Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-08-10


| are having trouble losing balls It does not
| take long before the whole course is con.
| gested. But Bala did everything to dc
| away with congestion. Forecaddies were
| stationed on the drives on tho first second
thlrd' fourth, fifth and seventh holes with
an American flag, and every time the Stars
ana Stripes waved the players on the tee
knew 1t was time to shoot.
A Hard-WOrking Committee
And the tournament committee worked
| hard on Wednesday. They deserve placos
/ on the roll of honor, so here thew are.
Johh Z. McAvoy, chairman; Francis M.
nicAuans' A Z, Alexander, Il. De Long,
f. NJ Hardt, w. Il. Supplee, c. II. Sykes
ana william H. Wilson. OF course. the
brunt OF the work has to fall on n few. SO
mat Messrs McAvoy, Sykes and McAdams
We're the hardest workers. But the rest of
the committee was busy making things
as pleasant as possible for the guests and
were most successful. In view of the LARGE
llelo' when o'clock came, the committee
was only twenty minutes behind the sched
uied time, which is some going So at
O'Clock the remaining players We're sent out
III threesomes. and by the time they reached
the seventh tee dusk had fallen, and when
tne last three ended the days work on the
nnnta min green IL was necessary to have a
motorcar shed It's rays on the green 90
That players could see to putt.
There were five men who had an evsn
loo ior the last place in the fifth sixteen
ana only two Of these were left out. And
between the last man in the first sixteen
ana the last man in the fifth flight there
was diHerence of only eleven strokes, so
mat mat tne scoring was very even. There
were twenty-five who broke ninety so
mat leaves only ten strokes difference be.
tween the other fifty-eight men. A long mutt
Ut Two or missd short putt or two n hail
or Two out OF bounds, an extra shot in tho
puhker-all these determined whether vou
went IN the second sixteen or the fifth.
Maxwell First Choice in Pool
Ihere was pool after it was all ovor
anu the bidding for first choice was keen
ahu tnere was no great surprise when the
irst choice was young Norman>-H Max
wen, the medal winner He IS an odds on
taNorlte Tor the honors. Ed Clarey was
.s,a seGo'u Choice and George Hoffner was
.nlru Ihe others chosen were Georse q
hlauder, Walter Reynolds, Herb Newton,
w, w. Devices, j. J. Young and f. w.
hnght' which left seven men in the field.
Inc going In the upper flight is harder.
as II includes Clarey, Hoffner, REYNOLDS
newton and Platt. In the lower flight one
oL these four Is sure to come through
maxwell, Klauder, Young or Knight In
1ne second sixteen the favorites are Jimmy
ioop l1OILher, Bill Eel
Ton and Alec Alexander. In the third
there Is little choice and no one dared 10
suggest The winner. Tho same is true of
tne other two sixteens. so that there are
plenty or surprises due in every flight
One of the first real professional roIfers
VINO came to this city was the late WjIlis
Anuerson, who has tho record of having
won more open championships than anv
other professional Then came a long woit
until the brilliant scintillatinr JacI, NJ
Dermott kept Philadelphia in the liina,isbt
with two open CHAMPIONSHIPS and n tin Snu
third. He was succeeded by Jim Rarros
anu today Eddie Loos shares the honors
with the Whitemarsh professional Toos
VINO finished third In the patriotic ono1,
tournament at Whitemarsh, had the distinn
tioh OF leading the big field at shawnee IN
tne hrst day of the open chamnionSb,.
winch ended yesterday He shot a co ~ =,
ms nrst round, which is one stroke md
the record made by GI Nichols trvo ',nue unuer
ago The youthful player from tha osio,.a. sents
G,uo G led The Held by stroke while Emn,att
rrencn' r' Formerly locker boy at the Merion
Srlcket club, was second. Jim Barnas ,,'o .Oi
InTu' ,i' which Is very good sbowins s sa
iHllauelphla, as the best PLAYERS in ~ ~
country were at Shawnee. There w. .le
eraI amateurs contesting, and amone .so-
we're we're II. W. Dyer. ]. s. worthinrton. 'nI,n nian
coles and Reggie worthington hnt Aieo
Dyer hadSany chance of getting q, o.ly my
money or plate. s III the