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Show Evans Captures Western Amateur for Eighth Time Golf Crown Again Returns to Greatest of Amateur Players CTjEVKLAND. O.Julr II Chlcfc Evan, today wan the Western ama-tenr ama-tenr rhamplonahlp for the elahlh time by defoatlnc Hamilton Uara-nor Uara-nor of Buffalo. I up ana 4 to play, at the Mayfleld Country club. To make hla elahth victory, the treat -eet number In any aolf claeelo .v.r woa b" anyone, he waded tnrouta a fin field, Inolodln. th .national champion. Jo Bwter. who pushed Evans te better . then par Tolf. as did Gardner most of to-y. to-y. Gardner played excellent solf. eicttlna th admiration, openly e-preeeed. e-preeeed. at Evsas. who played foar better than par ea the elsteea holes, finished In the morning round and waa three under for the thirteen nolee ho flnlahed thla afternoon. aft-ernoon. The champion Jut stsad-lly stsad-lly tl(htae up ea his younffer opponent op-ponent until, with a klrrlls twa on the short thirty-first, ke became dormlo five Wltk the hlh hill of the flf-teenth flf-teenth hols to climb unless ths match ended at the thlrty-aecend sreen. Chirk stujled his approach, napped lato It crlrply and hS would have defied a .herp.hoetcr to nd a ballot stralahter for th. cup. The ball we. well out whoa It struck four fo.t from tb hoi end .topped within thirty rache. of the pin. thue apply ln( the last drop of tke lethal doe l Gardner's vsnlshlna; fiepee. for he wa la a trap, aad after two trl picked salvor sa-lvor enly did Kvb play w.ll and.r par to down th douahty Oordn.r. but n laid hi younser opponent four stymie In th thirty. thir-ty. cond holes, wIbbIbc the thirtieth thir-tieth hole by virtue of on, only halvlnc thi twoBly-alstb, deeplte another which Oardner cot around for a three from elcht feet awav and conredlns th. oth.r two, which wttirht Jiave put Oardner further bark la the race. ' The rontost waa re wiar treble In that slthoosh .the hole, played eut made a total better than ' psrfeet flsrurss. four holes were conceded because thy had been ruined by bal play or unlucky breaka Evans snd Oardner both, drove Into- the .rek ob the li-yard fifth bole, and Evans bed to drop back. He went In Brain from a faulty He and conceded ths hole, for he could sot have done better than six or seven, while Gardner was prstty sore ef a five. At the jobs eleyenth hole. O. riper ri-per aaala was not forced to play to ths sreOB. Cvaite sot IB a bunker, hooked to a dense woods and failed to get out on his third, conceding th hols wh.o only halfway lo the Sreen. On tha tw.nty-.1hth hole, Evans drive wss oa ths edae of a trap 13 yards from the areen, and he chose to ellcs a brassls to ths arern from the left elds. Stand-ins; Stand-ins; aell behind his ball, which wa o doer to th pit he oouli not tak. sqvsrs stsnc. h md th shot beautifully, but It went IV feet too far ana waa In a deep eand trap, whence be failed to recover In two attempt, a h conceded. Aad finally on the laat hoi plyd, Oardner aever sot ob the areen. havlna put hi ocond In a trap and hla third In another, while Evans was dead In twa an I aeeded aaly a half to win. From a match standpoint, Ktbbs plsysd about as tight a am a yesterday sgalnst Jess Swsetser, slthough his golf seemed to corns esvler, and hs wss never . to Cttrdn.r. Th. chmpton aot the lead on the flret hole and Gardner was never able to aqusra the mstca. finishing ths flret nln two down, ths first round three dowa aa the tw.nty-sv.nth five down. The rolf throughout the week of the tournamnet wa good, Je. Sweeteer, the national champion, winning the oA medal wrth a 1 eoore of 141. aa kvrag of 2. strokes to the round' better thaa the beet scor t th rscent pen at Inwood. la th semtf inala, Evan Ev-an nd 8wtr both hsd mods! score of 141 for thlrty-al holee. a etroke and a halt lee to the round on aa av.rags thaa Evans' reeor. scors for th opa championship, champion-ship, which h w la 111 wltk IS4 etroke. Their mornlag eards; EvsrfB out. a m. 444 1x4 414 ax: (larlner, eut 141 lit 114 XX. er.e, ta Ixl 144 414 xx. Gardner. In 1x4 144 124 era. aHole not finished. . Afternoon aard: Kvana. out 141 141 11141. Oardaar. eut 141 441 414 II. Evane, lo x44 Isx Iti xx. Oardner, In 144 lax axx xe, Preelrtent Charle. D. Pfetl of Tefsmphls. In presenting tb Thorn cup to Evans, for ths slxhth time the champion had received It, eat that ss extension eooa would have to bs made to tb. l.r.s sllv.r vase to hold ths record at Evaaa .achievement. - i |