Evening star., 1924-02-08


which is an Individual game. never
won '' the very nasionaf iSi peaRpe ehampionsRlp
when he was a boy. and has con-
tinued to win it with much regularity
eyer since. Billiards. however. is
played upon an artificial surface,
which Is always kept as nearly uni
the conditions are not those of the
outdoors. The golfer plays a course
one day under the sun and plays
It the next in rain and finds 1t en-
worse on the wet day.
Therefore, when analysts begin to
compare billiards with golf, the golf
ers arise and tell the analyst to be-
cheney expert. neither Of them hav-
ing any joy in life beyond the dis
covery Of technicalities.
Ouimet Has Tried Hard.
The champion who succeeded Trav-
erS was Ouimet. Since then Ouimet
has tried again and again to recap
ture the title. and in 1920 he was
that he has done. All of New Eng
land was very anxious in 1920 that
he should defeat Evans, and there
were rooters for him elsewhere. But
Ouimet just seems unable to come
through. He went to tho top on
wave Of enthusiasm which he created
for himself. but when he is faced
with the colder proposition Of win
ming back q title which he has lost,
he seems TO lack the physical re-
source.
After Ouimet came Robert Gardner
and he has played toward the top ever
since, but never has been able to get
nigh enough again to watch all the crowd
below him. He has been runner-up
twice, so that he has been more con-
sistent that Ouimet, and over in Eng
land he played wonderful golf, although
ne could not quite come through for
the championship. He has broken on
the hnal round as the others have
broken when they found a new rival to
play against. Gardner has had his share
of bad breaks.
| Chick Evans has won the CHAMPION
snip twice, and he was runner-up for
| he was rival to Sweetser in 1922,
! when that young man was sweeping on
with the tide that led him to fame. Had
tVans oeen playing against another man
! III that final, he might have won. for
Evans was playing championship golf
BUT ne was racing a youngster who was
| a supernan with the putter and the
iron Evans goes after a championship
cold blooded!y, and with more calcula-
tion than any player Of the younger
| element.
Others Fail to Repeat.
Davidson Heron won once. lie
won in the rain. But he has found
faster golf on dry courses since then.
and he cannot keep up with il.
Jesse Guilford won championship
by humping the ball to the limits
of the course. He could outhit any
one this year and it was the hitters'
year.
Sweetser won in 1922 because he
was growing into his game and had
been doing so all of the season. He
| began to be champion in the spring
but the experts shut their eyes to it.
| They were saturated with the doings
| of Bobby Jones and Evans and Gull
! ford and some other golfers. and they
| failed to see Sweetser coming along,
! eyen when he won the metropolitan
| championship.
Sweetser lost in 1928 because Mars
! ton laid him a Stymie at FIossmoor.
! If that stymie had not been laid
| would Marston have. won the match
!! if it had gone to extra holes? Per.
haps-but the 'go" Of Sweetser might
| have carried him along to victory
once he found the game turning his
! way.
If Evans wishes to try for his third