Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1921-05-12
WANT LOCALS|N
SCHOLASTIC GOLF
Philadelphia Lads Urged to
Enter Eastern Tourney
at Merton
BUCKS COUNTY SCHEDULE
By SANDY McNIBLICK

championships TO be held on May 23, %
gnd -, over the east course hero at
Merton. a special effort Is being made
to get as many individual schoolboy
golfers and teams from the local schools
to enter ns possible.
The. Eastern Interscholastic Golf As.
sociation has jurisdiction over high.
preparatory and military schools Of tho
New England and Middle Atlantic
states. II was formed to promote golf
among schoolboys, principally through
holding its annual championships. 1t
is hoped that a large number of local
schoolboys will enter this tourney IN
competition with the scholastic talent
elsewhere and in play over the fine
course at Merton.
| Max Marston is the local representa-.
two of tho committee.
| The team match for the school cham
pionship is determined by the medal
scores of the four players nominated
to represent n school. Penn Charter,
Episcopal and others should be able to
muster strong quartets.
| on Monday qualifying round is
| played which decides the team cham
| pionship. as stated above and also
qualities for the individual champion
ship. Therefore any number Of boys
may play from one school in the quail
| flying round. The sixteen lowest scores
qualify for match play the next two
winners.
How to enter
Any boy in local public or prepara-
| tory schools, who has attended the
school since fall. aud is in good stand
! ing may enter the tourney by sending
his name to Murray =. Brush, Jr.,
| T,gN
fore Saturday, May 81, or by appear
ing at Merton before 10 80 Monday
morning.
Philadelphia should make good
showing in this tourney and it is hoped
by the committee that the youngsters
hereaoouts will send In their names
without delay. Henry G.. Davis. Sd,
Hi, is individual champion, and the
Hill School also won the team cham
pionship last year
Bucks County Country Club. at
Langhorne. is on its way to a big golf
year. The schedule is just out. \
dinner match and the qualifying round
for the Presidents Cup have already
been played. Saturday the Langhorne
golfers tackle Bala. az Bala. and team
matches will be rather a feature there
after. Penn's team will be played a
week from Saturday. Later Bucks
County will play Lawrencevillc School.
Plymouth. Torresdale and a return
match with Bala at Langhorne.
The Tournament Committee follows :
II. S. White, c. w. Sprague, II. /.
Ridge and j. D. Paul, chairman. The
Bucks County team plans TO create n
turorc in the suburban matches.
Charlie Williams. the Ridge brothers.
Charlie Lovett and others will lead the
talent.
Here is the complete schedule:
May II. Bala Country Club, at ,Rqla: IS
Suburban Cup match; AZ North H.s: IL.
sS6qFOGn c9p mafn e F.
:R 60 pSy Sf"s$fo
PSy;; Is ssm:aSal round SS match Say ISsH.
anai' q: nT9l round naish play (handi. il.
@ cSoh" Bay iSHs ESndcap 'Su Sa
tourTa ] men.. i6 P"mouih tf EoaHnt22y Hif2 Club, al
tanshhoTns 23 ssm;hna, rog3d match pdlsE dcE
August Final, round match play. four,
''g.s ,SnS.20sG, WE. a.
Country Club At LanRhorne.
Ringer tournament starts May Rn'
The draw Of the British amateu,
golf championship contains much of in
tcrest on the Americans chances in this
event. There will be 256 starters
twelve Of whom have either journeyeC
from the United States to play in the
event or else are Yankee residents
abroad
Five Of them are in the upper half
the other seven in the lower. The divi
sion is as follows: Upper - Bobb!
Jones. Jesse Guilford. NJ. Payton. ]
Wood PlRtt and Douglas Grant
Lower-Chick Evans. Francis Ouimet
Bill Fawnes, w. C. Hunt, Paul Hunter
Fred Wright, J. II. Douglas, Jr., anc
W. l.. Thompson.
Favorable Draw
Some are sad over the fact that thi
seems a lop- sided distribution with III
Americun strength mostly IN the lowe
half. But this on further though
favorS the Yankees. The more we hav
in one half the more chance we have L
come through 10 the finals 4 Ouimot
Evans or Jones out there and Americ
is confident that this time we will win
The preliminary matches are at cightcc,
holes, where anything can happen, bu
tbe finals arc over the thirty six .hol
route aud il is felt that Ouimet, Jone
or Evans would prove the master o
apv Briton at that distance.
woody Platt, local champion. play
! Major ii. \. Boyd, Portmnrnock.
the major doesn't sport monocle an
n pair Of spats the chances for Plat
- 70 win should be even Stephen.
~ 4. tho greens committee meeting tn
m o,ho- night one Of the subjects brough
n nm was the ball out of bounds on
N stroke or two. 1t appears likely tina
De tSe old rule, for loss of distance only
i. viii be- played extensively heroabout'
y. Local clubs, for their member event
!. over the week ends, would like to max
ID a definite ruling. 1t doesn' { seem a
though the system of mixing local rulin
:. with the national edict is going to t