Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1915-09-05
NATIONAL AMATEUR GOLF
TITLE WON BY GARDNER
Western Youth Sweeps Last Survivor
OF East to Defeat at
Detroit.
PLAYED CONSISTENT G.
Anderson Is Defeated in Final Match,
Being Unable to Stand Pace by
Chicagoan-Won the Champion
ship From Egan Two Years Ago.

DETROIT September 4.-Amcrica's
amateur golf champion is a youth from
dale Club. Chicago. swept the last sur
Nivor from the East to defeat to- day in
the final match of &c holes for the ma
played John G. Anderson. OF Siwanoy
Club, Mount Vernon. ~ Y, and his
winning margin was up and holes
to play.
champons IN" Career aa FL ac in" mae mae
tional recognition as golfer i'll 1909,
ship from Chandler ESan, OF Chicago,
at Wheaton, Ill: His other victory oc-
CURED on an athletic field. AS II menu
the worlds pole vault record for a
week. with mark OF u feet II inch.
more onc-sided had he played his
morning round with the same deadly
accuracy that he displayed this after
Noon, ,h anderson der, had a lead OF one up
plctcd. Four times during that much
OF their contest Gardner missed puts
his short game was fully as effective
as Anderson'S. This gave Gardner an
imnortan, advantage, for his tremen-
his opponent.
The regularity with which the Chi
the green seemed TO disconcert Andcr-
son. The latter. who has been con-
sidered one of the, stcadiest stars in
force his tee shots and mid IRON ed drives.
Instead Of using his easy, smooth
swing. the New York man Innged saw
the middle of his CROFT seemed often
to lose direction. His ball explored
sand pits. bunksrs. toll grass. wagon
ed his poor luck by driving into the
brook. which guards the fairly short
twelfth hole This shot occurred in
ticth hole of the match, and it prac-
tically clinched tho championship for
Gardner.
Gardner Phys Them Snfc.
ON one occasion Gardner dropped his
second drive on green more than
he consistently made no effort to hold
his third shot. being seemingly content
20 obtain a safe four. and. therefore.
his lead. This method of play proved
successful. 1t not only improved Gard
n ne shots on the green. but had more
or less TO do with the fact that An
dcrsoh won only one hole during the
afternoon. The match ended when the
Gardner. From tho thirty first tee. a iiiS
yards away, the Wcsterner sent his
ball high in the air, and it dropped
Anderson drove short just behind n
bunker. His third shot did not touch
the cup. Gardner tried for two, but
had conceded the match, but Gardner
careiessiy tapped his ball into the
opening before the gallery, which
surged around him.
The forenoon medal cards were:
Gardner, out 80, In IS, a total of II:
anderson. out 80 and back in 81. for a
IS. Gardner equaled par. 81. going
out in the afternoon, and Anderson
took Al. or the 80 holes. Gardner shot
IN par, was under for five times, and
above on ten occasions. Anderson bet.
tered par twice. equaled II is times,
and fell below tho mark on IL greens.
a nr
followed the conclusion of the mai
round Gardner and Charles Evans. Jr..
Or chicago. were victorious in best
ball foursome with jerome Trayers Of
Upper Montclair. y. j., open chomnion
and Francis Ouimet Of woodland
Mass, the retiring amateur titlehoider'
Evans and Gardner won two IN
Tho winners received n silver tronbv
from the Detroit Club '''