Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-07-08
Sensational Play in Home Journey Over Famous Links
Proves to Be Too Much for LOsers-Several Birds
Made During the Day
By WILLIAM II. EVANS

who made Pine Valley possible, and
Jerry Trarers were always the warmes,
OF friends and Mr.. trumpS mother
Mrs. r. T. crump, had the greatest ad-
miration for the four times amateur
champion. When her son-in-aw. How
ard W. street left Tor the match yester-
day. Mrs. Crump asked him to bid in
one of Jerry's golf balls as she wanted
II as souvenir, both of.the match and
of the man with whom her son was on
such intimate terms
on the fourth hole when TraVers and
Marston sank those two beautiful long
puts. Mr.. street put in bid of s25 for
,Travers's ball and last night he gave it
70 Mrs Crump. She has always taken
the keenest interest in the development
or Pine Valley, which. after all. is the
best monument that fine. lovable son of
hers could possibly leave.
First hole. teI yards. par I A fine
dog leg with trap in the "entsr of
the fairwas to catch a topped ball. and
wi,h rough on either side and traps
for sliced and pulled balls IhIess the
BALL to the center or left the second
shot ia difficult because Of intervening
trees The green is the hrSt Of the Tay-
lor greens and IL built up 50 that 1t re-
quires an accurate shot. although the
green is large. All four were awav
to coed drives. but Travers's second
was over the green Narston was well
home OF his second and just missed
bird three. TraYers, >: Marston, 4:
Kirkbv. 4; Anderson. All square.
Trayers and Marsion Take Lead
second hole, ar yards. par I. The
drive is through the woods. with very
rough ground between tec and fairways
t45 yards away. Away in the distance
is the green. elevated considerably, the
face being cut away f." traps. Along
both sides of the fairwayS are traps. II
takes a long-ptched shot with wood or
iron to reach the green. Travers had
poor tee shot into the rough on the left.
but with a beautiful iron he was over
I the green on his second. Anderson top
ped his second shot into the bunker
guarding the green. his third was barely
on and his fourth was within. easy put
/ ting distance. kirlibN had the Longest
drive and he was over the green with
an iron Marston was nicely home on
/ his second. Kirkby's third was over the
! green while TraVers chtpped up to the
hole. while Marston laid his approach
mutt close and both went down in par
! figures Travers 4 : Marston. 4 klrkby.
| Z: Anderson, s. Travers and Marston
up.
Third holea, Is9 yards. par 3. The
green lies well below The tee. ana IL IL
! impossible to top a ball and rea'h the
green. which is guarded in Font ana 10
the right and LEFT. IT Is difficult to hold
a bali on the front of the green. as 'he
green slopes to the left bunker. kirkby
was the only player on, the other 'nfte
being in the pits. They were on In their
seconds. but Kirkby laid his approach
putt dead to the hole for win in par
figures. Travers. Marston, 4; kirkbE'
3 Anderson, 1. All square
Two Beautiful Puts
Fourth hole. 4S1 yards, par I. A
pronounced dog leg The drive IL
straight up the hill. and there is trap
to catch a topped ball. A long pa''
opens up the second shot TO the green
near the clubhouse, and there are more
pits in the fairway for topped balls anu
plenty Of other traps to the right ana
left near the green. All of this Is NisIble
I to the player who reaches the top OF the
hill There was favortng wind. ana an
had long drives but Anderson was IN
the rough. TraNers and kirkby We're
especially long, their balls lying on the
down grade. Travers and Marston were
beautifully on. with two fine irons but
Kirkby hashed his second into trap
and out and he was over in three ana
on in four. while Anderson was home in
three. Travers was away, and he sent
a. finely judged putt forty feet right
into the cup for a bird three. ana the
gallery roared its approval Then Mar
ston ran a thirty-footer plump into the
cup for another bird. and the gallery
Checred again. 1t was beautiful bit OF
putting. as the balls never varied IN
their flight and both struck the back or
the cup and stayed in. Travers, 81;
Marston. 3; kirkby. ); Anderson, D..
Travers and MarstOn, / up.
That Hard Fifth
Fifth hole, ESQ yards, par 3. The
ground from the tee drops away until
II reaches the trout pond A hundred
yards away the ground rises gradually
to the road. $50 yards from the tee.
Then begin the pits cut into the short
fairway. before the green is reached.
which is well elevated above the road.
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