Show J BILLY EVANS EVANS SAYS I 1 10 0 all 11 the major sports sport llio ue lle de- dement ele element ment of o uncertainty uncertainly seems to play playa a more prominent part In golf than thanIn thanin thanIn In any other This thought Is best Illustrated by the happenings in to the recen h amateur and British open eHI In these t two 0 big golfing classics as in most others form played ed a 3 very ery minor part This was 1 particularly true as to the American Je Jesse Jese se S Sweetser and Gene The Th play ot of Jesse JesseS S in winning InnIng the American amateur honors In 1922 when he went ent Tough through one or of o the hardest fields In ii the history ot of tho the event ent In brilliant fashion caused him to toIe toto toIe to Ie 1 as a super golfer super With use lUSO S vanquished the leading amateurs of ot Great Britain anti and the United States Big things In the polling foiling world orld predict predict- predicted predicted ed Or rr him a ThiS Th's year vear ar in the British amateur was eliminated In the taro vor er first round Ills His pity phy In other t dents in England wa was on a par with his hi sho showing In In the classic In decided contrast was liS the sho showing In InoC of oC Di Dr W alding of ot the American team He lie went unheralded yet on the whole hole his pia play was as featured ranking I second to 10 that ot or Then came the downfall dov do pt pr Gene Geno The United States champ tailed failed to quality qualify In lu a field ot of III his score wa was not good enough 2221 to toIve give Ive hint him a right to play In the British totaled open His Ills score which was as one stroke too many 1601 to qualify A great grent many or of o the et- et es pens ports touted Sarazin n aa as a winner luner ot or the event I is s ue unexpected p wa was the poor f rho how Ing In the In lound ot of Walter alle Hagen who ho wad Va defending hl his British h title Hagen Hs Lust managed to get into the tho lie select circle He lie finished tied fled for tor last place among mong those fortunate h to qualify quality However ever Hagen his usual sensational come come- comeback come back back bacle 00 |