Evening star., 1921-09-24
GU|LFORD |S6UP
IN FINAL At GOLF
0utdriven, He Betters Gard
ner at Short Game in First
Eighteen. Holes.

Eighteen Holes.
ST. LOUIS. September 24.-Jesse
Guilford, the. Boston siege gun, was
up on Bob Gardner of Chiago.
former national champion. at the end
of the first half of their thirty six
hole match for the United States
amateur championship here today.
Gardner consistently outdrove the
Boston player. getting as great a
distance as 300 yards, but fell away
below his rival in the short game.
HaIve the First Hole.
Hole one-39o yards, par four
Guilford drove close to the road for
220 yards, while Gardner hooked to
deep rough and pushed his iron forty
yards short of the flag. Guilford pun
ed to a vale below the green and
pitched over the cup eighteen feet
while Gardner was twelve feet over.
GuilfGrd holed for a four. while Gard
ner also went down aud halved.
Hole two-221 yards. par three
Both irons were on the green. but
Guilford was short. while Gardner
was only fifteen feet shy. but had TO
putt over a ridge. He almost holed
ii two. bat Guilford was ten feet over
in two and took four to Gardner
three. Gardner one up.
Hole three-1SA yards par three
Gardner. having the honor. pushed his
midiron to the verge of the green
astride a deep trap indenting the
green. He had to pitch his first put,
across the chasm and was ten feet
away. Guiltord rolled dead and Gard
i
Hole four-41o yards. par four
Guilford drove 24e yards down the
center, but Gardner drove past him
ten yards. GuiIford's second buried
itself in the side of trap and an
official lifted it out on the grass.
Gardner'S second was over in the
road and he was twelve feet away in
three, while Guilford barely got out
of the trap on the like and was two
feet away in four. Gardner was dead
in four and they halved in five. All
square,
Hole five-4s2 yards, par five-Gard-
ner Cutdroyc Guilford Is yards, get
ting eco yards, but both pulled 10 the
rough Guilford was short of the
was on twenty-five feet from the cup
and rolled up dead in three. Guilford
was twelve feet short in three. but
hcled for half. All square.
Gardner Drives 300 Yards.
Hole six-340 Yards. par four-Gard-
ner drove fully 300 yards. while Gull
ford go: go, both down the middle.
Gulford was twenty feet over in :.
while Gardner was seven feet to the
left, and, holding birdie, was l up.
isUie s,vcn-l4i yTads. par three
Guilford' bEaciy got on the parapet
green, while Gardner was just on
fifty feet TO the right. Gardner missed
ten-foot side-hiil putt, while Gull
fcrd went down tor liNe feet and won,
8 to /. All square.
Hole eight-347 yards. par four
Guilford carried the tree forming the
angle CT the boomerang, getting 230
yards. while Gardner eutdrove him
twenty yards, but found the rough.
Guilford was ten feet short, while
Gardner was twelve feet to the left
on their seconds. They halved in 4.
Still all square.
Hole nine-50S yards, par five-Guil-
ford drove dangerously close to the
creek below a side hill. while Gardner.
driving ten yards further. got a van
tage point on the brow of the hill,
but topped to an unplayable lie near
the bank of the winding creek, while
GuIIIoru sliced for the creek. but was
saved by a lucky kick. Failing to get
out of the trouble in ., Gardner con-
ceded the hole. and Guilford was / up.
The cards for the trip out:
Gardner =. -. A 3 -
Guilford ..... 4 3 5 4 4 3 4 $50
sPicked up ball.
GuiIford Gains Steadily.
r%ple ten-350 yards. par four
Guilford drove wildly, but his slice
dashed through the wood to the
rough, whence he almost reached the
green. while Gardner pulled his sec
M fu- " n nf he
carpet and ran five feet over in three.
Gu;lford put his third twenty feet
over. but holed, while Gardner missed
for half in four. Guilford two UP.
Hole eleven-369 yards. par four
Guilford sliced again. but his drive
his drive to. a deep woods and barely
got out by hitting a tree and bounc-
ing into the creek, whence he lifted.
with a penalty, and put his 290-yard
just short of the green. When
Guilford approached close to the cup
from the rough Gardner conceded the
hole and was three down.
Hole twelve-1SG yards, par three
midiron was just on twen-
ty feet short, while Gardner sliced
and had to chip over trap, landing
six feet over the cup. and missing a
three by hair. Guilford missed
from three feet. and halved in four.
Still three up.
Gardner Misses Short Putt.
Hole thirteen-56S yards. par five
Guilford sliced to the rough in a val
ley OF the sloping fairway, while
Gardner was on the right edge Of the
fairway. even with Guilford. Card
ner added another $50 yards with a
brassfe, while the best Guilford could
do was to play safe short of a trap
and 22O yards short of the green,
which his iron failed to reach by ten
yards. Gardner was on in three, fif-
teen feet from the flag. while Gull
ford's fourth was seven feet over the
cup. Gardner missed 4 while Gull
ford holed his 5, and Gardner miss
ed two -footer, losing to and
becoming down.
Hole fourteen-397 yards par four
Guilford pulled eco yards to the top
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