Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1916-10-20
Open Event Shortened
Because of Torrents
With Only Two Dis
senting Voices
BY SANDY MeNIBLIcK

INoR the second time this year rain has
Il cut into the scheduled time OF golf
tourney locally. Golfers are discussing to-
day whether after all II ls not the wisest
thing TO call the play OF In times OF squalls
and torrents just as a game Of baseball Is
called sometimes for no other excuse than
that the grounds are not dry enough.
1t goes without saying that few golfers
can play their game when the rain drives IN
their faces closes their eyes and makes the
shafts OF the clubs 40 slippery as TO barely
be tenabie.
II is an ancient tradition that come either
floods tempests OF fire. the game OF golf
goes on merrily. The ancient custom has
been broken but seldom. Since some tour
neys. important OF otherwise are held under
the most brutal auspiccr while " has hap
pened, though very rarely, that other events
have been postponed for Just the reason
Of these auspices. Il is held by most golfers
that there ought to be some definite ruling
made on the subject and that there ought
not 20 be any choice left
Rainless Golf
In the opinion OF most golfers talked TO,
no tourney ought to be started OF meath tho
salutes OF buckets OF rain. Others held that
the golfers gather for the serious business
OF golf and that the weather conditions no
matter how vehement. are only 20 be con-
sidered as hazard.
The most serious difficulty is the matter
OF the time involved In a postponement for
II virtually always means that the tourney
must take up another day, sometimes being
set over into another week. possibly out
side the time limit n business man has given
himself as an absentee from his desk.
Golfers. on the other hand. feel that there
is little satisfaction in the nNc-nile tramp
h. sHnNA ANNsln Uf
for the sake OF running OF the event on
time. Like all arguments. there are two
sides 10 the question, and like many II
ends In a draw,
The FIRST local tourney this year to be
postponed by rain was at 81. Martins.
Tho finals. scheduled for saturday were
set over till Monday. The growls were
drowned out almost entirely by the cries OF
approval.
Yesterday In the open tourney the forty
odd entrants were gathered In the shelter
OF the club house, removed from the slanting
assaults OF the rainfall. and three PROPOSE
tions were put up to them by Frank Warner.
secretary OF the Golf Association OF Phila-
delphia.
The nrst was to limit the play TO fifty-
four holes instead OF the seventy-two as
per schedule; to play eighteen yesterday
afternoon when It looked as II the rain
would let up. and the other thrty-slx today
holes today and let Il 20 at that and the
third was to play eighteen Thursday thirty
six today and eighteen Saturday morning
A fourth proposition TO play thirty-six holes
today and thlrty-sx tomorrow got no en-
couragement and was abandoned straight
way. There were only two dissenting voices
TO the hrst proposition. so there was no
need of putting up the others.
Submarine Putting
The pros were well satisfied 10 hold up
activities TIL the afternoon, but only n
couple OF pairs had teed of when the rain
began to drip from the heights They came
In two hours later like a string Of drowned
rabbits. on one hole II was necessary to
use a "sInker' for a hoater" would not 40
down on account OF pool OF water that
had flooded the cup
Jim Fraser. the seaview mastodon, de-
serves great credit for the rs he was able
TO extract from the flooded Philmont course
He had TO make n quick recovery to get
his score, too.
His FIRST tee shot was n beauty. but he
was tricked into playing to hug the woods
and found his ball In an uncomfortable spot.
The big pro fumbled his second shot badly
and only the excessive slope 20 the green
coaxed the ball down the hill. His third
was just as indecsive and II looked as
though he was badly ratified.
He was lucky TO get Ave. and when he
took a five on the third also II looked as
though he was a stranger TO his usual
speedy game. But after that he began 10
pick up. and II II had not been for a crop
OF missed puts he gathered after that he
would have had a truly remarkable card.
Jim Barnes, professional champion OF
the United States. remarked that the day
called for weight more than speed. and this