Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1916-10-30
WORTHINGTON'S
GOLF STYLE is
VERYFASCINATING
Rated High Among the Club
Wielders in England.
Playing Here Now
GOOD WITH THE wooD
BY SANDY MeNiBLrcK

Most fascinating 70 watch Of all golfers
who have played In the confines Of the
Philadelphia golf district this season. crit
lea agree. is the British links lion. 7. H.
worthington. rated among the leading
twenty players OF England. Reputation
FIRST usually. but personality second. Is the
main thing that draws to heel gallery.
The sunningdaie golfer is luminous with
personality, and he was fairly idoIized last
week at Atlantic City In the play for the
cup In the annual fall tourney. WorthinG.
ton Is n atrapplng fellow, though not =
giant, dark and Of leather-burnt counts~
nance.
His mouth is pulled own by big. round
mustache which II was his pleasure TO tux
solemnly after he had sunk n chip shot
from on the green many times. He takes
the course In the most unbusinessiike way
OF any OF the stars. typical OF his country
men. we are told. He ambles along.
idling with the gallery and seeming to
have his thoughts farthest from the Inn
mediate task of trimming the opposition
Impressive Shots
worthlngton's most impressive shots and
tho ones that seem to make the gallery
cry oftenest with ecstaey, are those hs
that the Englishman takes them with uuch
an easy swing and gets such prepoe-
terously long ball, withal There IL none
OF the twisting, waist-strangiing tying ono
self In n knot gone through with by another
golfer desiring the greatest carry he can
get. The hight dynamo all seems To be
lodged In the Britisher's wrist coils. He ap-
pears to jerk back suddenly from his follow
through rather than 10 wrap the club head
around his neck worthlngton seems to
rise TO the superhumnn when he comes
about TO the fifteenth hole and 10 up Then
he bangs out sprlng-ltke flight that Eoen
like n terrier after a bath. He wound up
his FIRST three matches OF the tourney ~
Northneld In sensational style, to say the
least He ended each with bird three.
One was a put from rough grass ffty feet
from the tin. Another was a long putt
| from the outermost green He won his
semihnal with cleaning cieek shot from
$50 yards. dead 20 the pin.
The Engiishman had q bad cold. and the
only sign he ever gave to the applause after
one Of his SURPRISING shots was modesi
| sniffie.
Just n Smile
| A ruling that would help greatly found
| two Northfeld contestants uncertain A. q
| the proper course on Saturday. Pierrl
Proal. former Harvard expert and sntsre<
| from Deal. was all-square at the thirteenth
The enemy drove a ball out of bounds, thez
| another and another. He finally put q eoo<
fourth well down and laid his next near m
green. Proal did not even have to driv
until his opponent had played four. 70 h
took II easy and was ''up three In three
Just then. on the far left. the other plAyc
found a ball which he claimed AZ his frs
out OF bounds was across the fairway Q
the right. so Proal objected. as II did nd
seem likely that the ball had bounded .
tremendously In bounds His opponent Ia
sisted on playing the ball. even though b
had played his fourth drive to the greer
had said he was playing six Just bsfor
Proal asked and then played two. Pros
accepted the loss OF the hole when the othe
played out his first drive and got a four.