Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-07-25
There Is No Penalty

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the committee.
There L, No Penalty
The question came up again the other
day and there was the usual diversity
of opinion. some claiming that the hole
| was lost. others n penalty of a stroke,
and still others. there was no penalty of
any kind. So / put the question up to
Walter ]. Travis and he replied that
| there was no penalty.
Here is the ruling of the rules of
golf committee in a stroke competition:
2O2-NeedleS Golf Club-In n stroke
competition a competitor placed his bag
of clubs in a hazard or bunker while
| playing his ball out of the hazard or
| bunker. Is he penalized under Rule 25?
Answer-No, provided the action of
the player did not in any way assist
him in making his stroke.
The common sense view of this case
| seems to be that when a caddie lays
a bag of clubs in bunker there is no
| intention to give the player any sort
| of an idea as to the depth or character
of the sand and that the act is one Of
| pure CareleSsness. OF course, no PLAYER
should permit his caddie to enter
bunker. and one of the chief reasons
| why the boys do enter the traps with
|
| select a club until they are in the bunker
and then will not take the trouble to
60 to the edge, but permit the boy to
come to them. If you get in bunker
| select your club before you enter. and
under no circumstances allow the boy
| to walk into it.
Same in This Case
Another problem was settled by Mr..
| Travis and it Is an interesting one. A
mixed foursome was being played in
which the players played selectve drives
on the particular hole there is a ditch
in front of the tee and the local rule
permits the women players to lift, with.
out penalty, any ball that is driven into
the ditch. The man selected his part.
ner's drive. which proved to be in the
ditch. Then the point arose as tc
whether the man could lift out without
penalty or with the usual penalty of one
stroke. Mr. Travis decides that there is
no penalty.
This seems to be based on the argu
ment that the local rule applies unit
the man has played his stroke TIL,
woman. having driven into the ditch, ha.
the privilege under the rule of liftinJ
without penalty. Having done so. he
partner makes the next shot. The usua
rule of the loss Of a stroke does no
apply in this case, as the local rule give
the woman player certain rights whicl
she exercises. Until the ball is liftet
out her part of the partnership is no
completed.
Marston and Kirkby Win
Oswald Kirkby Metropolitan an,
New Jersey golf champion. and Ma!
Marston. of Merton, also once a new
Jersey titleholder, defeated Chick Evans
national amateur and open champion
and Warren X. Wood, former wester,
amateur champion, over Woods HON
course, Flossmoor, and /, in a Re-
Cross match last Sunday
Kirkby was the best scorer Of tn
quartet, taking 76 strokes for the $500
yard championship course Par is Il
Evans was next best with rs, Will
Wood and Marston each took 70.
The best ball of the winners was u
while that of the losers was 73. TIL
cards:
: Out % 80 8 5 5-il
Kirby
: Out "A 8 $40
: Out 49, sass $50
e Wood
r out % 5 - 4 go
!. In ,.,4 54s s45 A 5-ss-,
n In ..s5 8 8 $50
o In .,.5 49, 45S 5--ss-
o Wed an
r More than s2O, 900 was taken in at tn
: tournament, and the privilege of ca,
q dying for the four players was sold Il
r $1,000. There were thirteen birds mac