Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1921-09-30
PLATT z Up ON
YOUNG At TURN
Wind Handicaps Golfers in
Match Play for Clarence
n. Geist Cup
W00DIE MAKES LONG DRIVE
by SANDY McNIBLICK

WoOdic Elatt, of Whitcmnrsh, and
Joe Young. Of Old York Road. were the
first to make the turn in tho match play
for the Clarence II. Geist Cup ut White
marsh this morning, and the home club
representative held the lead at 2 UP as
they started their inward Journey.
There was a terrific wind blowing
ncross the course and II was impossible
To tell where the ball was going once
Il got off the ground. This handicapped
the golfers considerably and made high
scores certain. Platt took ~ for the
first min, holes. against Ioung's "A.
The first hole was hnlved in Is. but
Platt snapped TO tho front by taking
the second. The third was also divided,
and Woodie had n chance TO- make
II . M on the fourth, but he took three
putts for a half IN 4. Platt had one of
the longest drives ever seen on the hfth
hole. His drive carried over the dog i
leg. but he dubbed n maShiC and the hoic
was split in >.
Plat was on the sixth green in ?, but
three puts were necessary. Young
however. was in two sand traps. and
this made Woodie . un. Joseph tried TO
play the seventh safe nftrr Platt went
cut of bounds. but he went II. trap
md then overdrove the green. finally
getting a q for half lie cut Platt' :
lead TO | up on the eighth, which he
took when Plat missed four foot
putt. but lost the ninth and made the
turn . down.
Tho cards:
Plat 10
Young A,
Other matches in the first sixteen
were:
Norman Maxwell, Whitcmarsh, VS.,
whitney Frismuth. Rivcrton.
Donald Brown. Lancaster. VS.. ;. u
Jones. Plymouth. -,
]. ]. Beadle. Cedarbrook, VS.. J. NJ
Hay, Cricket Club.
+. W. Knight. Whitemarsh, VS.. X
Ferguson. RoHborough: -,
Charles Hub. Frankford, VS.. I. II
Halton, Jr.. Whitemarsh.
Paul Tewksbury, Aronimink, VS.. J
Schenk, Sd, Merton.
The entry list this year touche'
close to the $50 mark. despite the tac
that the invitations were limited to tei
handicap players. and right down th'
line il is difficult 10 discover tourna
ment all season which has had NOR
talent diffused over the fairways.
All three championships were staget
at Whitemsrsh this year-the amateur
women's and the open-and the cours
has been in splendid shape from begin
ming to end. This week II seems Il
be better than ever. particularly tn
green's. which have been kept utterl
devoid of unhealthy grass. and are true
even, and the putter's delight troT
beginning to end.
Great Score
Norman Maxwells Is yesterday t
qualify was a brilliant piece of work
The midget home player already hn
two handles on the cup and got of t
q flying start once more. He almoS
captured the cup permanently in tina
classic meeting in 1919. when waite
Reynolds chopped his aspirations shOr
with that space filling crash out of tn
bunker at the eighteenth, which droppe
IN the cup and squared the match.
Maxwell will have tough battle
come through. Local fields seem
grow stronger with the passing year!
and those who qualified yesterday max
healthy barrier for any one.
Maxwell was out in 35 and back /
10. His first nine showed one bette
than par and on the home journey h
was four over. Maxwell is playin
golf these days, and will be hard
stop unless the physical element prove
too much for his slight frame again.
A big surprise was the 10 turned
by j. X. Ferguson. RoXborough. VII
hasn't been tournamenting much MOI
than couple Of seasons, but there We
nothing wrong with his scoring yesteI
day, for he was out in par 36, an
didn't miss many coming back for Il
Paul Tewksbury, fnslist for Il
Philadelphia championship. and receI
winner Of the Lu Lu tournament, loon
as a strong contender again. Tewks
bury has already beaten most of Il
leading players of the district in sue
few tournaments as he has entered III
year. and appears to be playing as goo
golf as any one In town.
He has been under 20 or thereabou
several times over his home course
Aronimlnk. To make il unanimous.
holed out In one stroke on the secor
hole over there the other day. As
member of the Hoe-in One Club
ought to have lot Of prestige in tn
tourney. It was his third "onc,
though the first in Philadelphia.
Consistent
Tewksbury vas probably little mo
consistent than the others ypstprLa
( He was out in IS with a hall out
bounds and then came homo in IS ais
one Of the few to break 20 on the ba,
nine.
He was riding them n mile from t
tee. Many of the driving plots ha
been set back and his prodigious wnllo
are likely to give the tall Aronim!nk
little edge II MS opponents try
stay with him from the tee.
To add to the difficulties Of the hC
yesterday a smoke screen wa, laid oy
II from something burning nearby.
one time it was said to be George IIo
ner coming down the road with his Gig
and at another time they figured il W
Tom IIalton. Sr., camping up there
watch them assault this hole whilst 2
toying the comfortable wh!ffs on
pipe.