New-York tribune., 1900-05-03
GOLF.
Low BEATEN BY VARDON AT DYKER
MEADOW.
ENGLISH CHAMPION WINS BY A SCORE OF
10 UP AND TO PI4AY-MORE THAN
A THOUSAND PEOPLE SEE

THE N1ATCI

A THOUSAND PEOPLE SEE
THE MATCH
Harry vardon. who plays golf little better
than anybody else on earth, who holds more
records. and has beaten champions than even
| "Od Tom" Morris himself admirably sustained
! his reputation Dyker Meadow yesterday. In a
thirty-six hole match with George Low. the Dyker
Meadow professional, this wizard of the links won
! by a score of 10 up and to play. On the fun
thirty-six holes he y The match was
! practically over the end of the first half
! 1t is safe to say that few of those who watched
! the match yesterday could have told just why Var
| don outclassed Low. It the swing. the wrists
the shoulders, the perfect harmony Of shoulders
hips and body, everything that contributed TO the
success of this goIing anomaly. VardOn is said
! TO be the only living golfer with perfect follow
on but his body moves so rhythmically that even
when the last ounce of power is being expended
! there is suggestion of a wholesale doubling up
over the stroke. It simply a tremendous spring
suddenly released and pounding the ball with ao-
solute accuracy.
It was the first time the two men have met
In February vardon whipped Low at Miami, Fla,
by score Of up and to play. But that course
| was poor compared with Dyker Meadows grand
! stretches The new summer green's, looking like
| shaded velvet were all in use. and the tees had
been moved IN almost every case, making tne
| playing distance a little than 1900 yards
Moreover Dyker is Lows home course. and on II
he was expected to show his true mettie. little
more than year ago Low himself was BRUSH
! professional at the Canoustie links. IN ScoIl1nu'
| With the record he had established since coming TO
| this country be expected that the nlatcu
| would he a little more exciting. In the open
championship. at Baltimore last summer he tea
for second place, and as all golfers Know ne mas
frequently beaten Willie Smith. who won the
championship at that time. Consequently the
crowd the tptoe Of expectancy as 10 I"e
result.
The start was made a little after II o'clock, but
long before that hour streams OF people began TO
Iir,lyr he Ciu
+bair antertainrnent A temporary pavilion had
been erected near the clubhouse, and line OF
stages was kept running between the nearby CreS-
cent Athletic and Marine and Field clubs to convey
the guests TO the grounds. The weather was al
most Derfect the wind from the southeast ana
fairly strong. and the turf in faultless shape
7. was Vardon's farewell appearance in this sec
ton Immediately after the match he started Tor
Providence r. l.. where he is to give an eNmol-
+fop this morning and Saturday he will san
for England to take part in the open chanplo"9'ilP
/ ar old St Andrews June and = ms AInerl-
/ can trip lasting scarcely more than three mohIlS
ta baar almost nparaIIeled in the history of the
game Beginning on February y at Lawrence Har-
, Dor he has played in twenty matches IN an out
! ore Of which his success has been as pronounce"
and impressive as in his earlier contests abroad.
Q The reason" explained one sef-apponted critic
YESTERDAY that Vardon drives so far is because
ne hits the ball blamed hard certainly TINS
eolfng Samson opened up his shoulders IN way
seldom seen among home professionals. oul
with all this strength of carry there was delicate
Q skin that seemed TO belle any apparent eXerton.
Vardon is endowed by nature with tremendous
wrists And wrapped up in those wrists Is the Sc
,rer OF his great Just at the moment "l
i,,roo+ who, the club swung down at the ball
one could see an indesCrbabe final turn sort OF
tightening of the muscles Of the wrist "Llcl
seemed 70 impart to ball its real directive force
3 AS for his swing it seemed to have m OF the
~, md down motion than is usually regarded as
orthodox Il was generally a downward, almost
perpendicular. blow, but the necessary correeuon
always came at the last moment IN thal qU1eA'
whiDike snap of those wonderful wrists
Tlrlar Meadows amateur record is 81, held by
Menzies of the St. Andrews Golf Club Bog1e Is
a. and the professional record 3d. held oy -N'"
himself 1t was in the light OF these comparisons
that the crowd prepared to enjoy the oattle- 10"
mad -he honor and opened with and sent ground
hall over the hill beyond the first tee Nardoh
gave a slight pull to his drive, and the ball round
a heavy lie at the edge of the pond. Jnaer d Iocal
rule he was permitted drop back. and from the
nev nosition he reached the green with his cleek'
Low chose his brassey for the second, and with a
mashe pitch was practically dead Hardon Ia lai'{G IN
= on the second Vardon again pulled INTO ] me
Foug m IaTa IL m he green on the odd Low so lose
on the like that the hole was easily won by me
II was rather an unexpected beginning and even
seemaS ned TO tRnk Low would MAKE grand night OF
it. The Dyker Meadow members "eIT ~ a l.
Ierv Of his supporters were number OF We kllo"
PlagysEs lRGnoiR Iohn Rsd & & Macd6nad A NJ Rob
I hins Norman :. Dixie, J. l.. Taylor, Bruce frlee
" i Putnam. Daniel Chauncey A. l. Norris aho
Iasner Lynch Their applause seemed 10 nave d
ting effect Low, for of the rst SIX ho4eS
Y VerdOu did not win single one.
d On the third green Low laid Vardon styIn5 ME
? which the latter failed to jump and that mace
Lows stock go booming again on the 10 fqu[5n T5
. Vardon missed a yard put tor g. ana the
hole was haIved in !. From the NTH Low |a-
=. fifteen wards short of his opponent. DHt NardoI
overran the green and struck the fence that g4ard
4 its rear He had pitch the odd. after Whlch ne
missed MS put and Low won again TINS time al
y ) to } The Dyker Meadow man was now ) up
= The sixth was haIved in lucky by Low, W no
bad h1eu
~aue the break Not that Low played any less
. ! sI1ifuv but VardOn seemed to take on suddenly
- sTlrnrising streak, and from that time on Low
! I was nowhere The latter failed 10 bring of his
e drive from the seventh tee, and he followed thai
= / nv topping his mashe approach. He overpitchod
- his fourth and failed go down on the next, and
4 / Vardon got the hole at ; TO / The ninth was
- balyed in 4 which left the Dyker Meadow man
= uD at the of this round, with total of ~ tC
a VardOn's 30
topping his drive and failing to carry the hlIlar
ipeXcusabIe error For his second he chose ar
iron and was again short. Meanwhile Low, wnC
had made perfect drive and braSsey, was on mt
! green in ,, VardOns >, ana won the hole at
k 10 s making him again up. with but TO go bu
il was lust that Vardon began TO open w
his shoulders such good effect that or Lhest
l. eight he and halVed the other two, com
IS petely turning the tables. and leaving the score