Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1922-06-07
..G0[F BALLS DOT
PINE VALLEY SKY
;, Hand. Picked Linksmen Be-
;.,.ee Jersey Heights in Dis
.rlct Championship Round
,uIR1y.1wo TO QUALIFY
=, sANny McNIBLICK

Pine Velloy, n. V.' ,.
,,ck.d field started over the haroes'
~ t..t ever demanded to qualify IN an
...s .".,.rent for the amateur golf cham
o,onsbip Of Philadelphia.
They teed off as tournament pro
,.er, this morning over the wonder
...,.. ~ the world here ut Pine Valley.
-. 49, ar,t tournament of an official nature
that has ever been held on this famous
test. ,
The eyes Of the golf nation are turned
:, tb,s links cathedral here in Jersey
,olov. for Pine Valley has oft been
nsntioned as the setting for national
championship. II this, tourney is a
suecess. II the scores show that 1t ~
not an unfair test. and II the course
4 pronounced ripe by, acclamation,
then its officials will doubtless oter It
Immediately for the American cham
pionship. .. a.,, ,.,u, u,,.
the course its first championship whirl.
All the details of its play are fitting,
IN this Is the twenty fifth anniver.
ssry Of the amateur championship OF
Philadelphia.
ssvsuty. seven Starters
There were seventy seven players
with a, few belated entries and nearly
6fty Of these ter. handicap or. better
stars must fall by the wayside at twi-
lisht. Thirty.two will be eligible for
match play. Favoring Pine Valley
players for their knowledge OF the
course, there are twenty-five who
should get in for sure. -.
On past performance the list would
read something like this: Clarey, Il.
Hofner, j. Beadle, Q. Reckner, kampf:.
man, Marston, Hamilton. w. j. and
J. W. Platt, Brown, Doelp. Greer,
Robb, Francine, Carr, Buxton, G.
Hofner Washburn. Reynolds. Norman
Maxwell, Risley, Mott w. =. Smith,
Tewksbury and briggs.
There are a number of good Phil
sdelphia players not entered, the most
notable being l.. F. Deming. 1921
champion. the veteran who surprised by
winning last year at Whitemarsh. ID.
c. Corkran, a. new arrival, had a
counter engagement to play In the
Maryland amateur.
There are several who stand more
than an even chance of making up the
first thirty-t today. players like
Meigs, Lycett. Schakleford, Williams.
Newton, Phillips, Wooton, Bier and
Atherholt.
Some Sure Choices
Cut right down. there are about Il
dozen players sure to qualify. and
another twenty will get in. according to
the way the remainder are going.
There are bound to be some sur.
prises on a course like the Pine VAL
ley, where it's as easy to snap down
4 as a muffed-up o Mt any hole.
A course with different kind of terror
Is Lido, and in championship there
recently such players as Gardiner White
failed to qualify. The medal was won
with an SO, and scores Of 30 got in.
The betting at Pine Valley is that
no one will break 100 for the thirty
SIX holes and scores of $50 will get in.
Many, however, are equally certain
that a score of 1856, or oven better.
will take the medal, and that nothing
worse than 10 will qualify.
The days efforts will tell the story.
Several pairs drew attention as they
drove of this morning. Bob" Hoff-
ner, winner last year of the Patterson
Cup. went away with John Beadle, At
lantic City finalist. at S:55. Shortly
after Ralph kampfman. former final
ist for the Texas title. and Max Mars
ton, Pennsylvania champion, teed off.
Greer . Starter
Charlie" Doelp, Lu Lu expert. and
Ill.
nas won two out Of three tOurna nlrHt
sasts SO far this year. played together,
and later on two former Philadelphia
champions struck off.
r,y ,tney were Cameron Buxton. who beat
WAFER reynolds at Huntington Valley
Ick there, and George lloffncr, cham
e1n IN l9l0. HOffner beat the same
Ss!a IN the Patterson Cup play on
menl9rial LAY, and was Il favoritc for
medal honors today.
waiter Reynolds teed off with Nor
nsn Maxwell, two ancient rivals. and
iuVn aiter them came n pair with many
oels on them that one or the other
Wy Toulq pc the medalist. They were Mau-
=" nlsley, Atlantic city, who should
s.a Vn this semi -seaslOre course,
sha .: Wood Ilatt, medalist in the
H,s,piohshlp so,sa last year, and the only
v.I!.- SvItr .--'l,,!,r. tnat ever got a. ~ at Pine
,,N,. WOODY, indeed, is the man many have
I%i'ea 10 win this tournament. His
Hau o. golf Is winner on a course
,,.aul iewksbury and "Tom" Wooton
yppi together, n pair like the Ris.
n, ratt nn combination. The last morn
sH..pnna Az pasr iced OF about noon, with the
Mn1on Msr.a19oen rounds starting Immediately