New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1921-09-24

is that both Gardner and Hunter
scored so we'll.
In spite OF the rain the galleries fol-
lowed both matches, where a long line
OF umbrellas formed roof on both
sides of the fairway. 1t was Hunter
who got the jump on Gardner by win
nlng the third, where the Chicago star
took three puts, but this was the last
time the British champion ever reached
the front. He lost the fourth, fifth
and sixth in quick succession, where
Gardner played par golf, the Deal in.
pader struggling in vain to ge. his
chip shots dead or drop his puts
Hunter, by winning the short seventh,
turned only l down, but on the inward
Journey he lost two more holes through
lack of power to keep up.
When Gardner won the first hole in
the afternoon with a fine it was
merely the beginning of the end.
Hunters courage remained intact, but
he was struggling too hard to hold on
much longer.
By the twenty-third hole, in a last
desperate attack, Hunter had cut the
lead down to one hole, but when Gard
next three holes by fawless golf that
was largely a matter of fine pitching
up to the pin, the Englishman's day
was over.
Five down at the twenty-sever..A his
case was hopeless against Gar aers
stronger play The best he could do
was to carry the match to the thirty
second green, where the old Yale stars
long drive and sure approach locked
pion, by going to the semi-final round
had proved his golf quality beyond a
doubt, but he lacked the punch needed
for the soggy field.
Guilford, with fine start, got the
Jump on Evans and was never passed
The siege gun revealed in the weather
starting out 4-3-3 without mistake
Evans was not hitting his irons in the
old Evans way and this inclination to
against him.
Error Costly to Evans
Where Chick round after round had
been splitting the pin, he began to find
bunkers, an unusual turn for him. AS
it Was he reached the turn only l
down, both out in 81, and playing we'll
But on the inward journey Evans
lost his grip completely. When Chick
the gallery looked to see him take his
old place in the lead, but, without any
warning, starting at the thirteenth, he
lost four holes in such quick success
sion that his downfall bordered upon &
collapse. After losing the long thir-
teenth and fourteenth by poor iron
play and erratic putting, his worst
break came at the 460-yard fifteenth
Here Evans was short in 2, with Gull
ford well on the green. On in 3, Evans
laid his fourth short twenty inches
from the cup.
Guilfords approach putt stopped
less than two feet away The Bos-
tonian putted for his and missed.
The ball stopped almost on the lip
and almost directly in the path Of
Evans's ball. In place of conceding
Guilford the two-inch putt and then
going for his easy half, as he was per-
mitted under the rules, Chick attem pit
ed to play around the stymie and lost
the hole
At the first hole in the afternoon,
with an easy pitch to the first green,
Evans sliced his approach to the rough
far off the line and barely got his half.
Guilford then promptly countered by
taking the next two holes in par IS,
where Chicks direction was off line.
Six up at this sector of the contest,
with the rain increasing its pour, Gull
ford now was beyond all want. He lost
the fifth and sixth and promptly came
back at the short seventh, where Chick
pitched clean over the plateau green.
When Evans reached the ditch twice
on the 490-yard ninth and finally fin
ished with Z, his crown was barely
hanging over one ear The end came
on the long thirteenth, where he passed
out by the margin Of 6 and 5.