New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1921-09-25

IN only \ few years this broad shoul-
a.red son of New England has come
s-om the fields and burrows of old New
E.mpshire where he divided his time
s.ween the niblick and the pillow, to
=, in the throne room OF the ancient
mme. The sturdy New Highlander to-
ssv conquered a fighting Westerner
sson Western soil, when he crushed
ssbert A. Gardner, of Chicago, in the
snaI match by he decisive margin of
ruu and to play.
Gardner, twice amateur champion
ard facing his fourth test in the Anal
must Of the title round, was favored
/. reach the crest, but the old Yale
star never had q chance against TIE
ssillful, stout-hearted playing of the
far-histing Rostonian, who took char pe
n the match at the ninth hole in the
morning round and held on with q grin
q. steel.
Guilford played the thirty holes
needed to decide the battle in one stroke
under even IS. brand of golf that
would have stopped any nan in the
Geld.
Chicagoan's Rally Fails
AEdlLSt N4ito NNIG0CiinH fu4ICO lnC
Chicago star was soon battered down
with his dream OF a third crown now
aay vanished memory. Six down at
the forenoon round. Gardner made q
bold bid to break down the big lead by
cutting two noles away, but lust as
he caught holG of returning hope al
the ffth hole Guilford, in place of
Weakening or buckling W. proved his
soolness and gameness by Keeling off
the next four holes in one under par
for each.
Bob Gardner, one Of the finest Of
American snortsmen, will never forget
that sudden, unexpected charge. He
had just won the third and fourth
holes by fine golf and had barely missed
his chance TO win the fifth. Only four
down with a long stretch still ahead,
g be must have figured that the new
conner to golf greatness was on the
verge OF ia!nng out, as so many other
isd done before.
But in place of cracking, Guilford
played. the next four holes in So s.
ghere the par was 4-3--f--5. Ore of
tue greatest galleries that ever fell
lowed golf match on this side Of the
Atlantic, ranging above 1900 souls,
followed n growing amazeTnent this
spectacular display which proved be-
y0nd any doubt that the new champion
vas worthy of his crown
THIS immense crowd. that packed
both sides of the fairway as far as one
:suld see. saw not only long hitter
tAd the middle Of the course. but in
edition looked on one OF the finest
gstlng exhibitions that ever graced
INA test. Guiifords putting was al
g1nnv thing TO watch, as on hole
ger hcle his bold raps from five to
E!sen feet found the bottom CT the
zap.
Champion is Only 81
thirteen years ago, at the age of
@urteen. Guilford won the state
enS1l pIOnshlp or New hampshire. He
Ea1 then working on d farm lust out
ade OF Manchester But in those dim
days of golf history in America a New
hampshire championship called for. no
s.eat 5lare from the outside world.
he won his state championship three
Years IN succession. = asing the fur
row and the hoe Cor she brassie and
the bunker whenever he had his
chance 10 practice or to play
GuIlTord's first outside notoricty came
cyel jim Iaylor's great course at Elk
wanok IN 1914, when at the age of
twenty he earned his title as the
siege gum in the amateur champion
ship Of that year. His mighty hitting
vas the talk Of the tournament, but
after defeating tie late Fred Here's
nof IN the first round he fell before
Roy Webb.
In the second test, year or two
iater, Guilford moved to Boston, team
ing up with Francis Ouimet at Wood
and, where the two jointly ruled the
golf destlnies OF Massachusetts. He
Won the Massachusetts, open two years
ago. and this summer won the Massa-
.ausetrs amateur by stopping Francis
Vulmet in the final round.
After coming to Boston he cut at
ieast two feet from his old free-swing-
ING wallop, and, while he lost distance,
MS direction began to make hin, for
noable opponent for any field. He
mas always been long hitter ID a
ane putter. as well as fine LONG IRON
payer, but his weakness with the
nashie and the shorter pitch has been
'ae one defect in his play.
over the long st. Louis course the
nashle rarely comes into play, SO Gull
lo'd was free to wallop his long drives
Her the soft turf, hit his long irons
sp to the green and then ply mis- putter
- LAWS or q lT2ESES.
Bostonian Real Guillotine
iTenty-seven years old, six feet in
ae'ght, weighing 1913 pounds without a
s3ssed ounce of flesh, the brawny Bos-
"alan proved again that sheer physical
y0"es has not lost its place in the
Zane when coupled with stout heart
.ad cool head. On his way up
through the field he had faced no easy
lssS. de was the headsman of cham
pi0ns all the way.
IN his first match he defeated Won
I'm, the Pacific Coast and transmits.
sssnppl champion. In his next joust he
spse' Dewey Weber, Chicago district
saSmpien. In his third match he finally
empowered Harrison Johnston, the
snihaht Minnesota champion, who had
~ oefen Francis Ouimet.
aud then it fell his way to crush
~ ~ "a z-'~'iS, amateur champion, by one
:. ehe most decisive upsets that Chick
S S'es cane upon. To beat Chick Evans
and one day and to crush Bob
rafuher by Z and the next is sufii-
!. evidence that Guilford belongs
- 'he seats ol the mighty. And yet
~ sear az at TIC Engineers, such be-
~ we queer, quaint way of golf, he
jsasu to qualify by stroke over the
sss'heers' course in the amateur
championship of 1920.
seven Thousand Follow Players
saa4iord's rise TO fame has proved
A. Sse broad democracy of a game
ia, u sweeping the country like a
Me-. wave. He has proved that in
r;ss u heing an old mans game or a
ia, mans game it is also the game
60 ean give Young farm boy his