Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1921-10-18
NEW GREENS FAST
FOR GOLF MATCH
Resurfaoed Putting
Spaces in Fine, True condi-
ton for Guilford-Hunter Tilt
N0TABLES TO "GALLERY"
By SANDY NIBLICK

BY SANDY NIBLICK
The clean sweep duo Of the recent
national amateur golf championship at
st. Louis will appear here tomorrow
Tor what is expected TO be the non plus
ultra golfing treat of the year. The
duo is composed Of Jesse Guilford. Nho
won the amateur championship. and
Francis Ouimet, who won the national
medal when he set n new course record
out here. As q pair they won the
American Golfer Trophy against all the
other national club pairs.
For the rcbuttal appears Willie
Hunter, champion Of all Britain. paired
with Max Marston. Pennsylvania cham.
pion. who had Ouimet three down
after the morning round at the na @.
tional. Narston holds the course record
at Tredyfrin, where the match will be
! played.
This is the second golf treat Of the
year provided by this hustling club out
there in the heart Of Paoli Pa Last
time Jim Barnes, American open cham
pion. and Joe Krkwood, Australian
champion. played Marston and Bob
Barnett. the club pro. II was highly
| successful affair. the only drawback
being that the greens were not in the
prime of condition. due to the various
maladies which have hit every course
virtually all over the country this year.
| kirkwood scored the best that day with
total Of 140 for SO holes, but failed TO
break the record.
Mushroom Soil
Right after that match work was
started on the green's. Every one of
them has been resurfaced since then and
the course in general all cleaned up and
pressed. The green's were treated with
mushroom soil. and today they are alb
solutely true, 90 that the puts are ex-
pected to drop this time.
The putting surfaces, however, arc
very fast, little too fast. some of the
members think. For instance. they say
At the fourteenth and eighteenth sloping
greens it is possible TO roll clean off
If you get 10 twitching and over cap
ping.
A feature will to some of the notables
in tho gallery. Among these will be-
Governor Sprcul, golfer, and Mayor
Moore. who will bave a chances 10 soc
what it's all about. City Solicitor
David Smythe will BE- present and Gen
eral John 4. Johnston, Of the Thirty
fourth Division, will represent the
army.
These notabcs will all be the guests
of DR.. j. Blair Spencer at his country
home about a mile from the course for
n luncheon between the rounds Of the
thirty six hole match. The players
and members Of the committee in charge
Of the tournament will also be guests
at this affair.
Club officials in charge Of huge gall
leries such ms arc present at national
championships and the big exhibition
matches in this country are gradually
swinging around to what is deemed by
the putting galleryites as a wise move.
That is, the idea Of ropes ia being
abandoned.
No Ropes
There will be NO ropes at the 'Iredyf-
frin Country Club tomorrow and pleas
ure ut this announcement should be
unanimous
Instead Of roping them in and having
srcnt tumble of humanity fighting
to get an unyicIding grip on the life
lines, a small committee will have
charge Of the gallery. holding up The
hand like Nero to ask for the halt,
and murmuring fore" in orderly man.
ner to command attention for the next
SHOT.
Fans are asked to respect these orders
and forever ban ropes into the discard.
J, Cone Morton is in charge If the
whole affair. There is woman's com.
mittee in charge of refreshments and
this. that and the other. One thou
sand autos can be parked out there,
and tremendous crowd is expected.
Willie Hunter arrived in town today
and will give the course fling this
afternoon. Ouimet and Guilford arrive
at : "A. NJ. tomorrow and will be
ytrb bicl.o oJ IirnDf from, ho AEn-t TDLtIn
delphia station to Paoli.
Cecil Ieitch, states IN sn srtic. that.
spmmarizine the pay Tt American women
mas nf hit OF anS s%nfs m
competence with the Titch. This Il roughly
speakins," according to the article, but
The triple tie the ADGGM and Honor
with sa--io--7a. 4. f. stou Frantford !
was ntNt, with o4-,12-S? and Thomas N, |
Fitagerald Llanerch, With 106--93-s3
Mrs. Faith Larraiere Glenn, formerly
of Old York Road recently won the club |
round she defeated Miss Kathryn scheidt' |
nr. n F. y. Hoffman is the latest social
IN "N ,Ee Tm" % oG cnb " Do Do 'HS,nsDi,y H6nmDi,y
holed ont at the seventh hole while a-Eolnns
one day At RoXborouGh. All such neophvtes
nave box OF golf balls coming to them
by s.udinG their Rttested cards to The |
golf company donating
Joe CSble lowered the course record I'm
officially ~ Cohhs Creek when he ana
HaniltOn plaNed Paul Tewksburv and q w
stevens Cohe had a "a. against a ~
which they say was the old mark
The rivalry between W. H. Gardner and
- Clarke C'NTkran came TO q head at Man |
ohester this summer, when Corkran got hack |
~ Gardner. And got back so strongly. that |
Ia -dner PLAYED the deciding hole with a |
nihlick In fourteen strokes
IN. second md eighth Greens A. Fine
Valley are said to be In q state ~
'onvalAscence as the result OF having been
torn up and resurfsced. They are cominR
around nne. Year after next Pine VaIsy 4. y