Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1915-09-08
YALELEADNNG IN
INTERCOLLEGIATE
GOLF TOURNAMENT
Old Eli Defeats Illinois, 6 Up
and 5 to Go-Penn Beaten
in Today's Play by
Princeton
R. D. PIERCE IS STAR

GREENWICH, Conn, Sept S.-For the
first time in the history of the Intercol-
legiate golf championship. a Western
title today, when the second of a series
of team matches was staged on the links
Of the Greenwich Country Club.
The University of Illinois. Western
intercollegiate champions, who drew a
bye yesterday, met Yale. while Princeton
and Pennsylvania came together.
w. Hamilton Gardner. I'd, the Yale
captain, and r. Dez. Pierce led off the
Blue combination against John NJ. Simp-
son, the Illinois chief and individual
college champion of the West, partnered
with F. II. White. Gardner and Pierce
won by and 2, displaying an almost
undeniable brand of golf. Their best
ball would have been about 6s had they
finished the bye holes.
Both Gardner and Pierce had threes on
the 310-yard first hole, and Pierce, re-
cording another on the second, made his
side up. 1t was evident on the third
and fourth that Pierce was in for a low
score, for he won both and made Yale
4 up. Simpson got into his stride, how
ever and won the next two holes single
handed. Pierce sprang another at the
eighth, while Gardner's at the ninth
made Yale 4 up at the turn. White con-
tributed to Simpsons support two holes
coming in, but his help came too late
for Yale won the match. The best ball
cards follow:
Gardner and Pierce
Out ...........S s455 54 8 pa
In .............3 81
Simpson and White
Out ............4 4 446 8 $50
In .............3 "a
Pierce had no less than six 3s on his
individual card, which was:
Out ...........3 3 s SIS s-36
In ............3 4 IS
F. 8. Gaines and d. l. Armstrong had
no trouble in disposing of H. H. White
and c. f. Olsen, and 8. for the second
Yale point. The Westerners were never
dangerous. D. Clarke Corhran, of Prince-
ton, got going well with Russell N. B.
Fay as partner, and trounced ]. II.
Gay, Jr., and N. H. Maxwell, of Penn
sylVania. The margin was and 7.
Alex Hepburn and T. c. Colkett. I'd.
another Pennsylvania combination. suf-
fered at the hands of G. T. Lawyer and
]. Bernd Rose, Of Princeton. Old Nassau
won the point by and 3.
Yale was unable to shut out Illinois.
Tor after hard-fought match, II. r.
alton and c. p. Weems defeated w, T.
Baoham and Dudley II. Nudge, of Yale.
nudge was unable to putt as he would
nave liked. The game which won for him
the medal In the national amateur cham
pionship last week was not evident This
left Yale leader on the four ball by.
to /. ~
Princeton shut out Pennsylvania when
.. Davidson Heron and Grant A. Pea
COCK defeated Franklin w. Dyer and g.
w. B. Townsend In a struggle carried 10
the 18th green. II was Heron who won
the match with a fine on the extra hole.
thanks to fine drive, and an approaeb
which left him a 2-foot putt
The summary;
Davidson Heron and Grant A. Peaeock
rrnSeton' defeated Franklin w. Dyer ana
SSo,aNs' w b. Townsend. Pennsylvania. 1 Up d9
Russell N. B. Fay ana d. CLAIR. corlran
princeton, defeated J. II. Cav Jr and ~
H., y; maxwell Pennsylvania. s up and 10
g. 7. Lawyer and ]. Bernd Rose. Prinoaton.
kett, "a, Pennsylvania 5 up and q 10 nlav
n9tai. Princeton, 3; Pennsylvania o.
Hamilton Gardner. "a. ana r. Dex.
risres, yale, Defeated John NJ simpson and h.
H. r. Walton ana c. p. weems. Illinois a..
ieated W. 7. badhsm and Dudley n. Nudge.
=: s.. Gaines and D. 1. Armstrong. Yale,
1etsatsd ne,s n. n White and Q. =. Olsen. iii.
Total. Yale. 2; Illinois. L