Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1915-07-17
IF LINKS TRACK AND FIELD SPORTS TTEMsF
~aEY DID 1T! YES, THE GOLFERS
mn THE IMPOSSIBLE AT ST. DAVID,S
uavent Without Post Entries ProveS Huge Sccess-A NJ
rlinohast Planned Wonderful nth Hole at Aronirnink
Wendell Fauiys PIaying-The Cat and Golf

shot that goes astray There are no
arthcial hazards on the hole.
The Wendell family at st. David's has
shown all kinds Of scoring ability Her
man Wendell, In the qualifying round OF
the tournament this week, turned In n
%, and no one came anywhere in reach
or this until his son Ted" turned In n
neat H. The latter's card included three
shots out Of bounds.
The course this year has been oonsld-
eraoly changed and Ted" holds the rec
ord for 1t with 7b. His father has had
chance for Is or better in more than
one club match, but has fell down on a
laBt-hole putt.
The latter brought glory to his name
when he became the only one to make
the 9TH hole in @ His drive was not so
good, but he knocked out a 2l5 mid-iron
shot which rolled up to the pin and slid
In.
The last act OF the titanic struggle for
possession Of the umbrella will be staged
this afternoon and the beaten victor will
have thoroughly earned his award.
Many envous eyes we're cast at the
"bumbershoot" during the hard rains
which have broken over the play Off and
on, At one time, among those in the
NTH 16, 1t was almost decided to toss up
for II and have the dreadful suspense
over with. Despite the numerous prizes,
the committee now realizes that there
is bound to be hard feeling.
The musings Of black, black cat, long
and rangy, have been varlously inter-
preted by the players In the tournament
at St. David's, who nave noticed 1t wan
i .ts l.. \ i..V.a
One player loudly demanded It's life
when it came and sat licking its ribs on
the edge of the green just before he
missed a micro-putt
Another player tied string around it's
neck and tried to drag II around with him
for good luck after 1t had followed MIN
down the l4th, where he got four after
three real odd shots. 1t was a bird
Cats are good when you want to get
bird" he said. But the cat broke away
and ran to hide behind another bunker
F. S. Bicking, of Aronlmlnk, was
thought to have an excellent chance Ia
win the tournament when he turned the
course In a pretty 70 the day before II
started. He was playing in great shape
but in the qualifying round he could moi
keep his ball In the course, and his 81 only
got him in the second 16.
All the changes in the course were de-
signed to penalize the players who coult
not keep their ball straight, so tinat tn,
golfer who shoots his ball on line find.
very little difficulty.
Across the water where we merri,
game o gon" came from, there seem t
be a few enthusiasts who hang UP wha
| might be called ''real" scores. We don
know just how low 1t Is possible to &,
in the way of scoring, but 1t seems thR
the following must be somewhere neal
! the bottom.
/ Playing at Molesly Hurst last week will
| w, G. Morrison eX-captain OF the club
Albert Seymour, the professional, dldn'
miss so very many shots and only counted
| up 81 at the nome pin, This beat his ole
record of 64 for the course, and we sup
| pose he was duly pleased, though n
doubt he Immediately began to think o
all the 'ifs" and reasons why he shoul
have nad a better score, and then decide
to go out the next sunny day and make
real score.
II any one has tho morbid curiosity I
look at his card, here 1t Isl
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