Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1916-09-09
Gardner Us. EUdns
Morning Round

An enormous gallery crowded around the
hrst tee when the two champions stepped
on the stage at ten o'clock After the
camera men had had brief swapping bee,
Gardner laid on n tremendous drive that
went right up to the trap. lie was forty
yards ahead OF Evans. who shot his mashie
up right on the flap Gardner was across
with his mashie and when Evans sank his
putt for a bird three and Gardners an.
proach putt was not good enough Evans,
.; Gardner, I. Evans's hole.
on the second. 5i3 yards. both Gardner
and Evans were far up the fairway on
their drives, and using their brassies shot to
the edge OF the green. Gardners approa ch
was better, but he hit the cup and bounced
on n foot on his putt and the hole was
halved in Ave. Evans l up
Third hole-427 yards-Evans drove 2s0
yards right down the line and had Gard
ner pressing for distance. The long-hitting
amateur champion outdrove Evans again.
his shot carroming off a bank into the mid
die. II was almost carried out of bounds
by the wind. Evans took an iron and
was on the line, his long shot finding a
trap to left. Gardner's long iron was ON
edge of green. Chick drew a storm Of
applause by pitching out of trap, dead 10
the hole. Gardner hit the other bali on a
thirty-foot approach putt The hole was
halved in fours Evans l up
Fourth hole. 3S5 yards-Evans' drIvs
was out OF bounds, while Gardner's was
straight as die. Evanss second was IN
the gallery at the left. putting him at a
great disadvantage. His mashie from, ths
rough was peach, and he gained when
bardners pitch bounced of tho rreen
Evans's approach was short by eight feet
with Gardeners a little nearer. Chick
Ialied TO hole out and Gardner took the
hole to 6, making the match even up.
Fifth hole. $50 yards-Gardner's 25O-yard
drive to the fifth melted Evans to one
Of his best efforts of the tee. and he was
many many yards IN front, Gardner had long
iron to the right and Evans's similar shot
was down the middle Gardners mashie
was in the creek. He dropped a stroke and
Evans was on the top Of a sand dune guard
ing the green. Evans was stil away.
sixth hole, 420 yards-Evans nearly
rolled across to the creek on his chin Gard
ners NTH, chip snot across the creek. was
no nearer than Evans's short iron from, the
bank. Gardner missed a putt and tooI<
seven. Chick sank his. Evanss hole in
six Evans l up.
Sixth hole. 420 yards-Though down
at the sixth, the Hinsdale hustler started
right in by outdrivng Evans but his mid
iron shot rolled farther across the green
Evans was within ten feet of the pin. hut
he failed to hole out by yard Gardner
took two puts and the hole when Evans
missed the putt. The hole was four and
Seventh hole, 1876 yards-Gardner's mid
iron shot carried over and to the left of the
green, but he pitched from the rough 10
within six feet of the pin. Evans went in
the trap, but pitched out perfectly within
yard. Gardner's putt was too hard and
overran. while Evans holed out In three,
Evans l up.
Eighth hole, $50 yards-Chuckllng Chicl,
drove the pill nearly $50 yards, but could
not outdistance Gardner. Both pitched to
the right Of the green. with Gardner in the
sand and Evans in the rough Gardeners
recovery was dead and Evans but a few
feet further away. Both holed out in four
and halved II. Evans, l up
Ninth hole, 40 yards-Evans pitched
dead yard from the ninth pin. while
Gardner sliced into the woods on the hill
He made fine mashle, but IL unfortunately
rolled into the pit After the trick he
picked up. Evans. 2 up.
Tenth hole, 385 yards--A 250-yard drive
landed Gardner behind the bunkers on the
right, while the open champion was square