Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1916-06-21
show Material for Ma
tional Championships
in the Fall on
Roars
pv SANDY McNIBLICK

.- ,hots aimed at the home pin dim
M ,,so olorv of the rays of the sun that
Theoretically today. Rarely has such
..rriacent golf frightened the annual
s,,ro,s for the classic Lynnewood Hall
~ at the Huntingdon Valley Country
Club. A. ,-.-..
-o,f such as locals will not have n
enu ae N soc again till the national cham
eshtns are fought out at Merton In
pn,o,nbcr that is, unless the Philadel-
~ stars are not too tagged out TO SHOW
g isn same brand next week In the bouts
sur the local championship
The tourney that ends at twilight today
,.arsbt ont one thing, and that Ia that the
e"i,ar eroIie nIavcrs are liable to play their
wi bope-raised speed of golf in the ma
s. .,ansi events. since the going will be over
curse with which they are thoroughly
familiar. ., ,,,,,,,. .,,o ,,,,ro g.,
sr,res better than 170, which is so strokes
nsr round, in medal play. FIVE OF these
P nIovors from the home club. They
were id pi''S ant three state champions and a
.rSoIe flock of other golfing lights. Two
y, tbe best Quaker players did not play at
.ilH-Walter Reynolds and Ed Clarey.
stumbling army Of open-mouthed fans
.os taken in the play all week and can
haor testimony that the silver cup. punch
ver, cigarette caskets and other hard
ware has been well earned.
Toppling Texan Titan Task
nno of the best spectaces of all the
,onnds of play for the coveted urn was
,bs match between George V. Rotan' one
~ the longest htters behind n ball, n
Texan champion for four years straight
and n former winner of the bynnewood
HALL Cup. and Douglas Clarke Cofkrah'
youthful Baltimorean, who can play IKE
. bird set free when he is on his way.
corkran went out against Rotan in fig
rres of So, and he was even fours when
No shook hands on the 18th. Many thought
bs should have played the bye holes and
node a stab at the record hung up last
wear when Jerry Travers shot II.
But Corkran had no chance because the
tsth Is n sure five hole and most OF the
stars are taking six because 1t is more
than 600 yards. The alps just yaWh lor
unsteady second shots.
Corkran started PAIRING at the start ana
,,ght away had the Man from Waco biting
hIs lower lip in frenzy. One OF Rotans
hest shots was at the punchbowl fifth
His pitch landed on the crest or the
rim while Corkran was putt-llke 10 the
hols Rotan Clipped and the gallery broke
,n,o ocstatic huzzahs as the ball jumped
,n a tender circle and hopped right up IN
n stymle on the brink of the cup
Good Old George Lyon
One of the quaintcst characters in the
game Is George Lyon, champion of Canada
and A former finalist for national laurels.
"He had the Lyons tail a-wagging,' was
the old mans comment when he sighed with
relief as he sank his putt on the home
hole, which gave him win over Maurice
Risley.
The Dominion demon was down and
10 play with the seashOre marvel, but he
never turned n white hair and took four
holes straight The old man was "all in
when he hit Philadelphia. He had under
gone an operation, which we won't describe
here, but which sounds as though all his
nost intimate and dearest possessions had
hen harpoOned for him.
He set out to play after having spent 81
hours in continuous process of getting here
on the trains. His ball was nearly buried in
the soft sand of the fifth hole against Risley,
The invalid veteran" lunged and most
cleaned out the sandpit with his nibllcll as
he laid his ball dead.
Bravo" said the other member of the
gallery.
That was brute strength" bowed the
Canadian. we breed those things up in
Canada"
Hamilton *. Kerr, champion of Connectl.