Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-06-20
BRAVES TWO CANES TODAY AND ATHLETICS
DISQUALIFY BOY
in JUNIOR GOLF
Hamilton Not Member of
Springhaven From Which
He Entered
e. O RSON IS FANORITE

Robert =. Hamilton, who entered the
| junior golf tournament now being played
| of ST. Davids. representing himself rs
/ member of the Springhaven Country
club. was disqualified today by Francis
Il. Warner secretary Of the Golf AS
sociation of PHILADELPHIA as Mr.. War
ner learned from the secretary OF the
Springhaven Country Club today that
he is not and never has been a member
OF that club. Yesterday Hamilton won
"A nineteen hole match from r. X. Han
son, Of the Stenton Country club. Han
son, therefore. won the match by default
and he was notified today to- play in
the second round against Donald Cress-
WELL of st. Davids.
Not Spriughavcn Member
In talk with Andy Campbell. who for
years has been the professional at
SpringhaNcn and who knows not only all
! the members but the caddies well. he
told me that Hamilton had been a caddie
there four or five years ago and that
he is now employed in one of the muni-
! ton plants but that at no time had he
any connection with Springhaven other
I than as a caddie. Andy says the boy
thinks SO much of his game that he had
told him that he could beat Andy over
| his own course. job which is decidedly
difficult. as any one knows who has
ever played against Andy at Spring
haven.
Hamilton got in wrong with the other
boys yesterday and the youngsters sus-
pected that everything was not right He
qualified with thirteen-year y. $.
! Hesse, of the Cricket Club, and after
ward the small boy said that Hamilton
had tried his puts over and had told him
on several holes what scores to put down.
AS the boy is the youngest player in the
tournament and has had very little ex-
pericnce in tournament play he did not
know just what to do. He was entirely
| innocent in the matter. This would have
disqualified both players but Mr.. Warner
knew nothing of the affair until this
morning. disqualification was based on
the fact that he was not a member of
the club he entered from, and no one Is
. eligible to play in a golf association
tourney unless he belongs to a club affili-
ated with the association.
number of us followed the Hamil-
ton-Hanson match for several holes
Hamilton thinks a lot of his game and
during some conversation he remarked
that he was going right through the
tournament and that Chick Evans had
told him at Merton that he did not see
how Hamilton could lose.
Nine Clubs Represented
1t was not large field in the Junior
tournament. but It contains some en-
cellent players. While only fifteen are
playing they represent nine clubs. Un-
fortunately neither Woodbury. nor Old
York Road, noted for their junior
players, is represented.
Phil Corson, who won the champion
ship last year and had the lowest score
Yesterday. is the favprite. j. Wood
Platt, who won the Lu Lu Temple
tourney. and he come together this after
noon and II ought to be one of the best
matches of the tournament. and there is
every indication that the winner of the
match will win the tournament. Donald
Cresswell. the sixteen-year-old boy from
st. DavidS, who frequently played his
home course in the low eighties, and B.
l. Taylor. of North Hills. who gave
Herbert Calves, who plays No. l on
the Penn golf team bad beating yes
terday. seem to have little on the
other boys in their bracket, and one OF
them should reach the final.
One of the youngest boys in the tour
nament tied for the third low score yes
terday with an 81. He is r. Rodman
Hanson, of Stenton, and he is only
fifteen. He hits a long bail and he looks
like very promising golfer. Fl. l.. New
ton is the son of Herbert Newton. the
backbone of the Frankford Country Club.
while 7. II. Halton, Jr., is the son of
T, b. Halton. the very excellent chair
man of the green committee of the
whitemarsh Valley Country Club. John
III Zane Of the Philadelphia Cricket
club, who won his first match yesterday.
Is only sixteen.
w. H.. f.