New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1910-09-14
GOLF CHAMPION BEATEN
Gardner Fails by Stroke to
Qualify in Testing Round.
vERRESHOFF IN THE VAN
Wins Gold Medal and Later Puts
Out Stanley for the ANA
teur Title,
rBr telegraph to The Tribune-l

nv TcIesraph to III. Tribune
.o, Sent. 1s-The New York district
--,5yoed the first prize winner in the ma
,.7 amateur golf championship tourna-
~. continued on the links OF the Countr!
- - Fsrookline to-day. when Fred Her
-.ehor supplemented his IS Of the first
ND with : fine - in the second. for q
.st n 80 This gave the metropolitan
-..-,7ton the gold medal for the testing
.,5 nv : margin Of two strokes over
800, X Wood. Of Honevood, who led
.se field yesterday
.,,,cb Of moment happened. and the way
.-.-ss were brushed aside caused the
-.,,.-r n gasp One of the early upsets
-. r. the failure of H. Chandler Egan-
-, national champion in 1e14 and 1905, to
--s,44,- II the first sixty-four- The EXmoo1
- Us- kept on the anxious seat over
- he-af.sa Of the unfinished first round
zz-ha-1 ne -v-enty-six strasslers came IN
=, .-ss <or-d that EEan's score Of s. was
g. : s--ose TOO high Max Behr. Of Nor
=. County. -re New Jersey champion, with
same score as Egan. vas also forced &c
srep aside.
The sunrise OF the second 1s-hole medal
-,.,- round came in the elimination OF
robs-- = Gardner the present title holder
--iee Wild of the tee Gardner found II
,-,nosihle 10 elude the traps which yaWn
=, ell sides but even so he got around IN
:. u-rtch gave him S6-hole total Of leS'
,-7v : stroke out Of the way
several Others. including Robert c. Wat
- - v-esrbrook: T II. Claliin. q for
-e- usssa chusetts champion, and W b
u-.--7e- Of Montreal, were in the 16e
e-our znd dropped out
-J-ne- rhe 1hirtv-tvo who qualified for the
e-sr match play round we're known the
-sue-v xrich had sVelled 70 fully three
thousand persons. split UP into several sec
-to7s =, folloz- one match or eno1heT aHo
ire scene was most attractive
s.,--i-k- Evans. the Western open cham
-,7-. from EdEeUater, had the tall Robert
Hunter. also Of Chicago. for an opponent.
Hunter plsve7 indiNerently. and. turning
fo- home : down. never had & chance
tleres@re-. His putting was wofully weak
a. times Evans won ny I'D and 70 play.
Waller : Travis. Of Garden City. the one
tine ohau0for of Great Britain. had no
s-xirls moments IN his match with g q
TzfSo If as the Brooklyn youth failed
n ind his game. Out in Il. Travis stood
1. m and Ne Won the next three holes and
-he match ~ I'd and 70 play Ned
SAWYER ~ Wheaton. always had Albert
Seckel n Princeton 81 his mercy Inc
Intercollegiate champion drove wildly and
ur-te6 weakly Two halls out Of hounds
from the fourteenth tee settled Seckei and
enabled SAWYER 70 win by I'D and 70
PLAY
He--eshor again proved 2 giant. Play
fns against J ?. Stanley. IT. Of Deal. the
Metropolitan champion went out in z fine
8 which Included e penalty stroke At the
nlr-h greer where his ball moved just as
he was about 70 put HerreshoN then
stood I VI A. he fourteenth tee he drove
: 9s5-vzrd ball and got the hole. which Is
- Yards long. n This made him e
v5-re- bv : and margin He played out
TIE hve holes for score and got 4
brilliant - the best returned 70 date. The
card Tss IS follows
20 Eze--esho@ Ek-aaok-
2 :. 80 : Z : So 81
John ". Ward. - Garden City. had e
hard luck story after his defeat at the
HANDS ~ : c. Anderson. IF Woodland At
tke eleventh hole Ward stood 4 I'D and was
ssinE vel. Pairing the next two holes he
ts-red . ser any distance much to his dis
zav an found that the hall he WIS using
he6 suddenly become soft Il. Of course
nd los- lis resiliency. This so upset
Es~d mat he lost five straight holes. and
finally ended down
Wood PLAYED sound golf against s. D.
Bowers and won by : up and to PLAY,
hui Pe-CtvzI Gilbert. Of Brae Burn. had q
urn= IN defeating Gardiner II. White. Of
Oakland, the interscholastic champion
White rad fine. long game. but putted
v-@tchedlv. and finally was beaten > I'D.
? Il Whitteuore beat z NJ Byers. OF
AesherE. by > up and I 10 play. They
we're all square a. the turn the strokes
reading g 20 90 IN Byerss favor. 4 bet
ts- short game saved the Brookline cap
tan On the horeward holes X. c.
FoR-rez. IT. -he Pennsylvania title holder.
eest Ellis Knowles. OF Pensacola, Fla, by
; u ard ! % play
As the situation now stands, New Eng
'a1d has eight Of the sixteen survivors.
New York and Chicago each have three,
t1ttsburg Las one and Toledo one.
The orsu for the second round to-mor-
row follows. Wilder IS Brown. Fownes
rs- REID. Wnitremore vs. Herreshon. Saw
Yer vs Evans. Wood Us. Gilbert. Travis
Y Anderson. Weber vs- Gorton, and Tuck
ernlen g Martin. All the rounds will be
e. rnlrrE-siX holes.
Ire summary Of the play to-day fol-
lo7z.
QUALIFYING ROUND