Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-08-11
H()FFNER in FINAL :
WITH W.U. DEVICES
Mercy and Klauder Elimi-
rated in Bala Invitation
Golf Tourney
NOR HOFFNER A WINNER

A' BALA. Pa. Aug. IL.
,var,er W. Devices. the twentv-vear-o'd
y w wp srom North Hills, Is apparently the
yeus., of the first sixteenth in the annual
w.sst,on golf tournament of the Bala Golf
Srh today. AT the end 0f the FIRST round
q nine holes he was tour up on george
= Hoffrer, Woodbury..
W. ',n.nv respects Il was a repetition OF
l'tioSrner- :" Clarey match of the morning
~ frst nine holes only one was ha'ved.
,.st Hoffner was as wild as a hare
~. " tbe tee on seven holes he was eItne'
= ne rough or trapped
r.,.ees @ won the first in par figures and
.sr on the second lost to Hoffner's bird
Gsrrer was trapped on the third and lost.
r.rees won the fourth and was two up.
Ina tee shot and a poor second by
fsxses gave Hoffner the NTH Hoffner was
IA an the sixth and eventually conceded
49, n. hole, Devices patted better on the
u u.nth and wa- three ''~ ~ .-'' So
ZEN on the eighth. while Hoffner was
Srnkered This save hlii
Nth played the ninth poorly, but Hoffner
hnud have won, but missed an easy putt.
The cards;
George W. Hoffner, of Woodbury., n. j.,
.nd W. u. Devices, the youngster from
Worth Hills and the dark horse Of the Bala
f,olf Clubs invitation tournament, are play
fiug
uoHner defeated his fellow townsman, f. c.
r1arey. one up on the eighteenth hole and
,ysvees won from George c. Klauder, the
Bala champ. and 2.
newees surprised the wiseacres this
( morning by easily defee ting Klauder De-
vses was on the fifteenth green in his
Ahurth, and Klauder shot his second ball
sut OF bounds while his fourth was over
~ green and over the sandpit. The ball
Mas out of bounds. so Klauder conceded
the hole and the match.
~ The match was wei contested for the
Arst eleven holes. when Klauder began to
ap. Klauder won the first hole with ease,
mt Devices evened up matters with a par
three. Two halved holes followed. and then
ne Bala crack slipped in a bird on the
sxth
The long seventh went to Devices when
Klauder sent his second out Of bounds.
and a bird on the eighth gave Devices the
had of one hole. Klauder squared the
match on the eleventh, and then the fire.
works started
par four on the twelfth gave Devices
the lead again. and a win on the four
tenth made him two up Both were wild
on the short fifteenth, Klauder being trap
ped Devices was nicely on on his second,
while Klauder barely got out. His third
vas near the hole, but Devices dropped in
i0r o DlTu ana WAS uOTHile lHTtt,
Bob Hoffner the young star Of the fam
~ Of golfers, the dark horse In the sec
end sixteen. gave Phil Carson, of Philmont
and the junior champion one of the worst
Trimmings of his career. The match was
even for Ave holes, and then Hoffner un-
bosed flock of birds and pars, winning
and
v In the Hoffner-Clarey match only two
we're halved and, as Hoffner was dormie
bhyng the eighteenth, the half on that
hole was fatal to Clarey. The first eleven
Aoles were won outright by either player.
N, Hoifner won the first two witch par and
bird. Then Clarey shot unbeatable golf,
Including two BIRDS and two par holes.
The last three holes of the first round were
won by Hoffner the seventh In par, and
the eighth and ninth in birds, a par on
he tenth evened the match, but .Hoffner
shot bird on the. eleventh and was one up.
The twelfth was the first hole that was
smked. Clarey won the thirteenth and
fifteenth and Hoffner the fourteenth. On
The long sixteenth Clarey's second was in
the pit and his out was poor Hoffner win
ming in par figures Both had birds on the
Rventeenth and Hoffner was dormie.
Both were on the short eighteenth from
he tee. Hoffner ran his putt down after
CRrey had missed and the match was over.
glance at the cards will show the very
knt .NIa