Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1920-09-18
ONE Jones LEADS,
OTHER ALL SQUARE
Wheeler One Down and Rey'
nolds Even at Ninth Hole
in Geist Golf
BY SANDY McNIBLICK

One Jones was 1 up and the other
Jones was all square at the end of the
best nine holes Of the semifnal matcnes
in the Geist Cup golf tourney over the
Whitemarsh links this morning.
Morris z. Jones. of Frankford, met
Z. ii. Wheeler, Jr., of the home club,
and was up on his opponent. Spencer
Il. Jones, Plymouth, and Walter II.
reynolds, the Aronimink expert, Were
all even. NJ. Z. Jones went out in 43
to Az for his opponent and Spencer
took 40.
Nj. z. Jones and Wheeler halved the
first two, holes and Wheeler won the
third with D to a @. The next was
halved in As and Jones took the fifth
with . to a Z. Jones needed one more
than Wheeler at the sixth, but won
the seventh. The eighth was halved in
to a 5.
Spencer Jones lost the first hole of
his match with Reynolds, but took
the second and ha.ved the third. Rey-
nolds won the fourth with 3 to 4
and the next four were halved, Jones
winning the ninth with 3 to 5.
Cards:
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finals by "A, low qualifying score.
and won yesterday over G. b. Hawley,
Cricket Club. in the morning and J. w.
Platt, city champion. in the afternoon.
Jones won both matches by 2 and 1
margin. A good gallery followed the
afternoon match. Platt was badly OF
but both pulled badly which kept the
match 80 even.
Reynolds had little trouble with
Spencer Wright, Aronimink, and J. J.
Young, Frankford, winning also by
the same margin, morning and after
noon, 4 and 3.
Wheeler put out Norman Maxwell
on the nineteenth in the morning and
Charles Doelp, Trcddyffrin, in the af-
ternoon, 1 up, at the eighteenth, while
NJ. =. Jones defeated Paul Jennings,
Stenton, 2 and /, and Charles G. Hule.
Frankford, and l, n pair of tough
battles. A Jones is the favorite to g
to the finals. They are no relation.
II any further inspiration for playing
great game of golf in the tourney
were needed than the beautiful White
marsh course, it was supplied by the
class of the field and the gorgeous
prizes.
The competition for the huge Geist
Cup has ever been keen as witnessed by
the fact that Norman Maxwell is the
only player who has his name on it
twice.
And Maxwell was only one of three
favorites. all Of whom were ousted in
the first round. Styles and Clarey also
biting the dust"
J. w. Plat. city champion. had his
trials the first day. The young star,
who beat s. ID. Heron. national cham
pion. at the American amateur cham =
pionship last week and went to the
third round. seemed badly over -golfed.
He has played in every tourney of
the district this year. except Lu Lu.
when he was away at the national. and
few parts of his game yesterday looked
like the Platt who thrilled them by the
thousands at Roslyn.
His most lamentable failing was
around the green's. Against James III.
Gay. Jr.. Cricket Club. he was in
variably short and admits he was for
tunate to win.
Time after time he was short on his
puts and the same held true in the
afternoon against Spencer Jones.
medalist. on the first nine. Platt took
three puts on three of the first four
holes and said his clubs felt like perfect
strangers.
His iron to the sixth went kiting
through the rails of the fence back of
the green. far out of bounds. and IL
wasn't till the seventh and eighth that
he sank puts, both of them hard ones,
he left himself after ''missed" clip
shots.
This left him all-square, but he was
over the short ninth in trap, and put
his ball out of bounds coming on, be.
cause of the new. loose sand
The defeat of Edward Satterthwaite.
Pala, by the comparative newcomer,
Charles Doelp, Tredyffrin, was. a sur
prise to some, but Doelp has been play =
ing a sterling game. and the data was
given a further jolt when the veteran
Satterthwaite was out In one under
skies.
Doelp Ia high strung player, who has
not yet developed the even equanimity
which comes with the ups and downs
of many tournaments. Doelp is a
"fghter," is after every hole. and
showed what he could do qualifying
day.
Told that II was low for the medal
he had a putt at the eighteenth from
the edge Of the green for it. lie hit it
firmly, but by the very Twill power"
he put on it. "body English" they call
it in golf. Doelp made his putt drop.
On one foot, every nerve taut, he
watched 1t roll up and then-"drop !"
He hollered excitedly.
She did.
"a 77"' cried the excited golfer,
but some people always take the joy out
of life, for they told him right away
that Spencer Jones had scored "A.