Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-06-18
DECISION. MGRAW WAS SUSPENDED
CORKRAN STARSN
EARLY NOBLE GOLF
Younger Baltimore Crack
Turns in Card of 76 in
First Trip Around
HOFFNER LOOKS A WINNER
NOBLE, Pa, June IS.

NOBLE, Pa, June 49,
D. Clark Corkran, the sensational young
Baltimore star, jumped into the lead for
tho first half Of the qualifying round OF
the annual Lynnewood Hall golf tourna-
ment at the Huntingdon Valley Country
Club by turning in a card Of 76 for his
first trip around the course.
A field Of about seventy started in the
36 hole medal test and among the players
are many stars from out Of town. Max
Marston winner Of the tournament in 1916
paired of with Cameron Buxton, local
champion. who lost to Marston in the finals
last year. J. B. Parrish. Of the National
Links. and others from the Metropolitan
district were among the starters.
Corkran's card represents almost perfect
golf, as the young Southern player had but
one expensive hole The long sixteenth
against the wind represented a seven, but
two on the fourteenth and a bird three
on the home hole kept the round in lead
ing position.
Older Corkran Third
B. Warren Corkran. the older brother
Of the medalst-apparent held down third
place among the early starters. with a
round OF eighty. while Reginald S. Worth
ington, Of Shawnee, was sandwiched be-
tween the Baltimore brothers, with his card
Of seventy-seVen.
George W. Hoffner. of Woodbury.. trailed
Clark Corkran's morning medal score with
a spectacular n Hoffner had a bad out
journey and through series Of missed
puts he reached the turn in 43 strokes, but
when the young Jersey player passed the
half way mark he uncorked streak Of
the best gob of the day by making the
r n fus- CT oh md
Of As for a remarkable total of "a
Hoffner's card:
2H' IN .......... ,...... : Z z I ! Esi-77
Max Marston had a tendency to be short
on his approach shots and could not do
better than 81 Going out in AZ he made
the second nine in the same figures.
Cameron Buxton, who qualified with the
tall Metropolitan golfer, threw a card Of 81
to the boardkeeper for his total of the
first round. The city champion led his
partner by a stroke at the half way mark
and came home in 40
Mere Lad Does Star Work
One Of the sensations Of the qualifying
round was the work Of flfteen.year-old
Donaldson Cresswell, Of the home club, who
made the morning round in the creditable
figure OF 81. This is young Cresswers
initial tournament OF any size, and his
many
OF the more experienced starters.
The Red Cross feature of the tournament
was very much in evidence through small
booth placed near the big score board. The
table was under the direction Of Mrs, y
c. Huber and Mrs. William NJ. Weaver and
a very satisfactory sum was raised for
the worthy cause through the various
sources OF revenue. Each contestant was
taxed cent a stroke for his efforts in
the medal round and, in addition, small
Red Cross flags were sold to players and
followers.
d. Clark Corkran's card:
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George w. Elkins, Jr.. led the local play.
ers with round of 50. The Huntingdon
Valley golfer reached the turn in 80, but
n quartet Of skies for the second half Of
the journey put him in fourth place. How.
ard 3. Mcfarland, four times winner Of
the classic game. was one stroke behind
his clubmate with a card of SO, that was
blemished by twD straight sevens on the
twelfth and thirteenth holes
The Lynnewood Hall event has been one
OF the big features of local golf since its
start in 1901. Harold b. Mcfarland won
the first cup in 1905 with his third con.
secutive win OF the event, and Jerome
Travers carried the second trophy away
with him in 1915. when he recorded his
third victory
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