Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-06-08
OLDER PLAYERS FALL BEFORE THE
YOUTHFUL ONSLAUGHT OF JERSEYS
TEAM OF TTTLE-HOLDING GOLFERS
Frankford Unable to Keep Up With Woodbury's
Combination of Young Men and Fails
to Dislodge Team Trophy

"XouTH viii be served" muttered Or
4 Sam Bolton, as he watched his youth
ful Woodbury. opponent run down a long
putt on the home green OF the Jersey course
for a two-point victory yesterday The ma
jority OF the Frankfordians. echoed the
old bromide in various phrases as they
clustered about the scoreboard and watched
the Woodbury. wins pile up until the Jersey
club was sure Of the Championship OF the
Suburban Team Cup for another year
woodbury., with its team of youngsters,
walloped Frankford's combination Of four
teen well-along -in-years golfers i'm the final
round for the team trophy by the margin
OF ten matches to four for 21 points to q
IN the home-and-home match yesterday
The average age Of the Jersey representa-
tives hovers In the neghborhood Of twenty
years, while the Frankford average Is un-
known because of the sensitiveness Of some
OF the players. II was case OF youth
versus age, and the younger players had
things very much their own way.
II was not difficult for an outsider 20 dis
unguish the players Of the rival teams, the
young fellow was always a Woodbury.
player, while the other gentleman bore the
colors of Frankford; indeed. the matches
resembled the line up In a good old pater-
et-fillus tournament
Hoffner Best of All
George Hoffner smashed the Frankford
course record with miracle 49, and In SO
doing scuttled Morrie Jones for 3 \ points,
or ten holes Now 73 represents super
brilliant shooting for the Pennsylvania
course, as tho best score In history was
70 and with such players as Clem Web
ster, Frank Dyer and numerous other cracks
taking daily shots at the mark in former
years, It is easy TO see that Jones did not
have a look-in. Edward Clarey, w w
Hamill and George Green. Jr, playing in
respective order left the homo hole with
leads of five-hole margins over their op.
ponents. Frankford won n single match
over its own stamping ground and II took
Edward White nineteen holes 10 put Ben
Allen in the cipher section
Down at Woodbury. the home players
lifted four Of the seven matches. but they
were only 1 Z points to the good owing to !
the heavy work Of Herb Newton New |
ton romped around the rain-soaked Jersey |
layout in rs and thereby added three points |
TO Frankford's grand total by beating the |
famous American George Washington. by |
eight holes
Walter wilkins, the younger, almost fell |
before the portside shots Of Wade Wilson. |
and when three down and three 10 20 IT |
looked as though Frankford would take |
the majority Of the matches played on |
Jersey soil Wilson thought he had the |
match on ice, but young wilkins suddenly |
came out of his recent slump and began |
to keep the holes down to par figures
Through this creditable performance ne
won the next three holes and SQUARED the
match on the home green. Then in the
oreathless hush of the watching mob he
outgolfed his opponent on the extra hole
and retrieved the match 1t was wet at
woodbury. and wetter at Frankford. The