Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1920-09-30
CLAREY LEADING
IN GOLF TOURNEY
BaIa Player Has Total Of 242
for 81 Holes at Merton
Cricket Club
BY SANDY McNIBLICK

Eddie Clarey, OF bala, WIS leaulnR
Che field at the end Of the morning
round of the 72-hole medal play golf
tourney at Merton. ......
lie went around in "a, which with
15S yesterday, gave him total Of 242
for the 81 holes. His card:
Out. 49,. 5665 5573 4 3-44
In. 4 A 4 4 4 5 3 4 6--40--S4
The members of the Lesley Cup teams
from New York. Pennsylvania and Mas
sachusetts will all be here before the day
Is done, anA or them there is u low
one for the oest net at eighteen and
thirty six.
The contest for these five special
prizes is expected to outdo in interest
the main contest for the seventy two =
hole prize. This is due to the fact that
some Of the leading stars of the coun
try are teeing off for the one day prize.
Max Marston, George Hoffner and
Edward Clarey are all just back OF
Kembles 1856. with their cards Of los
yesterday, in the main tourney.
Jesse Guilford. ex Massachusetts
open champion, had 100. one sroke back
Of J. Wood Platt, city champion, 150.
Platt had the best score, Of the day
Yesterday, 76. which included a 6 made
on the short thirteenth, where his pitch
TO the green caught trap, buried itself
and the out went across the green to
the creek. =
Ouimet Due
Francis Ouimet, e4.open and ANA
teur champion, was nte to play this
morning, paired with Max Marsteu
Ouimet wired last night from Boston
that he was taking the IL p. M. train.
Tue New York team has arrived en-
masss, except for Gardiner White and
Reggie Lewis, who will arrive this
afternoon.
The Gotham team is Oswald Kirkby,
John G. Anderson. Jesse Sweetser, J.
s. Worthington. d. +. Sawyer. A. F
Hammer. Frank Dyer. Peter Harmon
and Lucien Walker, besides the twc
mentioned above. Jerry Travers is not
included, nor Philip Carter, thougl,
both are expected.
The tournament was great success
the first day.
The field was small. but it was all
class, and there were none of the long
waits. nor the often unpleasant course
congestion that takes lot of thu
pleasure out of any larger tournaments
Everything went fine yesterday.
"You can quote me as saying vii
win this tourney stated Edward 7
* pair of los today. very likely"
Styles is still trying to solve th'
mystery of his game. Yesterday h
tried to play whilst smoking a cigar.
"If George Hoffner can, / guess
can too" asserted the marathon king
But it put his eye out on putting ant
he took a on No. I. Then he had
: on No. o. Styles looked at tn
half burnt cigar regrctfully. but threy
1t away-marking the spot. His gam
Immediately recovered its equilibrium
and Styles went back for the cigar afte
1 on three and four.
No cigar. Blooie-another on five
Then he smoked cigarettes and ha
4-3-42.
Hard to Figure
II amt figured this game out yet,
observed the North Hitler. AT tha
] beat Platt by a stroke. ! CUES
that makes me the best player at Mort
Hills. anyhow
Styles brought an amateur caddy
thinking lunch for the latter woul
be easier to make than a caddy fec
Lets see the bad news,' he de
manded of the waiter.
Today Styles had a regular caddy.
An effort may be made today to Ian
berth on the Lesley Cup team fo
Maurice Risley, who qualified in tn
national and won the Atlantic City an
Shawnee Journeys. In the latter h
beat ]. J.. Worthington, the English
man. and Frank Dyer.
RiSley is a Jersey resident. thong
member of the Philadelphia Golf AS
sociation. His status is apparently tn
same as that of the New Workers
living in Connecticut and norther
New Jersey.
His addition to the Pennsylvani
team would help considerably.
Little Chance
1t is reported today. however, tina
there is little chance of Risley bein
considered. The Keystone team
governed by the laws of the Pennsyl
vania Golf Association, which bar
players not residents of the state.
The new York team is governed b
the laws of the Metropolitan Associa
tion, which permits golfers on the teal
who are members of clubs in the aSso
citation and living in the district EN-
braccd.
1t is likely next year that definite rul
ings will be laid down for all teams
aud that Rhode Island, Connecticut an
New Jersey will be admitted to tn
play, though nothing definite has as "
been done in the matter.
The Now Workers. failed unanimously
appear for the start of the tourney. The
will arrive today. Peter Harmon, the sci
satonal public links product, who carrie
round OF the national, Is slated to play e
New York in the Lesley Cup matches fr
day.
Most Of the Boston team was out tn
morning. though Larry Patton and jest
the seyenty-two-hole tourney. f. G. Newtu
Bay State captain. cautioned the team
take 1t easy.
Fred j. Wright. youthful Massschuset
champion. had q "a az Merton yesterdf
the national medal at the Engineers. ar
probably will play No. on his team her
Joseph j. Young, Frankford the Lu I
medalist, started 4-6-6-6-7-I IN his hrst rour
At Merton yesterday and found 12 ov
Tours too much of handicap In six hole
and landed ten feet from the pin on Il
ninth hole OF his first round. His ba wa
teed up and everything for q nice chip
the pin. but he chpped-to the creek. Wht
the flag was replaced, fine. fat star
MN IN the race.
T. X. Pierpont. Merton, hit a fine dri'
20 the second which was completely buri'
In the fairway. BY the time he got
out and visited two traps on his way TO Il
green he had 10. On the hrst he had
2. His ball was buried again on the thi
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