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Show VON ELM PLAYS IN TITLE GAME Sensational Play Puts Salt Laker in Finals With 'Chick' Evans KANSAS CITY. Mo. July 1 (By the Associated Press. 1 The middle, west faced the far west today whon "Chick" Evans of Chicago and George Von Elm of Salt Iakn faced icb other in the finals of the west-ern west-ern amateur golf tournament o . r the Hillcrest course with "Chick's" sl times held title as champion at stake. Evans, probably tho best known amateur golfer in the world. Meed a man who has established n reputation reputa-tion n a "money player," absolutely absolute-ly without nerves, a golfer who not onl) ulea everything but generally can make anything, and a tournament shooter not In the least likely to become be-come a wedee hitwmn the mimamiiii titles and victories hanging at 'Chick s"" belt SUITABLE kt;bf.rg "Chick" outassed Fred Wright of Los Ang le. six and five, Friday, in one of the best games the title hold, r has played, while Votl Elm outclassed Clarence Wolff of St LoUla continuing a steady game while his opponen' failed under the strain as the contest noared the end With victory ln either man's grasp. Von Elm Is a veritable iceberg when playing, never talking, never smiling, never faltering and shooting best when the shots are hardest. His attitude at-titude hastbeen one of absolute Indifference, Indif-ference, and apparently he pays no attention to his opponent or himself He Just steps up and shoots, and gen-i erally he hoot exactly right despite I hla seeming carelessness COTPIDEN E PLENTY. That he was absolutely confident of victory as he made his first swing today was evident. Day before yex- irruaj iri-nd said to tho young Ball Lake star: I ' Well, Von, how are you going to 1 come ouf" I II beat Chick in the finals." he I r-.-plled quickly, without tho traco of a I smile. ft wasn't a boast but Just a statement state-ment of what he considered a faet although It was made before either he or Chick hud started the ftnels matcn, which made fhem opponents today Von Elm is a youngster, well down in hla twenties, but an experienced golfer In years of play and In tournament tourna-ment matches During tho past three years be has started in titular tournaments tour-naments bo times. The only man who has beaten him is Jess Guilford present national amateur champion who eliminated the westerner in the national at St. Louis last vear F.VAVS PLAYS SPLENDIDLY Evans completely outclassed Fred Wright of Los Anpeles. six and five while Von Elm's margin was four and two. Part of each contest wn blaj ed in a driving rainstorm, but the mnu. tur0 seemed to help Evans and Von Elm Both matches started as If they would run to the 36th hole, each victor vic-tor being one down at the ninth and lone up at tho 18th It was Juhi the old story In the afternoon round of ,the strain proving too great for some but of no effect on thoe who had been steeled against breakdowns through gruelling play in dozens of I tournaments El kNS M 1 R 1 i XERS .,.,hwU.1V nrev..t Western amateur tltleholder, never faltered In the tight Plays. Wright, a n ,:,,n.i!lv known star, failed ln tho end and despite a great display of nerve when his hands refused to obey his thoughts, blew up. Von "Elm. loser of onlv one tournament tourna-ment match m 3"'. 111 thr. e ears and holder of the Pacific Northwest and Trans-Mississippi titles never lost his I careless attitude Wolff fighting hard throughout .and several times being In the lcal, lost control of his clubs "i" 11 eounoi meant lctory. I Evans shot two under par ln his 31 holes d.-spite !h. rain w he h a: one lime made it Impossible to sec 5o yards ihead It didn't last long, however. IHe turned the first nine In par 8". the (second In par 26. the third ln par 37. and shot two birdies and 2 pars in the other four holes. DJEADIA lOCURACl I The real brilliancy of tb-,- champion s game did not show in his curds, even though they were under par. It was 'his deadly accuracy and unerring control con-trol of every club In his bag that made 1 Evans game worthy of n place in Ihe golf hall of fame. But for a tew bad breaks severul more strokes would' have been cut off of his medal cards. I After the first four holes, when hoi partly dubbed a drive and sliced an approach, a blind man could have cad- I died for him, for every ball was semi In an sbSOlutlej straight line for tho pin FIls drives ami brassies were right! for the play; bjs approaches dropped! dead in nn -advuntngeous putting posi-! tion. his long putts went straight for' th hob. several of 15 to 30 feet going ln, and seldom did ho miss a short one. Thero is little to write of Elans' j shooting in a descriptive wav it WB perfect golf and that tells the whole I story - VON ELM-WOXFF MATCH The Von Elm-Wolff match was any-' body's most of the way Neither man turned in the medal scores which graced their cards In previous rounds but each pi lyed 1 good game and each made remarkable recoveries from bad ' thots Into the rough and gullies I Wolff, one down at 18 hole halved1, Ihe nineteenth w hen on Elm missed I i a for par and took the twentieth with p pur four w hen his oppeneiu got into trouble on his approach Uu evening the match. Both men turned in perfect fours 011 the difficult 21st but the long 22nd found Von Elm's drive in the rough and one putt short resulting In 0 sK while Wolff s perfectly perfect-ly play-d five gave him m. hole laad The neat waa halved but the 24th fOUlld Vol, Kim's powerful driv, , n the rough resulting m another score over par while Wolff again had parted par-ted figures for a two hole lead MOM BKAUTIl 1 f, SHOT Von Elm took the next. lost the UCCeedlng one and made it one down Wolff s drive was 111 the gullv his an-Proach an-Proach snort and his run-up long for a -'needed five when th firs? pUt ( ".s "ld" . h N thla point that beknH 'n'a"C:';J ;imI ,hat Vo" Elm made 1 ; f,to 'he suP-soif that has maoi him the most talked of man n 4 vard'hUh 'Irtve on tho L?rJi ' hlt a H,1,a" hillock and' kicked over to the rough behind 1 DUlt failed to drop for ti l St ' "' rhe 31st waa a n even f i n S a n ' I came through with aVf" E'm agaln dormy 3 and I the ,? 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