Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-05-29
NORMAN MAXWELL WINS
THE PATTERSON CUP, JUS
MISSING COURSE RECON
Aronimink Player Furnishes Only Class in Ann
Tournament, Which Attracts Very Small Field
at the Cricket Club
BY WILLIAM H. EVANS

THERE may not have been any quan.
L tity. but there was plenty Of quality
in the nineteenth annual competition
for the Joseph Henry Patterson Memo.
rial Cup at the Philadelphia Cricket Club
yesterday and most, II not all. Of 1t was
supplied by Norman H. Maxwell who
has to his credit the North and South
amateur championship and a lot Of other
important tournaments.
Less than two dozen players entered
the lists. the smallest field that ever
competed for the cup. and certainly one
OF the smallest crowds Of players that
ever contested in a tournament event of
the Golf Association of Philadelphia.
And Of these less than fifteen turned In
cards The tnly variety to II was the
number of clubs competing. No club
had more than two or three entries at
the outside, but there were no fewer
than mine clubs In the lists.
Few Knew Of 1t
The event was poorly advertised, and
the fact that SO few entries were from
the Philadelphia Cricket Club in an
event which commentaries the memory
of cne of its popular members shows
that even the Cricket Club men were
the event was down for competition yes.
terday. Under normal conditions no
fewer than forty or fifty Of the Cricket
Club members compete In this annual
event. which for years has had its locale
at st. Martins. Yesterday there were just
five of the st. Martins golfers playing,
and when some OF ti.e members came
out later In the day for their afternoon
round they seemed to be surprised to
learn that the cup was being played
for.
Date Selected Was Poor
The fact that the field was so ridicu-
lously small does not indicate for a
moment that that there is no interest in
golf. Far from II. The date should
never have been set for the same week
as that which contained national holi-
day. Plenty of people are playing golf,
and there is such a demand at the
Merton Cricket Club that the west course
will In all likelihood be thrown open for
play soon for the rest Of the season. AS
it now It is available for the Merton
players. and the only difficulty is that
the buses are not running over as usual
So the Patterson Cup event should not
be taken as q criterion for events to
come.
1t must have been a pleasant victory
for the youthful player from Aronimnk
as his game has been decidedly of this
year until very recently. DR.. Frank J.
Higgins. who played with him morning
and afternoon. told me that Norman
| would have been under seventy for bo,n
rounds II he had any kind Of luck In the
putting greens. On no less than twelve
green's during the morning round Max.
we'll had three puts, and during the
afternoon he had the same number OF
puts on five or six greens. His driving
was uniformly good and his irons were
working very well. On all the two-sho
holes he was nicely home on hts second
but only once did he run down a Ions
| putt In trying for these single puts h,
! either overran the hole or was short. anc
| he had lot Of trouble in negotiating
short puts. He played all the short
| holes well. He had one par On the
fourth. three pars ana bird on the
twelfth and thirteenth. but failed to ge,
single par on the eighteenth.
knight Never in It
Fred Knight was never really in the
hunt for he took eighty-four strokes in
the first round and was six strokes worse
than Maxwell: In the afternoon he did
going out and forty-two coming In
James Akeroyd. Of Pine Valley. was
third with III. and W. ]. Platt. OF North
Hills, fourth. with 17a. Summary:
1st I'd. I'd rd. Tota
/ \ n. Maxwell. Aronimink. Is Il -!
+. ". knight. Atlantic City 81 ~ l6l
| James Akeroyd. Pine Valley SO IS II!
| ". J. Piatt. North Hills.. s. Ss u!
| H. d. Newton, Frankford. 90 81 ~
! b. !. Taylor, North Hills. 90 30 1s'
| Fl. e. Lesge. Phiis. Country
Club ................. 81 20 Is
T. 8. Gay. Jr.. Phila. Coun-
try Club ............... % 81 IS
! c. v Jennings. Phila. Coun.
try Club .............. % e3 Is