New-York tribune., 1913-09-14
YALE FOOTBALL MAN
WINS A GOLF TITLE
Nat Wheeler Beats Marshall,
of Williams, in Clash
for the Honor.
EARNS BIG EARLY LEAD
Victory Gives Blue a Clean
Sweep in Tourney for
the intercollegiate
Championship.

philadelphia, Sept. i3. - Nathaniel
Wheeler. Of Yale, who played with the
football team last fall. won the intercol.
legiate golf championship at the Hunting.
don Valley Country Club links to-day by
defeating John Marshall. tr.. Of Williams
College. up and 2 TO play As the Blue
won the team championship earlier In the
week. the New Haven golfers made q
clean sweep Of the intercollegiate tourna.
ment this year.
On the outward journey. In the frs.
eighteen holes to-day, Wheeler obtained
a commanding lead. and one that would
have broken the spirit Of the majority Of
young golfers. Marshall got into trouble
on the first hole, taking seven strokes to
his opponents five. Both were on the
green with their drives on the second.
and. taking TWO puts, the hole was halved
in three. After this Wheeler went TO the
front. Marshall was quite of his gams
and got into trouble on five holes, and
with Wheeler playing steadily the Yals
man was up at the seventh.
The eighth and ninth were halved in
Is. but on the tenth Marshall missed put
for a four and lost the hole and was I
down.
After this Marshall played much better.
He won the eleventh, twelfth, thirteenth
and fourteenth and reduced the lead 10
three holes. A missed put, however, on
the next hole by the Williams man made
Wheeler up again. Marshall won the
sixteenth hole to and took the seven
teenth 10 s.
Both got off good drives TO the eigh-
teenth and we're on the green with Their
seconds. Marshall in putting hit his op-
ponent's ball and knocked 1t within easy
distance of the hole. This was decidedly
hard luck as il lost him the hoe and no
was down at the end Of the morning
round.
The PLAYERS were much more evenly
matched in the afternoon. but Marshall
was never able to make up his lost
ground. The first two holes were halVed
in Is. but, as In the rirst round MarshaH
got into trouble OH the third and lost u
The fourth, nth and sixth were halyed
The seventh hole should have been halved
also. but Wheeler missed comparatively
short put and took TO Marshalfs ..
on the eighth Marshall drove his ball
into a creek, and attempting TO play out
failed. He therefore picked up his ball
and conceded the hole 10 wheeler both
got off good drives and fair seconds on
the ninth, and with their thirds were
about an equal distance from the hole
Marshall was trife away and missed.
but Wheeler ran down a Ions put And
took the hole.
on the tenth Wheeler made poor ap'
proach. but saved the day WITH sooa
nut and halved the hole In l. Wheser
was in the ditch with his second on 'n'
eleventh, and. falling TO recover JOSH tne
hole In D TO l. on the twelfth he was n
the pit. but made oeautifl! shoI oa'
and halved the hole in >.
Marshall got OFF a beautiful drive On
the thirteenth. but Wheeler was In the
rough. He was short OF the green "i'h
his second. and his third only JUST so'
on. Marshall was on with his secoha'
and. taking two puts, won the hole u /
to }.
PLAYING the fourteenth both were vi
the green in 2, but Marshall took three
puts and Wheeler four. which MADE tns
Yale man only up. Both played ue
fifteenth well and halved IL in 1. but Mar
shall made a mess OF the long sixteeh'a
and. taking a 10 his opponents o. f0''
the hole and the match.
III.