Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-10-16
SUNDAYS MATCH AT WHITEMARSH
ON ANY COURSE HERE OR ABROAD
Has SO Many High Lights That 1t Is Impossible
to Relate Them All-FOur Golfers Per-
form in Sensational Style
By PETER PUTTER

THERE have heen three frmous golf
l. matches staged at the Whltemarsh Val
ley Country club. The first was in the
summer Of 1919 when Edward Ray and
Harry Nardon played against Gl and Ben
Nichols The second one in which
Jack McDermott Ben Ssyers. Louis Teller
and wnfred Reid PLAYED, The third was
on sunday when linn Barnes. paired with
Cameron r. Buxton, won on the forty
second hole from Edward " Lous and
Norman Maxwell in the big Red Cross
match.
Vet Of the three the greatest was the
sunday battle Of gof giants and never
was there match which went 40 FAR or
which was so chock full of thrills and sen
sa,ions There scarcely hole in the
whole fortN-tVo in which one Of the -FOUR
did not shine brilliantly.
Of course, Buxton stands out as the
bright particular star by reason of his win
ming putt on the forty-second hole. But
Buck himself will admit that he was not
the only scntilating player.
Barnes the Golf Siege Gun
When it came to the driving Barnes was
the real hero of the day. Norman Maxwell
outdrove him once on the seventh and Nor
man is some long hitter Loos every now
and then would slip one over. but all in all
the big lonR.legeed Cornishman was the
uniformly long man from the tee. 1t gave
him the advantage on nearly every hole,
as playing last he had opportunity to
see what the other fellows had done. with
Barnes most Of the time it was 4 drive and
a ma SHE. Only once did he make two con-
seCutive shots with the brRssy and that was
on the long eleventh. when there was a
strong wind in the afternoon.
But Barnes makes shots with that mashie
Of his that no one else would attemIS
once on the eighth Buxton was only about
ten yards short Of his mighty wallop. Turn
ing to his partner he said what do you
use here Jim?" ~ pitching mashie,' re-
marked Barnes. THAT means a cleek for
me. / suppose" said Buxton. but he finally
chose a mdlron,
For the first twelve holes in the morning
round Barnes played the best ball Of I.oos
and Maxwell. Buxton won the thirteenth
and sixteenth and evened things mp. And
after that Buxton was a great help 10 his
partner
ON the seventeenth tee OF the afternoon
round George Klauder, who has knack OF
picking winners, said to me: THAT is the
end of it," At that time Loos and Max
well We're one up and two TO go. But
Barnes spilled the beans by holing out from
or the green for an eagle three, and he was
the only one who had an eagle that after
noon, holinK another on the long NTH on
the morning round
Barnes complained before the match
started in the morning that he was in for
an attack of the grip and when the match
was squared at the end Of the thirty sixth
hole he was perfectly willing to call it a
DAYS work But the others wanted to play
the match to conclusion and, while Barnes
was feeling miserable, he consented TO con-
tnue
Maxwelrs Plucky Golf
Norman Maxwell was also decidedly
under the weather when the afternoon
round began lie caught a chill and only
stayed through the long afternoon round
through sheer pluck.
Eddie Loos was a bit wild during the
first nine holes of the morning round. and
many of his tee shots were badly hooked
and got him into lot of trouble, Maxwell
played brilliantly this round, winning two
holes with the result that his. side was
up,
But I.oos made the greatest stand in the
afternoon round, when at the end of the
| twelfth hole. Barnes and Buxton were up,
| and going like house ahre. In many ways
| the thirteenth was one of the best exhibi-
| tions of golf Of the day. All got long
| drives hut Loos pitched his within ten feet
| Of the hole and ran down a bird after the
other three had tried in vain TO do the
! same from longer distances, Par holes on
| the fourteenth and fifteenth. both OF which
were won by l.oos. evened the match again
| and then Maxwell holed a pair OF threes
| on the sixteenth. loos stand vast best
| consecutive work Of the day, netting hiI
] side three holes at time when they wers
| 3 down.
Bucks Cup of Joy Runs Over
Perhaps the one player who got the most
| JOY out OF the whole game was Buxton. Bs
| is the type of player who particularly de.
| mands plenty Of practice, and ever since h,
has been Hoover's right-hand man at Wash,
ington his golf has been confined 10 Sstur,
| day and Sunday play at Pine Valley. n,
. felt keenly during the morning round Of
| the first nine holes, because he mad not beer
able 10 help Barnes, but he eVened uI
| things when be won two holes later ON
and his cup or Joy brlmmed over or tha
n nous foriy-second hola.
OF the holes won outnght ths rreiss