Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-07-09

IF ANYTHING, there was a larger gal
L lery at Merton on Saturday than there
was at Pine Valley on Sunday, yet less
than $500 was contributed to the Red
Cross at Merton and nearly $4,000 at
Pine Valley. The club members at the
Valley were there with their pocketbooks
and the gallery was generous as well.
At the ninth green the balls played
by the four golfers were sold and some
lively bidding ensued. Marston was the
first man up at auction by Lieutenant
Sutton, and Jinks Earnshaw got his ball
for 500, and offered to buy the rest of
the players at the same figures. Trav-
ers' ball sold for 800, ]. Walter zebley.
the club treasurer, paying that amount,
while j. Taylor bought Kirby's for the
same sum. w, G. Davidson bought An
derson's ball for 500
Jinks Earnshaw Gets Busy
Before the players left the first tee
the privilege of caddying was sold by
Lieutenant Sutton, and Jinks Earnshaw
paid s25 for the privilege OF selecting
his player, and he chose Kirkby. and
incidentally he not only lugged the bag
around the course, but he gave the
! metropolitan champion sound advice at
all times. John Barnes, Michel Rosen-
garten and F. Guild also paid $25 apiece.
! At the eighteenth hole the balls used
| on the incoming nine were sold by Lieu
tenant sutton. Andy Carly bought Trav-
ers's ball for s95, J. Walter Eebley paid
| s65 for Anderson's, ana Joe Baker gave
$50 for Marstons. Earnshaw decided
that the members were not paying
enough. so when Kirkby's ball was put
I'm he ran the price up to SITS. but w.
| n davidson outbid him by paying $3.50.
Some Profitable Side Issues
A beautiful picture of the eighteenth
green from the approach, with picture
Of George A. Crump inserted. sold like
hot cakes at 81 each. and scores OF or
ders were taken for group picture OF
the four players taken by George II.
Brooke. Sets of pictures OF the course
went we'll at IS each Jinks harnshaww "
offered to pay big money for any set OF
clubs used, but the players smilingiy
refused to be drawn into 1t.
| FOR the first time in any big match
ar the Valley the balls were played as
they lay. The custom has been to tee
I'm through the fairway. Two weeks age
the course was one beautiful stretch
of green grass, but lack OF rain anc
a blistering sun has Drowned the course
and the green's. ne green's arc u oS
and II is expected that they will be a:
preen as ever in a week or two. Some
of them have not been affected ma
terially, while on others there are small
brown matches. But Pine Valley ha
gone through this stage in other years
and IL always comes back.
Many of the visitors had never seei
the course before. and all were delight
ed with its golf possibilities, and ther
was a unanimity of expression afte
the exhibition that it was one of tn
best-played matches ever staged ovel
any Philadelphia course.
Kirkby Stars From the Tee
An analysis of the drives shows tina
on thirteenth holes, eliminating the shor
third and tenth and the fifth on tn
first round and the third again as tn
first four holes are played over again t
complete the eighteen-hole round, Kirkb
was the leader. On seven holes he out
drove the others. Marston was the lon
driver on four and Travers on three an
Anderson on none at all. Travers on 81
holes had the second longest ball. whil
Kirkby and Anderson had the secon
longest ball on four holes, while Marsto
had that honor on two. The third long