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Evans Drumheads has been in the music industry for more than 40 years, and those six words best describe the history and vision of the company.
Chick Evans was the first person to use polyester film to form a drumhead, succeeding in creating a weatherproof head, and ultimately changing the drum world forever.
Chick's accomplishment is clearly substantiated in letters and documents on record, dating back to the 1950s.
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  Chick Evans - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Charles Evans, Jr, who was generally known as Chick Evans, (July 18, 1890 - November 6, 1979) was a leading amateur golfer of the 1910s and 1920s considered second only to Bobby Jones in his era.
Evans was the first amateur to win the U.S. Open and U.S. Amateur in one year, a feat he achieved in 1916.
Evans was born on July 18, 1890, and grew up on the north side of Chicago.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Chick_Evans   (495 words)

  
 Chick Evans » Golf History » TP Golf Online
Chick Evans was one of the finest amateur players in the United States.
Chick Evans played in the most US Amateurs of any golfer and holds the record for the most matches won, 57.
Chick Evans established the Evans Scholarship Fund which rewards students that achieved high academic standards, are golf caddies, and prove financial need.
www.tpgolfonline.com /index.php/golf-history/chick-evans   (279 words)

  
 Chick Evans - Encyclopedia, History, Geography and Biography
Chick was born the on July 18, 1890 and grew up on the north side of Chicago.
During his span of playing, Chick was able to win all four major championships, giving him a career grand slam.
Chick's dream was finally made a reality in 1930, when two caddies by the name of Harold Fink and Jim McGinnis were named the first two Evans Scholars.
www.arikah.net /encyclopedia/Chick_Evans   (834 words)

  
 Chick Evans - Encyclopedia, History, Geography and Biography
It was in 1967 when Chick played his last rounds of competitive golf.
Their initial response to Chick's proposal was not helpful to him at all, because he was told to look elsewhere.
When Chick attended college, he obtained all these attributes, but still was not able to finish college.
www.arikah.com /encyclopedia/Chick_Evans   (834 words)

  
 Encyclopedia article: Chick Evans   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-24)
Evans was the first amateur to win the U.S. Open (additional info and facts about U.S. Open) and U.S. Amateur (additional info and facts about U.S. Amateur) in one year, a feat he achieved in 1916.
Evans went on to win the U.S. Amateur (additional info and facts about U.S. Amateur) in 1920, while finishing runner-up three times.
Selected to the Walker Cup (additional info and facts about Walker Cup) team in 1922, 1924, and 1928, Evans competed in a record 50 consecutive U.S. Amateurs in his long career.
www.absoluteastronomy.com /encyclopedia/c/ch/chick_evans.htm   (89 words)

  
 Chick Evans Re-Opens as Annex to Student Rec Center   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-24)
In the new Chick Evans facility, two courts are specially designed for soccer and hockey.
It was the long waits for courts, aerobic equipment and other facilities at the Student Recreation Center that made remodeling the Chick Evans Field House such an attractive option once the Convocation Center became a reality.
With the addition of the remodeled Chick Evans Field House to our existing Student Recreation Center we now have some of the finest facilities in the country," said NIU President John Peters.
www.niu.edu /PubAffairs/RELEASES/2004/june/chickevans.shtml   (723 words)

  
 Chick Evans --  Encyclopædia Britannica
Evans himself began his golf career as a caddie and began to attract attention as a player about 1906.
Welsh opera singer Geraint Evans was one of Great Britain's leading operatic baritones and had an international reputation as one of the finest interpreters of such roles as the title characters in Falstaff and The Marriage of Figaro, Leporello in Don Giovanni, and Beckmesser in Die Meistersinger.
When Janet Evans was in 7th grade in Placentia, Calif., she wrote in her journal that she wanted to break the world record for swimming 1,500 meters.
www.britannica.com /eb/article-9033329?tocId=9033329   (774 words)

  
 WSGA - Washington State Golf Association, Golf Services to over 95,000
The legendary Charles Evans, Jr., better known as Chick Evans, the golfing great who, in 1916, was the first player ever to win both the United States Open and Amateur Championships during the same year, founded the Evans Scholars Foundation.
What pleased Chick more than any trophy was the success of the Evans Scholars Foundation and the character of the young people who have benefited from his dream.
EVANS CUP – This is a special event, held at one of Washington’s finest clubs each year, where teams representing WSGA member clubs and local businesses may enter to compete for the prestigious Evans Cup Trophy and the right to display it at their club for one year.
www.thewsga.org /evans_caddie_info/Main.asp   (1026 words)

  
 HickokSports.com - Biography - Chick Evans
Evans won the Western Amateur in 1909 and went to the semi-finals of the U. Amateur.
Evans had a one-shot lead in the Open when he hit a long drive on the 525-yard thirteenth hole.
The green was protected by a creek that ran across the fairway, but Evans said to a friend, "I think I can afford to take a chance." He hit his second shot over the creek and onto the green, then two-putted for a birdie.
www.hickoksports.com /biograph/evanschick.shtml   (257 words)

  
 The Evans scholarship - the best college scholarship available
The Evans Scholarship, awarded each year to hundreds of golf caddies across the country, is perhaps the best college scholarship available to high school seniors today.
The Chick Evans Memorial Golf Scholarship is awarded each year to male and female high school seniors across the country that also happen to work as caddies at some of the nation’s top private country clubs.
But don’t get the Evans Scholarship confused with the generic “caddy scholarship” that Danny Noonan was awarded in the classic movie, “Caddyshack.” Candidates do not have to win any golf tournaments to be selected and you don’t have to caddy for Rodney Dangerfield.
ctct.essortment.com /evansscholarshi_rtqi.htm   (802 words)

  
 ~ Flora's Biography ~
Her musical partners have included Gil Evans, Stan Getz, Chick Corea, Dizzy Gillespie and Airto Moreira, with whom she has collaborated on over 30 albums since moving with him from her native Rio to New York in 1967.
This was the beginning for me. Her reputation as an outstanding performer gained her work with Chick Corea and Stan Getz as part of the New Jazz movement that also contained the nurturing influence of sax man Cannonball Adderley.
When Chick decided to drive further still down the electric road, Flora and Airto chose their own path.
www.florapurim.com /bio.htm   (979 words)

  
 Hot News!   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-24)
The friends of the Minnesota Evans Scholars are proud to present the "15th Annual Chick Evans Memorial Seven Club Fundraiser".
The "Chick Evans Memorial Seven Club Fundraiser" is an annual event that raises funds for and awareness of the Evans Scholarship program.
Chick won the tournament by shooting a remarkable 2 under par 286 for the four rounds using only seven clubs.
www.mngolf.org /hotnews_chick_evans.cfm   (357 words)

  
 Fisher Nuts Pro-Am Caddies   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-24)
EVANS SCHOLARS, ALUMNI CADDIE IN LEMONT, Illinois (June 14, 2005) - Since 1997, Evans Scholars have caddied for PGA TOUR professionals in the Chick Evans Pro-Am.
The Chick Evans Pro-Am is the single largest one-day fundraiser for the Evans Scholars Program, and the caddies will be raising even more funds for the scholarship program through their sponsorship by Fisher Nuts.
The 52 top-ranking Chicago-area Evans Scholars are chosen to caddie based on their academic standing and leadership achievements.
www.jbssinc.com /proam.htm   (835 words)

  
 Encyclopedia: Chick Evans   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-24)
July 18 is the 199th day (200th in leap years) of the year in the Gregorian Calendar, with 166 days remaining.
The Western Golf Association (WGA) began its historical institution in the year 1899, and there headquarters are located in Golf, Illinois.
Evans was the first amateur to win the U.S. Open and
www.nationmaster.com /encyclopedia/Chick-Evans   (1295 words)

  
 History   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-24)
The Chick Evans Caddie Scholarship program was established by and named for Charles “Chick” Evans, Jr., who won 54 tournaments over a competitive career that spanned four decades.
By the end of the decade, the number of Scholars in school increased to 440, and Evans Scholars Scholarship Houses had been established at Illinois (1951), Michigan (1952), Wisconsin (1953), Marquette and Michigan State (1955), and Minnesota (1958).
Nearly two-thirds of the Scholars maintain a B average or better, and the graduation rate is nearly 90 percent, compared to a 50 percent national average.
groups.northwestern.edu /evanscholars/history.htm   (625 words)

  
 The Ohio State University Evans Scholars
The founder of the Evans Scholars Program was Dr. Charles "Chick" Evans, Jr.
In order to retain his amateur status, he donated some of his income from golf to deserving caddies who could not afford to go to college, much like himself as a youngster.
Today, the Evans Scholars Foundation is golf's favorite charity and the Evans Scholarship is the largest privately-funded scholarship program in the nation.
evans.org.ohio-state.edu   (254 words)

  
 Chick Evans
Charles "Chick" Evans (1890-1979) was the first man to win the U.S Open and the U.S. Amateur in the same year.
Gene Sarazen said that, "in his day, Chick Evans was a finer iron-player than any of the professionals." It was his putter that always gave him problems.
Bobby Jones, after losing to Evans in match play, said that "Chick is one of the best competitive golfers the world ever saw." Evans competed in every U.S. Amateur from 1907 through 1962.
www.goodgolfforlife.com /evans.htm   (168 words)

  
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The Evans Scholarships grew out of a dream fostered by Chick Evans, the foremost amateur golfer of his time in the United States.
Evans earned his greatest fame by winning the 1916 U.S. Open and U.S. Amateur, the first golfer to win both titles in the same year.
Evans had learned the game of golf as a caddie at Edgewater Golf Club in the early 1900s, and had seen many of his contemporaries unable to realize their dreams for a higher education due to a lack of financial support.
www.cialiswesternopen.com /news_detail.aspx?nws_lKey=10   (613 words)

  
 Chick Evans -   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-24)
It was five years later, at the age of 8, that he became involved in a job that would later turn into the biggest beneficiary the game of golf has ever known.
Progressing from childhood, Chick became one of the greatest amateur golfers America has seen, along the way being awarded every honor a golfer of his time could receieve.
Chick Evans's inspiration of creating a caddie scholarship was what the money was used for.
www.grohol.com /psypsych/Chick_Evans   (648 words)

  
 Chick Evans Baseball Stats by Baseball Almanac
Chick Evans was born on Tuesday, October 15, 1889, in Arlington, Vermont.
Evans was 19 years old when he broke into the big leagues on September 19, 1909, with the Boston Doves.
His biographical data, year-by-year hitting stats, fielding stats, pitching stats (where applicable), career totals, uniform numbers, salary data and miscellaneous items-of-interest are presented by Baseball Almanac on this comprehensive Chick Evans baseball stats page.
www.baseball-almanac.com /players/player.php?p=evansch01   (295 words)

  
 Chick Evans Field House   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-24)
The George G. "Chick" Evans Field House opened in Sept. 1957 with classrooms, offices, various athletic facilities and a basketball court.
Originally fitted with a clay floor, a 1980 remodeling of the building brought the installation of a concrete floor and improved training facilities for women's education, athletics, and recreation.
The building is named for "Chick" Evans who, as Athletic Director and coach for thirty-nine years, oversaw the expansion of the Athletic Department to: 30 staff members, varsity and freshman programs to eleven sports, one of the largest intramural programs in the Midwest, and undergraduate and graduate programs in physical education.
www.finfacil.niu.edu /campustour/evansfld.html   (174 words)

  
 bet on Chick Evans   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-24)
Digital Interviews Chick Corea and a primary influence on players such as Keith Jarrett and Chick bet to hear Evans on electric keyboard might find this their best Corea.
Chick Evans is going to be Those wanting to hear Evans a electric keyboard might find this their best or.
Chick, Eddie Gomez, Joe Farrell, and God himself, Steve don't Eddie and Steve are like rhythm in human form.
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 The BILL EVANS Webpages - Bill Evans, jazz piano
This work is simply from the heart of one who has a long-standing love for Bill Evans' transcendent music - one who is also a pianist, and was fortunate to have known him briefly in his last few years.
With only weeks left to live, Evans reaches deeper inside and we are fortunate to be able to hear the result -- and to still be moved.
The webmaster (a pianist) has studied many Evans solo transcriptions, and various transcriptions by both amateurs and professionals are available on the Web.
www.billevanswebpages.com   (962 words)

  
 (10/02/02) Evans Scholarship House dedication   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-24)
The Evans Scholar Foundation was established by famed Chicago golfer Charles “Chick” Evans and funded by the Western Golf Association.
The U of M Evans Scholars will live together in the new $4.3 million house, paid for by donations from alumni and friends of the program.
The Evans Community at the University of Minnesota tripled in the next two years, at which time a house was purchased at 1115 5th Street S.E. In the 1960s the adjacent annex at 1120 6th Street S.E. was acquired for additional housing.
www1.umn.edu /urelate/newsservice/newsreleases/02_10evanshouse.html   (769 words)

  
 betting on Chick Evans   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-24)
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 Pullum named the recipient of the 2005 PGA of America Chip Beck Evans Scholarship
The Chip Beck Evans Scholarship honors amateur golfer Chick Evans, and goes to a caddie seeking a college education.
Pullum was also a member of the school's theater executive board; spent weekends providing community service; served as a City of De La Salle Alderman representative; worked as a staff member of the school's literary magazine; and served as a member of Peer Ministry and the LaSallian Youth Group.
The Evans Scholars Foundation, founded in 1930 in honor of amateur golf great Chick Evans, administers college scholarships and has awarded more than 8,000 scholarships to students, including 826 currently attending 20 universities nationwide.
www.pga.com /news/pganews/pgamedianewsletter/chick062805.cfm   (525 words)

  
 Evan Scholars Foundation Receives $50,000 Donation Through the CRESTOR(R) Charity Challenge at PGA TOUR's Cialis ...   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-24)
At each of the selected tournaments, a $100,000 contribution will be made, supporting the PGA TOUR's "Drive to a Billion" campaign which celebrates the spirit of giving that has helped the TOUR and its tournaments approach the milestone of $1 billion dollars in charitable giving.
Established by famed Chicago golfer Chick Evans, the foundation has provided college educations to more than 9,000 caddies while making tuition scholarship payments totaling more than $98 million.
Most Evan Scholars attend one of the 14 universities where the Foundation owns and operates a Scholarship House.
www.forbes.com /prnewswire/feeds/prnewswire/2005/07/02/prnewswire200507022014PR_NEWS_B_MAT_NY_NYSA001.html   (1248 words)

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