The daily morning journal and courier., 1900-04-07
CHAMPION LOSES AT GOLF
HARRY YARDON'S DRYING WON- DERFUL, BUT"BEST BALL" WON.

at Critical stages--Ltnks Unsuited to
 Charactoristics--Inc of tho Gam . l The Game To-day.
 Harry Vardon, the worlds champiorI
 golfer, met his first defeat. by amateurs,
 in this country on the links of the New
 Haven Golf club yesterday His adver-
 saries were Robertson and Cheney of Yale, and by the terms of the match.
 their best ball to score, he lost by three.
 The first round began at about 2:15 with
 ideal weather from the spectators point
 of view A freshening breeze prevented danger to bogie, but the game was cx- citing throughout. MT. Vardon played
 third as the game opened, and his won-.
 derful driving power was apparent from the first His ball was sent lower than
 either of the others, but went far past
 the farther one and the crowd followcd
 the players toward the first green. The
 amateurs, however, played carefully. and the first hole was halved all rounds in D. as was the second in 4. Then came
 the most sensational drive of the day.
 MT. Vardon, again playing third, drove the ball from the second teeing ground, squarely against the wind, and 1t scared straight and true to the next green, off fering clean put for the cup. He took the hole in 8. The course to the next green was specially trying, being through thicket, with trees inter- spersed. This caused the poorest work of the day, Vardon holing in 5, Robert- son in7 and Cheney picking up his ball. his score being approximated at S.. The fifth and sixth holes were both halved all round in A. i. The seventh Vardon and Robertson llalved in 5, but Cheney saved 1t with A. The eighth was halved all round in 4, and the last Cheney and Vardon halved in 6, Robertson coming to the rescue with 5. The first round ended with Vardon 40, Robertson 42 and Cheney 43; best ball for the latter pair Al. Vardon's score for the last hole was due to his having driven his ball within two feet of the last bunker. His effort to loft it was intellectual and cost him one.
 i, The second round opened with splendid drive by Cheney, who took the first hole in 3. Vardons drive was g slicer, and he scored in 5, one better than Robertson, who, however, halved the next with him in 4, Cheney taking 5. The next was halved all round in 4, and the next presented the same obsta- cleS as in the first round, Vardon taking it in to Robertson's and Cheney's 7. This left the score even, a condition un- changed at the next, halved all round in A. A topped ball and a hanging lie here lost the game for Vardon, the next cost ing him 5, assit did Robertson, Cheney holing in 4. Vardon then drove literally out of sight, about 220 yards, and the x enthusiasts applauded vigorously. For this hole Vardon and Robertson each took 5, but the hopes of the local repre- were revived when Cheney scored in 4. When the next was halved all round in the excitement became in- tense. This did not subside when Rob- artson took the next in 8, Vardon and Cheney taking 4. This left the Yale contingent two up and one to play. War; lon pulled himself together and pluckily strove to help the score, but his best ef- ,orts only netted 6. Cheney and Rob- artson halved at 5, their best ball wins ling by 3.
 Enthusiastic applause greeted the vic- ors. MT. Vardon meets Dwight and Myers on the same terms this morning. 1t 10 o'clock. Byers and Hitchcock will oppose him at ? o'clock this afternoon md this will conclude his games here. vardon's quiet demeanor and modest bearing are specially noticeable. His physical characteristics suggest the ypical English athlete. Slightly above medium height, he is broad and sinewy, viry and brown, with the springing tep of a sprinter and the arms and orso of discus-thrower-all in all a perfect model of what professional ,olfer should be-
 He is still young man and will ap-- ,arently lose nothing of his present anne for some years. There were sev- ral ladies among the two hundred spec- ators who covered the course twice, but he interest was so sustained that no ne thought of leaving until the last all was holed.
 The crowd was very considerate of the ights of the players and good-natured- y carried with it the 200 feet of rope sed as a portable fence, each bearer post. The rope was ragged twice over the course, and GIL WAS CdllCu lDOuL llllCGIl lcCI IIOllB ne ball before each play, at the bidding Referee Whittlesey. Then the spec ators lined up against the rope they cid.
 It was evident to the spectators that IT.. Vardon's abilities were better suit l to more trying territory and opportu- ities for longer drives. In the woody ortion he won handily in both rounds. nd where success depended on accu- icy in long drives he was superior to is adversaries. An oversight of small rock with sandy banks near the eighth ould not have occurred, as it did twice ,cur, had he been better acquainted ith the grounds.
 The score follows:
 FIRST ROUND.
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