Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1915-07-17

a..,osslble" has happened, Up
81 \. prssent local tournament 1t was
Ply ...s -, impossible to have any success
Fs.ss' sscepting post entries, but the
ssa0ss ,.. a. 81. David's, partly through
l''pp''s s.,nnins Of the Philadelphia Golf
,,,or broke the Ice, and as a re-
tournament there this week has
odel Of decorun and speed. It
#a n,s,a 10 announce the paiTings In
ii posslp'e "
7l's ,,srs Is4 entries when the books
Aele. le.F.,dav morning, which IL only 2l
siia N isst yeaf The difficulty Of pair
wv s,,ch a held as this can readily
ql ,s,ood. but the committee was
IN wind everything up in schedule
80, uarst = time-Heen in-Philadel-
nshsrne OF the committee was not
w CUPS. Following out the idea
s Metropolitan Association, no prize
tost more than so,
az ~ nlgskin golf bag was given for
W, medal round, while the winners
s,s, and second sixteens also Will
~ ~. rigspin bags The winner OF the
rt's ,,t,sen will take home golf bag
laN " tha skin of a rhinoceros kitten.
(. vary handsome
zM.s'o ~ ooyizes are travelling bags, thermos
E silver hairbrushes and very fne
tor the first time in local bouts,
',.nsrs-up in the beaten eights VIII
2 .. reward for their hard lot.
"runner" each will receive a
sisesas.s.stick, except in the tenth eight
,sIsh an umbrella will keep the near
-,.,sy out of the wet.
sa..s admiration has been expressed
N. nrlzes, The winners will be per-
eaS to interchange II desirous'
80
-. other direction the st. David's
..,l.tee set a good example, and that
4 rettinR golfers off on time every
y y For the first day tho flrst pair was
p.hlsd 10 20 off at S.15 a, m. and the
y, y ss5 D. M, and, despite the great
A..rg Of golfers and possibility OF con-
sason that Is exactly what happened:
I. rreparation for the tournament the
,Ibouse was much enlarged and the
s.,s '.s,ss considerably altered. Every de-
,.i rss taken care OF, and the committee
,.s,ryea much credit for the exemplary
~ ihe whole affair has been handled.
~ eofnmittee is composed OF Weston J.
ItisSs. chairman; A. B. Kelley, f. n
vsEan sheldon Catlin, II. A. Miller. w.
asyward aIss Meyers and F.. F. Hallowel'
vas stated some time ago that the
~ hole at Aronimink, considered by
II .xperts who have seen 1t to be one OF
4. srortest holes in this country was
IA eut through the assistance OF Ray
IA vardon, At the time OF their visit
invoyer the site of the present hole was
s,.n woods and tangle of underwood
IA shrubbery. The idea of hole there
sslslnated in the mind of George Z. Klau'
ssy chairman of the Green's Committee
Y Ayonimink, and Ray and Vardor
nsrsiy gave their enthusiastic approVa
81 the scheme. - , -.
II s7Idsa and submitted 1t to the man who
instructed tho whole Aronimink course,
1. w. Tilllnghast. The latter laid out
ia BnaI plans for the hole and 1t Is te
him chief credit Is due.
Raw and Vardon helped lay out the holt
which was the 18th when they played
there, The present 14th hole was daring
II cut through a solid forest.
The falfway is on the side OF a hill
IN dense woods on either side. A driV'
shsuld go up over a crest out onto nat
hsh which the shot 10 the green is
hsl elsek over valley The green slopei
dosnhill. making 1t dificult to hold ONE
taI, and all kinds of dimculty awaits th'