Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1922-09-04
MYSTERY IN GOLF
INVADERS FAILURE
Both English and American
linksmen Usually Fall
in Foreign Chimes
GREER'S SPLENDID WORK

iTIlE critic Of form goes crorins
l. through the dark and mysterious
path Of the unknown searching for
reason why so many great golfers fivvcI
when they toe of on foreign soil.
Hero comes Roger Wcthcrrd. greatest
Of English amateurs and q mcdalist whc
has few equals. bre"zing across d""l
water to show tho Americans a f"w
things about how Golf should be played
/ Wcthcrcd stands on a par with ou'
most brilliant luminaries- Bobby Jonc,
and Chic Evans--bV be has been play
ing poor golf since Gotting the soil OF
Uncle same under his cleats.
Last week he failed to qualify in the
invitation tournament over the national
links, where a ghnstly 10 on the eight.
centh hole put him out Of the running.
On Saturday he fell with dismal crash,
taking un S3 to negotiate the Brooklinc
| course.
1t will be remembered that in 1921
| Wcthrrcd and Cyril Tollcv. backed by
the long shots of Lord Charles Hope.
failed oven to qualify in The amateur
tournament over the Engineers Club
links. And this is tragedy. for there
can be no question but that W"thered
if one Of tho finest golfers in all the
world when hc is on his game.
Just now hc is disgustcd and blue
over his American showing. and yes
, tcrday he said I'D just as soon watch
this tournament MS play in it.
| Americas Failures
Tho slip Of British stars under Amer
iran skies is not th" only matter that
A. M urp
mon have fallen Just ~ heavily when
,bcy trod tho fairvays of nld England.
Glance down thc li>t "f American
connective efforts in England. and You
will sec whore such cracks rs Evans.
Jones. Travcrs and ouimct have been
beaten by Indifferent players like
Tubs. IIodgsnn. Alien and Graham.
Non will sec whore Bobby Jones. whose
score in championship tournaments in
this country seldom runs higher than
so, takes an Sc or an IS in English
rlay. +
Nou will SOC Jerome u. Travers
beaten in tho very first round at sand
wich in 1909: you will So" glorious lit
tic Jack McDcrmott. Philadtlphin
boy. who twice won III" United states
open. carding q" at Sandwich nine
wears ago. and failing even to qualify;
American debacle at lIoylakc.
There must be a reason. but the
greatest students Of the game have failed
TO place their fingers OF it yet. The late
Lord Northcliffe attributed It to eli
mate, but climatic conditions don
seem to cover the matter. There is n
deeper ono than that, and some day it
may be found ont.
Tbe Ot,,er EngIjshmCn
In their pluy in this country tho in.
vadcr> have hccn trippch. usually. by
striking ono bad hole. Wcthrred had y
10 on the eighteenth at tho National
links, &. V. J.. Il0Oman caught II !.
ON tho eleventh hole Saturday. and
Hunter and Darwin each dropped q Z
into their score cards.
That sort Of thing will get by in
match play. hut it is ruinouS for any
one in medal competition.
The greatest shot that has been made
in the amateur so far, and one that
will probably not be duplicated. was
made by Cyril Tolley, the driving bcho-
meth of the English team.
On the eleventh hole. which covers
span of 1l5 wards. the burly English
mnn tore off one of his terrific sw!peS
from the tce-a drive that carried close
to 300 yards. But it came to rest in n
crlppy lie. where he was forced to take
his stance with one loot eighteen inches
above the other and resting on a slope.
There j. scarcely one golfer in n
thousand who. under similar conditions.
would not have played it safe. But
Tolley. with his wrists Of steel and
heart of II gladiator. took out his spoon
and let fly. Using II spoon from n
cuppy lie and over Il mcnaclng bunker
is feat to shake the nerves Of any
golfer, bus 1olley did II and brought his .
ball TO rest on the green
That exhibition OF nerve was the
finest ever seen.
Hats on to Greer . .
Whether or not Marcus Greer. the
burly Llancrch lad. wins the title Of
amateur champion of the United States,
he accomplished II feat ON Saturday
that will check up his name with the
great players of the year. His I. on
he Rrooklinc course was Il beauty, and .
bur for his failure to sink six foot
putt on tn" eighteenth he would have
led Bob Gardner for the medal.
Shooting a ~ means pretty nearly
perfect golf. 1t was bettered only three
lines last year at st. Louis, when
Rudy Knepper had 20 in both the
and qualifying rounds. and
)uimct a 60 In .the first half Of the
Qualifying. No one came within three