Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-11-12
Place Derby on Rival Colt
ers' Bro,U in Rain and
Fog-Wm Seuen Matches
to Nothing
GAME PLAYED IN RAIN
BY SANDY McNIBLICK

DARKNESS creeping over the links,
- blanket fog and a steady rain
throughout the play, was as nothing in
the lives of the Rotarians at Old York
Road Country Club yesterday. They
showed the well known autumn tinted
derby well down over the ears of thr
best golf the Kiwanis Club could show
and won the first golf match the two
clubs have ever played by total of
seven matches to none. There were
ten matches played.
The other three ended in something
of the order of the soft coal strike.
NJ. p. Sullivan. Kiwanis, entered the
clubhouse with the oozing rain trail
ing his damp heels.
81 win" he chortled, thereby ad
mitting that he was the one and only
Kiwanis winner. Golfer Sullivan then
retired.
His opponent, r. W. Phillips. Rotary
Club. then appeared with the card.
"Well, l win," he also admitted un
der questioning by Henry w. Buse
chairman of the tournament, custodian
Of the kicks, and all-arount
"straightener- out"
After fully an hour of figuring OF
the ticket of the two golfers it wa,
found that neither had won. They were
all square. but night was on, so tn,
| match was a draw.
1t seemed that Phillips had conceded
the eleventh hole to Sullivan, but ther
FOUND his ball and won the hole OF
strokes. His card read an 8 for hin
| and for the opposition, yet the
other feller claimed the hole.
This was unique.
| :, Nearly the same thing happened OF
the home hole of the same match.
The first to finish were p. G. Kel-
logg and j. II. Blodgett.
They got lost or lonesome or some
thing found they had played nine holes
were decldedly wet, saw nobody else
anywhere near, thought they were per
to call it a day.
j. NJ. Frazier and H. e. Wheeler
came IN, very wet likewise, and were
enthusiastic over the fact that they
square. a.
Why didn't you play the extra
holef' asked Chairman Buse.
Never thought of that" they adj
mltted Frazier picked up a bail and
conceded one hole. So he mad played
eighteen holes, but didn't figure either
Oh net score or match play.
One, player complained that he made
such long drives that he was alwQy vs.
losing his ball in the fog, and that's
why he lost his match.
IF I'd only played masnie off
every tee I'd have been all set" was
the complaint.
Another player, heavily swathed for
the day in a great macintosh, MANY
sweaters and coats and things, figured
he would have busted into the seventies
If It hadn't been for his putting.
But look there" he cried. "Three
and four puts on every green-at least
sixty puts. What can a guy do?"
Another player, who gave himself G
handicap of thirty, had qualms in tht
region of hts conscience when he saw
he was about to win the low net will
seventy seven. So he COMPROMISED
on twenty seven just before the elab
crate dinner held after the play, ant
busted into tie with an eighty for low
net.
The match between H. G.. Stockwel
and 9. N, Anderson was going stroni
with Stockwell, Rotary, a winner,
and 4, though he had won on thu
previous hole but didn't know 1t.
"Why didn't you finish the round fol
crack at low metz" asked the much
harried Chairman Buse.
The two players looked at each other
blankly.