. St. Nicholas [serial]. there as the causeof my success in the end. Had my second failedto jump out of bounds, I m quite sure my defeatwould have occurred then and there. 974 UNTIL THE LAST PUTT IS HOLED 975 When Bill Fownes won the United StatesAmateur Championship in 1910 he had everyreason to believe that Chick Evans, his oppo-nent, was a certain victor, what with his lead oftwo up and three to go. Chick was then in histeens, but his game was almost as sound asto-day, and surely as graceful. When theyplayed the short sixteenth and Chick, with hislead, dropped a mashie shot twelve feet from
. St. Nicholas [serial]. there as the causeof my success in the end. Had my second failedto jump out of bounds, I m quite sure my defeatwould have occurred then and there. 974 UNTIL THE LAST PUTT IS HOLED 975 When Bill Fownes won the United StatesAmateur Championship in 1910 he had everyreason to believe that Chick Evans, his oppo-nent, was a certain victor, what with his lead oftwo up and three to go. Chick was then in histeens, but his game was almost as sound asto-day, and surely as graceful. When theyplayed the short sixteenth and Chick, with hislead, dropped a mashie shot twelve feet from play here. Both reached the green in two strokes,Evans away. Bob Hunter, a friend of Chicksfrom Chicago, was caddying for him and incident-ally giving him advice. They both studied thatputt carefully—a difficult putt, too, but not moreso than the one Fownes faced. Again Chick tookhis lofted midiron from his bag. He calculated toa nicety the allowance of a few feet he had tomake to reach the cup, but again the jump im-.
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