Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1916-09-11

uJHERE is no need TO mention his name
lrrs about as long as he Is.
Today he stands naughty emperor over
ali he surveys in the realm OF American
colt his newly won and highly sparknns
crown as amateur champion resthe IeN
Ishly on his youthful brow, his other crown s,n
dangling from his belt, his purple mantle
thrown back from the medals on MS DreasN
his putting sceptre In his hano'
In the finals at Merton Saturday this
carefree little conqueror accomplished what
no other American golfer has peen epie ~
DOWN the amateur ana tne open svi1
Championship OF the United states IN tns
same short twelvemonth span. he proseI psai
that he was not only the greatest meual
nIaver In amateur ranks by winning the
omen title when he once before had oeen
runner.up for g. Now he mas stunneu
thousands upon thousands OF golf tane,lcs
ALI over the country for admiration at h's
prowess at match play
Shows His Medal
II 10 no light task to go over the thirty
sIx-hole route with any golter' anu ms ms
daily grind for week against the very
royal family itself. despite the jinx tnst
was commonly supposed to hover over ms
match-play efforts, shows WHAT 10 N"e
mettle of this new ruler
The two proudest honors OF American
golf rest we'll on the brow OF TINS young
links titan. He will keep them both year
before he must be their lone deienue. .
against the hundreds Of lights who would
wrest them from him. -..
TO take them away from him, now that ne
has won them, remains TO be seen.
He showed a peculiar streak In the nnals
at Merton Scornlng to show again TOT tne
morbid watchers his outrageous putting
schemes OF the early week. this little gray
cannad ahot mechanic was rolling them up
| from ali sides Of the green's, hard on the
flag. g., Mana.
| thon runs and made Gardners heart turf
right over in its socket by the close shaVes
| he had from bottling out his long ones
Notorious as a three-putts greensman
| the new czar Of the links took seldom mor'
| than two, and as often only one.
| He used a tourney blackened aluminium
mallet putter, and swung II with tne hrnh
| est of pendulum strokes with all tne con
adenoe in the world that 1t would find tn
| basket at the end OF the line.
Right OF the Bat
The bets were lald that the match woul'
| be decided on the greens, ana 80 "Sa
| Put in an entirely different way thah Tn
dopesters had figured For tne @ uouDI
| ohawnIon as Is. timed a beauteous fifteen
footer on the very first hole OF the tnirty
sIx-hole grind, over many parapets ana ui'
dulations of small proportions.
Gardner watched 1t drop and heard Tn
llup-klup without batting an eye, but VIVA
must have been his thoughts?
He had figured II he reached the gree
in the same number of strokes as DID TN
little feller" he would have better than a
eyen-Stephen chance to extract the winnin
number from the can. The shoe was o
the other foot, for he soon found that NJ
own brass-soled wooden mallet was faltei
ing badly, and he was always in hot waite
TIL he had his pill safely in the yawnin
goal.
The new-found title-winner showed
game throughout that was worthy OF N
honors he won. He made some mistake
which was only natural under the strai
and under the handicap Of the unwield
gallery, always crowding. talking, runnin
from shot to shot.
III But ne always seemed to have the eos
J and wagers starting the morning rour
even up soon began to sag down to hir
under the weight of his br. iliance. Gardn'
shared the sentiment of Inc multitude.
"Id like to see him win out" said OF
veteran In the gathering. He's ni'
Teller and he plays a nice game. l don
see why each of 'em can't have his ow
title and be satisfied"
Gardner showed splendid sportsmansh
D at all times. superb courage. and In evei