Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1916-10-14
NORMAN MAXWELL
BEATS MARSTON
in SEMI-FINALS
Young Aronimink Links
man Dorps Baltusrol
Star, 2 and l
ELKINs is DEFEATED
BY SANDY MeNrBLIcK

NEE-oN-DELAwARE. Pa. oct.
1t.--An eagle" 10 bird" started tho
downfall today at Shawnee in the annual
golf tourney Of Max Marston. 'rnashie-
nihlick king" and ono OF the longest hitters
in American golf Norman Maxwell, nine
pounds OF energy into the going and tri-
umphed In one OF the most brilliant
matches Of the season, and I.
In the gorgeous setting OF the October.
turned hills. with a raging gale turning the
shots on At crazy angles. Maxwell holed
out seventy-nine TO the eighty Of he ma
uonal seasoned giant opponent by marvel-
Gus work on the green's He was two down
at the twelfth tee, but hung his club In
the crook OF his arm. sank his numb hands
In his pockets as a hunter protects his
trigEer hand. and went cunning for one Of
the greatest players In the land.
Maxwell bottled forty-foot roller OF
the edge OF the par hve fourteenth hole for
an eagle" three TO tho bird" four Of
Marston. and broke into the lead for the
FIRST time in the match. N was his third
starlight hole. after he had been two down.
and had looked TO be cracking and out OF IL
When he smashed a ball out OF the sand
on the fifteenth for half. ana sank bird
two on the binnekill hole for another half.
he was only seventeen strokes for ave
holes and all the lcuioks 60 the nashie-
nibiick shots OF Marston were of no avail
The latter played safe on the seventeenth
and, when MAXWELL sank another ffteen-
foot putt, II was all over.
Another match almost as nerve-wreck-
ing was put on by RegEie worthington,
playing on his home course and George w.
Elkins, Jr, Huntingdon Valley. worthlng-
ton burst into the finals on the eighteenth
hole by getting a half in three and winning,
ono up. Elkins was six down at IN turn
TO n thlrty-eight. but then won FIVE straight
Aala La AANe L.. - alsri.N
after he had hRlved all tn rest, and was
one down on the eighteenth tee.
lie got his drive to the last hole not three
feet from the flag and looked good for the
hole But the Shawnee man played stop
volley" TO the green and was inside the
other ball Neither could sink the putt, and
| half gave worthington the match.
The thing that seemed TO worry the long
| hitting Marston most I'm his match OF the
| semhnais was the fact that Maxwell
was holding him even for distance on th'
tee after the first two holes. and many
times outdrove him. Both walloped Out
| prodiglous drives in the battle for advan
tage. Marston approached nearly every
| green with the shining scepter which hai
brought him scores OF victories In the past
| his mashie niblic. but II would not work
miracles and all It's spin could not equa
the putting of the Aroniminker.
Maxwell heeied his FIRST drive badly. and
the overcoated gallery critics shook theil
respective heads thinking there would b
| nothing to II and that Baltusrol Marstor
| would easily run out the match, Another
dubbed drive put Maxwell two down In tw,
holea Marston missed an infant putt TO IN,
third after Maxwell was finely down In tive
puts
More long putting halved the fourth hole
and Maxwell squared things on the nth
which he landed with a beautiful jlggei
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