The New York herald., 1922-04-29
WOODY PLATT wins
|. FROM TIGER LEADER
Philadelphia Internationalist
n Starts Season Well With
Two Holes i'm Deuces.
PLATT TO MEET HOFFNER
E. B. Carruth and Fred Knight
Survive in Upper Half for
Semi-Final.
PLATT TO MEET HOFFNERI

Special Dispatch to The NEW YoRK HERALD
TRENTON, n. j.. April 2s-The data
got ringing right to the chin in the
golf tournament Of the Trenton Country
Club here to-day when a couple of fa-
vorites for the honors took the high
dive.
Il. +. Knepper. Princeton star and
runner-up for the Western amateur
crown last year. was badly beaten by
George Hoffner, playing for Bala. The
Philadelphian made few errors and
that, combined with the fact that Knep-
per got few breaks in the kick his irons
took. Just about spelled the result
hnepper was a wide favorite to win
the tournament
The final count of the match was four
and three for Hoffner This match drew
quite a large gallery. which clapped
Justify when Hoffner sank twenty-five
foot putt on the first green for birdie
three. Knepper was still blinking when
he played the next and took six, the
hole going to Hoffner.
HoHner Holes From Rough.
\ Hoffner pulled>one of those things at
the fourteenth when he holed out from
rough grass just off the green and fifty
. feet from the hole, That made him
three up, and q beautiful chip to the
fifteen gave him putt on birdie,
which he sank. taking the match
Fred Knight. Whitemarsh. did little
of the unexpected when he ousted Mar
Is Gus Greer. Phila public links product.
y one up. Greer was one up and two to
play. but knight holed bird on the
seventeenth and won the match when
4 Greer topped brassie to ditch at
the eighteenth.
Woody Plat whitemarsh, had little
trouble beating Bob Wintringer. cap
tain of the Princeton team, and 2.
Platt had a pair of twos going out,
which helped.
H. B. Carruth. Princeton. beat Resi-
nald s. Worthington. Shawnee, in the
second round neither playing a very
remarkable medal
About the only surprise in the first
round was the defeat of Horace Cook.
the Trenton star. who won the medal.
Tie played badly against Reginald S.
Worthington. the Shawnee expert.
Cooks medal in his match round was
Just ten strokes worse than he had
in the qualifying round.
He was up at the turn. only go to
pieces, needing 46 strokes to come
home. worthington won the match on
the home green where he dropped his
par 5. to a six for Cook.
The bright feature OF the morning
was a SO Knepper made going out
against Charles p. Williams, Aroni-
mink. Knepper had four 3s and two
birds on that out journey. and Williams
was more or less spear carrier in the
supporting chorus. six down. Knepper
won the tenth and after that it was
Z only question of playing couple
more to give Knepper the match,
and s.
Marcus Greer. amateur champion of
the Province OF Quebec. Canada. had
close battle with Richard Haight Lido.
The match going to the last green.
Aaight was one up at the turn but
lost three straight holes from the thir-
teenth.
The summary.
FIRST SIXTEEN.
FIRST RoUND--Fred Knight. whitemarsh,
defeated III. Sinclair, Trenton. by default.
Marcus Greer. Llanerch, defeated r.
Haight. Lido. up.
H. y. Carruth. Princeton defeated r. n.
Rawley. Princeton, and 4.
r. S. iworthngton. Shawnee, defeated Hor-
ace Cook. Trenton. up.
r. Wintrnger, Princeton, defeated IL. II.
Apgar. Trenton. and ?.
J. w. Piatt whitemarsh. defeated w. B.
Todd, Princeton, up.
Il. ". Knepper. Princeton, defeated G. II.
williams. Aronimink, I and g.
George Hoffner. Boia, defeated Frank Har-
Trenton, y ana y.
SECOND RoTJND-Knight beat Greer / up.
Carruth beat worthington. 3 and ..
platt beat wintringer. 3 and ..
IIcffncr beat Knepper. and ..
SECOND SIXTEEN.
FIRST RoUND-Preston Moore, Trenton,
won from Norman Maxwell. whitemarsh.
BY default.
Bruce Campbell, Trenton, defeated p. A.
Proal. Deal. up.
Chester T.. Maxwell. Trenton. defeated Joe
Cohie, Cobbs Greek. and =.
Tom wooton. Atlantic City defeated Phil
Tatier. Trenton. and =.
y, J. Beadie. Ilanerch. defeated DrsH. Gar
rity. Asbury Park, ! up.
p. S. Kendall, Deal, won from r. S. p. Ran
dolph, Jr.. Lakewood. by default
r, z. Rnepper. Princeton. defeated II. b.
Newton, whitemarsh. by default
rAy Lambert, Trenton, defeated r. BRAY,
SECOND RoUND-canpbell beat Moore.
ND GO holes).
g. t. Maxwell beat wooton. 4 and q
Beaddle beat Kendall and ..
Knepper beat Lambert. and T.
THIRD SIXTEEN
FIRST RoUND-T. r. Appieby. Trenton de-
feated r, Perkins, Trenton, and I.
W. -. Roberts. Trenton. defeated II. Stock
ton, Trenton, ] up 90 holes).
George Bell, Trenton, defeated IT, Young
Trenton. w go holes).
- s. Aitkin. Trenton. defeated willard
Slack Trenton. UP.
+. pestribats, France. defeated f. Scammeil
T. N. Dickinson. Trenton. defeated II. Bur
rows, Trenton, and ).
Alec Coles. Philadelphia Country. defeated r..
Witzel. Trenton. and 4.
G.. y. Chasman. Atlantic Chy defeated Joe
DEXTER Merton. | ZIP (i0 hoesD.
SECOND RoUND-Appleby beat Roberts. ?
Aiken beat Bell. . and 2
Destribats beat Dickinson. 2 and !.
Cnasman beat Coles, and 4.