Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-08-01
MAX MARSTON
LOWERS RECORD
Makes a 68, New Mark.
Over Philadelphia Coun.
try Club Course
By WILLIAM II. EVANS

Max Marcton. who will play in the
Red Cross match at the Philadel-
phia Cricket Club on August 10. Gre
ated new record for the PHILADELPHIA
country club Yesterday. Playing with
Lieutenant Sutton, lack Saylor and
Mort Rolls. the Merton star. nerotiat cd
the course in sixty-eight strokes PLAY
ing the second hole, he had an casv
mashie shot to the green after his
drive. but he misjudged the distance and
went well over the green. On the short
fourth he got into trouble. on the eight
eenth he put his tee shot out of
bounds II it had not been for these
lapses he would have cut off two or
three strokes from his score. The total
was exceptionally low, as he Is not at
all familiar with the course. His taIJv
for the last five holes of the Journey
was very low. His score follows:
Out .... 4 5 z I-22
In ........ 4 344S4 5-35-Gs
Burned Out Greens
Many Of the greens on the ,oca,
courses have brown patches in them
ana 'nese nave been source of worri-
ment to the chairman of the greens con-.
mittees. At one time it was tbouah,
TINS was due TO too much hImus To-
much rain, followed by blisterinp be,t
steamed the ground to such an extent
that the grass was killed But of !. 70
we have had very little rain, aIthougb tho
blistering heat has been with us c.
that eliminates that theory. william 6
Finn, me greenkecper at the Mer,on
Sricket 'Iup' put the problem up to the
Department of Agriculture at W,sh
ington and discovered that the condi-
tion was due TO fungus condition Of
the turf. vi
Here Is the cure. in the words of I,I,,,
and it should prove of great helm 70 tbe
many worried green committesr,an
throughout the city and elsewhere;
The hot, humid weather tends 60
make the fungus bacteria active and
they start right in to do thina, ",u e
brown, especially the turf Nnnr ~ ~
nave found that to correct and -.
this condition one-haIf strength a.
as asauA mixture Is effective when about
hlty gallons are sprayed on a green
"A one-half strength Bordeaux ,,ix
ture Is maae by diluting two and baIt
POUNDS OF copper sulphate In ~
water. dilutng two and a hale ~ hot
or quicklime in water and tba p'u',uS
ing both together in a fifty-paiIn, INN h
rel or water. After spra wing o. 'aI
green the green should he Ua, the
slightly to Offset any burn tba, erea
occur. DO not water green too boa Ii,
however. as this will weaken tbs VII,
ton" '"e soiu-
Big Red Gross Match
Everything in in readiness for a..
Red Cross match at the Cricks, or, ois
week from next Saturday. Eieh,
most prominent men and women snI,nr .ne
In the country will play in the sYhih,
ton, which is arranged on a noint n,.l
tem' as four of the players are won,ar
and this is the only system that LII,
work out satisfactorily. VIM
This is how they will n,av. A..
Z'So the nrst match will begin and tbs
participants will be Miss AIex, S,tn
ling, the youthful national golf chsn
pion and Bobby Jones. the southern I'LL
holder, opposed to Miss Mildred CayarI,,
whom Miss Stirling beat In the nat,ons
final and the present Philadelphia cbam,
pion and Cameron Buxton, the Iooal
champion. The best ball will count On
point. and the low total will count an
other. Twenty minutes later the second
four-ball match will start, and this Will
be made up of Miss Elaine RosenthaI
runner-up in the national championshiu
in 1914. and Perry Adair a former
Southern runner-up, opposed to Mrs
Ronald H. Barlow, twice a national
finalist and six times a philadelphia
champion. and Max Marston, c former
national semldnalst.