Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1922-07-19
SUN BEATS PLATT
At PINE VALLEY
Norman Maxwell and Lou DEM
ing Also Forced to capitu-
late Because of Heat
MERTON PLAYS WHITEMARSH

| Merton, the Philadelphia Cricket
Club, Whitemarsh Valley and Hunting
don Valley locked horns yesterday In the
battle for the interclub championship Mt
Pine Valley. In the four ball matches
that were played in the late forenoon
and early afternoon Merton trimmed
Huntingdon Valley. 1913 to ..
fact that Woody Platt collapsed on the
seventeenth green. thereby losing a
match that was apparently won. took
the measure of the Philadelphia Cricket
Club, 8 to 6H.
In the two-bal matches Merton
handed another defeat to Huntingdon
Valley, and Whitemarsh Unexpectedly
came through with a triumph over the
Cricket Club, though the latter was
only by the margin of quarter OF
point.
Today the final match will be
fought out between the Merton folks
and the handicapped battlcrs from
Chestnut Hill, and the Pine Valley
course will see some more top notch
| shooting.
The Sun Gets Platt
The hinges of Mr.. Mephistopholes'
well known residence were cool and
clammy compared with the Pine Valley
fairways yesterday. Heat danced III
waves across the greens. bubbled and
simmered in the pits, roasted the skin OF
every participant in the interclub
championships to purple edged Grim
son.
Woody Platt started in n foursome,
with Fred Knight as his partner, OPP
posing John Arthur Brown and Jerry
Colohan. of the Cricket. Club. He started
without his lunch, and did not wear n
an combination NJ oycpfs that will
always give hot sun the decision.
The hero of Whitcmarsh Valley was
in fine fettle; so were the others. But
the heat began to worm it's inSidiOus
fingers into Platt's brain. He COM
planned of It several times. but, as
every one was remarking how hot it
was, no one laid particular stress on
Woody's groan.
At the sixteenth hole the cumulative
effect of the empty stomach and the
unprotected head took effect. Platt
made an excellent tee shot. but as he
walked toward his ball he staggered
and called out. Colohan. who was dig
ging his way out of one of the en-
trancing Pine Valley traps, ran over to
him. The caddies wet several towels
and bound them around Platt's head.
After ten minutes rest the White
marsh star felt bit better and decided
to go on. The winning of that match
meant lot to him.
Collapsed OH Seventeenth
His collapse came on the seventeenth
green. At that time the Whitemarsh
pair were = up on their opponents and
Platt needed to hole long putt to
win the match. Just as he made the
shot he fell. The ball rolled to the
very edge, of the cup and stayed there.
\ hurry call was sent to the club
house and an automobile sent out. The
blond Whitemarsh star, as helpless as
a child, was carried to the clubhouse
and given treatment there. He felt
very bad, but in an hour or two his
temperature and pulse were close to
normal.
In the meantime Fred Knight car
ried on alone. playing the best ball of
the Brown -Colohan combination. The
collapse of his partner unnerved him.
and he lost the eighteenth, making the
match all square. Before he could get
his grip again he had lost the extra
hole and the match.
The sun certainly crimped the White. |
marsh attack. Platt was down fiat on
his back and is out of competition for !
several days. Norman Maxwell, that
slim dynamiter, who shot SO magni-
ticently at Green Valley and was
forced to drop out because OF exhaus-
,ion. was conquered by the sun god and
couldn't so around in the afternoon in
the two ball matches. Lou Deming.
who looks like an older edition Of
Eddie Collins and is one of the best
players in this vicinity, also capitulated
to Old Soils dazzling attack. This
cut the heart out Of the Whitemarsh
assault.