Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1916-06-08

women golfers representing New York and
Boston are trying to wrest from the Phila-
delphia team their laurels as intercity team
champions. They will have their little
hands quite full. Play started today and
will last over Saturday. This is the Phila-
delphia team: Miss Mildred Caverly, Mrs.
Ronald II. Barlow, Mrs. G. F. Fox, Mrs G.
II. Stetson, Miss Eleanor Chandler, Miss
Ethel Campbell, Mrs. G.. S. Munson, Miss u.
G.. Hood Miss Florence McNeely, Mrs. w.
j. Peck Mrs. Il. II. Filter Mrs Milton Her.
old and Mrs Francis Bradley
CASUAL WATER"
Casual Water" is still another term
that frequently is heard In golf 1t is
any temporary accumulation of water, and
is usually caused by rainfall or flooding,
and which is not one of the recognized
hazards, such as a brook, creek pond or
lake. Any water that Is of n permanent
character is recognized water hazard.
Frequently when a player Is golfing there
comes up rainstorm and pools of water
are formed on the course. This is casual
water. If you lose your ball or II lies
In recognized water hazard such as indi-
Gated above, there Is penalty, but II the
ball is lost or lies in casual water there
is no penalty of any kind except where
the ball lies In casual water in hazard.
Suppose you are playing at Cobbs Creek
and in playing for one of the green's guard
ed by the creek the ball falls into IT, If the
even necessary to find 1t. You are privileged
to drop another ball either behind the
hazard at the spot where the ball crossed
the margin of the hazard or in the hazard
for the loss of n stroke. The banks of
tho cree are just as much n part of the
hazard as the water itself, and IL you do
not care to play the ball from the banks
you are privileged to drop out just as II the
ball was in the water itself. Do not take
the time or trouble to play a ball out of
water. 1t is one of the most difficult shots
in golf and only the experts can play 1t cor
rectly.
No Penalty
Suppose again that thunderstorm has
come up and partly flooded the fairways
and putting green's. You drive a ball ap-
parently straight down the course and you
see the water fly where the ball hit the
fairway. When you reach the spot where
you think the ball is 1t cannot be found.
After a search of five minutes you fail to
find the ball. Or suppose you do find 1t
lying in the casual water. You are not
obliged to play 1t out of the water. You
may drop the ball without penalty within
two club lengths of the margin of the
casual water as near as possible to the place
where the ball lay but not nearer the hole.
The same procedure Is true If the ball is
lost in the casual water II the dropped
ball should roll into the water you may
drop it again without penalty.
1t is a good point to remember that the
term casual water refers as we'll to your
stance as to the ball itself For instance,
IL you find that the ball is not In casual
water but that you will be forced to stand
in casual water in making your next stroke.
you may drop the ball under the same rule
that applies to the ball lying in casual
water. So in neither case will It be nee
essary for you to get your feet wet In play
ing the shot.
Must Not Be Dropped
Suppose there is casual water on the
putting green. If your ball is In II. or there
Is casual water between the ball and the
hole, you may play 1t where 1t lies, or, IL
you prefer, 1t may be lifted and placed by
hand either within two club lengths be-
hind the spot where it lay originally, or as
near to the spot but not nearer the hole
so that you can putt for the hole without
having casual water between you and the
hole. If the ball is so near the casual
water that 1t interferes with your stance,
you are privileged to treat 1t as IL 1t lay in
casual water
If the ball is In casual water in hazard,
the player may drop a ball either in the
hazard, or behind the hazard for the loss
Of stroke II 1t is in casual water in the
fairway the player may drop ball without
but II II is In casual water on a
putting green the ball may be placed by
hand, but not dropped. II the ball Is in a
recognized water hazard such as creek.
brook pond or lake. the player may drop
a ball back of the hazard for the loss OF
stroke.