The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-07-27
SWEETSER PLAYS.
 CHICK EVANS IN COL FSEMI-FINALSI
Gardner Ard Wells Also Win Way To Semi-FinaIs In
 Western Meet

CLEVELAND, O., July 26.-(By As sociated Press.)-Chick Evans of Chi cago, defending champion, will meet Jess Sweetser of New York, national champion, and Hamilton Gardner of Buffalo will play Joe Wells of East Liverpool, O., formerly West Virginia and Ohio champion, tomorrow in the pionship at Mayfield Country club as a result of today's rounds.
 It will be a renewal of the recent battle at Brookline between Evans and Swwetser, the Yale student hav- ing won his title in that tilt from Evans, and 9 Sweetser. outplayed Evans during the medal roHnds of the present meet, but in match play the Chicagoan has played better golf than his youthful opponent.
 Sweetser won his way to the semi finals today by defeating his school mate, Dexter Cummings of Chicago intercollegiate champion, and 3, after Cummings had tried within a brilliant 34 on the third nine to over come a lead of obtained by the na- tional champion in the first round.
 Evans met a surprise in his rounds today, having to extend himself to better than par this forenoon to be 3 up to Fred Lamprecht of Cleveland, but the young player broke toward the setting of the sun, and Evans sauntered home with a and vic tory.
 Gardner had a runaway with Ira Couch of Chicago. who fell off sadly from the fine golf he displayed in busting Capt. E. F. Carter, formerly Irish champion. Stopping at noon with the comfortable margin of up, the Buffalo star, who has been hug ging par all week, settled the argu- ment on the twenty-fifth green, win ming by the wide margin of 12 up and II to play.
 The other third round match was the closest of the four until Wells un- leashed better than par golf on the third nine, and increased his lead from l up on the first IS to 4 up at the twenty-seven an advantage he retained by Perry playing until he finished up and to go over Clar- ence Wolf of St Louis.
 The players were not bothered by galleries, only sprinkling of men and women following the Sweetser and the Evans matches. There were probably fewer persons in the two galleries than ever before to watch the play of such experts.
 But larger crowd is expected to watch the battle royal between the veteran Evans. the only man who ever won the national open and anna teur titles in one year. and who has won the western championship seven times, and the youthful Sweet ser, who began to show his champion ship form at St. Louis two years ago, when he forced Evans to the seven teenth green. where he had to hole a 35-putt to stave off the fast stripling. There Evans graciously conceded Sweetser a 12-foot putt to make the victory i up instead of up; but at Brookline the next year he had noth- ing to concede to the husky youth, for Sweetser took the first hole and was never headed, although for the week of the tournament Evans aver aged almost stroke to the round less than Sweetser.
 The Cards for Sweetsers and Evans rounds today:
 Par out ..................445 345 4S4-36 ,Sweetser out, a. m. ......+56 34< 434-S7 Cummings out, a. m. ....446 456 4S6-40 Evans out, a. m. '........544 4$5 s4$t-Ss sweetser out, p. m. ......434 454 4Ss--S7 Cummings .,,.,,.........444 4S4 434-34 Evans out, p. m. ....,...544 435 435-3s Par in ...............553 434 4s5-3s-72 Sweetser in, a. m. ....46S IA 444-37-74 Cummings in. a. m. .563 443 445-38-7s Evans in, a. m. ......544 353 434-S5-71 Lamprecht in, d. m. .46s 452 546-39-75 Sweetser in, p. m. .............6t3 3t4 : Evans in. ?. m. .................455 444 . Lamprecht in ...,...,.......... 454 55'