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

HARVARD SYSTEM CONSISTS OF I
DECEPTIVE COVERED ATTACK.
MARSTON'S GREAT GOLF SH0'
Bob Gardner, Anderson
and Walter Hagen
Also Contribute Some
Phenomenal Drives

I0GIlOiIlSlldi Di
TN His match against fiehty . Topping
i IN the dAa round at Greenwich, MAX
uars,6b biayAi one of the greatest golf
shots that eyef travelled over trouble ana
dropped Upon a green. 49,
Matstoh hhd finished the ninth hole !
ub. fopbhE, by q fine rally, had 9ut
thin lead away and they came TO the Six
teenth tee all sduare.
robulnF here planted long straight
drive down the course leaving n fairy
simple inashie pitch TO the green. .,..
Matston followed with q high, hooked
dtive that left an almost impossible shot
fbr ths eteen. His bali lay heavily. Inn
bedded IN the rough. To the right ana lett
we're two tnaasive trees that almost over
iapped leaving space OF only ten or
twelve feat opened up Beyond these two
trees was a third, directly between mars.
ION and the green And stil on beyond
thls third tree al the green's edge was
deep trap 80 Matstoh faced the follow
i. 10 make A carry Of 40 yards from
2. 10 get the BAH up quickly, where only
s. To keep a straight line between the
This meant terrific waiiop with a
nibllck, hard shot always 10 hold In a
narrow lane OF flight
But when the bail finally settled on the
green II vas only twelve feet from the cup
from which point Matston dropped in his
putt for 3. Yet thirty seconds before you
couid have. gotten 10 TO 4 that he wouldh't
make a 4 against the rampatts In the way.
The best. shot that John q. Anderson,
twice runher-up IN the amateur champion
ship, played this last season was against
N. r. NoM M
Anderson's Recovery
Anderson and Hunter met in the second
championship rouhd Coming TO the sixth
hole John q. hooked his second shot into
a ditch running along the edge OF the fair-
way. When he came to his ball he found
II not only partially imbedded in the water
and ooze, but also under an overhanging
ledge with the green eighty yards away.
when the Siwanoy golfer took his stance
he found that ne could not play In the
direction Of the green because OF the ledge
above
lie had Just one shot left, ana that was
to stand above IL on the opposite bank and
play the shot falling forward.
AS he swung upon the ball he was fall
Ing at the time, but he cut in quickly with
his fiibllclS, and by gouglng stoutiy with bis
wrists, not only got the ball up, but dropped
II within two inches OF the cup
The one thing that made this play poss-
BILE was that even while lurching forward
Anderson kept his eye forcussed on the ball.
He was plastered thick with mud and water,
but the sight of the ball at the edge Of the
cup more than atoned for the rest OF It.
One OF the big features Of the Merton
tournament comprised three spectacular re.
coverles which Bob Gardner made In sue
cession against Bobby Jones.
Gardner's Fine PLAY
Coming to the sixth hole in tfe afternoon
round, Big Bob was one up on Little Bob
Here the kid slapped long iron TO within
six feet OF the cup. Gardner sliced his sec
ond above the green, guarded BY ridge
With a fast down slope beyond. II was ati-
tofnobles TO cigarettes that Jones would
win. BY pitching TO the green, sloplnR
downhill there was no way for Gardner I'd
stop near the cup. He had but one chance
and that was to play boldly against the
top OF the ridge. where the impetus would
be almost completely checked His chir
shot struck within four inches OF the top
trickled over and came to rest two feet
away.
On the next hole he was forced to pay
almost the same shot for half and this
time the ball stopped eight inches away
And then on the eighth hole, Just beyond
Gardner was forced to pitch high MASH,
nlbliek shot TO the green close enough n
third time In succession. He turned ths
trick, and from that point on the Kid Phe
nom. being human, began TO slip IA trite
Any one OF these three recoveties would
have been considered UNUSUAL But In,
three together formed one Of the most spec
tacular features OF the tournament.
The One-Shot King
A year ago at Greenwich Waiter Hagen
cut three strokes on par at the thirteenth
hole by dropping a mld-iron shot for a two
the hole being 4BO yards long.
To prove this blow was no ancldent
Hagen landed one OF his toughest rnatche,
at Siwahoy in the professional chanplon.
ship by adopting the same intelligent proc.
ess
Coming to the seventeenth hole m,
Rochester star was one down His onno,
nent here dropped mashie shot within two
feet OF the pin for a three, one under mar
Just as Hager's supporters saw him fadln,
out OF the picture the husky home-bred III
yards from the green slashed away witt
mashis nlblick and thumped the bail inf
the cup FOR two. This shot promptly brok,
up the match. for after that Hagen was moi
TO be stopped.
when il comes to startling rscoyetIe,
Hagen has few equals He isn't as stead,
or as sure as few others, but no i,nah IN I,
beat him at retrieving an error from n deer
trap or from the rough This adAbtabIllts
II due TO two factors-Hagens flhe ,hysie.y'
strength and his superb cohhdehce AZ M,
stage OF an encounter. Like Jack Moioet
mott. he doesnt figure there Is any shof n
the game that he can't play, IL II cornea h
ppth, Instead OF being depressed NJ I
bad lie In a trap Hagen Apparently reiish..
the opportunity to rise to the occasion anc
get safely BY.
GRANT Assn s,.,..