Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1920-08-19
FIGURE GREEN PLAY
AS BIG FACTOR IN NATIONAL
Fortunate Golfer to Vim amateur Title Will Be One to Best
Solue "Short Game" Requred-Dark-Horse Question
By SANDY McNIBLICK
THE amateur golf championship o.

THE amateur golf championship Of
the United States, to be played over
the engineers' course at Roslyn. l.. l.,
Is now but a little over two weeks off.
With its increasing proximity. the ideas
or the veteran players, there are turn
ing more and more to the thought that
an unthought- of golfer is going to be the
fortunate one to win the title.
In the first place there will be such
an abundance of stellar golf lights play =
ing, champions of all climes. far and
wide--Cyril Tolley. Great Britain; c.
B. Grier. Canada: Tom Armour,
Scotch and French champion. and s.
u. Heron. American champion. Other
English and Canadian players scattered
through list without end. such as
Chick Evans. Francis Ouimet, Bobby
per, George V. Rotan and all the dis =
trict favorites, makes a list which might
easily extend over the thirty two who
might qualify and show good enough
golf to deserve the title. But one must
go when each time they play each other.
smoothing the way for one Of the lesser
lights. some of whom are sure to quail =
ify. Some one Is liable to come out of
the pack and walk right over the per-
maps none too steady stars in that com
petition.
But the main contention for dark
morse is based on the Engineers
course over which the competition will
be played.
Star Dubious
Bobby Jones, for example. played the
course recently, as we'll as North Shore,
where one round to qualify will be
played, and came away none too con =
fident of his ability to make the grade"
at the Engineers links. He said at
Toledo last week that he would feel
easier If the whole championship was
going to be played at North Shore, where
he was able to get his shots going in
great shape.
But Il round at the Engineers con
WINGED him that he needed considerable
practice over the championship course.
Jones will, therefore, appear on the
scene September l to get in several
rounds before even the preliminary
events in the national are played.
Max Marston. of this city. also played
a round at the Engineers few days age
and expressed considerable inquietude
despite the fact that he lowered the
course mark for amateurs with his "A.
Lack of rain or the natural com
position of the SOIL" he stated. "ha,
left the greens very hard and dillirul
to play. Once close, the embarrassing
part is to get the ball in the hole"
Veteran metropolitan golfers VIII,
care to make a showing In the nationa
are missing no opportunity to play tht
course and get onto its curves"
Every one of them who has played il
the Quaker City this season has alsc
gone to various lengths in explaining tn,
difficulties to be encountered there b,
the stars.
The deceptive distances. the advan
tages of placed ball. the difficultie
to be encountered when the ball Is ac
tually up for a chip or mashie to tn
green are all favorite topics.
Boyce Combe the British Columbia,
sharpshooter and holder of many Fa
West records, spent the better part o
an hour at Shawnee telling of the ''im
possibilities" in dropping ball at tn