The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1916-1920, 1919-08-20
STEARNS SURVIVES
In NATIONAL GOLF
Nassau Entrant Alone Re-
mains of Metropolitan Talent
in Title Tourney.
MARSTON is ELIMINATED
Beaten by Gardner, 3 and l.
Travers, Anderson, White
\ Also Defeated.
MARSTON is ELIMINATED
BY INNS BROWN.

match play in the national amateur golf
championship. and by the time the smoke
had drifted away and furries of sand
had sifted back into the numberless pits
and traps on the course but one repre-
sentative of the metropolitan district sur
vived the ferocity of combat.
J. y. Stearns. Jr., of Nassau who
barely skinned into the list of qualifiers
yesterday in the play of of an eight
man tie, alone remained unbeaten of
the quintet that foregathered for the
lists this morning. Gone are the rest
Jerry Travers, Max Marston, John G.
Anderson and Gardiner w. White. lost
but not without trace. A touching tale
Of woe trails the way along which they
PASSED.
Just one of that quartet held away
long enough to make the going tough
for the opposition beyond the fifteenth
green Max Marston provided a terrific
argument for Robert A. Gardner of Chi
ga go, until the latter ran down a "hirdie"
8 on with the seventeenth hole and the
match, to 1.
Gardner Overcomes Obstacles.
The story of this match is a recital of
heavy. obstacles overcome by bulldog
tenacity at all times and super brilliant
golf in spots so far as Gardner is con-
a hard, consistent grind of good golf
for thirty-three holes of play. only to
see the fruits of his labor nullified by
the streaks OF almost uncreditable play,
inserted now and then by his opponent
Marston lost no time in getting going
In the morning. He clicked of the
first nine holes in par figures of 81, and
found himself enjoying "a fine lead of
four holes at that point. Thus far Gar
ha1 Dnf lA1a
ting his usual long wallops with both
wood and iron, but they lacked proper
direction, and were netting him nothing
Turning for the second nine Gardner
settled down briefly with a pair OF fours
on the tenth and eleventh, netting
halves. He lost the long twelfth and
found himself five down for his mis-
takes
But he whistled different tune from
there out. The thirteenth, a short one,
he did in 2. holding an eight foot putt.
He slipped up bit at the fourteenth
when he took three puts. He had
pitched high shot to the green, the
ball ploughed up the soft green and left
him, stymie through the divot. He
was five down again.
Marston Trapped on Fifteenth.
Marston found a trap on his drive at
the fifteenth, and Gardner didn't over
look the opportunity. He won with a
par 4. The sixteenth is 226 yards
long. Gardner's tee shot left him a
fourteen foot putt and he holed il for
another ., leaving him three down,
At the seventeenth he delivered one
of the real sensations of the day. His
tee shot landed in the rough behind a
bunker. He reached the green on his
second. but ran almost across to the
far edge. The cup was located about
twelve feet from the nearside of the
green. With Marston's ball lying ten
feet away on his second, Gardner
jammed a putt down clear across the
green for a 8, fully fifty feet Any won
der that Marston missed his putt and
lost the hole ina? They halved the nine
teenth to leave Gardner but two down.
Including his six at the twelfth, he had
come down in S5, one stroke under par
The afternoon round began as a faii
counterpart of the morning pilgrima ge
The same erratic long shots that cos,
Gardner heavily in the forenoon again
taxed him severely in this round. Mars.
ton took the first three holes in a row
to restore his lead of five holes. Gardner
took the fourth, only to have Marstor
retaliate with bird 8 TO win the NTH
and again increase his lead to FIVE.
Gardner Shows Grit.
But the Chicago entry took the bit ir
his teeth from there out. Starting will
the short sixth. he ran down a sever
foot putt for 2. The seventh Is go
yards long. His second. a mashie from
a hundred yards or more. ran to within
ten feet Of the cup and he dropped g
bird 3. Marston wa seven closer witt
his second. but took a par 4.
g. L.
on the green on the eighth. 222 yards dis
tant on his drive. His second Clipped on
hit the back of the cup and stopped
within three inches OF 1t. Marston los
with a. The ninth was halved, Gard
ner getting a hanging lie for his second
shot that left him but small chance o.
getting on with an iren. Both scored 5s
with his handicap cut to two holes
at that point, Gardner kept right or
with his winning streak The tenth
is a 445 yard hole. all down n grade
He hit such a terrific wallop from the
tee that he played his second with g
mashie miblick, and the ball settled
three feet from the cup for 3. Marston':
second was over and he could do nc
better than a s.
On the eleventh, Marston's second
found a trap. while Gardner ran just
owe rthe edge OF the green into higf
grass. He Clipped back to within sever
feet of the cup, and holed his 4
Marston had g.
Gardner Bac kOn Even Terms.
For the first time since they left the
second green in the morning round Gard.
ner was back on even terms. There
were seven holes to be played.
ST ring for the twelfth Marstor
SLICED into severe rough. played out
safely, but was still short on his third
Gardner hitched his third on from the
rough. and got down in two puts &c
win with s. For the first time since
the match started in the early fore.
noon Gardner had his nose in front
The short thirteenth was halved In as.
II hardly was to be expected tina,
Gardner could maintain such a dazzlinl
pace much longer. He skidded a bit OF
the fourteenth. His second found :
trap, and he took two TO get out On IN
two, Marston sank four to win an(
get back on even terms. But he couldn'
liold his position. He drove to a trap OF
the fifteenth. Played safe and ther
landed his third on. Gardner was on II
two. Both took three puts, givint
Gardner the hole to 6, and the lead.
Gardner Wins 2 and 1.
Marston hooked a spoon shot to {
trap. guarding the green on the six
teenth. Gardner was just off the edg,
OF the green. He Clipped up and holet
nne putt for a 8, Marston taking A
Gardner was dormie 2. He gave Mars