Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1915-08-31
THE BIG THREE IN GOLF
ECLIPSED AT DETROIT
BY WESTERN MARVEL
Dudley Nudge, Titleholder OF
Minnesota, Startles Followers
of Championships by Low
Card in "Prelims"
oUIMET IN GOOD FORM
BY GRANTLAND RICE

DETROIT, Aug 81. - His name was
Mudge-Dudley Nudge, to be exact from
81. Paul. MINI. lie went to Yale yea
ago and they let him catch on the base
ball team. but they couldn't see him as
golfer. Entered In the amateur cham-
pionshlps from the Town and Country
club. Of ST. Paul. there was no palpitating
thrills as to what his score would be or
whether he would qualify. Few probably
recalled the fact that on last saturday
Nudge had qualified among the first a.
They we're all thinking of Travers. oui-
met Evans, CLIFFORD, Sawyer Marston'
etc.
But on Monday, over a course $500 yards
long under the severest weather test ever
known In a golf championship, the young
entry who paraded inafront of a great
field was none other than Dudley Nudge
of st. Paul. He not only led the field,
but he led with two clean strokes to
spare-two strokes in front Of Robert
Gardner. lie was three strokes better
than Francis Ouimet. and 10 strokes
better than Jerry Travers and Chick
Evans. And all this same after bad
start that landed young Nudge out with
Il strokes He was back in Ss for 70,
but there was still no one who figured him
with a chance
At the 10th hole In the afternoon the
gray winter winds that swept the course
brought i'm word that Dudley Nudge had
gone out i'm &c. Even then only a small
gallery swung over in his direction, as 1t
was known that Gardner, Ouimet and
Sawyer were going well and they were
veterans. But the main crowd overlooked
one important detail
They didn't know that Nudge, being
a first cousin of John and Archie Reid,
belonged to golfng family. They
didn't know that only two weeks ago he
had won the medal round and then the
Minnesota championship.
Going out in 36 in the afternoon.
knowing that he had a chance to land
the low medal and attain sudden fame,
young Nudge never faltered He start
ed home with a string of fours, playing
spectacular golf under such conditions,
and nothing could stop him.
He bagged a on the 530-yard 11th and
another on the treacherous 18th. On the
18th he cracked his second shot within
two feet of the cup and missed the putt
On the 14th he hit the cup for a and
jumped out. But even this hard luck
failed to upset him in the slightest. He
went along at the business of grabbing
10, hilNilb ldI anu anu Playing
his irons in the sure, crisp way of those
who go for the pin and get there. At the
end of the 18th hole he understood that
he needed to win the medal round and,
instead of playing safe, took a chance
and dropped short But he got his 4,
and even a would have been enough. In
leading this field young Nudge gave evil
dence of two qualifications-good, sound
golf and good, sound nerve.
Here is his double card:
In r' .....1 -. s-@-7s
Afternoon round:
out "a 3 3 5 as 4-36
In .....4 a 5,4 4-S-7s
Total, 152.
OF the big three, SO labeled. Francis
Ouimet only was near top form. The
amateur champion proved beyond any
doubt that he was reaching his best
game by finishing up in third place with
a n and Is. He slipped here and there,
but In the main his golf is sound in all
departments.
Travers and Evans were not at their
best, Jerry, still weak from severe cold
and never at top form in cold weather,
was struggling hard most of the way. He
had an 81 In the morning, and then
needed an so in the afternoon. His work
with the wood was not near the standard
he has set for himself this season. but
this was due in the main to his physical
condition and the weather The day, in
the forenoon especially, was an ideal
December type, one of the kind you could
use for Christmas eve, threatening a
white Christmas for tomorrow. Under a
dark gray cloud a biting wind snapped
and whistled and raised merry cain. The
wind not only blew golf balls here and
there If sliced or hooked i'm the slightest.
but also stlffened up the muscles of those
contending. But at the finish all of those
Favored for a chance had qualified. so
mere could be no kick.
outside of the Big Three-Ned Sawyer,
Max Marston and Jesse Guilford-picked
by many as the next choices. ali dId
well-playing first-class golf. Sawyer was
Just back OF Ouimet with 1856 Marston
was Just back of Sawyer with 1877, and
Sullford was safely in with 60.
Ihere were two leading incidents at the
lsth hole in the afternoon. Coming 10
This last stop, Eb Byers. who had found
INC wind heavy handicap, was told thai
100 would be needed to qualify. Al this
nerve racking moment Mr.. Byers had AL
ready used up 1853 strokes. He therefore
with mathematical precision, figured that
he mad two strokes left.