Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-06-21
PITTSBURGHER IN
WHITEMARSH VAN
u,st Penn Pro Steals Lead
From Loos With Total
of 149 Strokes
,ocAL MAN ONE BEHIND
wHITEMARsH. June 21.

"" ,.,ai golfer, by duplicating his card
Wv a. the second round of the big event
,h.reby taking his place at the head
!, ,hs column with total Of 149 for the
,,,cuIts of the whitemarsh course.
~,.,.rd Ioos registered a n yesterday
.s one stroke behind Hutchinson. lie
~, Ma lead with a total of $50 for several
-. hut when the Smoky City pro dupli-
~ the Cricket Club players card, Loos
dropped to strong second place.
,,.,,b,nson was going strong from the
~, tee TO the home green, and, while he
W rot make the spectacular start that
sl.,rred the St Martins professionals
- his game was as steady as n clock.
~ made the out journey in 81, three
.,.akas less than his mark at this point
y ,hs first round. and then he took SO
ZONES for the second half of the journey.
~ out trip should have been even lower,
a. ma missed three easy puts.
His card:
S' -: :::t { ! 3 95 5 Z t-8855-7s
Cunningham in Third Place
Alley Cunningham, the leader at the end
:, me first round fell into a tie for third
sisce when he took IS for the second trial
!, the course. Cunningham was handi-
aimed by the efforts of spectators. who
insisted upon telling him how Loos and the
siber low scorers were going.
He could not escape these bulletins, and
AZ A result, the big West Virginian golfer
vas pressing all the time to come in under
me Cricket Club pros mark Cunningham
reoured two more strokes to reach the
hrn than he did yesterday, and he added
two more to his home journey over his
fgres of yesterday, for a grand total of
ls2
NacNamara Catches Up
Tom MacNamara caught up with Gun.
nnghams two-stroke lead by making an
ether rs for today's effort, for a total of
49, Mac reached the halfway mark in one
nroke less than II took for the first round
but a 6 on the eleventh. where he got a 5
yesterday against the wind, made his total
Tor the in round 3S instead of 81, and the
biz fellow was content with his second &C.
NaeNamara has been playing steady golf
as his out and in round totals for the two
days are SO, 81 3S, 3S, which represents
elocklike shooting.
Norman II. Maxwell was unable to better
bis score Of yesterday, and his even so
placed the young Aronimink amateur we'll
down the list.
Charlie Hoffner the Philmont golfer.
found the going hard in his second round
and required five more strokes than his
first record for an Indifferent so. Hoffner
was in the tie for third place yesterday
and II was expected that he would come in
strong for his second effort, but the young
heal home-bred was bad with his putting
and his total of 159 for the double round
places him well down the list of summa-
nes
Jim Barnes improved with the second
round and turned In a pnrd Of 76 OF oh
strokes under his first trip. Barnes was
reported to have a card of SO for the initial
nund yesterday, but the tall home pros
round was "a.
Loos made a wonderlul start by regis
hrng birds on the first three holes He
put his second shot close enough to the
pins Of the first and second holes to run
down puts for brilliant threes, and he
holed out lashy four on the 416-yard
oOgieg third. He played the fourth in a
par three and then registered another bird
H dropping a four on the 500-yard fifth
hls only bad hole in the out journey was
me eighth, where he required two over
par for a six
Out in "a, the local golfer started the in
purney by making another bird when he
cropped his three on the difficult tenth He
Infhed the remainder of the round with
lour IS and a like number of 5s for the
sAnoing low card of the tournament, one
'uoke above the par figures of the course
His card:
S u: 49,: 3 ! a. / I 3 8-s5 "a
me day is an ideal one for low scores
sno Il is expected that the Cricket Club
PAYERS card will be bettered before the
nA pair comes in. Loos holds the advan-
ase OF turning in a n for yesterdays
sa9rt and his total of $50 will place him
nigh on the list
All That Is left of the wind that handi-
Spped the men yesterday is a slight breeze
sN snI many of the cracks who came in with
.a en cards for the first round gritted their
ss'n IN chorus as they stood on the first
NV aho registered determination to make
w ior lost time.
Sm Barnes, who was seen at disadvanr
& Ase yesterday, started out with a goodly
tHery' Tom Mcnamara and Jock Hutch
son VINO trailed in with cards of 76 for
SyoOho place tie, are out and going strong.
molman Maxwell. leader of the amateurs
''u ~ record of seventy-nine, started we'll
~ III Nicholls, Mike Brady and the other
en hshts In professional ranks, who failed
snow up for the meeting, are being
az. . regular panning by the faithful
49,. 80, VINO made the trip to Whitemarsh
SSI Tl tne championship had been eliminated.
-uo eVent is another one of those tourna-
T.s rms mat is given the title of patriotic"
t4 tre VIII be no trophies and the entrance
are devoted to the Red Cross, with
I'M. ioward but a scrap of paper stating
Standing of the contestant in sight
turnout of the tutors is remarkable.
l,ssny OF the professionals came from a dis
So ana sacrificed time and money to be
L. tne starters In the championship
lsns open The failure of Nichols Brady
M, ,otners to be among those present is
~ Iooked upon with any great degree of
assure by the players.
Vnr.s. my heo cross folks are everywhere. The
m. en members of the club have donned
Vs nurse uniforms and there are many
ses,s Ior the contestants and followers TO
"a ae across The badges are worn by all,
~ ~ little Red Cross flags are sold to the
l''sp'e who come in by machines.
Summaries:
LIST rd. Out. In. TT.
a cpnnrhISoos hIoos Phila; Cricket. n "a 80 $50
va cunningham, Wheeling, w.
ltnmtt' mara, Taplow ........ 78 98 3S 1852
~ vi uIlS5hchl York. .......,. IS SO Al 1855