The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1900-01-21

tacG!af. though IL Is at The same time dc'uraI-
ana steady.
yndon's record last year. while not an abso-
eieiy u"hrok'n string Of victories. stamped ham
as a most remarkable stroke player The matches
hru-sn. ana like rItuy lr1,h.r .l-rIrinn who
does not hold al4'f from playing even when not
less sSilsfuI than himself. A.r,r capturing every
Important event in 1888. he entered uIH'u the i,'s
M3i- surrey club At Richmond, and pa rrtlY uiSrr-
after led the A-ll at Crui"n Bay. near Aberdeen.
moving from Scotland d" lasted L. the nnal IN the
EisthoUgne tournament. "hrr" he, met Jaitr
missed the rueu champ; FD-hip hv a StTukr- Var
don had been f0urtt, IN tie quaIfyiag. J. II Tav-
coming third WITH Ia AMI NsIdon being ~ n
tie succeeding rounds Braid boat Taylor ur. :
70 play. and Nariuu bei: Herd by > to I. II the
finals with Braid. Warden had his opponent !
down at the turn, hut b. the succeeding holes vs.
III in his putting. ana at he fourteenth NE
match stood all even hTdl4 iueA tv'n - ~
; up.
Varion took the oTcn championship af sand
witch June $. with 4 score o. 30 for N" seventy.
two holes. sixteen strokes better man the S'"F.
sane IrKs in 10. Ninaty-oiSht golfers started
in the "len event. forty-"iaht icing rst,rti ir"n
than twenty strokes behind the l"sa"T. In Julv
with VILE Park. j. *fV'ni}-t"" holes ~ "
the CREATES, golf match IF t1e year ON July t
AZ i6.H1 spectators. Ward n took the first half ~
the match by > NJ. Il was a most stubborn con
not n few lacking Park. All the first nine holes
Were halved, an Unprecedented 9ccuTTencr td'A
Wa done in :. sXcept the second. for which each
took ; In the last half ~ thu great contest Var
don was easily master at all sta@es ana won On
his home green at Canton by II UP. "a t. play
Then Vsrl7n made hIs t]riumphai march through
Scotland. PLAYING ana defeating every professional
Of note upon his own green. Returning. he SUI
J Il. Tayl9r. who had twice been open cham
plon. Al ne Newquay links. Cornwall. Septem-
her ). Taylur won by > up- Ntrion missing a
ing his opponents hali into the hol" IN the hone
green. Il was an eiGHteen-hole match. TAYLOR
september u. Vardon and Taylor again met in a
trirty-siN-h1'e match on the Westward Ho. rev-
onshire, links. Tayl.r Winning by 3 Up. > 20 20. 2
Later in the year the two met once more at
PLAYED. and halved; In, this contest Taylor I'd
~ thr"e holes. with only seven 20 go hut the
Nardon. PLAYED and haITed an sxriting match
with Albert T5nEey, professional Of the West
II the first eighteen holes Nari1n was > up. but
rirg-y's consistent work brought the match hiss
ny the tnlite"n'h AnEey stool ut. VIII . 20
10y -I.-H 55,N Two Sttal-hL. am q .He y
ever. was punished by getting into a bunker and
Vardon lost the hole. AMI the match WAS haived.
varion has a style that is peculiarly his own.
PLAYS with s"tnewha; short clubs II fairly
left thumb is placed down the shaft and par
, ,lSisy E .itITbs ny , sa : s!5h, hsnd' iHs'eS sx" nI 'hs
straight NJ ana down. aurearing 20. be more 81 a
stroke Is effective. for his drives avarace go or
20 yards from the zee. Thr ugh the green with
the brassnv his strokes are straight as an arrow (
and nearly as lon. as with a driver IF IN the tee.
When anoroachinE he keeus the hsll fairly close
T. the feet about. opposite to- heel = the loft
foot, with The right advanced toward the bIt o..
He uses a ruTn!nE-up approach from all dis
tanCe5 varying from forty 10 a hundred and fifty |
yards. hut for the greater distance he uses a
driving na-hIe. In putting Warden is rot uni
forrnly good. and this department Is his weakest.
Naricn was horn On the Island Of Jersey wen
ty-nire years ago. and Is Of French extraction.
He IS Of a modest and retiring disposition anil
p.lr'ar N ENGLAND. His victories In the
open cha mrionship in iSHS and 1N't. a. well as
work the past two wears, mark him az Tho
probable winner in the Open event this wear at
:. Andrews in the first week in June. should
he win p. will Duplicate the feat Il E9nrg Tom
who won the event three times running. |
IN I.6s. 1868 and lN1y.
General Wesley Merritt. commander nf the De
rartmrut II tie East. at Governor s Island. is an
enthusiastic golfer. Nov that he has hecn re-
lieyed from active duty Al tts seat If war. the