Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1915-08-30
GOLFERS MAKE COBB
AND CRAWFORD LOOK
LIKE RANKEST PIKERS
Amateurs, Seeking National Tt
tie, Show Ball Players a
Thing or Two About Long
Drives-Evans in Form
BY GRANTLAND RICE

DETROIT, Aug. 3O.-The main differ
erce, as Ty Cobb expressed It, was about
this: Sometimes 1 can hit 'em where
they amt, but these fellows can hit 'em
where n bird can't fly"
Ty was referring exclusively to Francis
ouimet, Jesse Guilford and Max Marston,
three long-hitting golfers who stood at
the home plate Sunday afternoon before
5000 persons and made the mightiest
wallops of Cobb and Crawford resemble
inheld pop-ups or fouls back of the plate.
There has been from time immemorial
or thereabouts, an argument under way
as to how much farther a golfer could
drive golf ball than a ballplayer could
drive a baseball.
It was agreed that here was the proper
spot to make the test-here in the home
of Cobb and Crawford, the slugging kings
here where there had gathered also the
greatest golfers in the land.
So three of the longest hitters in golf
com, Ouimet, Guilford and Marston,
were selected to make the test. The
centre field palisade here is 40 yards
from the home plate-far beyond tho
carry of Ty's greatest wallop or Wahoo
Sans mightiest clout. In fact, neither
the ahgpole on a fly. Oumet. the
amateur champion. introduced by
IIughey Jennings, led the fusillade. His
wallop not only carried the fence out,
sailing far beyond, crossed a row of
houses 80 yards further back and dis
appeared from sight through the top of
a tall oak, maple or ash tree, as the
case might De.
Anyway, 1t was a regular tree full
grown to true Western height. Cobb,
Crawford and Jennings, with the assem-
bled Tigers and Yanks, made no effort
TO conceal their astonishment. When
Max Marston followed with another long
smash almost TO the same spot the won-
der grew, But the biggest shock came
when Jesse Guilford. the human Krupp.
known also as the Bay State Siege Gun,
lit into one that was only beginning 20
rise as IL cleared the deep fence and
crossed the roof of some outlying house
across the street Guilfords drive. un-
der normal conditions, or rather over
normal turf, would have Travelled at least
$3.50 yards. For he Is the longest hitter
in the game, and that smash was one
of the best, timed TO the last flicker, and
struck with terrific power.
Immediately after this exhibition Ty
came up and announced that he would
be at first tee tomorrow at 10 o'clock
He had no intention OF missing anything
like this.
Which is a reminder that by dusk to-
day only 80 of the big fled will be left and
that the landscape then will have been
cleared for the match play to follow on
Tuesday through the rest Of the week,
In the second qualifying round-the final
liminatiOn--Ouimet and Walter Egan
day only 80 Of the big field will be left and
the big three TO follow, with Eb Byers
at 1906, and at IL Evans gets away with
Max Marston. There is stil a wide range
of discussion as TO whether the big three
will be upset this season, as II looks to
be $3.50 with them against the field.
Just at present Evans is playing the
best golf of the eminent trio. Chick led
both by several strokes In the qualifying
round, and on Sunday he Travelled the
eourse IN 70 strokes. playing as he put II,
one cf the best rounds he had ever known.
He was out In IS, but at the 18th, 18th
and 10Th holes took four strokes over par
and yet came back in 3S. The par for
these three holes is 4-S-4 and they cost
Chick 5-4-6. II was putting much better
than I have been" he said. land for the
first time here am beginning to get conf
dence in my short game"
One of the main Sunday features was
the play-off for the American golf
trophy, and Marston and Van Week had
tied at 10 with Tom and Sheriff. Sher-
man in best-bsll match. This time the
sherman brothers held together better
than their rivals, finishing in front by
three strokes-a 72 against a 75 The
New York golfers had their good and
bad streaks together and were unable 10
meet the effective team play OF their op-
ponents, who Travelled steadily 10 the END,
going out In 81 and racing back home
In sS.