Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1922-08-05
CAMPBELL WINS
PH|LMONT MEDAL
Old York Road Star Beats
coltart by a Single
Stroke
H0FFNER FINISHES FOURTH

Yesterday the finest field of profess
sional golfers that has appeared in
Philadelphia tournament for long.
long while showed up at Phlmont. Men
like Harry Naylor, Of LII Lu. Jack
11ohan, of Huntington Valley, and
other star medal players who have not
appeared in tournaments for several
years. turned out.
There was a reason. of coursc--a big
one. too. 1t was the qualifying round for
the Professional Golf Associations
championship. which will re held at the
Oakmont Club. Pittsburgh. in a few
weeks. Walter Hagen wears the crown
of the =. G.. A.. and every Philadel-
phia professional dreams Of tearing
away the crown that sets so jauntily on
Walters dark locks.
So they al came out. and somn
mighty fine golf was tho result. or
course. the upset was Jack Cnmpbcll's
victory. This wiry little Scot from Old
York road. came through with -
10 1i1. which enabled him TO beat out
Frank Coltart. the consistent bnttl"r
from the Country Club. by a single
stroke. 1t was Jacks bird . on tn.
seventeenth hole that enabled him to
amblc home in front Of the crowd.
When It is said that Camrbell's vic
tory was an upset It IS not an intima-
tion that jack is anything but very
fine tournament player. lie has proved
that in competition of all sort for years.
But the fingers of fancy somehow shifted
around 70 Charley lIoffncr.
l. 1i,,'. Il ,ln,
! conditions that were very favorable the
| Philadelphia open champion was ex-
Nrrted to come through with n gallant
victory. But the unexpected happened
rs it often does in golf. and our Char
ley was fifth among the nine golfers to
qualify.
Philmont's Near Record
Lou Goldbcck. Iloffner's assistant.
also sprang Il surprise. just as he did
in the PHILADELPHIA open at Merton. He
finished in Il tie for third place with
Bill Leach. of Overbrook, by shooting
a dnshing 100.
This gives Ihilmont two men to rep
resent them in the y. G.. \. campaign.
and they would have had three had John
Murphy not slipped on his last nine.
John is also one Of Hoffner's assistants,
and for the first twenty seven holes ran
wild His total at the end Of the three
quarter mark was 1l3. and he only Ind
to continue his work to got among the
nine Qualifers. But Murphy went to
pieces at last. and took n CHASTITY 4G
that ruined his chances Of going To
Pittsburgh.
Had Murphy won. Philmont would
have accomplished what no other club in
| the land had been able to do-send three
professionals to skirmiSh along the Oak
mont fairways.
In the New York qualifying round
| Siwanoy-on whose course the round
was played-had Tom Kerrigan and
Tom Mcnamara among the winners. but
! they had no chance to equal the mark
| that Philmont was all set TO make.
But to come back TO Campbell: TN
| his first trip around in the morning,
he eaualed par figures. and but for a
| littln bad luck would have duplicated
his feat in the afternoon.
Campbcl!'s card:
MORNING
Gp' fH ........ ,,.." tsts:a44ss 3-s5-7s 3-s5
AFTERNOON
out '..... s$3t5t3ss st-ssss-75-,47
There were thirty two entrants in
the tournament, and seventeen Of them
averaged less than SO n round Fine.
hrnw golf. ne Old Man kirkady would
say.
Those 10 qualify we're: