Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-07-12
old York Road Player
Makes Remarkable Rec.
ord, Shooting l8O Holes
in Fourteen Hours
VAS SPRY At THE END
BY SPICK HALL
THIRTY- FIVE miles of Golf

uilhl -flN II miles OF golf.
That means about forty miles Of
actual walking plus the physical strain
Of driving and the nerve -wracking op-
GRAFTON of putting. That whole lot of
golf and much more than the average
fiend Of the links plays in weeks time.
Yet that much goIf--cxcclIent golf. too
was played in one day by Eddie
Styles over his home course at the Old
York Road Country Club.
Eddie's achievement yesterday will
stand out as one of the bright spots in
national golfdom. He not only played
ten rounds of eighteen holes each.
total Of $50 rounds. but he made scores
in virtually every round that would
have insured his qualifying in the most
select amateur aggregation that this
land could produce
It is needless TO tell golfer what
this means, but for tho sake of those
who are prone to cast aspcrsions on the
ancient Scottish pastime it means this {:
Eddie Styles traversed about forty miles
of territory. up and down hill he made
formed with care. although often with
haste; he had to begin before G o'clock
in the morning and did not sink his
last putt until the sun was fast fading
over the verdant slopes of .Tenkintown
at approximately $50 o'clock in the
evening.
Got Stronger, Not Weaker
1t would naturally be supposed that
toward the close of day of such tor
tuous strenuosity Eddie would have be :
gun to weaken. But he didn't. If there
had been more daylight there would
have geen more golf for Eddie had
more in him, a lot more. He was in
superb physical condition, as one of the
many who followed some Of his rounds
can attest. He went at such a pace
that his caddes were constantly on the
run and the gallery had to trail along
and went for him at some turn. They
couldn't keep up the pace. which Eddie
set at the beginning and maintained
until the finish.
Just to show how much Styles was
weakened by his intensive exhibition,
he made rs on the last lap of his long
run, his lowest card Of the day. Incl
dentally, he made ony one rs in the
morning five rounds, but came back
and duplicated this figure in the after
noon in the sixth, seventh and tenth
rounds.
Some time ago Eddie was over -golfed'
To get over this stalcness he took rest
and the result showed plainly yester
day. He breezed along at breaKnecR
mace in his play. yet he made his shots
with so much ease that it was apparent
to. the nude orb that he was in the pink
glow of physical perfection.
Used Up Six Caddies
During the 1S0-hole session, Styles
used. it might be said, used up,
six caddies. He had two fore -caddies
md ono hind each round. These three
would go around. then the two othel
fore -caddies and the other hind Woulc
take up the labor. The caddies aiter
mated in this way during the whoi.
day. and it must be said that they dlG
their work in great style. Each o'
them was familiar with what Eddie
wanted to do and they wanted to helr
him do it, and they did. The fore
: caddies were always on the job. watch
inc the fight of the ball, and the hino
caddies. in spite of Eddie's speed IN
getting ground. did not keep him wait
ing second during the fourteen hour'
that he was on the go.
Kelly and Curtain carried Styles
bag. while Dugan, Smith, Myers anc
Goats acted as fore caddies. They de
serve a lot of credit for sticking tt
their task the way they did. and at th'
finish they were more tired out thar
Eddie. although each had only traversec
half of the distance that the golfer hao
gone.
Following are Styles's ten cards: