The sun., 1916-09-08
Boy Gives Gardner Hard
Fight in National TOurna-
ment. but Loses, 5 and 3.
GrILFORD. CORKRAN
AND EVANS REMAIN

epund Of the national tournament on the
Merton links here to-day. but he had to
i've up to his lame In every way to sue
sssd. Robert A. Gardner. twice wearer
q the championship CROWN. now IL In the
ssmi-fnal round. To reach that post Of
honor In the realm Of golf. however, he
bad to cali upon all his accepted skill.
Although defeated 5 up and > to play
he youthful exponent Of golf from At
Ants put up a splendid struggle. At
the end Of the morning round he wal
kading the champion by a hole. That
fact alone speaks volumes for the boy.
With Gardner In the upper bracket
b Jesse Guilford. the M-sssachusetts
champion. who defeated Gardiner White
to-day. 4 up and 3 to play. The other
successful players and holders Of seats
Or places In the lower bracket are Charles
Evans, Jr.. Of Edgewater and d. Clarke
Corkran Of Baltimore. Evans the ma
tonal open champion. had an unex-
pectedly easy match to-day against John
@. Anderson. whom he beat by > up and
. to play. Corkran advanced at the ex-
pense Of Cameron B. Buxton of Hunt
ingdon Valley. winning by . s and 3
margin.
West Wei NeDPeOeAte0.
Chicago now hA ~ Representatives
Nh In the fight. Gardner and Evans.
both national champions and veterans Of
many hard fought battles on the links.
The other two. Guilford Of Boston and
Corxran Of Baltimore. are treading the
heights for the frst time. The metro
politan district. the home Of no many
champions. Cor the irst time since 1910
IL unrepresented in the semi.hnai. It's
nnal opponents. White and Anderson.
passed out Of the . c to-day.
There was only one match to-day for
the gallery. Every one wanted to, see
little Bob Jones tackle the champion.
For once Bob Gardner. one Of the most
popular golfers In the country, had to
play a match with nine.tenths Of the
crowd anxious to see him beaten. but
Gardner vas too good q sportsman 70 be
bothered n won hosts Of new friends
before the match was yer.
II was q great match M M that
will live long In the memories Of those
h saw II. Although little Bobby did
falter under the strain In the afternoon
he did not finch until he had played
three holes that would have broken al
most any golfers heart.
Misses Big Chance.
when they drove of the sixth tee In
he afternoon Bobby vas 1 down. and
when he banged his second shot up to
within ten feet Of the pin while Gard
ner's ball chung to the slipping slope
twenty-five feet above the cup. II looked
as though his chance had come and
that he would be able to square the
match.
The champion refused to yield fur
ther and after a careful study Of the
Stop tapped his ball ever SO gently and
then while every one In the crowd
watched b~rcathlessly the ball trickied
down oward the cup. 1t did not 20 In.
but to the amusement Of all II stopped
only an inch or W away. and Bobby's
only chance to win was to hole his hard
putt for a 3. He failed and the hole
vas halved.
Gnrdner's Clever Recovery.
Seemingly undaunted by the sudden
taking away Of his chance for victory
Bobby put his ball ~squars!y In III mid
die OF the seventh green from the tee,
While Gardner hit too hard and his ball
ran over h corner Of the green and
ABOUT hve yards into the rough. Here
was another chance for Bobby, but like
the other It disappeared when Gardner
played a beautifully executed run up
mat sneaksd up . little bank at the
edge OF the green and never stopped
rolling until IL vas within three or four
inches OF the cup Bobby had to hole a
putt for a half instead Of for a win.
Those two holes were enough to sap
MS courage. but the eighth was the one
which really broke his heart. Gardeners
drive was In the rough and his second
bounded gayly over the green and down
me steep slope behind II. Bobby's Sec
nnd was a fine shot. leaving him a twelve
FOOT putt for a three. and then when
they walke down expecting to nnd
Gardner's ball In the rough he discov-
area that II was resting with a good lie
IN the middle of the ninth tee.
The champion played . good pitch
csck TO h green and then proceeded
- hole a twenty foot putt for q 4.
BOBBY made a game try for his 3, but
missed II and had to be content with a
nail on a hole which a moment before
ma seemed as good a. won.
Jones Loses Nerve.
Nobody in the big crowd blamed him
when the boy went to pieces after that
ana threw away three Of the next four
holes Thnv rap,a,nk~r>A z-r- IL -