Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1916-10-16
LONG SHADOWS
ON LAST EVENTS
OF LOCAL GOLF
Two Medal-Pla Journeys
This Week End Official
Schedule
REILLY's FUNNY FRANKS
BY SANDY MeNIBLIcK

Two tail-end Journeys win bo laid oue
this week for the last cfforts Of the city
and visiting golf-laurei aspirents
Both eventa the last Of the local oflciai
schedule. will he nt medal play. and some
Of the best golf OF the season is cxpectaA
Today and tomorrow play soss forward
at st. David's for the Msry Thsyer Farnuu
Cup over thirty-six hoies half today and
the nnal eighteen holes tomorrow. T14
tourney II for women and the talent Of (ho
district Ia entered.
The osher medal play test 10 1t Phn-
mont for the open championship Of Phila-
dephin. All golfers connected with cluon
members OF the United States Golf Asro-
citation are eligible to play fof the tttIe.
which win be decided ovcr seventy-two holes
midst the whacking up Of some well-fat-
tened purses.
drive OF invading pros. gathered ias<
week Mt Siwanoy for the champ,onship Of
tho United States Professional oolfsrs A.
soc,huon. is expected to enter the lis>a.
and the play should be about the fastest N
tho history OF the local event
Some Long Hitting
victory that gives the golf Of Norman
MAXWELL, nineteen year old Aroniminker
new significance is the triumph he scored
last week at Shawnee over Max Mnruton
ing. -
maxwell loosened the stays Of his brI1.
liant opponent by the length OF his toe
shots and completed the overthrow BY the
Impossible" puts ne was canning from
near and far ranges Of the cup.
Marston is claescd as one Of the thras
longest hittors In amateur ranks ana wneu
MS boy opponent clung TO him shot for
shot out OF the tee Enclosures Marston
plainly began to show his doubts ~ -
the outcome 49,
On the ninth hole he did something he
has not been seen 70 DO in the dozen
matches we have followed this season Is
which the Baltusroi star was the leading
participant. The driving dervis messo1
tee shot that fumbled ana stsrrer>S
through the rough In front OF the Tee 4,
| badly iubbed drive.
| A sample OF the desperate xolf Maxwel,
played may be judged from his shots On Ire
twelfth, when he was two down.
Both failed 20 take into account the rals
| racing across the course because the tee
was sheltered by trees and both lonr
pitches were carried badly to the rfrht
| Marston had n good lie In abort Erans be-
hind the traps at the rear. but Maxwell
his ball out Of an earth furrow 80 neatly
that Il landed the green. Then he cheer1Iy
sank the putt for q three,
He badly outdrove Msrston on the next.
and the latter, known as the ''mashie nlblto
| king" could not catch the green. He une1
his m. n for neGriy every pin approach,
long or short.
Maxwell ran down an epixlottls- twistinr
putt from OF the par nve fourteenth for IA
eagle" TO the bird" four rung up bv
Marston. and was In the lead for the flrs(
time In the match
Tho firm shots OF the supposedly crrati.
Maxwell from this point TO the finish wer,
revelation to the pen-critiques in IN,
gallery.
Bravely Played Shot
A shot seldom duplicated was a six-foos
putt Maxwell rolled into the cup for two
| on the Binieiklll after. we repeat. after
| Marston had dumped into the pockst :
thirty-foot putt for a two from the edge Of
the green.
Several friendly family duarrels" were
ssttled during the play at Shawnee, one Of
| which was a ''grudge" match between Al
| Ehret and "Slate" Reilly both OF Bala.
| Long Phil Reilly. the singing golfer, won.
but not before he had given vent TO some
/ OF his best comedy. Even the sand In the
traps beamed when Reilly tried to snafch
| the fifteenth hole from his roofer rival
/ Reilly's approach popped over the side Of =
| perpendicular mound The long BalaiIan y
| tried to take a stance on the straixht-up
/ slope. but his heels suddenly caromed OVER
| his head and he paved the earth with hla
/ golden mustache as he aid TO the bottom.
/ Again Reilly tried. but again his feet kicked
/ from under and. ciutching franticaliy for
| stoppage. he slid down the slope. like =
child at play. In tangie Of long LEGS and
/ waving arms.