The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-09-12
ROBERT GARDNER WINS TOURNAMENT Nineteen Year Old Youth Wins
 National Honors CHANDLER EGAN BEATEN Former Champion Suffered from Ef- fects of Apple Ple-Was Vale
 Against Harvard = Gard
 ners Great Game.
CHANDLER EGAN BEATEN

wheaton, ILL, September 11.-Robert E. Gardner of Binsdale. a elean-limhed ros1.- checked lad of 19, today won the amate,r golf championship of the United States from H. Chandler Egan of Exmoor twice winner of national honors, up and to play. He Is the youngest man who ever won the national championship.
 Gardner had an advantage of two holes over Egan at the end of the morning round, and although Egan caught in with him at the third hole of the after noon play and had a lead of one hole at the seventh the gritty youngster came on again and from that time on completely outplayed the man from Exmoor.
 A large piece of hot apple pie figures In the game. Egan was the victim He sufrered from acute indigestion yesterday after luncheon and shorriy after the con- clusion of his long match with .Chick' Evans in the semi-finals fainted away in the locker-room. He was under nbv sician's care part of the night and nhv- sicaliy he was unfit for a gruelling game such as today's proved
 Egan Physically Weak.
 
 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 won him the highest honors in golf he could not hold the pace on nerve alone. It was Harvard against Yale. Gardner being a sophomore at the New Haven institution. A tremendous gallery fol- lowed the match and when the end came at the 34th hole when Gardner holed ont the short put that made him the amateur golf champion, crowd of the Yale field captains friends lifted him to their shoul- ders, shouting with joy.
 Gardner. during the last nine holes of the morning round, and after the sev- enth hole of the Safternoon round played golf that was simply unbeatable Indeed throughout the day, his game, with the exception of four miss-short butts was of the class that wins championships, and his premier honors were earned
 He out-drove Egan on nearly every hole, though Egan Is noted for his long drives.
 His shots were cleaner and as a rule
 
 had Egan fighting for his life on the greens. Gardner holed three long putts one of them for at least 40 feet, and in only two or three instances did his tee shots fail to travel straight and far down the green.
 Veteran golfers. like Walter J. Travis and former Open Champion Willie An derson. watched in astonishment tho re- markable game of Gardner as hole after hole he drove, then took the regulation butts, and brought applause from the gallery by holeing out from seemingly impossible distance. Gardner made the morning round in "A strokes, 39 going out and 3o comining in. He took 31 going out in the afternoon, with sizes at the first and sixth holes, but was only 27 for the concluding seven holes. four under bogey.
 Gardner's Work Remarkable,
 Gardner throughout the tournament has played consistent golf. He disposed of Walter J. Travis in the third round of match play and won from former Western Champion Mason E. Phelps yesterday in the semi-f1nals.
 has never before figured prominently in big goldng events, and last year did not play at all.
 This year he took up the game in earn est and his play rapidly developed. The scores
 Morning Round-Gardner. out. 645 445. .443 -S9. Egan, out, 655. 645, s44-42. Gardner, in 235, 445, 4H-35. Egan, in 344544, 344-35 Gardner 2 up
 Afternoon Cards-Ga rdner, out 645 AS, 643-41. Egan. out 544, 455, 444--39. Gard ner in PA, 544. f. Egan, in 445, 545, 5. Gard ner, up, 2 to play.