The sun., 1916-09-08

youngster would lead at the end Of the
morning round. He smothered his drive
from the eighteenth tee. however. lost the
hole and was only 1 up.
Psttins rails OF.
Poor putting cost Bobby the nrst hole
In the afternoon and he lost the second
BY hooking into trouble. He squared
the match at the third. but played the
fourth badly. becoming 1 down again.
and after the long NTH had been haived
the three holes which have been de-
scribed. tested his mettie and finally
broke him down.
After the eighth Gardner had every
thing his own way and won the ninth.
tenth and twelfth holes. all Of which the
youngster played poorly. That left him
: up with only six to play and although
Bobby putted himself together and
played fair golf on the last three holes
he had no chance to win.
Even though every one realised that II
would soon be over. Bobby's loyal 9Al.
lery stuck to him to the last. The ANAL
hole was ar unusual one. for Gardner
began by driving out OF bounds. and
ended by boiling . twenty foot putt for
. half in four and the match. Bobby
stepped bravely up to shake hands a.
the ball dropped into the cup and tho
throns packed about the green ap-
plauded the victorious champion and
the boy whose sudden rise to fame has
been one Of the most remarkable events
in h history Of American golf. The
cards:
MORNING ROUND.
Aeees. A GARDNER, Htrsdais-
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AFTERNOON ROUND.
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Open Champion In Rare Form.
Chick Evans and John Anderson were
expected to 3 In a close match. but
they fooled the handful OF spectators
who followed them. Evans WAS at his
best. or nearly so. n Anderson was at
asso . ~ ~ SoSht INV -
procession. Going out in the morning.
the open champion early went Into the
lead and after the third hole was always
ahead. He got d fine 3 on the 355 yard
fourth m wound up the outgoing
journey In 8. 8. 3. which had Anderson
gasping for breath.
Chick turned for home s up and on
the way in succeeded In picking up an.
other hole, finishing the morning round
& I'M Apdaranp uoa p1a yin1 hattar cnyp.
ing in and six Of the nine holes were
halved. II was a forlorn hope that the
Siwanoy golfer faced when he began the
second round. but with characteristic
determination he tue to his task as
long a. he could. Chick won the frst
two. but Lost the third and then followed
three halved holes. A hne little ? made
by the open champion broke the sequence
and put him 8 up again. The next two
we're halved. but Chick won the tenth
and with II the match. The cards:
MORNING ROUND
Charlie: Evans sdsews'e,-, ,-,7
John q. Anderson. siwanoy-
Out. IS
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MORNING ROUND.
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Anderson
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Gailford Sets Fast Pace.
Gardiner White had . ~ to play
against this morning In hie match with
Jesse Guilford and he finished only 2
down to the hard hitting Massachusetts
holes in the morning n never got level
again. although he put up . good night
for the rest OF the day.
One Of the three holes which he lost
SO quickly was the third. 1t was won
by Guilford with a 3. although It 10 +27
yards in length. A fine drive. an even
| fner iron and IN easy putt turned the
trick. He also made q I on the second.
5l3 yards long. Poor work on the short
holes cost White dearly. however. for
he was In trouble on nearly all OF them.
| The cards:
MORNING ROUND
Jesse Guiiford. Woodland
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Out. 5-'a
. I-s5-74
WINE" ,5sA.. l-:s-M
AFTERNOON ROUND.
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Buxten Always Behind.
The fourth match Of the day. that be.
tween Clarke Cochran n Cameron
Buxton. attracted little attention. al
though every now and then some fellow
Philadelphian would walk q few yards
out Of his way TO find out how Buxton
was getting along, Those who were
thoughtful enough TO do so found little
cheerful news. for Cochran WAS playing
: we'll and Buxton was down lmost from
the start. Cochran was 2 W In the
morning and had little trouble In win.