Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1920-08-12
seven Quaker City Golfers
Among 1877 to Be Elinri-
mated on InUerness
Course 3D.. o..
157 ARE NECESSARY
Rv SANDY McNIBLICk
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,,1I Of the Philadelphia pros were
n reatly. scientifically and perma-
,,rt,v oustcd from the competition for
.,o 1920 omen golf championship OF the
rr;,ed states. But the doughty seven
"a rot mass out of the picture alone
y. witbout n game and skillful exhibit
,,on Of the ancient game. They went
~, ,.;th 100 others in one Of the class
,ost fields that has ever competed for the
.,os, difficult golf crown to attain on the
links Of this country. and they only
s.t failed to pass by margin of from
hoIf a stroke to three per round. WI,
or them all, Charley Honner, IhlI-
W, and Jim Thomson. Country
moh'' mon came the closest. Indeed. till
.IIof,ernoon .luoif Yesterday 1t looked as
Ihn"nb mrb their totals Of 15S were safe
tnousb Rut around toward twilight
tg Ky or better began to come in with
,oh i"h alarming frequency that the doubt
mas finally settled. ,.
"pS =, was the toughest sort Of break.
p.tore the tourney started the pros
? ,bomsolyes agreed that pair OF Sos
.homlJ malify-a pair of TBS surely.
M a man they were shooting at those
o.Is Some of them were poor sharp
shooters. missing a-plenty.
Thompson Looked Safe .
M the Quaker City band Thompson
Lacked very safe at the end of the hrst
Sar % with a nice II. Hoffner and George
Savers. Merton. were apparently ciose
enough. though with little work ahead'
In their Sis. ., :, .,o
middle Of his last round that ne had 10
snish in 40 to qualify. Thompson was
will ~ lilo n streak through holes in even
AZ and nav, Slips on holes still gave
bim n mar on either the seventeenth or
sighteenth to get in. He missed with a
az the seventeenth. and. after good
drive 70 the eighteenth. faced that tricky
7 lost green plateau which has proved
difficult for the experts to hold all
through tho tourney, =, A,
Thompson play<d the shot with all the
care he knew, but it just trickled of
into a trap. Everything depended on
bs ont being near enough to the hole
for his 4. 4 shower of sand and his
hal, almost ran over into the hole. 1t
slid by four feet, and that was the
margin BY which the Philadelphian
failed to qualify, for he missed the putt
coming back.
Killed at Start
Hoaner killed mis- chance on the very
first hole where he spilled the ball into
the hole finally for seven. It's par
four and one time in thousand he d
probably do worse than a six there:
Rut this was the one time. and he added
10 his difficulty, by adding another
stroke at the second. He got his three
on the short third. added another at
the fourth, gamely sank an eagle at
the fifth. skidded on the sixth and
finished in par for a forty. Charley had
to play the last nine in par to qualify
and the Philadelphia star went in there
to do it. The only shot he missed on
the whole nine coming in was at the
sixteenth. every other hole being played
In par figures. After a finish like that,
to be ruled out by the margin OF a
stroke. was surely turn of the wheel
Of fate. He was back in 81 for
Y.
Fails at Putting
John Edmondson. Llanerch, was in
scarcely any trouble on his last round,
finding but two traps and seldom
through. 1t was putting, pure and
simple that cast him his chance. and
this in word, sums up the story OF
Jack Sawyer. Torresdale. William
Leach. Mcrchantville. and w. d.
Robinson. Cricket Club. Sawyer re
peated his first day 80 with a 37-44
the others cut off several strokes.
But George Savers went out in Is
and everything looked rosy, with pal
on two around the corner. He took /