The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-09-05
Anderson Defeated in Great Match = Gardner Drove Balls Hard and Perfect. Full Details of Contest

Detroit, September 1.-The Amcr,c.,
 amateur golf championship was wo,
 today by Robert A. Gardner of Hins
 dale club, Chicago. OutdrivIng and out
 playing John G. Anderson of Siwauo, club, Mt. Vernon. N. Y., he took tn,
 final 36-hole match up and hole, to play. This is the third great feat of tn. champiOn's career. He achieved ma uonal recognition as n golfer in 1908 when he won the amateur champion.
 ship from Chandler .Egan of Chicago
 at Wheaton. Ills. His other victory oc.
 cured on an athletic field. As a mem.
 Der of the Yale track team he held tho
 worlds pole vault record for . weeL
 with a mark of 13 feet F inch.
 Gardner's victory would have been ever more one-sided had he played his morn ing round with the same deadly accuracy that he displayed this afternoon Ander- son had lead of up when the first Is holes were completed. Four times during that much of their contest Gardner missed puts of three feet or less. In the after noon his short game was fully as eff fective as Anderson's. while his tremen- oous drives far outclassed those of his opponent
 Players who had competed in the tourn- ament early in the week said that Gard ner at times drove his ball farther than any man who figured in the champion ship play, not even excepting Jesse Guil- dord of Boston.
 Approach Shots Disconcerting
 Thn cyt,1, ,xtf s>I cagoan dropped his approach shot on the green seemed to disconcert Anderson. The latter. who has been considered one of the steadiest stars in the American golf Armament, began to force his tee shots and mid-iron drives. Some ex- perts thought that Anderson was com pelled to do so to get greater distance and take his chances with the uncertain results. Instead of using his easy, smooth swing the New York man lunged savage ly with his driving clubs, and in the mid dle of his effort seemed to often lose diies ton. His ball explored sand pits, bunkers, tall grass, wagon ruts, traps and forests. and he climaxed his poor luck by driving into the brook which guards the fairly short twelfth hole. This shot, on the thirtieth hole of the match, pra ctically clinched the championship for Gardner
 The western star, with all the grace of a trained athlete, displayed little out ward effort His 1.-the body braced, as his long, powerful arms swung his club, and the ball usually travelled 200 yards or more down the course.
 On one occasion Gardner cropped his second drive on a green more than 800 yards from where he had teed off. He made no effort to hole his third shot being seemingly content to ob- tain a safe four. This method not only improved Gardner's shots on the green. but had more or less to do with the fact that Anderson won only one hole during the afternoon.
 The match ended when the thirty -sec- ond green was taken by Gardner.
 The forenoon medal cards were: Gard ner:' Out g, in 3S--total 77. Anderson: Out 39, in 37-total 76 Gardner equalled par, 37. going out in the afternoon and Anderson took fl.
 Of the 32 holes Gardner shot F in par, was under for five times and above on 10 occasions. Anderson bettered par twice, equaled 1t IS times and fell below the mark on 12 greens. The course was much slower than yesterday. Fog set tied down over night and showers swept the links intermittently until noon.
 The play by holes follows:
 No. I. 442 yards, par 4. Gardner drove to the rough and Andersons first attempt was almost as poor. Anderson cleared a trap on his second and Gardner's iron shot just missed a bunker. Anderson