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Show CHICK EVANS TAKES FIRST E0LFJ0N0HS Chicagoan Leads Famous Experts to Finish With Low Score; Hutchinson Sets New Record. By International News Service. MINNEAPOLIS, June 30. Charles ("Chick") Evans, Jr., achieved the ambition am-bition of a lifetime today by winning- the national open golf elm mpionship title, play for which began here yesterday. The popular youni Chicagoan, who has finished close to the top in nearly alt of I tho big golfing events in recent years. ; today led the held of famous pro toss ion - :als in the big tournament played at the iMinikahda club here. Evans finished the seventy-two holes of championship play with a score of 2Nii, four less than the former record in the ovent. lie was never headed, although threatened several timos. This morning he tinned in a 74 for the eighteen holes and cume back in the afternoon with one less. Several times today he was in danger. The first occurrence was on tho fourth hole, when he took a six, where he should have had a live. Right there it was expected ex-pected by many of the large gallery that the break had come, as Evajis had been playing- at high tenhm lor three days. But, instead, he recovered and took a three on the fifth. Plays Steadily. Worn there until he reached that sam hole again in the afternoon he kept up his steady game. Occasionally he got poor lies on his drives, hut always managed man-aged to get out of the bad holes in time to escape much damage. .lack Hutchinson of the Allegheny club, Pittsburg, a dark horse, appeared lor second sec-ond place and the lead among the professionals. pro-fessionals. He set a new course record of i!S today, forcing himself Into second place with 2SS. H utchinson had M0 for the thirty-six: holes of Thursday and had 72 in tho morning, trie started his sensational play athe very start of the afternoon round and continued for every one of the eighteen eight-een holes, taking 3a out and 33 in. Ho . missed two short putts out, which, hud lie holed, would have tied him with Evans. Evans being an amateur and ineligiblo to money awards. Hutchinson took first prize of $300 in cash. Barnes was third with 290. and Ceorge Sargent, Gilbert Nieholls and Wilfrid Reid, each with l'H3, divided third, fourth and fifth money. The Scores. Total. Thar-? (Chick) Evans. Jr., Chicago Jp.ik Ih:ti'liinsoii. Pittslnirg "SS J. M. H-inies. Philadelphia ) George Sargpni. Minneapolis L'.n r.ilhc-t Nieholls, Grejit Noel;. L. I I'M Wilfrid Reid, WllniiiiRtoii. Hoi L'K Walter f HaMi, Rncbester ."i P.. G. Ma-Dnn:!d. Uuffalo 'J:m Mike Uiatly. Unburn -'!; To in Vnnlon. ft. Paul .1. J. O'Brien. Mausricld, Ohio 'JPT Jack Dowllng, Chlea(;o Walter Fovarne, Ci.lenfiO .... ":1 Lou Is Tellier. Boston ; J. 3. Simpson. Milwaukee 30) Alex Ross. Ootrolt ."0.) H. O. LaKorblmlc, YotiiiRctown. Ohio :IM j He Dob Kaiisari City Hon Tom McN"an:ara. Taplow. N. V 300 Gcoie Turnhull, Chlcaco :s " 1 I OoiRe McLean. Pnnwnodi'?. N. V :i01 I Olio Harkbanh. Cinrimiall :tni j Joe Milehll. Hldgewood. N. J :MJ ' James De-nalds-nn, (.'hl'-ugo "fl3 T'red Mel.fod. WnFh liii;' 011 r.corne Slinpscn, Clil.ao fieri lialil.', KlUFhiiiK. N. Y :ift'l (leoige FollMvlnghnin, C'hli ngo Ale CP.niphf'll. Rn I Minnie 304 J umes Kergn.ioit, Spring I-;il(. N. J "rt'i Alex t'linninRhiiin. Wheeling. W. Vu P"K Tom Kerrigan, Siwiniey, N. Y ."Ott .lurk Hurke, Knekford, III. :n7 Waller Clark. Denver ;;ar No rnia n 1 'in ike. 'hi vbro "is p. a. riHMdin. rtiii-HKn :m W ('. Sherv.-.iod. Memphis ."'n Herhoi-i pi roiiR. Inwoort, L. I .tainr.i WIIfo'i. Pi nehu i( . N. f :(" 'Inni P.. yd. Kot 111)1 . N. V .T1U Harry (',. r)fVC:, M ( iiii.m po! in M. S. Wnrthhiloit. MHsnnry, loinlon 31.1 .Inhn (irtlhei inn, ('hi-'fito 311 II. C. Klrlfher. WlnnfH';; 31( Tom M'tMp. St. Paul "M t ''. W. Itii.-k'iry. AMitiill.' city 314 Alfrrd lf i-khatth, Ch.'fiRf Til A i ! 1mi r Clark.-ion. ln.:i-iapolin 3 r. IHive l.ivie. (jeneva. N. Y 31". Piiri At.di'i'pnn, Rosloti :U7 .1. Mn'ioit. H' in-. Wtfi 315 J.-i.-k Cinl.e. Ci,. m.:o Til Arlhin- Rci'l. Rirhllnri.t. 11 I'.lwond (n-en. M Inn.'n tx1 i . ::"0 H I, Vail Kvery, M I uurti pull' TIs i-t 1-n Ji. Johnetmi. M iniir pnln .i;fk ,1'iiw. Ncv,,uk. n. .i Ibv KoV.i-r. ehlciw:", ulthirswti. Wtlliani Kt.1-1. K It U woo-l, Mm., nn Robert Tay-Inr. Tay-Inr. M inne.ip'jliF. mi r.'ird;;. AiiiHteurfi. , |