Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1922-09-01
MARSTON HASA
J|NX IN AMATEUR
Gardner and Ouimet Have
Eliminated Him Four Times
in Other Tits
DEFEATED TRAVERS IN 1915

MAX MARsTON has a mental haz-
AV1 ard to overcome when he turns
his guns on the citadel Of the Amateur
championship. which starts tomorrow.
In all the years he has been chasing
he elusive title Max has never broken
by the semi final round. The two mon
most responsible for his failure are
Bob Gardner and Francis Ouimet,
former champions. who will compete in
this years tilt. Each Of them eimin
ated him twice from the amateur
classic.
They seemed to have just sufficient
driving power to nose In with n victory
whenever they face Marston. and that
knowledge will face him when he starts
his attack tomorrow.
| Since Max is the most likely Phila-
delphia entry in the amateur champion
ship that will get under way over the
course of the Country Club at Brook
| line, 1t would not be amiss to recall
| what he has done in other tournaments
Last year in the amateur Marston
took a in the preliminary round
and n 1916 in the thirty-six hole quail
! flying grind. Then he lost in his very
first match to Francis Ouimet by the
narrow margin of , and ].
In 1920 he had no better luck.
! though his 159 Wa; we'll up with the
nualifcra. Phil Carter took him over
/ the hurdles in the first round of match
play, 3 and /.
the qualifying round and was set down
by Bob Gardner. again by the count
of 3 and !. In all OF these tilts Merton
Max carried his opponent to the very
end. but couldn't quite put over the
final punch when it was needed most.
( Skipping back to the Deriod before
the war we again find Marston com
pcting in the American classic. In
1911 he took 20 in the elimination
round, and 119 in tho qualifying
round, but found his nemesis in
Francis Ouimet. who beat him 1 up
in the opening match tilt.
1918 His Biggest Year
In that season Max was sporting
the silks of the Baltusrol Golf Club,
and he rose to the greatest heights OF
his career in the amateur champion :
ship. His qualifying card was i59-
and the schedule called for him to face
siege gun Jess Guilford in the OPENING
match. This time Max was not the
defeated man. He came through witt
n rush toward the end of the round
and defeated jess, 3 and =. His mex
match was an even stiffor test. for h,
had to match shots with the veteran
Jerome Travers. who had four time,
won the highest crown in amateur
golf.
Marston swept Travors ont of hi
round by defeating Lee. In thi
match he had to face Bob Gardner an,
when the eighteen holes were through
he was one down to Bob. who oventu
ally won the championship. This wa
the closest our pride has come to win
ming the biggest prize of goliing Americ,
and it was close enough, in all con
) science.
, Marston's HOOdoos
Great golfer that he is, Marston ha
seldom been able to defeat Gardner an,
. Francis Ouimet, and it has been hi
l Ill fortune to be paired with then
twice each in the amateur battles
Each of those gentlemen has won tb
Q crown, and each OF them stepped o
= Merton Max in doing it.
: Gardner and Ouimet are entered i
4 the campaign at BrOOklino this yeor
l and MarStOn will seek not ONLY th
D championship, but the joyous throb tba
will come from eliminating one of theI
IT the draw happens to bring them to
gether.
There is no certainty. of course, tina
, he will be able to do 1t, but no one hu
ever accused Marston Of lacking fight
ing heart. Though these champion
- have had the edge on him in tho pas
II Max Is as keen as ever to drive thrOup
Il the CLASSY field that will gather on t,
q Massachusetts fairways--and he uey,
= comedies dctcat until the last putt
r holed.