New Britain herald., 1915-09-07

] the first Eastern yOungster to beat l Walter J. Travis, back in the days
 when the veteran was crushing all
 opposition with consummate ease.
 From the year that Travers beat 1 Travis the youngster began to rise
 until he had achieved more golf glory
 than any other amateur in the land.
 In the same way Bob Gardner was
 the first Western youngster to defeat the redoubtable Travis, proof of rare
 golfing nerve, even when a mere l broth of a lad, as Sandy McPherson 1 might say. Gardner beat Travis seven years ago at Glen View, Chicago. | ycungster of only eighteen, he came from behind and squared the match 1 with the veteran on the thirty-sixth hole and won on the thirty seventh. 1 Shortly afterward Gardner won his 1 first amateur championship and Wal | ter J. again fell before the Yale stars 1 brilliant play.
 Worthy Champion. 1 There were upsets galore at Detroit l but it was no freak turn that put Bob Gardner on top. He belongs with l those who hit with the mighty. He | has the skill, he has more power with ] both wood and iron than any other l amateur-and no one has stouter 1 heart under fire. Any man who can consistently carry over 250 yards ] from the tee or who can play a half 1 iron from 1S0 to 200 yards without ] effort must have unusual power in his wallop.
 1 Gardner has this beyond any man l l able that this tremendous leverage l came from his pole-vaulting years 1 where he was able to lift his body | ever thirteen feet. His arms work as l if each had a steel spring imbedded | from shoulder to wrist, and the power that comes in the stroke is 1 amazing.
 l Popular Type. f O,1inet's successor is one of the most popular golfers in the country. l He is a fine, clean type Tn every way, as fine a fellow and as fine a sports ] man as any one would ever care to l meet.
 Being in business, he doesn't get 1 to play much golf, never over once a 1 week, and so enters only one Or two 1 tournaments each year. This makes 1 his victory all the more commendable
  into machine consistency through ! hard practice and a great deal of
 play.
 The Rising West. l The West made a clean sweep in golf, winning every important compe-
 tition staged The East was over- | Whelmed.
 1 Now it remains to be seen very
 shortly what section will produce the
 new lawn tennis champion, and if the l West wins here it will be red 1 starred year for the vast expanse that l rests under the setting sun. | It might also be remarked that the | West is furnishing both sections of ] the big battle to be staged in New
 York on Saturday, when Packey Me-
 Farland, of Chicago, meets Mike 1 Gibbons of St. Paul. There will be
 no intersectional stuff here, as the
 West claims the winner howsoever
 the tide of battle goes.
 1 At present the Western front is
 doing better that the eastern front in | America-just as it is in Europe. | Where the East Prevails. 1 But there is one place where the l East prevails this gay and giddy year 1 The world series remain along the
 Atlantic seaboard. You can figure the
 Red sox already in so far as the American league race goes, and now
 it is mainly a question as to whether
 the Red Sox will face the Braves or
 Phillies. Or, if you live in Brooklyn,
 you can add on the Dodgers.
 At this stage last fall the Braves
 were neck and beak with the Giants,
 but it was a foregone tip as to what
 would happen. The Braves were
 coming and the Giants were going.
 Nineteen hundred and fifteen pre-
 sents a different problem. The
 Braves are coming, and coming hard
 and fast. But the Phillies have been
 hanging on with remarkable tenacity ! and for the next three weeks the
 game should produce one of the finest
 stretch battles in years-possibly the | finest since Giants, Cubs and Pirates
 tore up the road in 1908 and tossed i dust in all nine directions.
 The Worth of Arthur Nehf. If the Braves successfully defend 1 their championship it will be largely | through the work of Mr. A. Nehf, the ! spectacular youngster who came to
 Stallings just at the proper moment.
 Nehf has already produced three vic- l tories that came at highly impor- | tant moments.
 If he maintains anything approach
 ing this clip Stallings will have a big | advantage over Moran in pitching
 strength-the most vital part of any 1 battle down the stretch. The late | Addie Joss used to figure pitching 90 1 per cent of a ball game. We can't
 quite extend the percentage that far 1 but it is nearly always the controlling
 factor down the stretch, where all