Show I Evans Greatest Victot Victo y Went Two Extra Holes To Beat Sweetser in inthe inthe the Western BY JOE JOB WILLI IS WILL GOLFERS MS MSG will appreciate this GOLFERS G stol stoil Golfers Golfen know better Letter thin than non golfers how Important Important Important I tant an untroubled mind Is to sue sue- success suc success cess on the links One of the en- en en dogmas dosmas of golf tolt Is think through the th shot In cle clearer think of nothing but the Golf Golt howe Cr Is not lOt ot ala s the Iho most mot Important proposition In Ina ina Ina a pla pIa er Cr 0 life lift Sometimes other things matter mattor Hit suddenly b by a financial catastrophe It Is I no like like- likely likely like likely ly sou ou would be able ble to concentrate solely ol lv on any particular golf olt shot We Ye hae hale In mind Chick tans Eans and what hat e w e consider the greatest the Chicago leteran ever scored In an Important tournament The world orld has b been en told of C flans ans misfortune In th the train grain gr ln mar flier markets markets how all aU his were ere wip wiped sip sip- Ip- Ip ed od out and an Immense deficit creat created d dE E ans troubles were at theIr height last summer when hen he h ent to Cle CIci eland to defend his title as I e tern amateur cli Enter Enter- Entered Entered ed In the ment also aIM was as as Jesse JesseS Sn S holder of ot the national amateur title A HEAL B n Th The tear sear ear before S Sweetser and andEans E Eans ans met In the fin ll itt at Brookline ani an nl eeL er aided by bya bya It a flock of st won aon on Tills Tois b being so E ans supporters refused to concede S s su superiority su- su superiority I lien hen t lien the feLd was as as reo re- reon renewed re n wed this 3 lear ear in the th a western estern estern a Hom Homeric struggle trusele was as anticipated aI I it pro d to be all of ot that lit S a spirited golfer toiler re- re the implication that he I h had d been lucky luchy at Brookline and s set setout setout t tout out to demonstrate that lie BS a as mast master r of the western estern Idol Eans e tJ A Ii I Is Ie e s 4 b i r C s 's a 1 t tP P CHICK Labored Under Terrific Mental Strain Due To Financial Troubles was as equally determined to lea lai leae e his hI mArk on tho the Yale lale The morning round was as r replete sith golf colt with aith th both play play- players players ers era keeping at nt eHn e en pace pac with Ith Ith the diffIcult Ma l field par The Th t ten ten- ten tension n- n slon sion tightened In the th afternoon aith first one leading and then the theother theother theother other Finally Evans took the th lead at the sixteenth by laying an ap- ap approach approach ap approach shot dead to the pin out ot of the rough rou h tor for a birdie three S Sept S ept- ept e t-s t ser sr r undaunted caught him at the home hole and squared the match VpS S S 0 0 HOLE The first extra hole was h h The end came on the next neat green renEva-ns renEva Evans Evang was as as trapped with his second and nd Sweets Sweetser r with Ith the th ter ml mate ap- ap apparently apparently ap apparently In the palm of his sp p clous hand overshot the green Kreen en Doth Both ere acre on In three S missed a shot putt and E ans won the hole and the match hole 38 3 hole fight und under r r tournament conditions and a eplen- eplen splendid splendid did i oer 01 cr the national cham champlon pion Iso o wonder nonder Eans smiled wan wan- wanly wanly wanly ly when hen he walked across the green and shook Sweetser's S hand I 3 never thought I could do It I Eans ans said cald This seemed teemed to be a Il rather strange comment for tor even the Evans Erans to make fh The full Cull significance of it did not da 1 until some come weeks later or ihen hen the he ne news nes s became gen generally kno known n that E ans had dropped a fortune In stock speculation Against Sweetser S e t r that memorable memora-bl memora ble day E ans must mu t ha hale hae e concen concen- concentrated concentrated on his shots hots until the root roof of his hi Iraln fairly steamed He did more than win In in from II a champion Ie ho won on from as terrIble R a m mental nt l I hazard as eser eHr t faced ced a pla er In Inthe inthe the history of the th game earn |