Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1922-09-18
UNCERTAINTY IN
GOLF IS EVIDENT
Defeat Of Greer by Stevens
Tops List of Upsets in
Lu lu Tourney
JOHN ROWE is HONORED

TIIAT golf is the most difficult of all
L sports to figure in regard to possible
winners was never more amply demon
strated than in the Lu I.u Temple In
vitation tournament. which came to a
close Saturday.
At the very beginning of the qualify.
ing round went against most cxpecta-
tions, outside of the fact that Marcus
Greer, of Llancrch, won it with fine
12. tho same score. by the way. that he
made in the qualifying round Of the
National Amateur at BrookEne: The
rest Of the field did not live up to cx-
pectations.
There was Charley Doclp for in
stance. who carded an 81, many strokes
above the record he had set for the IIu
Lu course. That only admitted him to
tho second sixteen, instead of the cham
pionship flight. Then. Mike Tobin. of
Cnbbs Creek a really brilliant golfer,
fell with might crash. and took 0J,
landing in the fourth sixteen. And Tom
Conte, the University Of PENNSYLVANIA
youngster: that grand old veteran.
Herb Newton, of Whitemarsh; Bert
Morltz. OF Lu Lu. and other favorites
were we'll down the list.
The upset didn't stop there, but con.
tinned through the match play.
g. In the semi final round G. Warren
stevens. S1,',,eil the eighteen: year-old from
than trip Marcus Greer, one I'm ,n
twenty holes-a putt that hit tho in.
side OF the cup and bounced away beinp
the cause of Greer's downfall, Then
stevens carried George Hoffner, of the
famous golfing Hoffners, to the very
last hole before losing his match.
The Huntington Valley youngster
shows promise Of developing into one
of the finest player Philadelphia can
poast or. lie has a sound game, and
that will carry a man far.
Last Juno in the Junior champion.
ships, at Torresdal". Stevens wa,
crowded. out of the title fight. but he
turned in a card Of II in ono of his
matches-~tho hest. by far. that wa.
made in that tournament. In the Lu
Lu affair he had to face two men who
carried Philadelphia cOlors very credit
ably in the national amateur, and his
showing against them was most sur
prising.
With n bit more experience, and the
steadiness that competition brings.
young Warren Stevens will be heard
from next year. More than that he
should make deep impression in what
ever tournaments that he enters.
4 Busy Week. end
At Aronimink, Old York Road,
Lansdowne, st. Davids and the Tavi-
stock Country Club match play for the
rlu b championship occupied all of Sat
urdny.
TIL" Aronimink tournament furnished
another surprise in the defeat Of Wal
tor H., REYNOLDS, the burly star. who
finished three down to II. DOnohue III
the first round of the championship
flight.
At York Road, youth again farcd NJ
when G. S. Klndt. Jr., and e. G.
Palmer, Jr.. fought nineteen hole
battle, the former winning. Young
kindt showed some fine golf at White
marsh recently when he helped his
daddy finish high up in the Father and
Son Tournament.
clubs held tournaments,
most Of them for the club titles.
Miss Alrxa Stirling was bcatcn by
Mrs. Gavin, the far-driving English
in the final round Of tho Cana-
dian ladies' championship.
AZ the new Winged Foot Golf Club !
IN WcstchPstcr County. y. Y, Johnny
Farrell, Of Quaker Ridge won driving
contest for professionals with total |
Of G25 yards for three shots.
Tom Mcnamara. the Siwanoy star, !
who was on" of the judges, sgu>tcdly J
asked whcr" were those 800 yard drives
he had been hearing so much about. !
lie watched Farrell, George Mclean.
of Grassy Spra Jim donaldson. Mar. |
tin Stokes and other pastors of the
rubber cor" drive, yet the longest smash |
was 225 wards.
Mcnamara says that extraordinary
hear about 300 yard shot. n Iot of !
that comcS from roll The drives at |
Winged Foot were made over fairly |
rough ground. with little roll hence !
the comparatively short distances.
John Rowe Honored
Because Of his splendid feat in win.
ming the Falls of Schuylkill onen--and