Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1915-09-06
NT BREEZE PARK TONGHTNOTE AND COMMENT
.l-Tr IT GIVE SPIN TO THE FLYING GOLF
bnIiin b'yI nECI,ARES PROFESSOR HOHNHUT
j. Theory Expounded by This Well-known "Prof."
SODs pDss;,odelphia Women Have Fine Chance to Win
National Honors at Onwentsia Club

toppled. too. And all eyes turned 70
Marston to come through. But Marston.
after being up and to go, with tear
in his eye, sprawled all over n two-foot
putt and turned up his toes And for tho
soke OF doing the Job up brown. Ander-
son was finally put out when he was
slight favorite, on form, over Gardner.
Anderson has been playing great game
this year, and few thought he would be
disposed OF so easily.
Philadelphia women golfers are wiring
ing their hands and waiting anxiously for
the returns on the little band OF experts
from their midst who are attempting to
qualify today In the national champion
ship for women at Onwentsia, Lake For
est, ILL., For there will be seven Phila-
delphians in the fray, and at least three
of them are perfectly capable OF making
trouble right down 20 the last bell
Mrs. Ronald II. Barlow, Merton. is the
leading light. She has been a fnalist
twice and was a seminalist last year.
So she Is virtually due to come through.
Mrs. e. IL. Vanderbock is playing almost
as good golf She was also a semlfinaist
last year, and Is playing better this year
than ever. Mrs. Caleb Fox has been a
f1nalist for the national title. and her ex-
ceilent steady golf should put her we'll
dler and Mrs f. II. Filter are other dam
gerous nationallsts from this city. while
the golf of Mrs. West and Mrs. Liveright
Is sure to earn them a good place.
Charles williams, of Aronimink, has
announced his intention of competing for
the Geist Cup next week and In other
tournaments here during September. This
is welcome news, as 1t is felt that in Will
Jams is the making of a star II he gets
the experience OF a little tournament play
In his system.
" M.lliams tells a weird tale of his recent
experiences. He went to Altoona against
q fast field there. he tied for the medal
and In the play-off lost when his opponent
holed out one of those pretty 40-foot
puts. He lost out in the finals likewise
when his opponent did the same trick.
after Williams had been up all the way.
out in breaking the course record on a
short putt, and was trimmed for the
championship cup when his man slipped
over near-furlong putt for the 18th and
deciding hole. Williams feels like many
other golfers, that long putt, by an OPP
ponent, should not count.
A novel tournament was played last
week at Mbplewood, n. II. Ii was a
hay fever handicap golf contest. Anybody
that was liable to go off in a shower OF
sneezes was a candidate for the prize.
Players were handicapped. first, according
to the golf they showed, and, second, ac-
cording to sneezes. Shots in the hay
or rather rough-were particularly penal
ized.
One of the mysteries of golf will al
ways be why the player means so much
before the start of match about how
poor his game is, and then when it is all
over he is glad to spend hours telling
how good he is. And this even though in
many cases he has been seen in action
by his hearers.