Evening star., 1909-09-12
BOB GARDNER WINS
GOLF CHAMPIONSHIP
Youngest Man to Capture the
Trophy, Defeating Egan 4
20 and z to Play.

CHICAGO GOLF CLUE, wHE. TON,
t.. September ::.-Robert E. Gardner OF
Hinsaa.e. 4 clean-lir,bed. rosy-cheeked
lad OF ni:.c.een years. today Wc.i the
amateur golf championship Of the United
States from H. Chandler Egan of Ex-
moor. twice winner of natioua. honors,
up and 10 play. He IS the youngest
man who ever won the national cham
pionship.
Gardner had an advantage of two holes
over Egan at the end of the morning
round, and. although Egan caught him at
the third hole of the afternoon and had a
lead of one hole at the seventh, the
gritty youngster came on again and from
that time completely outplayed the man
from Exmoor.
nice. large piece of hot apple pie fig
ured largely in the result Egan was the
victim. He suffered from acute indiges-
tion yesterday after luncheon, and shortly
after the conclusion of his long, hard
match with Chick Evans in the semi
finals tainted away in the locker room.
He was under ply sician's care part of
the night and physically he was unfit
for srueling game such as today's
proved
Egan's drawn face and erratic play in
the first nine holes of the morning round
showed how much his strength had been
drawn upon. and although for the next
nine holes he showed the form that has
twice won for him the highest honors in
golf he could not hold the pace on nerve
alone.
Harvard Against Yale.
1t was Harvard against Yale, Gardner
being sophomore at the New Haven in
stitution. A tremendous gallery followed
the match, and when the end came at the
thirty-fourth hole, when Gardner holed
out the short putt that made him the
amateur golf champion. crowd of the
ale neld captains friends lifted him to
their shoulders. shouting with joy.
Gardner during the last nine holes of
the morning round and after the seventh
mole or the afternoon round played golf
that was simply unbeatable. Indeed
throughout the day his game, with the
exception of four missed short puts, was
or the class that wins championships,
and the Yale athlete earned the premier
honors.
He outdrove Egan on nearly every
hoie. and Chandler Egan is noted for his
long drives.
His iron shots were cleaner and as
RUE better placed, and time after time he
had Egan fighting for his life on the
green's Gardner holed three long puts
one or them for at least forty feet, and
In only two or three instances did his tee
ciiot9 idii W tTdNel StTdlRnt ana fdr
down the fair green
Astonishes Veterans.
veteran golfers like Walter ]. Travis
and former open champion Willie An
derson watched in astonishment the re-
markable game of Gardner as hole after
mole he drove, then approached, then
took the regulation two puts or brought
applause from the gallery by holing out
from seemingly Impossible distance.
Hdroner made the morning round in
- strokes. 80 going out and 30 coming In.
he took III going out in the afternoon.
with skies at the first and sixth holes. but
was only "a for the concluding seven
hoies, Tour under bogey.
Gardner throughout the tournament
played consistent golf. He disposed of
waiter j. Travis in the third round of
match play and won from the former
western champion. Mason E. II. Phelps.
yesterday In the serni-finals.
In a way he Is a golfing marvel He
mas never before figured prominently in
ois goihng events and last year did not
play at ALL This year he took up the
game in earnest. and his play rapidly de-
veloped to a degree of perfection that to-
DAY won him the championship.
Sc0T6S morning