Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-06-18
EVANSAND MARSTON BEAT
BARNES AND HAGEN ONE UH
IN RED CROSS GOLF MATCH
Experts Give Splendid Exhibition Over East Course q
Merton Cricket Club-Players Show Effect of
Continuous Playing for War Charity
By WILLIAM II. EVANS

prettily played by Hagen. His second
shot. an iron, was just short of the
brook, and with Evans and Barnes nd
was on on his third. Evans was insides
but missed after Hagen had run down q
ten-footer for another bird.
Marston and Hagen were on the sixth
green on their second shots, while Evand
was hole high. but above the slopink
green. His third shot was skillfuily |
played. Both Marston and Hagen took |
three puts. while Chick dropped his In /
for par figures. -
Marston was on the seventh on his
tee shot, while Evans and Hagen were
In the trap to the right and Barnes over
the green in the rough. All four got
As. Marston again taking three puts.
The eighth was well played. all but
Evans being on in their second shots
and taking the regulation number Of
puts.
Barnes took two puts on the ninth,
while Evans and Marston had three each
and the match was all square at the end
of the out journey. -
Par Is went to the quartet on the
tenth. Hagen just missing a bird by an
eyelash. On the eleventh Evans and
Barnes pulled badly, while Marston was
In a trap, Hagen and Evans were home
on their seconds and the other two were
on In their thirds. Evans and Hagen
halved after two fine approaches. while
Marston again took three puts. 81
Some of the best shots of the day were
made on the twelfth. All four were In
the fairway, but Evans and Barnes
pulled their second shots while Marston
and Hagen were both en- with splendid
irons. Evans was in the deep grass
across the brook, but he was out in finc
style and on the green. Barnes was also
in the rough on the other side of the
brook. but he too played his niblick with
rare skill to the green. Marston again
took three puts and the hole went to the
pros with As, Barnes running down q
long putt and Hagen taking the reguls-.
tion two puts. t.9
This put the pres up for the first time.
All We're on the short thirteenth from
the tee but Hagen. who was short of the
green in clover. His second was just on.
but with the others he got a par 3.
Barnes trimmed the cup on long forty.
footer, while Evans missed a twenty.
foot putt by an inch. Nl
Evans and Marston were home on
their seconds on the fourteenth, while
Barnes was over and Hagen was short
Barnes Clipped within foot Of the
hole and Hagen followed suit and all
were in on their fouth stroke The ff-
teenth was well played by three of the
quartet. but Barnes hashed up the hole
and took a while the others were gar
nering par As. ~
Evans squared the match on the sig.
teenth with a well-played 4. Barnes
hooked his tee shot into a willow tres
and found the lie unplayable and picked
up. Marston was the hero on the short
seventeenth, the second of the famous
quarry holes. Hagen was the only one
to reach the green from the tee. Marston
lay in heavy grass forty feet above the
hole, but his niblic shot out was q
beauty, the ball coming to rest eighteen
inches from the cup. Hagen took three
puts and Marston dropped his third IN
for win and the amateurs were dormie.
Evans and Hagen were home on their
seconds. while the others were there In
3s. Hagen had a chance to square
the match with an eight-foot putt. but
the ball was an inch short and the
match was over. The cards: