Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1920-09-16
HUB LEADS FIELD
IN GE|ST TOURNEY
rrankford Player Turns In Card
Of e5--Johnson Second
With 86
BY SANDY McNIBLICK

n G. Hub, OF frank1Oru' leu tne
eo,d IN the Geist Cup golf play which
started today over the links of the
Wbitemarsh Valley Country Club. He
turned in a card OF 80.
r. C. johnson was second among the
sarIy scorers with SO strokes. 7. r..
Hanson, of Cedarbrook, a clubmate OF
Johpson's. did SS for the course.
A Lish wind made play particularly
difficult and high scores resulted.
The cards follow:
Hub A,
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The date of the tourney has been
sbifted from the original schedule OF
tbe Golf Association Of Philadelphia.
originally this tourney was to have been
beld next week, and the annual invi.
tation tourney of the Philadelphia
Cricket Club, this week. But the
uomen's tennis championship being
nlayed at the Cricket Club would have
interfered and the Cricket Club thought
Il advisable to swap dates with White
marsh
Platt Entered
The most prominent player in the
tourney is J. Wood Platt. the city
champion, who defeated s. D. Heron.
champion of the United States. last
week in the play for the American
championship at the Engineers Club.
platt has not missed a single local tour =
ney this year and has made an enviable
record against all comers. Two other
locals who also qualified in the national
played in the tourney today, George
Hoffner and Maurice Risley.
Platt defeated Risley in the national
after being three down in the morning,
hut Risley has victory over Platt this
season. which he scored at Shawnee In
the finals of the Buckwood tourney.
Some Of the players eligible to play
IN the national who tied to qualify
there and teed off for the Geist Cur
today were Fred Knight, Walter Rcy-
nolds, Richard Haight and Lee Max
well.
Green Socks Lucky
Each year secs some new excitement
IN the tussel for the Geist Cup. Not
90 many years ago George Klaudcr sc
thoroughly believed in, lucky pair
Of green socks he chose to wear in the
tourney that he was most outspoken ir
the theory that he would surely win
and he did.
Last year Norman Maxwell came tc
the finals through several tough rounds
and faced Walter Reynolds, whom h'
had consistently beaten for fun nj
Aronmink.
Maxwell had two legs on the cup ant
needed this to win to gain permanent
possession Of the cup. One up and Rey.
nolds in the trap at the eighteenth
| had the cup sewed up and ready t
start home.
But Reynolds sank his chip from tn,
bunker and then won on the nineteenth
The winner of the cup this year will
have to overthrow some very fast on
position. Sixteen will qualify today
and there will probably be five sixteens
the match play going forward tomorrow
and Saturday.
Chick Evans scored his second tri
umph over Vardon and Ray, when he
set course record over the links OF
the Kokomo, Ind, links with a sizzling
81.
Evans. who is the American amateur
champion. should do well at Merton
next week, against Vardon and Ray
for he is thoroughly familiar with the
Ardmorc avenue course.
Philadelphia qualified players IN
nearly all classes Of the U. S. Seniors
championship at Appawamis this week
In the class for those from fifty five
to ffty-nine years, Il. f. Henson
Huntingdon Valley; J. Anderson Ross
Cricket Club A. NJ. Wood, Aronimink
Andrew j. Carly, Pine Valley: W. II
Hurlburt, Country Club. qualified.
In Glass b, sixty to sixty -four years
f. G. FELTON,. Merton George w. Stat
sell, Aronimink L. j. Hasse, Phila
delphia c. c.; II. Is. Price, Merton
and j. f. Fahnestock, Merton, qualified
Two other locals also made tn,
grade" in the class from sixty five t.
sixty nine years, A. f. Huston, st
Davids, and Winthrop Sargent, Merton
pelng the fortunate golfers.
In the unlimited class over seventy
me Rev J. Gray Bolton. and Emmett
oNeill. Philadelphia c. c., both quail