The Washington herald., 1921-09-25

his half. Here he had lost "a hole
that looked to be an easy win and
from that point on his game began
to slip away. For Guilford, letting
out his tee shots. promptly pressed
his advantage by winning the Lext
three holes, Gardner at the four-
teenth again missing a yard mutt
for a half.
Guilford's great power came to
light at the fifteenth hole. Four up
here, he decided to turn on one of his
siege-gun blows. This hole is 4S7
yards and the turf was still ex-
tremely soggy, yet after his tee
shot he was home with a mashie,
only eight feet from the cup. His
drive here must have carried close
upon 900 yards for there was little
roll after the ball once landed. Six
down going to the seventeenth,
Gardner won back hole. but at the
460-yard eighteenth hole. after an
other lusty drive, Guilford planted
an iron shot seven feet from the cup
and again rammed down his putt
for 3.
He had gone around in ~ strokes,
and stood 6 up with the match won
beyond all doubt.
shppinE with Brides.
In the afternoon with the crowd
almost doubled. Gardner won the
first hole when Guilford's mashie
approach found a trap. But Jesse
promptly won back the 230-yard
second with a well placed iron
ewelve feet from the cup. Gardner
by fine play won the third and
fourth, and his putt for a win at the
long fifth barely stayed out. Gull
ford is slipping" some one in the
crowd remarked. He was Slipping
in brides from that point on.
After Gardner had driven out OF
bounds at the sixth Guilford drove
sos yards. Clipped up six feet away
and got his 3.
His 3O-foot putt for a romped
gaily in at the short seventh. He
was now up. again moving like a
gale. At the dog-legged eighth.
with Gardner in a water hazard.
Guilford's approach stopped 6 fes
from the sup. and again he beat
par by a stroke with another 3.
When he sank his 10-foot putt for
a on the 500-yard ninth, 4 brides
in row. he stood up, with Gard
ner now completely gone. Bob won
back the tenth. but when the next
two were .halved in Is, Guilford was
wearing Chick Evans crown on the
twelfth green. GuiIford only took
80 puts on the thirty green's. He
had ten one-putt greens, ranging
II ON to 30 feet. For the first nine
holes in the afternoon he needed but
IA puts. a remarkable showing in
a championship final. Mud was re-
moved from the balls in the course
Of the match, and this gave each
man his chance.
The championship was a big sue
cess in every way. The various
st. Louis committees worked with
untiring effort to carry out every
needed arrangement The course
was a championship test along the
entire route, giving the longer
hitter the advantage he deserves
provided he can hold the line, and
out of the big field the golfer who
plays the best golf and deserved
to win reached the pinnacle. The
farm boy of 1912, the "seige gun"
of 1914. had at last fought his
way through and by his skill and
and GOODNESS had proved
that no fluke champion was on
top. The scores:
Morning round
Guilford, out 4354434+35
Gardner, out 434543447-3s
Guilford, in-44454454 s-37-7,
M 4-41-7s
Afternoon round,
Guilford, outs 3455323es4
Gardner, OUT
Guilford, in-544
Gardner, in-444i
Guilford 1 under 4 for the 30
holes, or exactly even with par.