Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1920-08-25
THE Diebold brothers held their an

l nual three day worlds champion
ship golf tournament yesterday.
The championship sixteen, so called
because there were ten players In II,
was composed of Eve Of the Diebold
brothers and five opponents.
The automatic qualifying and victory
system was used. There arc eight Die
bold brothers, which, with eight oppo-
nents, ordinarily make very nice SIX
teen. But only FIVE opponents could be
found this year for the Diebold broth
ers, so three Of the Diebold brothers
were automatically disqualified.
The Diebold brothers give the tourna.
ment, each meeting an opponent not
a Diebold. II an opponent wins, 1t is
said, he is automatically barred from
the tourney the following yenr..
The Diebold brothers successfully de-
Tended their title yesterday at White
marsh in one round Of match play.
The Diebold brothers team was as
follows f. a. Diebold, c. J: Diebold,
A. J. Diebold, f. NJ. Diebold and +.
X. Diebold. The opponents we're a.
f. Murphy. W: j. McAllister, g r. r.
Covcy. r. J. Montgomery and {. H..
McCloy. :,
+. X. Diebold was mine host:
He is a member of Whitemarsh. His
four brothers and the five imported OPP
ponents all came here from the fittS-
burgh Field Club.
Great for "F. X"
Everything works out great for 'F
X" After he cntertains the other
nine, it is their turn to entertain him
The Diebold brothers. 1t is under :
stood, are seeking a match with any
other eight brothers in the country, for
ANYTHING. anywhere. most any time. =,
YESTERDAY, Besides the above tourney
there was n field day" for the caddies
Close to ninety Of the youngsters turned
out. Some Of them played lot o.
golf. ,,,
1t was an eighteen hole hsndicaI
affair for them. after which they were
fed sandwiches. pop, ice cream ant
things. waited on by ladies Of the club
score of so brought Austin Sykes
home the winner. His handicap wa'
35 strokes. The midget bag totcr hat
hi. choice between a big silver cup ant
a sweater. One guess. Which did h
take?
w. Casey was second with 1920
80. He got a sweater and ]. Bescript
1OS- o.. 80, finished third. J. Mallo!
and ]. Weinberg were tied for fourtl
with a net score of so. They started Il
play it off but gallery Of SS fellow
caddies worried Mslloy. After he go
down q little way In the rough on hi
third shot he succumbed.
II was a treat to see them swarmini
over the rises and slopes OF the White
marsh course. cross between schoo
letting cut, Judging by the racket. ant
n tourney Of midget pros. It's reall!
remarkable how much Of the form of |
professional these kids have absorbed
tNc:r swing. their stance, their manner
isms and. occasionally, their shots.
Several Of the caddics had to default
Lost me other ball on the creel
hole" was common, and Sumclent
reason.
Marathon Quest
Maurrie Talman was giving a lessor
on the first fairway. A kid came run
ming W all out of breath.
"IIey. buddy" he painted to Ialman
"lcnd US one of yer balls. will yuh
Lost me ball on the twelfth.
Th, twelfth is virtually at the othe
end Of the long course.
The youngsters we're started IN PAIR
but finished in groups.
They figured it was kind of q race
.. first home, first prize, or somethin
! and the field was pretty well punched q
the finish.
There was generally one putter to
, rroup. II they couldn't wait for tn
caddy With the putter to hole out, the
used whatever club they had carrie
; ali the way. niblick of a driver. fo
instance. Some one putted from benin
a youngster putting with a driver. Th
other ball was rolling we'll on a line I
!. the hole but the driving putter pushe