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

est ball was driven as follows: Marston.
seven: Travers. three Kirby, two, and
Anderson twice. The shortest tee shots
were made by Anderson. who on eight
holes played first. Kirkby played first
but once. Travers twice and Marston
three times.
Anderson was distinctly outclassed
from the tee and. except when one of
the other three was in trouble, he was
playing first after the tee shots. The
longest drives of the day were made by
Kirkby, with Marston a close second.
Honors were easy with these two long
swatters on the first nine holes. Coming
in, Kirkby had a distinct advantage.
Marston has not been in the best of
health since he has been invalided home
from the navy. and 1t affected his driving
on the incoming holes, although it did
not affect his playing. 1t simply gave
him extra work on his second shots
Kirkby was either the first or second
longest driver on ten holes, Marston on
five and Travers on nine. Anderson was
second man on four holes.
Marston's Rare Golf
Marston had a wonderful card in view
Of his troubles on the eighth and four
teenth. He had birds on the fourth,
seventh and fifteenth. and pars on
8 holes. Travers had birds on the
fourth. fourteenth and sixteenth and
pars on holes. Kirkby had birds on
the seventh and pars on holes, while
Anderson had no birds, but he had par
figures on 6 holes. Between them
Travers and Marston had birds and i3
pars, while Kirkby and Anderson had 1
bird and IL pars.
There were birds or pars on every
hole but the sixth. eighth and eight
zenith. Playing against the par of the
course. Marston was down. Travers
was 7 down. Kirkby was 10 down and
Anderson 13 down. Taking the best ball
Travers and Marston were l up and
Kirkby and Anderson were 6 down to
par. The best ball of the four was
Out, 35, and in, 32
Two Hard Luck Holes
Marston played in beautiful form all
day long, with the exception of the
eighth and eighteenth, and in both in.
stances there were extenuating circum-
stances. On the eighth both he and
Travers hooked their tee shots into a
small clump of trees that run along the
| left side of the fairway to the green
Travers's ball lay against a small sap
ling, and the only possible play for him
was to get far enough away from the
tree to give him an approach to thu
tree. Marston decided to try for th'
green, but his second shot hit a tre
and landed him in a bunker. The eight
green on the lower level Is hard to sta.
on, and after getting on his shot wa
too strong and overran the green into
bunker. His shot outlanded on the greer
but the ball caught the downward slop
and ran over into another bunker. ant
when he got through he had taken
strokes. Had 1t not been a partnershi
match he would have played out int
the fairway for an approach to the gree
on his third shot.
On the fourteenth his second shot wa
topped and finally came to rest
front of the board bordering the driy
into the club. 1t was practically uT
playable. His first stroke hit the top {
the board, but on the second he jus
managed to strike the ball on the top.
: was almost impossible to get any loft
the shot and the ball hit the rail on tn
other side of the stream, but luckily tn
: ball bounded back over the water. Ha
; 1t not been for these two unfortunat
holes he would have had a 73 or
without a doubt.
= With these two exceptions his golf wa