Show 1 h Chick Evans Has Hs H s Hobby For Golf Championships CHICAGO STAR STARs IS s EXCEPTION I TO OLD RULE Western Open Title Goes Goe To Evans for Eighth Time in Career J I By BT BILLY JLIi E- E S vs 0 I 1 L G champions seldom eldom te- te VI re-VI peat Chick I Evans thans ans Is Ii a a decided n- n c ex exception r to the th rule rul When hen hen Eane rece on the I estern tern amateur title it wa th I time that Chick had lid r out n front In that event e ent His Hs 1923 1 23 victory In the th estern as 1 as the fourth consecutive e time that t-at he won on on that sought muc amateur classic I But tite titles mean little or I I In tnt tt golfing career of Ears Eurs He probable has hason h s won son more medas and ind cups dupe than an any other I olter In the th history of the game geme pam I Chick Evan Euno first popped Into the limel back in when hen beis hit hI 01 wo Is is fret first estern amateur title Since that time it has hu beenA been J A or of medals medal and cups cupa and ant titles for forthe forthe the brilliant Chicago goiter I The folio follow ine Ing sear 3 ear Evans ns elt that his first iret win was as 88 no fluke fluk- by capturing the th western estern open stamped him hm at as a star str I Two sears ears later latr he h went Trent to the finals In the national amateur heI heing he- he heIne Ing Ine defeated by that sterling golfer I Jerome Tra Tracers ers I BECOMES NATIONAL FIGURE It as n as not until 1914 that he ht be- be became came a 8 national figure in the goHr golf tOlf- r Ing Ine world when in the th national open he IMS as as defeated by the th neati Walter Waiter W Hagen Haten by the th margin marln of only one stroke In Hit 1916 Evans E e experienced perl nce- nce his t year when he e won on not only onty the national amate r but the th n ni- ni I tonal open as ai well These Thes two e a ent are ar the th high spots of golf golfIn golfIn In the th United States Evans Eans stands out as s the tho only amateur to ever hau hae won the th two events c In the same year ear Bobby Jones Jonc with nith tho the national open to his credit this tear ear hopes to tie tl the th record made mad by Eans E by taing the th national amateur In InSer Ser September Jones Jonee a a remarkable goiter may tul n the tuck but It ill r prove prose ro rono no easy essy task A E LAST ST YEAR S DEI EI r I EA r rTh The Th year 1920 was lIS also alao a big bl one for Evans Evan Not ot ot only did he h ln In Inthe the western estern amateur but the th na- na na national amateur as a anell nell ell These two t e are just Ju t about the th cream of othe the amateur competition Last sear vear ear E Evans Eans ans went ent to the finals In the national amateur be- be beI beIng being be being ing ing- defeated by Jesse Sa S ho ho I fila ed remarkable golf of throughout that event ent Recently Evans Ivans had n- n sweet rev re enge ens for tor that re rovers erae b bv eliminating S Sweetser Setser in the semi semi- semifinals emi finals of or the western estern amateur Fan Evans has an even en dozen c vic victories c- c tories In big ble golfing 1 events ent to hi credit with J perhaps mice t t ht htman htman man wins In tournaments of o lesser le s Importance E Eans Evans ans 1 Is unquestionably on one nf nC the greatest golfers the game ame has ever produced Hr lIe Is I hanging up upa upa n a Bunch of o records record for golfers to hoot shoot at that will bill prose proe pro e harder to teat than Babe Ruths Ruth's home spree In h 1921 1121 reached the amazing total of nf 69 |