Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-08-28
AMATEURS HAVE CHANCE
OF WINNING OPEN
AT HUNTINGDON VALLEY
Absence of So Many of the Prominent Professionals
Will Give the Simon Pures Fine Opportunity
Tomorrow and Friday
By WILLIAM II. EVANS

INHE open championship, which will be
- oecided In a s~eventy-hole medal play
competition at Huntingdon Valley on
tomorrow and Friday of this week, will
De particularly interesting as the great
majority OF the contestants will come
under the new draft, which will take in
men from eighteen to forty-fve. The
great majority of our professional
soliers are foreign born and as the
agreement between the United states
anu Great Britain provides that all
priusn subjects in this country other
man lrishmen must enlist in the British
OF canadian service by September % or
De drafted into the American army they
VIII be affected thereby.
rms VIII mean that few IL any of the
soI professionals between twenty and
iorty-tour, of British birth. will be left
IL VIII also AFFECT the amateurs between
eighteen and forty-fve and the MIA AYERS
IN the open championship are nearly all
between those ages.
Hoffner Will PLAY
James NJ. Barnes, formerly of White
"iarsh and now of Broadmoor, won the
championship last year at Merton with
a total of 79-76-76-75-3O6. and Charles
~ 4 itlo WAS SecOnQ, III
Is doubtful If the former will play, as
BARNES at present is at Colorado Springs.
lioHner who Is in the naval reserves at
APE may, has sent in his entry,
1t looks as If some of the local anna
teurs. notably Max Marston, ]. Wood
flatt, the winner of the Bala tourna-
ment; Fred knight or Walter Reynolds
might win the tournament. All four are
excellent medal players and while
Knight has never won a big final at
match play. he is hard to beat in a medal
play competition. He was in the triple
tie at Bala and on Sunday he shot a
very fine "a there.
Big Chance for Amateurs
The open tournament here has never
been won by an amateur. but with so
many of the pros at the front and with
others in a. position hat will prevent
their playing. the amateurs never had a
better chance than they have just now.
MAX Marston. who at present has some
thing on all of the amateurs in this dis
trict, has sent in his entry, and as he
has been playing a very fine brand of
golf, some of the professionals will have
to hustle to beat him.
There will be s4OO in prizes, divided
as follows: First, $3.50: second, 500
'hiu, Wv IOuTtn, f4V, HItn, A2O SlStn,
$40. Should an amateur be among the
first six he will receive an amount in
plate equivalent to the prize money. 1t
has been suggested hat should any anna
teur win, he should give his prize money
TO the Red Cross or some other war
charity. However. hat is merely a sug-
gestion on the part of the local golf asso-
citation.
Open to Amateurs and Pros
The entrance fee is IS. and entries
should be sent to Francis B. Warner, PA
West Washington square The amateurs,
in most cases. will be paired with the
pros, so that the amateurs will have the
privilege of playing with a first-class
professional for. seventy holes at less
cost than If they were out on the course
playing with the home pro.
Every club has been asked to enter
at least two of it's club members in this
event and there is every indication thai
the entry list will contain the names OF
more amateurs than ever before in this
history of the event. Huntingdon Val
lev offers a fine test of golf and the
course Is in excellent condition.
The open tournament this year Is
primarily for the professional players
who in the main have had rough sled.
ding owing to the absence of so many
of the club members in the national serv'
ice. Among the other professionals wh'
have entered are Wilfred Reid. of Will
m~ington; Nipper Campbell. of Balti-
more, and Pat Doyle.
Water Hazard Problems
Just what constitutes a water hazard