The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1922-04-08
nv FRANCIS ouRMT.

Probably no golfer has had \ career
quite so typical OF everything that goes
to make golf AL that this game IS as
has Sob Gardner He has Won TWO
amateur championships - quite re-
,,arkabfe feat IN itseIf-haS been one or
but two PLAYERS TO ever MAKE a no'e ~
one during an amateur event. has proc
aN,. s,arsd more successful uphill
exhts In these same title events IMAM
any other golfer. and on top OF II all
he's human. for there Is no denying
that Bob stidded clear out OF the .l9L'
syert a. Brooklne IN the GuaAIEhH
round the very year he was carrying
his first title. thus balancing MS EoNu
luck and poor. and proving rather con-
. rlusively that one may figure on almost
anything happening In eot'
Thsre are many high lights in Gard
ner's career but the outstanding one IN
INV humble opinion Is that ne - 'ne
only one OF our great golfers VINO eNe'
a made good In another sport. An" h"o
= Ala that with a vengeance. for by inc
,Ir,a ha was doing his first voting and
- hsrora ne vas even out OF college. Cart
nor held two OF the highest h"norS IN
snort He had won national amateur
e yolf championship and had established
n new worlds record in the r"'e vault.
being the first man 10 ever clear l"
feat. That's versatility, 10 say the Ieas''
Great Under Pressure.
7, may be that pole SaulttnI develops
% NOR, ." 10 a high degree. but whether
= .h.. Is So or not Bob Gardner mas IL.
Hes pinch hitter and mony payer
rolled into one. Ard AZ this article Is
about Gardner as a golfer well se'
light down to cases.
The frs; PROC: came N !S''' ""r'
Fob Was Il mere Str!nltnE. That Year H'
reached tie finals "t the a'"",''' IA,
Do Ink tho old champion. II. """"''' r.''",'
Everybody ha'"'u F'E"" a. -
Gardner won by "hu 80 ,.,.
II vas no' Nn'N '''' ~ ''"' 49,, ,.,'a
again came INT" &'''t p'""'.". u, ", m "''
WAS the year '"' '''. , ~,
VoN. W" - ~ i..,.a 49,, ,,.rd t,rs,
event VIII never ''"'' 49, s.n
= was ''S1"'" '"''- =,
man curing " h'I-""'. va, ,,,.,,,i,
. early round. Ih'H '"'.F 10 '"'
b sherman hn'"'n" .hi., shnr.
hsmSe: ce"" N"'' 80 u-t,,n,
. hole win MS J'SS'' -,
upon one o. rue ,.,la
TIME cam" '"'' >.-,,,r,, ,bts mn,
b. "ei AS"'" ~ ..,,,,-,.,crs
an end I" H'' 10y 10 usr,r.
ElSht a''e' '"' .h,,n,
hnaiS against M'N '''' ...o,,,.
his ""urAE' 'H"'" "' ,., ,,o
, back on ihe '"S' %, ,,,h ,,
@. ',."'.,. .b;,-a ,u-,.~i cat. for tho
mcNN' IN f"''T 49, I,..,..,
Co. SiAklnE ~ 4" '>,'.'''' 1,,I
onN "" NONE I,,.. s,,,. a..
S"h "''N'. ''' ,,. ,.,.r
ana IN ~" eN,'' .r IN! !,
OF, an" 80"
n" won o'N' I'd! r,-a,,,. ,,f
Is -, "'@ ...,oJ ,,,,r,., e,,b
Nhfs'"n "". ,,,,,, o.. .b,s, o,..o sims
~ h,s hn.., ,vcl =, mo lead. al
N" '''''' 10 ~ ,,,,, -. ,.r 10
n,"St ''''''" ,.-,,..- 49,,
t"ro" IN" .','' ,...;,- mi. en-,
E"t "n' ~ MS system '''''
OF pressure
Cloan Sportsman and fiae sAAo".
There VAS proof tx ms N"nn no"
came 50 near 20 taxing 'H' "f's'N" AIT"
tour in l9ch. In "a. ?, th'nN MS paE
In that event ore ~ ~" Fr' a'eSt en-
hib.ti0ns ~ courage a"d '"h>iS''n'!f
hne Solc under IreSSur" an amateur mas
ever exhibited. US"at'H a." winner O. =
big tito Eecs hit % reSIi'" d"rlr.;
his matches chance I" conserve h.>
strength for Vial teS:. Eut N t."S
land Bob was hEht:US al week uphill
.attles AGAINST hPa"y odds. He met IT,
nest OF them and downed them. usually
BY a grand rally on me as; few holes