Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1916-06-24
Golfer Shows Complete
Upheaval Of Expert
Form at Wilmington
Tourney
BY SANDY McNIBLICK

VI lhbkE IS no JOY IN Jersey.
J. Somewhere the sun is shining, some
where the people shout, but not IN the sea.
shore cities, for the mighty Wood is out
Golf wizard for day II. wellington
Wood, southpaw cyclone Of the salty sands
OF Atlantic city, tore mp the going in the
medal round Of the tourney at wilmington
which ends today. He dazzled the gallery
and he petrihcd the entrants when he burst
in the lead ahead of Ned Sawyer, conqueror
Of "ChIcls" Evans, famous former nnalist
in the national and ex.western champion.
ahead of Douglas Corkran, favorito;
Franklin Dyer and a flock OF other golf
experts.
First he handed In a card Of 70 and then
labbergasted all the gathering by coming
back for an afternoon round of rs. His
feat was all the more remarkable In that
he played with golfer who turned the
course in both rounds at 9O.odd. The viii.
mington course would seem to present as
many difficulties, II not more, to a left.
handed golfer as a right.hander, but the
Jersey juggernaut never faltered. He said
he played the best golf of his career.
And hundreds of fans IN the mosquito
State, from which plays II. Wellington
Wood, had hope.
For the portside phenom plays like an
eagle set free when he is on his game, heel
and toe,
I'VE have seen him in the ecstacies of a
perfect day" a drive he made at North
Hills was among the longest we have seem
The Sun and Then the Storm
The pet saying of Daddy Dope for years
and years has been that a good golf day is
followed by n bad one. 1t worked with a
vengeance against H. Wellington Wood.
His decline and fall was crashier than
that of Rome.
He was beaten in the first tee-off by
youthful Norman Maxwell, Aronimink to
the tune Of and 3. He was then ousted
by a wide score in the first round of the
beaten eights by w. w. Turner. SPRING
haven, who was badly beaten in the morn
ing.
The whole experience of the Jersey crack
in the tourney is one of the most remark
able of the seasons play. Such an incident
is one of the many things that make golf
the wonderful game 1t is. one day golfer
plays the game of his life, and the next
he can scarcely see the ball.
Wood is likely to pull surprise in the
Philadelphia championship next week, as
he is going at a swifter pace than last year
He is strong with his wood and accurate
with his irons.
Whistles Swan Song
The drawing in match play worked out
yer were headed for each other from the
start, If nothing went wrong, and the gall
lery has been waiting for the clash. Saw
yer went to the semifinals when he ousted
c. c. Highley, the Princeton star, after
rather difficult match. Both players had
trouble in getting going, and 1t was rather
a spasmodic affair.
Highley took his defeat in the most
cheerful manner. In the dying moments
of the match he took to whistlng a few
strains of the Egyptian Death March,"
with bars of other dirges thrown in.
He took the most pleasure in whistlng
just after shot that didn't spin just as he
had planned After he had the whistle off
his mind he usually made a good shot.
Sawyer made his first good putt on the
18th when he sank lengthy one for n bird
3. Up to that time he had used his two
puts on every green, and ofttimes used up
three He missed several that didn't look
very hard, and reminded one strongly of
his greatest rival in golf, "Chick" Evans.
Sawyer is not so long with his wood
but can depend almost much as Evans
on his irons He squared the match at the
fourth when he laid an iron right up to
the flag, after Hghley had fallen down on
n similar shot
Sawyer rather enjoyed the match after
bit and when he was up at the 11th, tried
TO give the gallery run for It's patience
He lay behind neck Of the woods on his
drive and tried 1OO-yard pitch over the
lofty trees to land the green.
The ball started.
II may be at sea by this time. or wher-
ever the little brook carried it that flows
betwlxt the trees. The ball was lost and
Sawyer lost hole.
He gouged his ball out of a trap on the
next hole for half when II looked as
though Highley had the hole on Ice and
would only be one down.
History Repeats
The chapters OF history repeated today
when Mrs r. II. Barlow and Mrs, G. Henry
Stetson met in the finals Shawnee. The
same players were In the finals last year.
Mrs. Stetson has been having some splendid