New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-09-03

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The others-Sawyer, conqueror OF
/ Evans; Standish, conqueror of Ouimet;
/ Howard Lee and Nelson Whitney-were
all dropped to-day in matches replete
with thrills, spicy incidents and mat
tiers Of golfng note.
In the semi-fnsl round Msrston
moves out against Gardner and Ander-
son goes 10 the mat, or rather TO the
turf, with Sherman. But we refuse to
do any further predicting in a tourna-
ment that has Travers, Ouimet, Evans
and Sawyer on the side lines, with
only one former champion left in the
fight
Bob Gardner, the Hinsdale star, will
continue the battle tomorrow, playing
the best golf of the four. but Sawyer
was playing the best golf of Tuesday
and Wednesday, and Sawyer IS no
longer in. One day In this tournament
has no bearing on what happened yes
terday, and tomorrow may be some
thing else again-if not even more so.
Dope Points to Gardner.
The dope would indicate Gardner as
the next title holder, but you may re-
call what has already happened to the
dope. Gardner Is not only fine golfer
and a game fighter, but he has already
shown ability to win as far back as
1909, when he triumphed in Chicago.
1t means something in championship
to have one crown already packed away.
II means something to have been over
the high hurdles before. Still 1t may
not mean anything in this tournament
the way things have been going.
The amazing twists Of golf were
never shown to any better effect than
in the matches to-day, and especially
so in that Marston-Lee affair, where
even Eddie Collins and Fielding Yost
were beset with thrills Of unusual size.
Marston, up in the forenoon round,
where neither was going at top speed,
started we'll in the afternoon and won
the first two holes That put him 3 up
Then he proceeded to drop back, and
Lee came forward with a series OF
spurts, squaring the match at the
twenty-fourth hole
He won the twenty-ffth when Mars
tons tee shot caught trap, and by
winning the twenty-eighth and twenty
ninth was 3 up. Going to the thirtleth
hole, Lee planted his drive into a deep
ditch replete with mud, water and other
things Marston was well across. Lee
had A fine shot and was on the green IN
3 Marston planted his second to the
right of the green, but was also on in
3 and then caught dead stymie, which
cost him the hole
Marston's Uphill Fight.
; This left him down, with only six
holes to play. That's all. Then Marston
pulled himself together, just as he had
done in his match the day before, and
while he was advancing Lee was break
ing up. Marston won the thirty-hrst
hole in a par 4, the thirty-second in a
par 3 and bagged the thirty-third in
par 4. Lee taking one shot more on
each hole.
Going to the thirty-fourth, a long 8
par affair, Lee was on the green in
with a long drive, fine second and
tidy pitch twenty-five feet away. Mars
ton on his second was over in the rough
by fence; his third was twenty feet
short, but he hit his chip shot like
champion and tapped the ball only four
feet away from the cup. Lee overran
his approach putt, missed coming back,
and Marston squared the match with
as.
Then came one Of the most sudden
shifts any tournament has ever seen.
Going to the thirty-ffth hole Marston
hit a long drive and cracked full
iron to the green-two grand shots. Lee
hooked his drive to the rough, failed
to get out on his second and half
topped his third. He was still seventy
five yards from the pin in 3, with Mars
ton resting, twenty-five feet away, IN
9 The Detroit man then struck an APP
proach within two feet OF the cup,
while Marston's approach putt stopped
three feet short At this point Lee re-
covered his balance, sank the putt for
5 and got half when Marston
missed. But they were still all square.
Then came the thirty-sixth, with an
other jolt Marston planted his iron on
the green, while Lee hooked TO trap.
The latter's good out left him twelve
feet away, and again Marston's putt
stoned four feet short. Both missed,
and the Journey continued before a big
gallery to the thirty-seventh hole. Here
Lee resumed with the 3-putt system. He
was on in 2, while Marston was short.
Marston got his 5, and when his OPP
ponent, after running beyond, missed
3-footer, the trail was extended to the
thirty-eighth.
Two fine drives followed and Lees
brassie was ten feet short Of the
green's edge, while Marston's was on.
Lee Clipped to within four feet of the
pin and Marston overran by the same
margin. Lee putted and his ball fairly
hung on the lip Of the cup. Any slip
here meant disaster for the tall Jer-
sey champion, but he stepped up. sank
his putt and so earned one Of the hard
est battles of the tournament.
Sawyer Hits a Snag.
Ned Sawyer struck a hard snag in
Bob Gardner. For the first time since
he has been playing here the formers
game wavered badly. while Gardner
travelled like a gray streak. The lat
ter not only hit his tee shots straight
and with terrific power, but used his
irons with fine effect and putted with
superb confidence and skill. He was
out in 80 and this left him 4 up at
the turn. He held this margin all the
way home as Sawyer hung on, but left
no openings for his Wheaton rival.
In the afternoon Sawyer made one
bid TO come back at the second hole,
but thereafter faded out and Gard
ner won by the wide margin Of up
and to play. Gardner scored by play
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