Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1921-08-18
GOLF INCUBATOR
HATCHES 'C0MER'
Donald MacBean Scores 73 at
Old York Road Club, Pro-
ducer Of Youthful Stars
JACK CAMPBELL GETS 81
BY SANDY NIcNIRLICK

BY SANDY McNIBLICK
There are few golf clubs in Phila-
delphia that have given more young
players to the district links than Old
York Road Country Club. This is
partly due to encouragement given them,
TO the fortune in having raft OF ma
tcrial and lastly to instruction on the
shots.
In this respect Jack Campbell, pro
out there, deserves credit. He is not
only fine player himself. but one of the
best teachers in the district. Besides that.
and most important. Jack takes n far
more than ordinary interest in his young
proteges. His chief delight is catching
hold Of youngster and building him.
from the ground up"
Get 'Cm while they're young" is hi
motto. "and start EN- right"
At that. Old York Road 8 young talent
Is more or less confined to three fami-
lies-the MacBeans. the Kindts and the
Stevens. Kendall Whilddcn and others
along the Willow Grove loop also got
their start under the canny eye Of Jack
Campbell. but the three clans men
toned are especially associated with the
little white clubhouse by the road.
Here Is the social nest Of the COM
munity roundabout. Families do their
knitting there, play their bridge there,
have their dinners and dances there, and
take their outdoor recreation there.
feature is the youthful element of
the club. and this is the clement which
has done lot to put Old York Road
on the golf map in the Journeys.
On the Horizon
The latest real prospect is young
Donald MacBcan, eighteen years old.
tall and straight. with model swing
and a model disposition. They are
breaking right for Donald these days.
He may be knocking on the door.
He's down for n short vacation from
midnight oil, whatever that is at COL
lege, has been huggng 76's daily, and
this week touched within stroke of
the competitive course mark at his club
with a 13, the best score he has ever
had.
Here's his card and par:
D. MacBean-
IN, iS :::::::::: :::::::::: t:ss3ss39is--sssL
R1' fS .:.:::::::: ::::::::: t33SStts s-ssss-71 s-ssss
He had birds in a row on the sixth,
seventh and eighth hole. But for n
mashie shot, that ran clean across the
green, his third to the DO yard tif-
teenth, he would have had -.
DR.. G. p. Major. York Roads star
| and veteran. was in the match. but to
! those figures was in the wash. DIR.
Major was getting his ~ and other low
cards last week. This week he is in
the eighties. That's how golf goes and
Is the reason they stock to it. .
For the Kindts. J. Winston has been
carrying the flag of the family. He
| has been going steadily ut Il 10 to ~
clip over there. A. for the Stevens,
Eddie had g on the long eleventh, 4,
which is one of those nice, fluffy things
called an eagle in the best circles.
Another 81
The tutor has got to stay with his
pupils, which permits US 10 remove the
near white cap from Jack Campbell :
tousled locks and shove him to the
fore.
The midget Scot has been going great.
He was second professional in the
buckets of rain of the late Philadelphia
open and has been running rampant,
as it We're. on his own course.
| Early in the season Jack turned off
|
| she clubhouse by n stroke. and now the
expert pro has reoled off another g..
just by way of making it unanimous
He was playing with Al Mathicu and
i. G. Dickinson. of his own club.
aud Harry Burke. Whitemarsh. There
j. no available record of the Syndcates
rnd things Campbell must have COL
lccted. and you'll never know by ask
ing Jack.
Anyhow. here's the ticket:
Campbell
In out !:..::...:.: .::.:::' 4sS$SStsts--ss39 s-ss39-o7
The card includes four brides and
not hole over par. 1t was real golf
anywhere.
Mike and Scouts
Jim Barnes attributes novel reason
to the failure of Mike Brady to win
any championships. Mike is called the
champion "runncr-up.
Il think this Is due to Mikes scout E
ing syntrm," remarked Jim the other
day. AS soon az he gets ont there
somewhere in the lead he sends his
scouts ont to see how the other fel E
lows are going. They tell him and ur
! he blows.
"PcrsonaIly. | resent being told what
have to do to win. What do | care
what the other fellow is dongf ! am
playing my own game, not his"
Mike requests the information. Then
again there are the volunteer scouts,
such as those who kept telling Lee
Diegel what he had to do last year nj
the national to beat Ted Ray. These
are the pests of an open championship
Take Jim barnes advice.
"Forgct the missed shot on the 'thir.
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