Crack.
The fact that he had four great
golfers in his way never for q
moment cracked his confidence OF
swayed his faith in his owr
testIny. Big and strong. with the
easiest swing we have ever seer
and less effort than any other
golfer knows. he had everything
needed for the battle. SweetseI
uses but very little body movement
In any shot. allowing most of the
work to his long. powerful arms
that move with beautiful rhythm as
he pumps the ball along the line &c
the pin He has won the Intercolle-
Eiste championship. the Metropoli-
tan championship and the Amateur
championship before he is 81 and
he will he from now on a big fac
tor in any field.
II so happens the championship
comes hack to New York for the
first time in nine years. since
Jerome n. Travers won at Garder
city for the fourth time in 1913
And II comes to one of the finest
amateurs the counry has ever
known. for il Sweetser had q
weakness with any club in his bag
he failed 70 show it here. when he
was thrown into the den daily with
Stron= opponent. In facing
Evans he met man who not only
had won both the Amateur and
Open championships. hut one who
had gone to- the final round on
four orC1sions-at Chicago in 1912
ut Merton in 1916. at the Engineers
in 1921 and at Brookline in 1922
Here was = veteran at 33 who had
reached tho semi-fnal round OF no
les than eight championship pa
rades and vet. in watching them
rlav. ~ one could over have judged
that Swr'tsrr was in the deadly
throCs # his first great chance
whore r00-o than one have broken
in the past
Svrrtser Holds On.
Evans had been playing almost
miraculous golf all week His op.
ponenT kew this. Yet it was
Sw"ctSer who got the jump at the
iTst hole in the morning round
and Frld with grim determination
and unhr0k"n concentration to tn,
thirty-fuurth green. where they
handed him the hig silver key T.
the throne room of golf.
Some there must have had {
prcm"nitipn Of what was to fol
low for Evans at the first hole in
the afternoon. He was dowr
when they both drove. This first
hole was important at this point
of the contest. Evans. who had
the lead. was straight down the
middle. Swrcfscr hooked to the
rough Evans then laced out q
matchIess brassfe 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.
EcinE d veteran of many battles
and knowing his opponents steadi-
ness. Chick knew he must get
some advantage early in the
match. and here was the first
Chdn"e. Eut Swcetser pitched
the pin. hnlcd his I and got his
half. leaving the steel door still
securely locked. This undoubtedly
was one Of the vital spots of the
match. IL had helped to restore
the new champions confidence al
a most important moment.
Evans could win one hole at a
time. hut he could never win two