Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1926-09-16


diana, will be held in allegiance pend
ing the effort to halt the fight through
the Pennsylvania courts.
the best they could get was a pair of
/! 5s on the 404-yard 4-par play. BY
brilliant recOveries from trouble Al the
eleventh. the Pacific Coast player
brought off par for win. His
poor drive gave him a difficult lie. but
he pitched up closely and was down
in puts. Gum overplayed his third
and putted weakly for :.
They halved the short twelfth in
par So. but at the thirteenth Won Elm
| brought off terrific drive so yards
beyond that of the Georgia Tech boy
Off to weak start on his tee shot
Gum pitched into a trap and took 3
! strokes to hole out for 6. Won Elm,
| up.
Going to the fifteenth tee Won Elm
was up on Watts Gun.
Won Elm Six Up.
Jones and Evans halved the sixth
in par tours. Both were long and
straight with their tee shots, but
Bobby Outdrove Chick about 20 Yards
Bobby's approach was 80 feet beyond
the pin. while Evans was short and
w Tic IISht DUH ran It1elf approach
puts within easy distance and were
down on their second puts.
! Gum was in the sand and tall grass
again on the fourteenth. driving and
pitching ezra icalIy for a ), one over
par. Won Elm. playing smoothly and
easily, took his four to become 5 UP.
Gum regained his stride on the
fifteenth. sixteenth and seventeenth to
half each hole in par figures. At the
eighteenth. however. Won Elm con-
cluded the morning half Of the match
with a brilliant birdie four to become
6 up.
Gum sliced into the rough on the
home hole, while Won Films ball was
! straight and true. The Far West
man was on with his second and was
down in two puts. while Gums Sec
Ond was close to brook and he was
barely on in three. He then took three
puts for a g.
Evans Wins Eighth Hole.
Jones reeled off another birdie to
take the seventh hole. four strokes to
six. Two long wooden club shots.
straight and true, carried Bobby to
he green. where he was down in two
puts, while the former champion was
digging out of hazards most OF the
way.
Evans won his first hole of the
match at the eighth. when Bobby'S
drive found a trap to the left of the
fairWay. Chick was straight down
the middle and was on with his sec
ond. Bobby's approach landed In the
rough. but he tossed his third onto
the green and then took two puts for
a ). one over par. The ninth was
halved in 3. Their tee shots scared
L,a
but Bobby missed his first putt, 10
foOter, for a birdie.
The tenth was halved in par 4.
Chick Evans sliced his drive into the
rough. but Bobby was straight down
the center. Chicks second failed to
bring him out Of the tall grass. while
Bobbys approach took him to the
edge of the green.
The Chicago veteran made a senSa-
tional recovery. however. tossing his
pitch dead to the pin. He then sank
his first putt for half.
Both Play Brilliantly.
The eleventh was also halved in
is Both continued to play bril-
liantly. Their drives were straight
and their approaches on this hole
dropped safely on the green to give
each pair Of puts for regulation
figures.
They continued the terrific pace at
the twelfth. each player once more
matching par figures with So. Neither
apparently could make a mistake.
Their iron losses carried over the
1S4.yard stretch Of sand and rough
straight to the green. They then ran
down their approach puts to within
two feet of the cup, and holed out
their thirds.
They halved the thirteenth in par
figures. both gathering in as. Bobby's
drive was fully 900 yards from the tee.
while Chicks was 30 yards shorter.
They pitched straight to the flag, and
were down in two puts.
Evans Gains One Back.
Par as for both players also were
posted at the fourteenth after Evans
had made a marvellous recovery from
the rough to plant his ball on the
green.
They also halved the fifteenth,
where Evans again overcame Jones
superior driving by tossing his mashie
feet from the flag. He required
two puts, however. both going down
in As.
Jones became 3 up at the 1877
ward sixteenth, where Evans iron shot
was short and in the rough. Bobby
was is feet over the pin. Chick
pitched on with his second and then
took two puts. Bobby was down In
par 3.
The seventeenth hole was halved in
IS. Bobby hooked into a bunker
from the tee while Evans clouted his
drive straight down the center.
Bobby was barely out of the tran
with his second. and his third dropped
into a trap near the green Evans
was on with his third. but Bobby
pitched cleverly out Of the trap. and
then holed a 15-footer to get his half.
With Jones 3 up coming to the
eighteenth tee, Evans brought off
birdie four on the home hole. to cut
Off the champions advantage
Both got away good drives. but
, Jones second was In a deep sand pit,
| while Chick lofted his approach to
the edge of the green. Bobby's re-
covery left him 40 yards from the
flag. and he needed his two puts
for par Ave.