Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-04-28
Tom Mcnamara, Reid
and Hoffner Complete
Philmont Match for
:, May 20 A n o t h e r
Eagle
Nv SANDY McNIBLICK

BY SANDY McNIBLICK
SruE war.fund golf tourney idea has just
| costen n fresh supply of impetus with
z ..o announcement of the likelihood OF a
,sres of professional exhibition matches
>, be played in this city and New York.
Tho first local tournament will be played
At philmont on May 20. The players will
hs GIL Nichols, who has been knocking
,,em all over backward by his sudden
saturn TO past briliance this winter: Tom
Mcnamara. home from "A triumphant tour
of the South; Wilfred Reid the former
International British team player. and
Charlie .toffner the Philmon1 pro.
II is likely that Nichols and Mcnamara
vul be paired off against Hoffner and Reid
A great match is sure to result, no matter
NOW the pairngs are made. The pros will
NAV for n purse of $3.50. which has been
rrut IN by n member of the Philmont Club,
IN order to draw the best talent here. The
details Of the match have not been com
nleted but the play will probably be over
tbirty-six holes. The tag idea may be car
red orit with the spectators, but all this is
unsettled as yet
Meantime, week from today in New
York over the Inwood Country club course.
there will be another great four-ball pro-
fessional match in which Philadelphia
player will appear.
lin Barnes. the professional champion
of the country, will hook up with Herbert
Strong pro AZ Inwood, for his partner.
They will match shots with Gil Nichols
and Walter Hagen, the western and metro
poan champion
Pros Generous
The pros have adopted a generous policy
with regard to golf this year many of
them having expressed a Willingness to
take part in exhibition matches without
thought of any particular purse.
About the only golf in England at the
present time Is the occasional exhibition
match for the benefit of the Red Cross or
one thing or another between some of the
old famous and still-brilliant pros of the
tidy isle. They are great drawing cards,
1ust as are the theatres at this time of
cannonadng for position.
The pros are just as willing to play in
this country. 1t is even said that the
sentiment of the Professional Golfers As
ISOLATION is that il would just as soon have
the prize in the open championship elm
mated and the money turned in to relief
funds They are anxious to have the ma
tional which is scheduled for Brae Burn
in June and are agreeable to most any
plans of the L. :. q, A. executive COM
mittee, it is said,
The pros, just like all the other golfers
one Of the most prosperous seasons of golf
I'm this country But the war has caused
the machinery to back and stall. What the
developments will be remain to be seen.
The Atlantic City opener of the local sea-
son will be staged on the day set, the same
being Thursday of next week to the finals
on Saturday. The mems suburban team
championship will be started the following
week. the call being for something in excess
of 200 participants. BY that time the fate
Of the local championships and the national
title battles will be fully understood no
doubt, .-...
Another Early Eagle
NJ. G. Burton. Philadelphia's official Phi
Beta Kappa student Of the game of golf
builder of stroke charts and analysis maps
now steps to the fore by holing out one Of
those winged mysteries known to the elite
ms the eagle. Golfer Burton was playing on
his native heath at Huntington Valley the
other day when he just naturally Knocked
off "A long tee shot on the old eleventh. lie
then paced off the carry, cooked his glasses,
took aim for the green with an iron, sank
the full shot so IT is said in the gossip or
the Noble club. This makes it reasonably
certain that such shots are liable to happen
at any stage of the game, even in the carry
or limp season. Burton will remembered.
societifcally speaking, as the golfer VINO
spilled the beans for ex-Champon Hugh
pionship and then took over Sidney Shar-
wood, both coming under the head of large
upsets. Burton will make good cog in
the club championships for the Huntington
Valley team, which now holds the title and
which generally manages to be right there
when there is any holding to be done.
As to toSms, Mrs. W. J. Peck, last year
captain of St. Davids team, awaits the
call in New York for her services locally.
She joined Merton last fall and Will likely
play on the team when some or the big
matches are played with Huntingdon valley
and the Cricket Club.
Remit the Dues
Clubs of the Philadelphia district may
we'll follow the example of the Philadelphla
Cricket Club and the Philmont club II
these war times Both these clubs nave
posted notices to the members that all dues
and so forth will be remitted in the case OF
those members deciding to enlist. This Is
in line with the action started last year
at the Country Club and others, which re-
m,tted the dues of all the players enllstihe
r sent to the Mexican border
The weather this week has been similar
to that which greeted the Lakewood tour
nament last year 1t seems to be the fate
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