Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1920-12-29


TWO new clubs joined the ranks Of
L those giving invitation golf tourna-
ments in the Philadelphia district dur
ing the season gone, but not forgotten.
Old York Road and Llanerch were the
hosts at the new events, both of which
proved conclusively that Quaker City
players hungered for just such golf tilts.
j. Wood Platt.- city champion, was
the bright and. particular star Of the
qualifying round at Old York Road, for
he not only won the medal, but his card
for the eighteen holes established new
course record in competition there.
Platt scored a sizzling 72, FIVE strokes
better than any other card turned in
Some snappy matches drew very
sizable galleries to the York road course
all during the play. The feature Of the
first day was the afternoon match be-
tween Plat and Edward Clarey, rivals
Platt had already beaten Clarey at
North Hills. but the Bala man turned
the tables here, though the match went
to the nineteenth, where Platt got In
trouble and had to shake hands on u
hard fought defeat This round put
Clarey in the semifnals, where he met
Spencer Jones and was again taken to
the nineteenth before. he could write
the match down as his.
Clarey met Norman Maxwell in the
finals Maxwell had surprised in the
busted OF Edward T. Styles, 7 and g.,
and was a favorhe over Clarey. The
latter, however, got going nicely. and
though Maxwell oil but pulled out the
match he lost TO Clarey on the eight.
ecnth Of q brilliant tussle. ! down.
BY Default
Meantime both the Pennsylvania state
titles. held by local players, went BY
default. Charles HOffner. pro at Phil
mont. who held the open title, was all
set 70 piay, but the first printed date
differed from the actual time Of the
event. and play was under way before
he was aware of the fact.
The event was played at Oakmont.
Pittsburgh, and was won by Emil
"DutchF I.ocffcr. greenskeepcr at the
club, a very promising young pro.
In the amateur Pat Grant. Sunny
brook, defaulted, and the event was won
BY S. Davidson Heron, then national
champion Heron won the medal and
hung up mark after mark for the holes
OF IllH TuKRPu NbutNV1 ~ wa $50
national crown. In the nnals he btat
Max Marston. Merton, and 3.
The local player returned greatly i'm.
nresspd with Herron's play. saying that
U.rron was in no sense OF the word a
"fuke' champion, but ranked with any
star in the country, being unbeatable
The local play for the Interclub
championship was next on the boards
md Merton ran true to form by WIN
Ming tbe event. The club team had been
having matches in the early season WIN
college and school teams and was well
rrarorcd There was team work and
traIn snirit apparently lacking in the
o,bar ciuLs which could well profit by
! MerioD's pretourncy activities.
t. Tho first round North Hills met
ner;on md won the doubles with east
n tho surprise of every one, 10 points
r. a.. Platt had a II IN thc morn
| ing "A great score at the country mr.
where the meeting was held. pu,
slumped badly in tho eftPrnon IN hU, thu'
still talked OF match "l 'he year ""I, :,
no met Marston, who had not played II
the morning.
Thirteen Up
Iarston's experience stood him u
GOOD strad, 1t WAS a match for blood
erd platt allowed thoS" fighting quah'
tics , which brought him through na
tional matches for 80 much praise, tc
interfere with his game.
Tie played Marston instead OF ms
own game, while the latter went cooIIy,
about cutting a 70 oIt OF the slopes ano
Iins Of the course I" win IL up. Plat'
didn't win a h"l" and was up IN tn'
| middle sos MarstOn play was re-
| 40 fra finp NJ Ahntg
Stylrs was the only North HilI'
nlaycr to win singles match that day
against Merton, which won it's way Il
the final round. 2G%. TO ~. Mean
Tim. Huntingdon Valley had cloS'
caIl with Whitcmarsh. finally winning
by a narrow squeak. l6M to 10.
| Merton easily triumphcd over thu
Noble players the next day, 2lH Il
| 1914, and thus won the title,
The Junior championship this last
year was held at Old York Road anc
was built into a real event by the activi'
ties of the local golf association, which
named a committee and appointed rep
rcsentatiyeS in the clubs to get thu
youngsters out The play was divided
into eightS, and there were prizes fol
many different things. The result wa'
hearty interest in u tourney which hat
all but killed itself the year before.
Il. X. Hanson, Stenton, won tn,
medal with an S3, and teat G. w
Stevens. Old York Road, In the finals
8 and 3.
Many yOungster had his first tast'
of tourney play in this event and b!
IL the future generation of city golfer
Ia assured. The event fIt year vii
probably be combined Sh the Pate