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Show LONG DRIVERS OF AMATEURS Bob Gardner of Chicago and Jesse Guilford of Massachusetts Given Most Credit. Who's the longest driver among the golfing amateurs of our perfectly good United States? The question has been hashed and rehashed by the golf critics, yet no one has settled it as yet. When the amateur championship tourney was held at Philadelphia last summer, Jesse Guilford, Massachusetts state champion, and Bob Gardner of Chicago were touted as the best drivers among the amateurs. In the semi-final round, when these two players met, P t o - ' 1 v ?,'' 'I l , MmiJUTlTI H TITiIli ITjlilfWirf TttffilMlilf I lilg fljfl Bob Gardner. Gardner got greater distance out oi his drives, but it was pointed out that he was hitting a low ball with a long roll on a baked course, while Guilford was hitting a high ball with comparatively compara-tively little roll. And then the unprejudiced rnilblrds bobbed up wiih the assertion that among all th players In the tourney D. Clarke Crokran of Baltimore was driving yards beyond both players. So the amateur long-driving championship is up in the air. |