The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-09-25

while Guilford missed few long ones and almost never any short ones.
 Two "Big Berthas'
 Thus, up to the greens it was a battle royal, the crowd gasping in awe as one tremendous drive after another cracked from the tees and , rushing forward to see where the eaddies planted white flag for Gardner's ball and a red one for Guilfords. Then when one player would snap an iron to the green, close to the flag only to have the other frequently drop his ball closer still, the multitude, like a herd ot stampeded steers, would fairly run for vantage point around the CO., foot square, only to see Gardner laboriously take two or three butts while Guilford not infrequently got down in one if close and in two if barely on or even just off the green.
 Then the throng which openly favored Gardner, groaned and dashed to the next fairway to see the "seige gun" of Boston and the "big Bertha" of Chicago whale out~Stwo more drives. It was a good natured mob, if unruly at times and coatless men, gaily clad women and barefoot boys hurried and scurried from hole to hole.
 An Even Start
 The contest started evenly enough, with a pair of par fours and with Gardner winning the second hole with a perfect and Guilford the third in the same manner. Then they halved two and again each won hole, but after halving the eighth In par, Gardner made the first turn one down because of topping his brassie to the creek. Then he lost two in a row, the I1th, because of woods and water, and he was never threatening thereafter. He dropped the 18th by missing a short putt and the next two in the same manner.
 After winning the short sixteenth and halving the seventeenth, the for mer champion had to yield the elgh- teenth to a birdie three, Guilford sinking one of his long butts ana quitting for lunch up.
 Guiliford had scored 36-37-73, remarkably low score at the end Of such a grilling tournament played in heat and rain.
 Gardner Rallies In the afternoon Gardner shoWeo momentarily signs of recovering ms losses by taking the nineteenth hole with a par four, the short twenty nTSL With d DeTltCL LII Sc oho SA'> twenty second with a four. after dropping the short twentieth. He kept his opponents lead to up py Lalving the long twenty third, but row of four birdies, while Gardner got only two pars, made him down at the turn in the final nine.
 Gardner cut this to ' down when the wizardry of Guilford's butter de- serted him momentarily on the twen- ty-eighth hole, but Guilford became dormie seven by halfing the twenty ninth in par, and grasped the crown which Gardner had worn twice by halving the short thirtieth.
 Gardner had gone through the tournament in good form and repelled two dangerous foreign foes in T. D. Armour of Scotland ana Wiilie Hunter, British champion.
 The new champion, who takes the crown held by Evans for total or four years by reason of a two-year hold-oyer during the war, won IL by the same score as Evans took if last year from Francis Ouimet.
 Guilford won the New Hampshire championship when boy of IA ana he soon sprang into fame as long driver. He has captured the Massa- chusetts amateur and open field titles once, defeating Ouimet in the flnals' He has played in the national event several times in the last dozen years His margin of victory today has sei- dom been exceeded the easiest vic- tory being that of c. D. Mcdonald in the first meet ever held in lS9o' He won from c. w. Sands at Newport |a2 and Il, while the closest contest was that in which Harold Hilton Of Great Britain defeated Fred Herre- shoff at Apawamis in 37 holes for the only victory a foreigner ever won in the event.
 Morning cards;
 Gardner out .... 4S4 543 44*-xx Guilford, out ..... 443 544 s45- S6 xPicked up ball, Gardner in 5x4 655 S45-xx Guilford. in ..... 444 544 544-S7 xPicked up ball.
 Afternoon cards:
 Gardner. out ....., AS 455 3S5-SS Guilfo9d, out ..... 5S4 55S 2S4-S4 Gardner in ..... 444 xxx xxx-xx Guilford, in ..... 544 xxx xxx-xx | xBye holes.