Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1916-09-06
MAX MARSTON FIVE DOWN
AT EIGHTEENTH HOLE

continued from rage One.
against whom he had TO shoot a rs to hold
| the pace, even that we'll Small played be-
| yond himself. and Buxton started the after
| noon round eager TO wind up his match with
| a win.
Bill" Smith. the other Philadelphian still
| In the running was down to Chick Evans
open champion of the United States and
is not conceded much chance 10 pull out
his match. Chick was putting as he never
putted before and had the gallery on It's
toes with puts he sank 20 feet away
Against this unexpected turn i'm the cham
pions game, the Philadelphian was much
upset and fell down on his own putting, a
department Of his game which is usually
very sound.
The entire gallery, with the exception of
a few stragglers, took up the trail of the
Aarston-Gardner match to see these two
giants Of the golhng world after each
others scalp, after the II months of brood
ing that both have done over the match last
year which made Gardner champion and
threw Marston in the discard again.
Both had infected left forefingeFs, which
made their shots waver trife. MaTston
chose not 10 bandage his digit but simply
covered il with a section Of tape.
The gallery remarked many times on the
close resemblance the two gol4 stars bear
TO each other. Their features are very
similar and both have the same kind Of
curly chestnut hair They are both over
six feet in height Of cleanly built proper
tiOns and both were star athletes in their
schOoldays. Gardner was Yales premier
pole yaulter al oae time, while Marston
captained football, hockey and baseball
teams when he got his learning from text
books, They are both powerful hitting
golfers and know the game thoroughly.
on the first hole Marston missed his Sec
ond putt and Gardner was l up. on the
second MarstOn landed In the rough but
made a beautiful approach dead TO the pin.
A missed putt lost him the chance to even
up Gardner's hole. Both men got into diff
fculty in the third. MarstOn went out OF
bounds but by a fine approach he haved
the hole, Short puts in the fourth resulted
in another halyed hole. on the NTH hole
Gardner lost stroke by pulled drive into
the hollow, AIarston holng out in hye.
Gardner one up at the sixth, Marston
conceded the hole after going in the brook
and taking two 70 get out Gardner was
dead In In three. on the seventh, GaFdher's
approach rolled across the green, but he
holed out with a fne mashie shot going
into the Tesgh 80 feet away. Aiarston
missed an s-foot putt on the eighth, Gard
gT was too sure OF pitch shot and topped
into the ditch Marston cut down the lead
one hole.
on the ninth. Gardner increased his lead
again by beautiful pitch shot from the
hollow BY the brook
Marstons putt stopped on the Ep OF the
cup at the tenth 50 that he vas only able 10
halye the hole. Marst0n lost another chance
70 cut down Gardner's lead when he failed
on the eleventh 70 role out . two-foOt putt.
the ball stopping about an inch from the
edge. Gardner hOled out in T.
At the twelfth Marst0n laid his approach
dead while Gardner vent short, bat made a
wonderful recovery. MarstOn missed MS
putt and the hole was halyed Gardner
was 3 W Al fourteeBth tee.
on The 14th hole beth has bad drives ana
approaches and could only halye the hole
Marston aid bis approach dead on the 18Th
hiit Gardner Gid the same and the hole was
halged. Bcth Feaehea ths 16lh green Ia
10 anq failed ~ inches % hols or long
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