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Philadelphia, Sept. 15—Chick Evans now wears a double crown, and wears it with a joyous pride that makes his ever present smile a pleasure to be hold on the links of the Merion Cricket club recently he beat Bob Gardner by 4 up and 3 to play in the final round of the national amateur self championship and when the last hole had been won stood forth as the only American golfer who has held both amateur and open titles at the same time. John Ball captured both British crowns in 1890, but Chick Evans scaled a new height in Ameri can golf when he won the recent tour ney. It was a curious, golfing career that reached its climax recently. Just about ten years ago, a little less, per haps, stories drifted in from Chicago now and then telling of the prowess on the links of a youngster just grad uated from the ranks of the caddies that school in which so many of tat day heroes have learned the game. In a year or two Chick Twans was a na tional figure in the realm of golf, and his hosts of enthusiastic friends were predicting that he soon would be the amateur champion of the United States. Everyone who saw him play recognized at once his unquestionabl skill, and noone could be found be cnoved to laush at the predictions , his friends. Yet in the years that have gone by since Chick Evans first came to the front new champions have arisen, old ones have regained their lost glory, but the ambition of Chick Svansh remained unsatisfied until recently. Year after year, in championship after championship, he has been knocking at the door and al ways failing to get in. Six times in the last eight years he has reached the semifinal round in the national tour ney, a record that even without the recent victory to give it added luster would shine forth on the pages of American golfing history. Now, f or that long wait, punecrusted each year by high hopes suddenly crushed, “hick Evans is the national amateur, and more. He is the national open champion as well, and until next sum mer at least the phrase “the cham pion” without an adjective to modify it will suffice to name Charles Evan, tr. of Edgewater, Ir. The wait was erthwhile tpper picture shows means finishing the last hole; lower test photo of Chick Evans. me |
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New Britain Herald
New Britain, Connecticut, US
Fri, Sep 15, 1916
Page 5
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