The Washington times., 1923-09-21
I. up.
ON GARDNER
At GOLF
leads in Morning Round Of.
Amateur Championship
Tourney.
By ROBERT e. HARLOW.
International NaWa service.

FLOSSMOOR COUNTRY CLUB.
CHICAGO, Sept. 21.-Jesse Sweetser
was seven up on Bob Gardner at the
end OF the morning round IL their
senllsfinaI match in the amateur
championship. Sweetser had q
medal score Of Is and Gardner was
! Francis ouirnet of Boston, and.
Max Marston, of Philadelp hia,
reached the end of their first nine
holes all square. Both had scores.
OF 4O.
Gardner Won the first hole from
SWeetser when the champion took
four to reach the green against the
wind, but the match was squared At
the second when Gardner drove into.
q trap and took four. SWeetser put
his tee shot on the green and was
down in two puts,
Then Gardner played some very
bad golf, slicing his drive to rough
and shanking an iron. These cost
him a seven at the third, and he fol-
lowed this by putting his second over
the green into a trap at the Iourth
and missed one in the trap. Sweetssr
won both holes
Wins Short Seventh.
Gardner, never a really sound
player, but great at match play,
showe6 some OF his brilliant golf At
the par four fifth and sixth hofes,
making birdie 3's on each by means
OF an eight-foot putt at the fifth and
8, twelve-noot putt at the sixth. This
squared the match.
Sweeteer won the short geventa.
pitching over a pond just short OF
the hole. Gardner took three puts
from the far edge Of the green ana
Eweetser won with a three TO be-
Sweetser won the eighth hole.
where he holed q three-foOt putt Tor
q a,birdie three. His second. = pltch
over the traps, was. perfect. Tney
halved the ninth, leaving SWeetser
z up. The cards:
sweetser ss5.4 443's 4-ss
Gardner.... 547633 A 40
Ouimet Takes Lead.
Ouirnet assumed q lead over
Marstoll early. being 2 up at<the end
of the first three holes OF play. Poor
putting soon lost him the advantage,
as did an unfortunate break on the
ninth hole. aOglimet's' drive, a bit
sliced there, found q wheel rut. he
PLAYED out to the edge OF the green,
bit WAS unable to get his, approach
.lnad III Nil EztEss
. EOn me sixth Ouimett sliced his
drive to the woods and lost the nole.
Early in the game, MArst0ns 1an
trouble with his putting, having e
six.footer to win the. first hole, ana
faiiine. after which O1linet picked up
fhe second. Ouinet won the third
hole, when Marston's third shot
found q trap near the green, ana MS
fourth was strong.
AT the short seventh Marston took
three puts and was 2 down again,
but he won both the eighth and
l4inth, Ouinnet taking three puts on
each green. The cards:
Out
Marston .,..5 5.644 4 40
Ouimet. -. 4S44 s $40
Bothered By Winds.
Both Sweetser and Gardner had
birdie fours at the tenth, getting
home with irons, with q following
wind. They reached the eleventh
green with their tee shots, but Card
ner was at the edge of the green
and his approach putt was weak. He
could not hole g. seven-footer, and
Sweetser, who drove near the pin,
won with 8.
Both were afraid the wind would
carry their second over the twelfth
green. and did not hit their shots firm
enough. They were short, but Gard
ner Clipped dead and won with a>4,
Sweetser falling on q seVen-foot putt.