Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1921-09-10
PAUL TEWKSBURY
r. IN lulu FINAL
Defeats George Hoffner, 2 and
I, in Semi,Final Golf Round
This Morning
STEVENS LEADS z. PLAT
BY SANDY McNIBLICK

Paul Tewksbury. finalist in the Phil
adelphia championship, entered the final
round in the Ju Lu invitation golf
tournament over the links Of the Lu Lu
Temple Country Club this morning by
defeating George Hoffner, x-local
| titleholder. 2 and 1. In the other semi {.
final round J. W. Stevens. Of Hunt
ingdon Valley, was 2 up on thinner
Platt, of Roxborough, at the end of
nine holes.
The cards of Tewksbury and Hoffncr
follow:
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On the first hole both Clipped in,
but Tewksbury needed two puts to
get down, Hoffner winning the hole
Then they halved two holes. On the
fourth Tewksbury sank forty foot
putt for bird 2, squaring the matchc
On the fifth hole Hoffner took two
puts and lost hole, but he won the
following one wheH Tewksbury re-
quired three puts. They halved the
seventh in 8, and Tewksbury sank
a long putt on the eighth. On the
ninth both drove the green and Tewks-
bury sank putt from the edge of the
green for an eagle 2.
IL was wonderful putt, because
he was reaelly stymied by Hoffner's S
ball. The large gallery was very
liberal in its applause. Tewksbury was
out in "a, one of the best scores made
on the outward journey during the
! tournament.
Hotner was two down at the turn
and missed a one-foot putt on the
tenth. making him three down. They
| halved the eleventh and twelfth in par.
and on the thirteenth Tewksbury's bali
trembled on the edge of the cup. but
failed to drop. Hoffner annexed the
hole and was only two down
Both played the fourteenth badly.
getting in trouble for a half in six and
both missed long putt for Il bird on
the fifteenth. They halved the six.
teenth and seventeenth and shock
hands. but played the eighteenth out.
The winner of the big match this
the tourney, as most of the talent,
meaning the red hot favorites. we're
pulled out into the upper bracket.
Again the defaulting business has
come up. One of the requests on the
invitation in most similar events is that
player is asked to play through the
tourney if he enters.
There were 200 entries at I.u Lu.
| The scores which qualified were very
low, so that it was rather a hand picked
list of survivors. Two players de-
faultcd in the second sixteen. and il
they had announced their intention in
time two of those outside looking in
could have entered.
1T is an injustice to the committee
and to the few who would otherwise
have qualified.
The time has come when the going
is too lively in any tournament here.
abouts for the leading players to count
absolutely on qualifying in the first
flight. II they don't qualify lit would
be good sportsmanship to play in the
lower sixteen or ut least fail to turn
in the card. But to wait till the morn
ing of the first round and then fail to
show up--not so good.
The tourney was remarkable for the
fact that only four strokes separated
the last man in the first fight from the
first man in the fourth. Lu Lu is
much more advanced than it was last
year. Some highly exciting matches,
with low scores, are expected this after
| noon,