Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-06-27
YOUNG GOLFERS HAVE EXCEL JFNT
CHANCE TO CAPTURE HONORS IN
AMATEUR CHAMPIONSHIP TOURNEY
Lack of Title Tends to Decrease Interest Among
Old Guard Acknowledgment Yet Uncer-
tain as to Awards and Prizes

Iy,HERE is every indication that the field
i in the amateur golf championship OF
philadelphia. the qualifying round Of which
bseins today at Whitemarsh. will be one OF
tbe smallest on record, II also will be
notable by reason of the absence OF what
has come to be considered the Old Guard
The chief reason for this is that il Is
generally understood there will be no title
awarded. and that Cameron b. Buxton will
hold the title for another year
Amateurs are very much like the pro-
feseionals. Give them a tournament with
nothing at stake and they take little or no
interest in It. The executive committee Of
the Golf Association of Philadelphia will
decide some time before the tournament ofn.
eially opens Just what the program will be-
some of the committee believe all the prizes
should be awarded while others feel that
nothing should be given other than medals
or certificates.
There are those on the committee who
believe that the only sensible solution is one
of two things, either go the whole way
award the title and all the cups and medals
that go with an amateur championship Of
the city, or else call off the event entirely
They realize that 1t Is a difficult task to re-
ouire local golfers to devote almost an en-
tire week to golf and have nothing TO show
for their efforts Several years ago. after
the qualifying round, the match play rounds
we're so arranged that only one was played
each day. In this way golf did not inter-
fere too much with business but Of recent
years the effort has been to have the whole
affair. decided in as short time as possi-
Bile
But while the number Of men who have in
other years won the championship or who
have been fnalists will be absent. nearly
ali Of the younger crowd will be at White
marsh today, So there is every indication
that the next champion, or whatever you
may call him, will be one Of the younger
group Of golfers who have come into the
lmelight so prominently in the last year or
So So that while the field may be small,
there is a certainty that the golf will be of
q very hne order and worthy of the trip to
Whitewarsh.
Mrs. Vanderbeck's Exceptional Case
II is not every one who can win a local
championship, and the case Of Mrs. Clarence
H Vanderbeck, the second Philadelphia
woman to win a national title is interesting
Mrs. Vanderbeck won the title in 1915 by
probably the best display of golf ever shown
by woman player in this country. Imme-
dately after the amateur championship at
Merton last September Chick Evans played
a round with Mrs. NanderbeCk at the Phila.
delphia Country Club, and later he said
that the golfng form OF the Philadelphia
woman was the best he had ever seen shown
by an American woman. Mrs Nanderbeck
also has won the eastern womans golf
championship, and this Is as difficult a test
Of medal play as can be imagined Yet try
as hard as she can, she has never been able
to win a local championship
For years George a. Crump has ranked
as one Of the finest players in the Philadel.
phia district, and for years he has been
one of the lowest rated men in the local
handicap list 1; yet he has never won a
championship. So ii is not to every one
that the local championship is possible
The peculiarities of golf were never bet
ter shown than in the qualifying round for
the Lynnewood Hall cup at Huntingdon
Valley. The flnalists last year were Bux-
ton and Max Marston, so they were paired
together. one turned in a score of so and
the other an 81 for one OF their rounds
Yet their best score was a remarkably fine
IS, while their worst was a very bad 95.
II one went poorly on one hole the other
was shooting a par or a bird, and in this
way they turned in the lowest best ball OF
the tournament.
Journeys on MedaI-Play Basis
Every club in the Philadelphia district
has accepted the suggestion Of the United
States Golf Association and will hold
Liberty Day tournament on the Fourth of
July. In no case will smaller entry fee
than 81 be accepted, and the players may
give as much more as they please The
entire entry sum will be given TO the
American Red Cross through the various
clubs, The Red Cross has donated a medal
and this will be awarded to the winner
OF the tournament and in addition there
will be a certificate, suitably engraved
which will also 60 to the winner Of the
tournament
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