Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1921-04-30
EDDIE STYLES IN
FINAL GOLF TILT
phiIadelphian Meets Dyer for
Title This Afternoon at Tren-
ton Country Club
LONG MORNING MATCH
BY SANDY McNIBLICK

Trenton, y. j.. April 3O.--Edward
r STYLES. the famous Philadelphia
ro,fcr of marathon fame. met Frank
Over. Of Upper Montclair. this after
noon in the finals Of the first invitation
tournament ever held by the Trenton
Conntry Club. Styles won his way to
rho finals this morning, defeating \. !.
Carruth. Of Princeton. 2 and y. Dyer
came through his scmifnal match. trim
ming Il. +. Kncpper, western state
champion. in n closely played match.
one up. nineteen holes.
STYLES played q consistent game
against Carruth and won OF the six
,ccnth green. He went out in 3I
and his opponent had rs. Here are
thcir cards:
Ss' g ,.::::... ::::... 4 :3s T. 81
o Out '':,:..S '':,:..:S .sfS , '-''
After Dyer and Kncpper had fin.
,shcd the eighteen holes they were all
souarc. The nineteenth is a par five
which Dyer made in birdie four. with
a fuc drive and beautiful approach
shot. His opponent played the hole in
mar Dyer had bad luck on the fourth
hoe. which he lost. because his caddie
rickod up. Their cards
Ss' % Ys,' w.: =: ! 80: ;: ! '-sS-7s Sd
Extra holo ~
knepper- , y.
out GS -. 1 ! ! ; ; 5 ! t-ss33-
Extra hole 81
Good Shots Made
On qualifying day the entrants had
difRculty in gauging the short ap-
nroaches due to the construction of the
Greens. which were also exceptionally
fast. Some good scoring was done.
since the low mark for the course as I
stands now was lowered yesterday by
Frank Dyer. though it was made in
match play and Is, therefore not
official.
Dyer had a 73 yesterday afternoon
30 out and "a home, which was stroke
hcttcr than Deans "a TO qualify.
There were two sizzling duellos in
tho first two rounds between Philadel- =
rhians. In the first round Fred Knight
hole when he laid his pin shot eight feet
from the hole as pretty as YOU please
and sank the putt for a birdie.
In the afternoon Eddie Styles sur
rriscd the dopesters by ousting Norman
Maxwell. Whitemarsh. Styles got a
lead of three holes and became dormic.
Maxwell then started back to- the wall
affair and won both the sixteenth and
seventeenth. He had two foot putt
on the eighteenth for that hole, too
vhicn would have squared the match
hui the Whitemarsh player booted the
effort which managed to waggle on past
the hole. 1t cost Maxwell his chance
to even things up after great hnish
Surviving
Styles is showing good golf AT Tren
ton for his first start of slack gol'
spring, and many predict he Will be III
| rho finals this afternoon. II is unusual
In nm invitation tourney that one OF
more Of the home talent does not sur ,
| vive to the semtinals at least. out az
were eliminated. so fast was the neIa
| And Trenton had some real players "
| the running at that. Horace 'ooh' 'n'
| MaXwplls and others.
/, r. Adams. I.u I.u. had sweet
,av Of it. Yesterday. He took look al
tho public prints after the qualifying
round and failed to see his name to play
in any sixteen. So he bethought him
SELF TO run down to the Jersey course
took on and return with his clubs; H'
arrived late in the morning ana wa
Immediately surrounded by an angry
mob. which stated that he had been due
10 start off 1.-TWO hours ago. :.
NO. no. I'm out Of it. didh
qualify" he replied. "fou We got '"'
wrong culprit. 49,. .,a. II,
They finally convinced him thHt NJ, e
man was waiting without. so Gone
ADAMS got himself the sticks and sal
lied forth. He won, the count oe'"'
! and &. .," An,
's'Thig iG Hnp--WDO = nPNl Ah"'
he won again in the y. m: . and T. 10
dav he played Charlie Williams' i"L
merly an Aroniminker and one ot wv
hest. The count is not yet.
The Philadelphia Cricket Cluo sec%n,
team continues to win in the Snpnro"' ua,
Team Cup race. Yesterday they M Wo.
hoir fifth straight match, o'anklus
West Chester. Whitemarsh, oyerGroo'
nd BaIa are tied for second pace
having won four and lost one match,
In the Wallingford race iher' arr
three leaders. Huntingdon Valley Tor
resdale and Cedarbro0k, wl'n 'hre'
victories out of four. The matches yes
rorday we're played in the rain. nu' II
spite of this none of them was Nv
fNulted o,,
The Cricket Club team had an cnS!
time of it with West Chester winning
oil Gro mana ~ Them bpinG close.