The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1916-09-09
Gardner Outplayed in Morning
Round of Golf Match.
His Erratic Driving Gave Open
Champion Sup Lead.
1000 WATCH THE MATCH
Chick Evans Form Perfect or
the Short Holes.
Victory This Afternoon Meant
Unequaled Honor to Him.

| Philadelphia, Pa, Sept. 9.-Superior
play on the short holes gave Chick
Evans, the open champion, a lead of
8 up over Robert A. Gardner the title
holder, at the end of the first eighteen
holes in the final round for the anna
teur golf championship of the United
States today at the Merton Cricket
club.
Evans played all four of the par
holes perfectly and won of them.
The morning play was marked by both
brilliant and ragged golf. Evans's card
had four skies on it.
Gardeners putting was not as deadly
as on Thursday and Friday He did
not hole a single long putt during the
morning His driving was erratic but
when he hit squarely he outdrove
Evans. More than 1000 golf spec
tators Travelled over the course to
watch the match. The hole-by-hole
play follows:
First hole-Both had long drives.
Evans put his second four feet from
the hole and sank the putt for
birdie. Gardner took five. His ap-
proach was over and his third left him
a seven foot putt which he missed.
Evans 8; Gardner 5. Evans one up.
Second hole-Both were on in three
and took two puts. Halved in five.
z 4.
drove perfect balls $50 yards down
| the fairway. Evans was away and
| played his second to a trap to the eft
of the green. Gardner was on in two,
Evans Clipped out OF the trap dead
| to the hole. Gardeners approach putt
hit Evans's ball and ran over the hole
two feet. The hole was halved in par
4, Evans 1 up.
Fourth hole-s55 yards, par 4.
Evans drove his first out of bounds
| m he
drive was 230 yards down the fair
way. Evans's second was in the rough.
He pitched his third out of the rough
and landed it on the green lao yards
away, carrying a bad gully and a big
sand trap in order to get home. Gard
ner's approach was half topped and
rolled into the pit. His third was just
| out of the pit but as Evans took three
puts to Gardeners two the latter won
| Sc, and the match was all square.
Evans Wins Fifth.
Fifth hole-5S0 yards, par 5. Hit
ting in a steady headwind, Evans out
drove Gardner 20 yards. Both had
beautiful second shots just short of the
brook guarding the green. Gardner
topped his third into the brook and
picked out for the loss of a stroke.
Evans approach landed on q fan
mound at the left of the green. Evans
overplayed the hole to the edge of the
brook Gardeners fifth was 5 feet to
the left of the hole, while Evans laid
his dead. Gardner missed his putt
and Evans holed. winning 81. Evans
| one up.
Sixth hole-42O yards. par 4. Both
were on the green with 2, Evans being
10 feet from the hole; Gardner on for
edge Evans took 8 puts while Card
ner was down in 2, winning to s.
Match all square.
Seventh hole-195 yards. par 3.
Both tee shots were in trouble. Gard
ner in trap and Evans in the rough.
Evans played out of the trap feet
from the hole and sunk his putt
Gardner was IL feet from the pin and
he took 1 putt. Evans won, to 4, and
was 1 up.
Eighth hole-a5o yards, par a. They
halved the hole in par 4. Gardeners
third was dead to the pin from a bad
line in the marsh. Evans 1 up.
Ninth ho1e-170 yards, par 8. Card
ner sliced his iron into the woods and
his second ran over the green in a
trap. His third was short and he
conceded the hole to Evans, whose
second laid beside the cup. Evans 2
up.
The cards of morning round out:
Evans S54, 665. $3.50
Gardner 554, 574, 445-4S.
Evans Spurts Ahead.
Tenth hole-8s5 yards. i,ai 4. Gard
ner's second was trapped. Evans was
on Gardeners out was 10 feet to the
left. Evans took two puts, Gardner
two and they halved the hole in fives.
Evans 5 up.
Eleventh hole-335 yards, par 4.
Gardner drive was on. the longest hit
trap at left. Evans second was dead
and they halved in three brides.
Evans up.
Twelfth hole-450 yards, par 4.
Gardner hit q screaming second into
the wind and it reached corner OF
the green. Evans round was in the
creek and he dropped out. Gardner
won the hole with 5. Evans 6.
Evans 1 up.
Gardeners mashie was feet from the
pin. Evans was 80 feet halved in
Evans 1 up
Fourteenth hole-405 yards, par 4
Evans picked up after trying twice
| without success to get out of traT
at the right. His second shot was in
the trap. Gardeners second was nicely
on Gardner won the hole, 4 to 6
Match all even.
Gardeners Puts Off.
Fifteenth hole-330 yards, par 4
Both were on in 2. Gardeners third
was 6 feet from the cup and Evans's
trimmed the cup and bounced feet
away. He missed the next putt and
gave the hole to Evans. Gardner 6
Evans 4. Evans 1 up.
Sixteenth hole-433 yards, par
Both carried the quarry with their Sec
Onds and were on the green, Gardner
away. They halved in 4, Gardner get
q 4-foot putt. Evans l UP.
Seventeenth hole-210 yards. par 3
Gardeners tee shot was on the rough
| and Evans's was on. Gardeners ap.
proach was over the hole and he miss
ed a putt for 8. Evans's second wal
dead and he won 8 to 4. Evans nov
up.
Eighteenth hole-420 yards, par 4
Both had long drives coming to this
home hole, Gardeners was in the rough
and his second was just short of this
green while Evans's was on in two