Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1920-07-31

snc hoIe' lie topped drive to the
fouTte"nth. lost it. halvcd the fifteenth
win n bold putt and was two and three
ut the sixteenth.
The tee. is on a high point of tho
course and tn" full power Of the wind
was directly at the players backs.
=. Armstrong smashed out n beautiful
liner, which the wind carried on ond
on lie spared his second wood which
rolled into the trap in front of the 40
yard ho 10. The drive was so long that
Platt thought Armstrong could have
gotten home in two.
Meantime. that drive made Platt nress
or something. Anyhow he topped his
second drive Of the day and made tho
disaster complete by putting his second
shot out Of bounds. From the rough he
played another brassie and almost got
a half. despite his two wasted shots.
Armstrong sank neat 3 to a 6, which
beat Platt, and ..
The finals were a great trent for ,be
rarp'tc"rs, and the men who played it
credit to their organization.
,Nardon and Ray yesterday defeated
what was supposed to be the strongest
C,omninatlon of amateur players in any
district of the country. They beat Fran.
cN Oulmet and Jesse Guilford Ouimct
for the par holes and Guilford for birds
and eagles on the long ones.
Neither Ouimet nor Guilford played
the best game of which either is capable.
but that does not detract in the least
from the Nardon- Ray victory, for the
british pair were the ones playing under
a handicap, il anybody. They won,
t and >.
Ray was 1910. 140; Ouimct. 1874,
l52 Guilford, 1919, 1j4, and Vardon,
T9-77. 1856.
": Wild. n carpctcer and tho Joe Gosh.
2f o. New York advised local stars during his
PIonship The distances are deceptive. =
~ Cs5rr', and when In doubt v5u'l
states the battle viii be on. on among the
stars at tho second hole there,
The assertion that British women play a
push shot is rather terrifying. since II Re,
bring It OF successfully. II 10 a shot for
Er"lessionals and not too many OF them car
solace In the thought that American womcr
will never be push'shotters.
John g. Fox, Franktord. was elected IN 4
discussion the other day as the best putter
In Philadelphia. II was hard to pick tn,
best American putter. but Gilman =. TIFFANY
II Gothamite, has held the "title." He hal
cases OF trophies, won in tho main with hi
putter One trophy Is for medal rounC
in a champion ship over there OF TO-Ti-I4l
which was the lowest competitive gross scor,
made up to that time for thirty-six holes
! It's been beaten.
Abraham Armon, who hung up the world
record medal score In the carpeteers' tour
| n"%, Is listening to many Interesting propo
| sitOns. ono 10 that J, W. Plat can pla
hve rounds Of golf in loss strokes thai
| eighteen holes, Plat rs. At that rate Pl al
| would have been 375 for Ave rounds, o
eleven up on Armons one.
It II announced by william Wood nxer
that VardOn and Ray will play Pine Valley
| Chick Evans or Bob Gardner, or both vii
he on the side Of the American opposition.
From various little happenings II seems a
matter OF eligibility Of entrants In Journeys
| At Pinehurgt a boy was given a reguia
pairing with a handicap by mistake an
turned In the best low net, The mistak
| was discovered after he made the score tina
he was barred because he wasn't sixteen. .
| he couldn't get the prize There was auei
even occurred In the PbiiadeIphia amatsur
quickly fixed, but. embarrassing TO the, sui
jfct OF the discussion. n
Carpet Trads tourney. And littIs nd