VOL. XIV, NO. 19
SATURDAY MORNING, APRIL 8, 1911
FIVE CENTS
THE FIRST ROUND WAS FINAL
America's Foremost Golfers Meet in
Opening Play of Championship
Charles Evan, Jr., Defeats Walter jr.
Trail In match of International
Importance and Significance
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E5-J AS FAR AS the gallery
was concerned the first
round in the eleventh
annual United North
and South amateur golf
Champ i o n s h i p was
"final'' for the fates of
the draw brought
.Walter J. Travis and
Charles Evans, Jr., together. The "old
man" and "the boy", the two most eon
spicious figures in American golf ; a
fitting opening for a contest of Inter
national prominence and one which
marks the commencement of a new era
of preeminence for them. And a battle
royal it was, one which held the crowd
at high tension through two hours of as
varied weather as even erratic March can
provide; the spectators, unmindful of
whistling wind which preceded an April
shower, unheeding rain which fell for
half an hour, unconscious even of the
glorious sunshine and the calm which
followed, awakening to realization
only when victor and vanquished shook
hands on the sixteenth green with a
score three up and two to play, in favor
of the western wonder.
Naturally, medal scores were more or
less affected by unusual conditions,
Evans rounding the turn with thirty
seven to forty-one for his opponent,
and four holes to the good. . The-tenth
was stroke for stroke and halved in
bogey four. The eleventh was a split
in five, a poor approach losing Travis a
much needed win. The twelfth was a
par four for Travis and a five for Evans.
The thirteenth a four for Evans and a
five for Travis, who missed a putt for a
half which under ordinary circumstances
would have seemed certain. The four
teenth was a par' four for Travis, a drive
which landed in the rough costing Evans
the hole. The fifteenth was a par three for
Travis, a drive penalizing Evans. The
sixteenth, and the climax, started badly
for Evans who followed Travis beautiful
shot straight down the alley, with a pull
ed drive which allowed too much for the
wind and which landed just off the
course, but the recovery was superb
and the approach laid the ball dead,
while Travis required an extra stroke.
Evans Out 4 5
TkavIs Out 5 4
Evans In 4 5
Travis Ik-4 5
The bye holes were played and halved in
threes and fours. The cards :
6 5 3 3 5 3 337
7 6 3 4 5 4 3-41
5 4 5 4 4 3 4-38-75
4 5 4 3 5 3 43778
Note Going out, an over putt lost Travis
the first, and over approach the second for
Evans. On the third Travis' drive fell short
and in the pit and two strokes were required
to recover, while Evans' play Into the rough
required but one. On the sixth Travis lost
two strokes in the 'trap near the green, and a
topped drive and a ball In the trap cost
Evans a stroke. The fifth was perfect golf.
Missing a putt cost Evans the sixth, and the
seventh was even honors. The trap on the
eighth penalized Travis and the ninth was
bogey.
The third day's play, was one of re
markable surprises, the first news from
the front, and after which the crowd was
prepared for anything, the appearance
on the home green,of Amateur Champion
H.C. lN-4 6 3 3 4 2 5 4 63778
W. C. IN 5 6 4 4 4 3 4 3 638-78
H. C. bye 4 4 5 ,
W. C.bye 4 4 6
Next in importance was the semi-final
match between Robert Hunter of Wee
Burn and Parker W. Whittemore, the
Massachusetts Champion, which Mr.
Hunter won with a halved hole on the
eighteenth; the medal scores seventy
seven and seventy-eight. At the turn,
which Mr. Whittemore made in thirty
seven to thirty-nine for his opponent, the
Brookline player was two up. The tenth
and eleventh were halved in five and
four. Hunter won the twelfth, five
six, Mr. Whittemore's topped brassie
which landed in the pit, costing him two
strokes. The thirteenth was four
five, in Mr. Hunter's favor and the four
teenth a similar score, won by Mr.
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WHY LINGER HERE BELOW ?
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You may talk about your golf links,
The hazards where you've lain;
But for unsurpassed excitement
Go seek the aeroplane !
You may rave about your motors,
The speed with which they "mote";
But no law can now arrest you
As In the air you float.
You may diagnose, this morning,
The Bridge hands held last night;
But grand slams or all five honors
Look pale be side a fli g ht.
You may shoot with gun or rille
At targets in the air,
The aero-bird above you, for
A twelve-gauge feels no care.
You may love the horseback riding,
The pursuit of the quail;
But if you want some real ,live sport
Go up and have a sail.
Take my advice, this planet leave
Why linger here below?
The most exciting thing on earth
Up in the air seems slow!
-E. Marie Sinclair
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Fownes and his father, Henry C. Fownes,
even up ; the son missing a two foot putt
for a win and halving in six ! When the
pair stepped to the nineteenth tee, the
Club house crowd was a unit in the back
ground, and there it remained until the
father won the twenty-first, five six,
another short putt deciding it ; the real
trouble, however, due to W. C.'s drive
which made the pit. The nineteenth and
twentieth were halved in fours.
Going out in f orty,the son made the turn
one up,but the father evened the score on
the tenth, lost a lead on the eleventh,
won both the twelfth and thirteenth,
halved the fourteenth, won the fifteenth
in two, lost the sixteenth and seven
teenth, and halved the eighteenth. The
cards :
5 4 5 4 6 4 441
5 5 3 6 6 3 340
H. C. OUT 4
W. C. OUT 5
Whittemore. The fifteenth was Hunter's
hole, three four, and the sixteenth
likewise was captured by the Wee Burn
player four five; the failure to run
down a short putt costing Mr. Whitte
more the match, for the seventeenth was
halved in three and the eighteenth in five.
Evans went down to the final without
much difficulty with wins from W. 11.
Simons of Garden City, three and two,
and Henry C. Fownes, six and four,
meeting Mr. Hunter who defeated J. B.
Kennedy of Mahonig, two and one, in
the first round, and Allan Lard of Chevy
Chase, twice winner of the "United",four
and two, in the second. The - final match
was easily Evans', six up and five to
play ; Mr. Hunter holding his own in the
morning, but no match for the westerner
in the afternoon.
( Concluded on page three)
EYANS SEEN AT MEDAL PLAY
Western Open Champion is at His Best
in Fast Four-ball Hatch
Leads Amateur Champion Fownes
And the floss Hi-other With
Iteniarkatile 11 Round
FT 5?
CHARLES Evans, Jr.
was seen at his best in
a four-ball match in
which with Donald
Ross as a partner, he
defeated W. C. Fownes,
Jr., and Alexander
Ross, three up and - one
to play. Playing the
best ball of the three other players, he
was but one down and individually, he
was easily the leader as is shown by a
card of seventy-one, to seventy-sixes for
both Donald and Alexander, and seventy-nine
for Fownes.
The remarkable feature of the round
was the Champion's tee shots which on a
number of holes, were from twenty to
forty yards ahead of the farthest ball
driven. As during the Championship,
he showed conclusively that he had not
mastered sand greens. In approaching
he could not make them with surety, and
in approach putting, he was also at a
disadvantage. Between the two it is es
timated that he lost from nine to twelve
strokes on the round, and splitting the
difference and calling this loss ten, a sixty-one
was a "perfectly possible" score.
In view of the fact that the course rec
ord both amateur and professional, is
sixty-eight, a fair idea of just what a
wonder this Edgewater player is may be
easily comprehended.
The attached cards form an interesting
basis for comparison :
EVANS-3 4 4 4 4 3 6 3 4-35 .
4 5 4 4 4 4 4 8 4-3671
D.ROSS 5 4 4 4 5 3 6 4 4-38
54544 345 3-3876
A.ROSS 5 4
4 5
3 4 4 4 5 4 4-37
6 5 4 3 4 4 5-39-76
F0WNES-4 4 5 5 5 4 6 4 340
44645344 53979
Evans' strong game has always been
his long and short approach work. On
a turf green either with midiron or
mashie, his skill is marvelous. His putt
ing has never been unusual and his long
game is something of recent develop
ment, for up to within the past year or
so, he has never attached great impor
tance to the wooden club.