Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1921-04-14
P[ATT IN TRAINING
FOR FOREIGN TRIP
e,ores 10 at Whitemarsh Play.
ine Low Tee Shots-Dis-
cards Spoon for Driver
HOLES FROM 18TH BUNKER
nv SANDY McNIBLlCk

wood pIntt, Philadelphia champion.
a. !. r,.ving golf. Rumors about 1t sent
tord. .nickcd cotcrie of experts to his
I,ur training ground at Whitemarsh
s,d Plat scored 20. He was out
| IN S6 and back in 3f.N
pIott's exhibition Of shots was eS'
,,odinaly interesting from the fact that
:, hos shifted his game around to meet
,ordtions which he will be called upon
:. ,oce on the airish course at Hoylake
,.bOr hc Compctes with the rest of the
,u,crieonS for the amateur golf cham
n,orsbip Of Great Britain. Platts APP
suoot;on for his passport went through
go.tcrdny. He sails on April 70.
piatt never played last year the way
h, is playing now. In the first place
ss,s using o driver instead OF his pet
,noon from the tees. :, -,
"Ue's hitting n low ball with sweet
,ise Mt the end for distance and gets
IN Yards more per wa Hop on his drive
tban formerly. With his wood he
,bould keep pace wit any OF them TINS
yeor, This makes the second shot les.
intricate as n rule aud often puts MIN
Up for a bird: e.u.a p,o,, 20 many
,ictories last year, his game now Woulu
WV roroIntion for the local star seems
N he strokes better. 49,, ,o.,
p,o,,,s gC drives TO the 10th. l1th. 18th,
,a,b I'm and 18th were particularly
innS and caused those familiar with HIS
farmer. more or less skied shots to
whistle.
Gets His 1
Tho only drive he really missed to
noko bis 10 was of the first tee where
Ls topprd II badly. But he got his 4
a, tint Plntt trimmed the cup at the
fth for an eagle, getting bird and
baJ birds on the remaining par holes,
thanks to hi, long tee shots.
The Inst shot of plntt's wo-under-
mar round was the most sensational OF
sIl II is known in Philadelphia golf
dom ps the Walter Reynolds. \
couple of seasons back Reynolds squared
match against Norman Maxwell, in
the finals for the Geist Cup BY holng
mt from the bunker at the Whitemnrsh
eighteenth. and Plat did the same
thing He, exploded" the ball from
The sand, the ball trickling across
tho green into the cup for birdie three.
II might be luck and all that but it's
one Of Plat.'s best shots as he we'll
showed against Dave Heron at the
Engineers Club last season when he
defeated the then national champion.
Here is platt's card against par:
Out 49,. t44stta 80 So, 20
Ss' q ..:.... .:...... ttssfaSSt $s-sS-7a s-sS
Wh!tcmarsh is in about the best
shape Of any of the local courses. The
greens were only closed for about five
weeks, aud though some OF them were
flooded at various times during the
winter they didn't suffer and couldn't
be better.
The changes started last wear are for
the most part complete, though they
are not playing the new eleventh green
s yet This is going to be one Of the
finest long holes in town.
The college golf teams, are setting under
way Princeton looks the best, but Har-
| Columbia ~ the only team that has, an
nolNced rs dates. The Blue and White
Nll' N,hN " Wv
olrh round last year, has sailed TO Join
Mss S.irlng and Mrs Barlow, ALREADY on
The other side, IN the quest for the British
WOmen's title, Miss lIoliins sailed Saturday.
Gordon LOckhart, ono Of the strongest
bft1h amateurs In the veteran claes. has
.lrhsd pro as he threatened. He Is now
Installed as such at the Gleneagles Club.
Scotland.
Seven holes better than par was the feat
N Arthur Yates in ;he Pinehursl tourney
5eSsFday, II. got bird at the first. al
eas" q, tho NTH. a freak 2 at the sixth, got
he SRlh eleventh ana fourteenth in brides.
ana finished with at the fourteenth.
This was boosters Day at North Bils
wen members were urged to bring out
| {1esW No green's fee was charged and a
ahn'r viii be held tonight.