Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1914-09-25
STATE GOLF SQUAD
MEETS DEFEAT IN
LESLEY GOLF PLAY
Pennsylvanians B e aten
Three Matches to Two in
Foursomes = Test w a S
Held at Short Hills, N. J.
SHORT HILLS. n j. Sept. IS.

today on the links of the Baltusrol Coll
Club in the first of the tristate matches
for the Robert W. Lesley Cup. Five
foursomes teams fought it out first and
later on ten singles. The district winning
the most matches will meet the Massa-
chusetts combination, holding the Lesley
Cup. in the decisive test tomorrow.
Pennsylvania presented its teams for
the foursomes as follows:
William c. Fownes, Jr., Oakmont. and
George a. orniston, Allegheny; Eben NJ.
Byers, Allegheny. and Cameron b. Bux-
ton, Huntingdon Valley; Reginald 8.
worthington. shawnee and ]. B. Crook
ston, Philadelphia; Howard w. Perrin.
Merton, and w. p. Smith. Huntingdon
Valley; J. Brendt Rose. Philadelphia
and Louis NJ Washburn, Philadelphia
Opposing these in the order named
were the following Metropolitan players:
Oswald Kirkby, Englewood. and Fred
Herreshof, Garden City; Jerome D.
Travers. Upper Montclair, and Gilman
r Tiffany, Poweton; Cornelius ]. Sui
Ivan, Baltusrol, and Roy d. Webb,
Englewood Max r. MarEton, Baltusrol,
and Gardiner w. White, Flushing; Archie
M. Reid. ST. Andrews, and Findlay S.
Douglas, Nassau.
Every one looked for keen match
between Byers and Buxton. for Penn
sylvania. and Travers and Tiffany. rep
resenting New York. That Travers had
decided to abandon his driver for the
time being at least. was evidenced at
once, for he drove with his driving iron
from the first tee. The hole went TO the
Pennsylvania pair. s to s. The last named
couple would have had a four, but for
taking three puts.
Tiffany almost missed his Sriya for tho
second tee. the ball not going more than
80 yards. on the other hand Byers hit
a fine ball and when Buxton laid the
next on the green. the Pttsburgh-P -Phia-
delphia combination won in TO 6, there
by throwing up.
Both Travers and Buxton drove the
third green, Travers effort getting him
much nearer the flag. on this approach
putt Byers failed to get up. and, when
Buxton missed his try for a three, the hole
went TO the Metropolitan pair. 3 to t.
At the fourth hole Travers brought OF
s-foot putt for a four, good enough to
win there and square the match This
Metropolitan pair became one up when
Buxton schlaffed his drive and his part
ner failed to carry the bunker on the
second shot.
The Pennsylvania couple won the sixth
when the opposition took three puts
They halved the long seventh in Ave and
the eighth up the hill in similar figures
Both sides failed to make the green on
the approaches.
Had Trsvers been able to bring off n
putt for clubs length on the ninth green
his side would have won there but as IL
was, they halved in four. which loft the
rivals all square at the turn, the strokes
reading ~ to 43 in favor of Pennsylvania.
They halved the tenth or Island hole in
four, but Travers had a bad tee shot going
to No. IL. That mistake enabled the Penn |
sylvania couple to win the hole in four
to five and become one Nm agair Tbo
twelfth was halved in four From the
thirteenth tee Travers showed a drive 70
the tran and as the opposite got a 2 Penn.
sylvan!a became up. To the fourteenth
Travers failed to get clear OF the sand on
his effort. Bycrs topned his driva br,
even 80 his side won the hole IN 70 8
Now up it looked like a certainty for
the Pennsvlyania pair and s,,rb nrovod
TO be the case, for after losing the nf-
thereby winning the match nm and -
NAV ~
The card:
Byers and Buxton
Out ......,....5 5555 4-2
opi fa'etS anu I'ra3y =,
Byers ard buxton
In ........-,.: 1-3s-7s
7, 'FaNeFs ana I'IHnN .
X. ). WorthinEton and James Crooks
Ton proved happy combination at the
expense OF Cornelius sullivan and Roy
Neph, who did not "iit we'll AT all At !
Inc l.th. after CrookSton had approached
10 bunker Worthingt"n made sensa-
ti"nal recover from the sand. the ball CO.
Ing into the hole for a ?. The hole was
haIyed. WorthinEton and his partner won
by up and TO play.
Ct TN n.h.r haH"' MAN Marston and
the argument against the Philadelphians
Howard Perrin and " y Sr,i,h o.,
A., 90 vtni, 80, - 'U'
~ - 90 Nn'le anu Ma St"l' turned Tor nome
up ana they won ny and margin.
tain and Arrbie Reid defeated tbe rIT
leCIans i r Rose and T N yVaabh,,-r
q IN and 10 rIa,. A, H. ,t,h T,,,,..,l'
!. 'i ~ - ~ ~ - '''' ~" ',"uSIds
prouBht OF sehst t'loHal mashle shot out
OF the long grass for 5,
n. credit iptarest ran bfgb n,La,, LSs5
- ~ a. - H"rH rFeH
fefFeshoh am oH"dlH hlTkby hnlSh"d All
square on the home green, with ". Q. !
FoWnes Jr and George Orniuton Tho |
Let named nair nravinusI,. bsd her 90.
las' Iat',u H 20. - '''' "eeH one
up with TWO HoleS 20 play
Fownes and Ormlston made hash Of