Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1920-05-31
SCHOOL GOLF LEAGUE IDEA
IN PHILADELPHIA DISCUSSED
Foundation for Stars Should Be Laid Early Says Vetera
Hill School Makes Favorable Impression With Pressing
Main Trouble at Merton Match
BY SANDY McNIBLICK

TINE appearance of the Hill School
= golf team. interscholastic champions,
here has revived talk of a school league
in Philadelphia.
There are many promising players
scattered among the academies of cdu-
cation hereabouts and the schoolboys
of the Quaker City would no doubt
take up the game with zeSt another
season il the facilities and organization
should be put forward for them.
This would mean letting them practice
on certain courses at certain stated
times. in some cases the provisions Of
clubs. etc. and necessarily the services
at times of some of the pros. one or
two of whom have already volunteered
to give an hour occasionally to instruct
the youngsters.
One veteran golfer sized II ur on
Saturday ut Merton. while Hill SnhooI
was battling with Merton over the east
course.
Juniors Training
There's no use talking" he stated.
"the time to take up golf is as Il
youngster. Then they can be started
right. Some day it'll be the youngsters
who step into our places. and it appeals
IN me that there would be no better
way to encourage them 10 take up golf
and to play it right. than to have a
school league here. ! hope it can he
done some day. 1t will help our JUNIOR
championship and il ought 10 help the
golf prestige of the city which is now
Z on such high plane. TO keep it
there we ought to train schoOlboys ready
to step in.
Merton now has n perfect score over
the champions Of the seats Of learning.
1t has beaten Princeton. the inter
collegiate team champions. and Satur-
day it did for Hill School, interschol-
astic champions.
1t is something for n school, or col
lege either. to tackle a country club 3
team, particularly one so expert as
Merion's, and Hill made a very favor
able impression. The youngsters stood
up there and drove man & size ball
played their irons reasonably well, and
went after the puts, which is all you
can ask of any player.
Their 9 to o defeat was probably due
more to pressing than anything else In
taekling Meriou's veterans, the Young
sters tried manfully to hit them just
as far and to hold the Main Line vet
Coming Star
That was Henry Gassoway Davis,
3ds, main difficulty, He won the in o
terscholastic championship.
Davis is tall, athletic youugStpr
who plays the game in fine form But
he played Marston aud when he traied
TO a IS pace, he began to press.
Davis has fine swing. all agree to
that, and to the fact that he is going
to be a real golfer.
Davis was considerably perturbed at
his showing,
AZ N''Been playing baseball too much. "
he explained Got baseball swing.
Makes me sick I'm of that game"
Davis is going to play in the anna
tenr championship, lie wants the ex-
perience and the competition, which is
the right idea. With a teacher like
4 rfeddy Mcleod to work on his mashie
and short irons, the interscholastic
tckampion indeed may surprise somebody
t III The Engineers Club in September.
Satnrday summaries follow:
{SlaStll .Es---Aisrston Merton. bsat Davis,
tx'iL Sand kemble, Merton, beat Butler.
Wtl n axd AZ Jack Merton, beat Cochrans.
lAlA ! And ?: hestlngs AsTion. beat fattle,