Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1922-07-15
H0[E-IN-0NE CLUB
HAS NEW MEMBER
Feat or Eddie Towns, Shanno-
pin Pro, in National Open
Makes Him Eligible
MARSTON'S GREAT GOLF

THE Hole in One Club has n new
L member. and because he performed
the most hopcd-for feat in golf in the
biggest competition the United States
has to offer he should be crowned king
OF the one strokcrs
! Eddie Towns, our hail Of famc's new
est recruit, is professional at Shanno-
pin Country Club, near Pittsburgh. lie
! turned the trick on the 1S5-ynrd thir-
teenth hole
This is the second time such thing
| happened in the United States opru.
| Last year at the Columbia Country
| Club, James Barnes. the winner OF the
title, succeeded in holing out from the
| tee.
The Hole e-in-Onc Club Is n mythical
| association. like the All-American foot
ball tcnm-nnd yet basically different.
1t was started by sporting goods cou-
Germ. which offered a dozen golf balls to
| every man who succeeded trickling the
bail into the cup with one stroke.
The stunt has been done quite fire.
quently in philadelphia--so often, in
fact. that list of those who accom-
plished it would read like n rollcall
of the Floradoru Sextet. Jules Mast
baum. the donor of the newspapcrmen =
golf trophy. Is one Of the immortals.
He turned the trick on his home course
at Philmont.
Eddie Towns. tho newest member
was formerly the pro ut the Allegheny
Country Club, where he succeeded jock
iIutchison.
At the end Of the year he traded
I his golf outfit for Canadian uniform.
and travelled overseas to fight in
France. lie was there almost two years.
and when he returned to this country
went to work in Cincinnati.
Last year he was engaged by the
Shannopin people, and since then he
has blossomed forth as Il national
! figure.
He was we'll up among the leaders
in the Pennsylvania State open last
| week. turning in T3 both morning
and afternoon, which gave him third
| place.
Lady Luck was blowing kisses to
Towns on that thirteenth hole. but
on" hol" doesn't make Il tournament.
Any man who energies as champion
from the melee of the United States
open needs Il lot of luck as well az
skill to cary him through.
Philadelphian Qualities
F. 7. Sprogcll from the Memphis
I
| easily qualified for the open last Tues
| day when he Shot 20 and - in the
| thirty six hole grind. This was seven
strokes within the 112 needed to quail
fy, and indicated n high grade of golf.
Tn" reports cmanating from this
, city Indicated that Clarence Hackney
and Charley IIofTncr were the only
players upholdng the fair honor of
Philadelphia in Americas golfing
! classic. This was all wrong. Sprocpll
! is philadoiphian. though he has been
| down Memphis way SO long that local
! followers of the game had quite for
! gotten him.
There are only three listed golf clubs
! in Tennessee. one each in Memphis,
| Nashville and Chattanooga. Sprongcll
| is the single professional from the State
who qualified. Rather saucy little
| ding at Tennessee that the only play
"r within her borders to qualify is n
Phil&d"lphian.
| Grandad's Golf
| There has been n lot Of talk about
! golf being an old mans game, ana a
million hot r"ioinGcrS from the younger
! element who claim that it is not. But
"old" John Black, the Oakland,
! Calif.. grHuddaddy. is doing his best to
! l'i'N' lHdt IL IT, lDIUFk IL on INC SuH'IN
! side of fifty. bur h" went to Skokie with
the flame Of combat burning high in his
! bosom.
He said he wasn't going to knuckle
! to Il lot Of Youngsters. and so far he
| hasn't. In the qualifying round he
turned in cards Of II and -. total
only five strokes behind the leading
! figure, OF Walter Hagen.
In the first eighteen yesterday "oll
john did even better. He drove. ap-
preached and pU:ted with the precision
of Il machine and took brilliant II
That was Il stroke better than Chick
EvanS-the brilliant Chick--who is sew
cral decades Younger than John Black
could do. Black repeated in the secocd
round for n total Of 142.
Marston Wins
Max Marston, Of Merton, wins again
| Over the course of the Allegheny
Country Club, at Sewickley, the prid,
of Merton successfully defended his titlt
of Pennsylvania amateur champion
Marston won the title on his home link,
ar Merton in 1921 and was figured Il,
the fnvOri,c in thiS wears fight. III
n veteran who has Won so many title!
that they are almost beyond recollcc
ton,
FowncS played splendid golf, the sor
that was looked for from him, but Mar.
ston Outdid himself, lie shot a magniti
cent GS, IA new record. bur at that onl,
trimmed th" old timer by the close mar
Gin of | uD