Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-07-17
Clubs, Balls and Links Only
\ Thing That AHeuidtes
Suffering of Patient
FINALS At RIVERTON
EN SPICk HALL

a hhohNI consultation with some OF
our best known specialists reveals
the fact that there is only one thing
In the world that is inrurablc-coif
fever. 1t is rather easy to cuntrar,
and when YOU once get it you have
I 1t for all time. There is no known
method to alleviate the pangs produced
by the fever except to administer I,
the patient n bag Of clubs. balls AID
an eighteen hole course. plus radd,"
or so. Ard this only allcviat"s the
fever After the patient has been fcd
on this medicine for a day, he Is worse
the next, and so ad infinitum.
Thousands of athletes have begun
one branch of sport only to cast that
\ aside later for another. But when
once man or woman gets the golfer
fever. all bets nre off. They forgot
baseball, rowing. tennis, gymnasium
work, basketball and even ping pong
and cricket as soon as they whff the
breath of the links and get glimpse
of the velvety fairways and putting
greens.
Since the war became history players
have focked to the links as they never
did before indicating that. in spite of
the thousands who already play, the
game is on the verge of n new era. one
that is going to nationalze and in
teri. 'onalize the old Scottish game
as the worlds pastme.
Flock to Links
Although there are no tournaments
Of Importance in the Philadelphia dis
trict for some time to come. there are
more people playing golf right now
than ever. and the number is increasing
daily. Clubs are extending their ia e
cilities and more applications for mem
bership are being received than can be
accommodated.
An example of what the golf fever
will do for a man was demonstrated
several years ago when Christie
Mathewson, of the New York Giants,
was at the height of his hurling game.
He often would go out in the morning
and play eighteen holes of golf i'll
spite of the fact that he had an i'm
portant game to pitch in the afternoon
Naturally he would not be in as good
shape as he should be for the baseball
game, but he continued this practice
until Manager John McGraw com
PEELED him to ''lay off, golf on days
when he was scheduled to hur o:
when there was possibility that he
might be called on to do relief work in
the box.
Ball Players Fiends
What was true of Mathewson was
also true of Eddie Collins, John
Coombs and Chief Bender. although
to a lesser extent. Chief Bender be-
came such fiend at the game that he
didn't want to do anything but play.
He also became very expert on the
links, Just as he is at everything
he tries. but he was never we'll known
as a golfer outside of Philadelphia be-
cause he was not allowed to compete
in the amateur tournaments, owing t.
his professional standing in baseball
The ruling that barred him from these
tournaments was very unfair but i
stood nevertheless, and Bender was de
prived of a great reputation that he wa;
certain to make on the links.
Barnes Great Record
All records were broken by jim
the Shawnee Country Club yesterday. II
addition to winning the 72-h hole opel
tournament with 2S5 total. the Britol
reeled off 67 on his last round. Thi
is one stroke better than the 6S mad
by Gil Nichols three years ago.
1t is doubtful if more superb gol
than Barnes's yesterday afternoon ha
ever been furnished in an open meeting
Par for this layout is Is, 81 out and 81
for the inward half yet the man from
the west reached the turn in 81 an
supplemented that with "a for the las
nine.
Against a pace like that. little wonde
that. the rest of the field dropped away
Mike Brady. of Oakley, only one sho
behind Barnes at the outset OF IN
last round. found it impossible to holt
his rival. though with "A the sevcra
times Massachusetts champion mad
sure of second place. Emmett French
with rounds of 73 and II. got thir'
award. his severty two hole total bein
20S. The prizes were won as follows
First. Jim Barnes, SS23; second
French, 800; fourth. Gil Nichols. $40
Attn. Charlie Hoffner. S35 sixth ant
seventh split between Wifred Reid ant
Fred Mcleod, $50 each.
In addition to first money, Barnc
won She special S25 award for making
the lowest single round of the tourna
ment
While going to the thirteenth. al
,nsect few in Barnes's eye, whereupol
the big fellow called upon his rival TO
help.
.'Thats the only way III get him.
observed Brady, with a smile. Barnes
record was as follows:
opt..,.,,.., t3$4tssSsEE$si-
Finals at Riverton
The semifinal round in the elias
tournament of the Riverton Golf clu
was. played yesterday morning. In tn
afternoon, after the rain had ceased
4 the three pair left in the tournamen
began. and in spite of the sodden con