Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1922-05-20
'PNlLA. TO co into
. SHORE GOLF FINAL
fhrse Quaker Entries Tee OF
Today In ssmI.FinaIs
Il Of Spring Meet
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iIlDAMS WINS LONG MATCH
nv SANDY. McNIBLlCK

4 Atlantic City. N. j., May 20.-Three
a, a the four survivors IN the annual
In. golf tournament here todny are
- nsdelphians, no that one. of them
4s.t enter the final round this after.
W:rcus Greer, I..anerch. tecd of
a As;cst Tom Wootton, Atlantic City.
\ .shc ,uppcr bracket Of the semi final
.rd and Fred Knight, Whltemnrsli,
yErsi John Beadle. Llanerch. In the
sssr semi final match this morning.
\ tTrt n remained for another philn :
Ainbisn. George NJ. Adams. Lu Lu. to
Y ~ them something to talk about. He
-, nm the new long distance record
- fhe course with q twenty four hole
t:sorse Adams, CO -parener. with his
hs,ei father as pater ct ILLUS cham
isi.ns of Philadelphia, trimmed II. Wei.
|sston Wood, Atlantic. City. but not
ssScre % they had gone six extra holes.
xHis hangs up q record for the new
eos,rsc. ss though Lew Stadler once went
;Sot Tar on the old layout. Six extra
Ssles W. il the furthest history shows any
rStch, ever went In America.
"A was n hectic battle to boot. for
,o,nr Adams was 4 up and u to play.
Eood. who once copped n medal at
Wilmington from Ted Sawyer. Douglas
cnrkran and other national stars. then
von 1--WE straight holes and was dormy
Nue Adams garncred the eighteenth.
ana the party was on. re topped MS
S,iye TO the nineteenth and Wood had n
I H. chance to win right therc--n chance
until Adams, who was on the down nil
ssrt Of an undulation on the green. ran
IA mutt into the cup with bang.
Missed Short Putt -.
Wood had a short putt for IT,. but.
..u.r TINT long ono, they don't sink the
Mttle ones IN golf. On the twentieth
Wood had another short putt for win,
z knt Adams sank n putt from "here to
that door," and Wood failed again, as
\ n human in golf. Wood was over the
twenty fourth. taking n q to Adams
& which won one Of the toughest
matches ever played here.
Il was only stymie laid by Adams
n the eighteenth that Kept the match
s,lns. Wood Md to jump It.. but
hlled, hitting the back Of the cup and
staying out.
The latter had almost similar ex-
ptrience In the morning when he was
down at the ninth and squared his
match, only to drop into the beaten
dshts Of the second sixteen. where lie
played his hectic twenty. -four holes
With George Adams.
While all this was going on Marcus
Greer won two fine matches in the
INT flight. s.a' ~. 1921.
After trimming +. T. Heating. Pine.
lsnt, S and z, Greer tackled H. J.
Hsnenz, Lancaster. The Inter no.
she2 up with a 3OO.yar drive To thc
a1tf but afrerward losing the gev-
cath.
Tvdve. Foot Putt
Heimenz had the heart taken out of
him BY Greer's play of the eichtb
which apparently decided the match
! Gfeer's club slipped in his banI ~
this short hole and his chin was over
the'short hole. But lie dropped n nmtt
from twelve feet and Heimenz missed
what looked like an easy win.
On the long hole into a howlinr wind
Heimenz topp>l four brassie shot a
row, which was the bcginnin. ~ tho
end. Greer steadied down TO bushes,
~ Haimcnz, who plays little tourna.
neht golf, spoiled several chances hv
nkplays ~
The only other notable match OF thc
say was John Bcahles' win over Jack
Mvlson, Boston, ! up. Dawson. n
ehahEy sou OF swat, recently was rein.
sMted us an amateur. cleaned IN Of 81
augustine and was considered the dark
horse Of this tourney.
But Beadle played n strong ranc
snu came through by a narrow margin,
ne ana might played In the finals last
spnns ana another close match was
looked for this morning.