Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-08-19
Ed CIdrey Leads
Ouimet by One Up

Az six holes. four of the five Philadcl-
phians who qualified were leading.
Ed. E. Clarcy. of the BuIn Country
Club. Philadelphia. shot to the front
when it was discovered he was leading
Francis Ouimct. of Boston. the former
amateur champion. by margin of one
up, al eighteen holes. Conditions were
much improved over yesterday. but
Ouimct plainly showed that his illness
had not helped his game. Clarcy. how
ever, never shot better golf and his
one up margin was no accident.
George W. IIoffner. another Rala
entry. had a safe lead on Gardner
White, the star New York player. When
the scores were compared it was found
that llOffncr was four up on thr-
Gofhamite. IIoffncr continued to play
the consistent game that carried him
Through the qualification rounds.
j. Wood PlGtt surprised when he led
John G. anderson, Of rNcW'Nork, uH
tionaI runner up in WIZ pctroit, at
the cightd rn hole mnrk/ If moryu
was only {nc up. but lKs vi |, suffScN
to keep I'll North IIy b%Iy"ry F0"A
/ in the gau r. and iu n" tghrtV.
Max Md 1'ston. PlaSLs<frork bal s'sroF
but Phil 5dclpjfan, showed \ hat Y ~
in thc rup pni& when he Ped RoNprt
Gar Incr, tg@cr national "mrion; by
two up. SIarston was ii f'oting them
truS anbais approach shot were beau
/ w Ic D. PhiIadclphian 40 trai Swas
Tcwkcsblay. of Aronimink, who was
one down TO Dean. of Atlapsa.
The Marston Gardner. match drc~
the gallery in the morning and vas
well worth watrhingP For three years
Marston has bccnswating for chance
to square himse1f with lalr's former
pole vaulter for that Detroit beating,
and he could not Aavr caught tn" lat
ter at better tiR. for Marston was
right this morning.
The Merton man got away to an early
lead. and after the first had been halved
in fvcs he took the second with par
/. four TO a five. Gardner being short on
%lds third. The third was halved in
fiSsS. but Marston won the fourth b.
causfsaf. n splendid niblick shot .lsfffrh b
took hiffi~"t.1 Of q trapL-is'~nne style.
Gardner was in the same trap. but he
failed to duplicate Marston' perform
ancc. and took seven for che hole.
Mar>tons had par five.
The fifth. sixth and seventh were
halvpd in par figures. but Marston made
his putt on the eighth for II par !nrpe,
while Gardner took two shots on the
green and lost the hole with a four.
This made MurstOn three, up. .Ilst be
fore the turn the Merton and BaltuSrol
man made it four up by achieving II
bird four on the 1862 yard ninth, find
ing II wonderful approach shot, which
left his ball dead to the pin, very use
full.
Thus they made the turn with Mar
stOn four up.
Both men achieved bird fours on tn,
tenth and par fOurs on the eleventh
but MarstOn took the twelfth wher
J Gardner hooked badly from the tee, got
into trouble. failed TO get out prompt!
and took six. This made Marston hvC
up aud was his high water mark
Gardner had not set won hole, but
his turn was coming.
From this point on the lal" mar
showed his timber By putting together
two birds on the next five holes. Al
the thirteenth he laid his tee shot with
in two feet of the pin and was dowr
in three for win. Marston got this
one back on the fourteenth, when Gard
ner got into n trap, bVt the latter wot
the fifteenth with four to a hye, Mar
ston playing the hole badly and Gard
ner indifferently.
This left Gardner four down, Du
on the next two holes he took his put
ter and cut this handicap in half. Or
the sixteenth Me ran down a thirty
footer for a tMo and win, and ul
the very next hole, the seventeenth
dropped a fifty footer for another tri
, umph. The eighteenth was halved il
fyes. and the pair went TO lunch will
Marston two up.
The cards follow:
Marston-out.. "a 4SS4s t-S5
Gardner-ln.. tS S-i2