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Show HO WINS THE 111 I.SJ01FTI1LE :l Defeats Egan, Twice Winner of jl Vjl National JFIonors, 4 Up and NEW CHAMPION ONLY ': 'rH ' NINETEEN YEARS OLD ijKfH It Was Harvard Against sYalc ifj' 4 and Victor Is Given Great Ovation. f-ii CHICAGO GOLF CLUB, "WHEATON, ;.'! 111.. Sept. 11. .Robert E. Gardner of L i 'H Hinsdale, a clean-timbered, rosy cheek 'tl- , !H lad of nineteen years, won the amateur -l.jt 1 j, golf championship of the United States '; from II. Chandler Egan o Exmoor, ij twice winner of national honors, 4 up - . ;H and 2 to. play. He is the j'oungest man !tj iH that ever won the national champion- y IH ship. ' j', jH Gardner had an advantage of 2 holes . H over Kgnn at the end of the morning j. IH round, and although Egan caught him .'; il H ut (he third hole of the afternoon play 'j,1 jjll and had a lead of one hole at tho sev- .; i. enth the gvilty youngster came on again I' and irom t hit "time on completely out- ,' phu'ed tht man from Exmoor. ''i-t'l A nice large piece of hot apple pic '' i" " figured largely In Ijic result. Egan was the victim. He suffered from acute in- . i H digestion vesterckn after luncheon, and 1 I' H shortly afler the conclusion of his long hard match with ' Chick '"' Evans in the semi-finals, fairtcd away in tho locker JB room. He was under a physician's caro part of the nicht and physically ho was H unfit for a gruelling game such as to- ' ll day's proved. It was Harvard against Yale, Gardner g- , being a f-ophomnro' at the Xew Haven flr, H institution. A tremendous gallery fol- ( lowed the match and when tho end ' H came at the thirt3'-fourfti hole whou , Gardnfr holed out the short putt that H made his the amateur golf champion, a H crowd of tho Yale field captain's firouds lifted him lo their shoulders, shouting , M with jo'. H Gardner Outdrives Egan. -j Gardner outdrove Egan on nearly ev- IJ cry hole, and Egan is noted for his'long drives. Gardner holed three long putts, ouo of them for at least fortj' feet, and in only two or three instances did his tec shots fail to travel straight and far ; down f'nc fair green. Gardner throughout the tournament, played consistent golf. Ile disposed of Walter J. Travis in the third round of . (j'H match plav, and won from former west-ern west-ern champion, M,ason E. Phelps, yester-day, yester-day, in the semi-finals. In a wav he is a golfing marvel. Ho has never before figured prominently in 'H big golfing events, and last year did il not play at all This year Jig" took up lk the game in earnest, and his plaA rap- lfl idly developed to a degree of perfection H I hat lodav won him the championship. H Gardner, out (i 4 5 4 -1 (5 5 4 .1 Il I'gau, out 5 4 4 4 5 5 4-1 4 30 H Match all even. H Gardner, iu.2 o 5 4 4 5 4 4 4 35 74 Egan, in. ...3 4 4 4 5 4 3 4 4 35 77 Gardner, out fi 4 5 4 4 5 4 4 339 Egan, out 6 5 5 G 4 5 3 4 -1 12 Gardner, in 2 4 4 5 4 4 4 x x Bgan. in 4 4 5 5 4 5 5 x x Gardner 4 up. 2 to play. I |