Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1921-08-30
This GOLF TUSSLE
LOOKS LIKE "LULU'
Local Mobiles Play Baltimore at
Lu Lu Today, Confident Of VIC
tory-Herron Silent" but
REHEARsES AT ST. LOUIS
nv SANDY McNIBLICK

The golf tournament this afternoon wa'
"Lu Lu."
For the Lu Lu mobiles Of Philadelphia.
.ook on the Shriners of Boumi Temple
baltimore, In a team match over the
rhs In Lu Country Club here was
tAe first Shriners' golf club organized
srywbere with it's own links, according
- fbe data, The local mobiles, therefore,
~ a running start" on all the other
Hbriners. Hence they ought to be the
Best golfers. -,
n they win the match this afternoon
Ia likely that the mobiles of other dis
t,,cts will be challenged and entertained
here likewise.
To this end the locals threw their
b.st team into the action. and the Bal
timoreans were sure to have their hands
hnN Here Is the lineup: Boumi--
plome. West, Swartout, Goodwin. Fool
msr, Crane, Rculing. Richardson,
Is,onby. Rceder. Butler, Zousler,
iOckhart. Lang, Gillespie, Wolfe and
Browley. Iu Lu--Ball, Firth, Foster,
Credo, Bennett. Quinn. link, Shaw.
Haue. Kirby, DR.. Simmerman, Stein,
Rittenhouse, A. T.. Eaton, Klcinman,
Adams and DR.. T. Jones.
Nerron Contender
The "S." as everyone knows. in >.
Davidson Heron, stands for "Silcnt.'
This herc,ilcan golfer. who won the
amateur golf championship Of the
United states in 1919 will, just about
MS consistent a week of golf as has ever
been seen in a national tilt. will COM
pete at st. Louis this year. L is re-
ported, and his chances are bright.
"Big Davey' has not |ecn saying
much. but ne's been doing lot.
Since the national Mt the Engineers,
where he was ousted by j. Wood Platt
in the defense Of bis title. after one Of
the most sensational matches Of the
tourney, not much has been heard here
Of Heron. The fact that he had been
married and that he had moved from
Pittsburgh to Chicago was about all.
But IN Chicago Heron has been going
In championship form. At ,he Exmoor
(open) tournament there he won the
qualifying round and in the finals was
but two over fours when the match
ended abruptly.
10 qualify, one of his drives was
said to have been 345 yards. He drove
the 26J. yard twelfth and was close
10 800 yards on others of his belts.
He is still able, they say, to reach n
green far away from the rough bv ex-
cavatng spadcful of sod with his
trusty niblic. Heron has had a 10
ten times at Exinoor. This is the lowest
mark for that course.
And, by the way of shedding light
on his thoughts for the coming cham
pionship, Heron slipped off to St Louis
recently to get we'll acquainted with
its layout before the championship.
which will be upon us two weeks from
Saturday.
Heron has shown timo and again
since Oakmont that he Is no flash IN
the pan. One nine in his match last
year at Merton with Oswald Kirkby
was a piece Of super human golf by
the ex champion. which showed locals
what Heron has in him.
Entries for the open championship OF
Pennsylvania will still be accepted at the
hrst tee at Merton tomorrow. It Is under
said to be relatively closed.
II was felt that some organi zation had to
start the system Of closing the entries on
the date specified in the announcement 1 OF an an
committee TO be adding entries right up TO
the last minute; SO that II IL no, poSssiS,s sHs
entered early. Added starters also may
eonsest the course for those VINO have
ihoush,tully entered curly With b. the ln'en
worth, Added starters in many cases are
the nsst to default. after the damage Is
done.
DR.. simmerman and H. p. Newton have
returned from trip on tho 81 knSsr,n9 ka%Ssrm,e9
and through Ssv snast back in ne shape for
the fall season.
Charles Halpcn had six on ONE, one Of 2, wns sns
pretty much Of q feat. When t0in
wasn't at least a bird for that hole he, he reg %
istersd the chasrin OF ono READY 10 au'' Inv
Huntinrdon Valley employees wstchsd t,I, lead lead
hsliman and director Of the Back Door, on
the links out there yesterday. Joe 10 stS ,s,,r
Ing srst pras,sas nna, for ns suth p s hsnd
cap is said to have been Increased from
100 to 200 strokes for eighteen holes an.
si.r s: dfiss"GSa ss ,Ss, is s aSss. %sss
The clubhouse has Just been opened az
shat Is hoped to be some day the betiw"on t n",a
is the s"e Sof 1oSors Soar... but Jimmie FerrIek
ports that the club opening was highiS pro-
pltious. or something.
open and amateur at his home course he
right on his Eame and scored ~ ,nsre unTre
sss'9ny ~ '' 10 Se no xens c
others who don't even let 1t bother them
when they don't.
=, Frank smyth has been PLAYING hala nov ,trs
aS aSr eight years and says he WI never Spw,ns @
shs new members where the trouble lies al
'he various holes and how to avoid H.