Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1922-08-30
local STARS "Trip
IN BIG EVENTS
Marston Beaten in international
d, Match and Tobin Loses
at Toledo
PLATT OUT OF AMATEUR

YESTERDAY was n glorious day for
i golfing America. but 1t harborcd
..d kick for Philadelphia behind its
sunny aspect.
The team defending the Walker Cup
from the attack Of the invading British
.r, repeated their victory in the Scotch
,oursomcs by capturing the majority OF
the one ball mntchcs at southampton.
Wethrred and Tolley. the British aces.
were forced to bow IN Difference to the
.olfng skill of youthful Bobby Jones
and Siege gun Guilford. the Babe Ruth
Of the links.
eolors lowered by Willis Mackenzie, and
therein lies our tale OF woe. Max has
'been playing tom notch golf. and
sbould have taken Mackenzie number,
h,t Il arrpars that he Is bit over
rolfed. Mnrston has been going consis-
tantly MI simmer, and he wasn't on his
game Mt all yesterday.
Our Max IL the nossicst linksman we
have in our midst. and Philadelphia =
homes were built and centercd on his
.oi6nn skill Paired with Fownes on
Monday he had stepped along to vic
tory with Joyous eclat, but yesterday he
couldn't sct going, somehow or other.
Morston has several days TO rest up
before the amateur starts. so he should
ia in better form in his attempt to
bring the all for glory solfing crown Of
America to the Quaker City.
Tobin Is Beaten
Mike Tobin, whose brilliant shooting
IN the qualifying round OF the public
links chamnionship struggle at Toledo
net the free course players by the ears,
also came to grief Yesterday.
The World War veteran went through
Nj. frat match with W. G. Mather. OF
Baltimore. making a game finish that
,nvs him victory one up. But he clashed
AGAINST sitter opposition In BIZ Quin-
Inn. the Boston star. The match ran
along evenly from start to finish. and
thev were all square on the nineteenth
bole Tobin, however. weakened bit
IN the extra one, and his opponent took
the match.
The playing Of nll the contestants in
thjs tournament has proved the very
hIzh class of golf of which the municipal
links players are capable. 1t Is also a
Mr boost for the campaign to add more
public links to the various b&g cities.
In England comparatively poor man
can belong to n club, but the cost OF
club golf in this country Is still HI sh
enough to prohibit any but the wcll-to'
DO from belonging to n club: America
has shown that among its star clubmcn
It can more than measure up to the
best Britain can send us. but there are
still a bigger proportion of good players
in regard to the population on the Other
eide Of the water.
More public links will swing that
balance in our favor.
Platt Witldraws
Another blow was handed to Phila-
dclphia's aspirations In the amateur
title tilt when Woody Platt. of White
marsh. announced the fact that his
physician would not allow him to COM
pete.
Platt Is an ideal golfer and has made
a great showing In other campaigns.
But the sunstroke that he suffered dur
ing the interclub championships at Pine
Valley last month has had the effect OF
not only keeping him from playing golf.
but also from regaining his old-tlme
vim and pepper.
Woody, paired with the veteran
MarstOn. was the principal big gun in
Philadelphia's attack OH the champion
ship.
Now our guns nre partially spiked,
but our secondary batteries will be in
there with strong effort to make up
for Platt's absence.
Marcus Greer. George IIoffner and
Charley Doelp, who form a big part
OF that secondary attack. will leave Tor
Brooklinc tonight. Doclp had not ex-
pectcd to get away until Thursday
night, but Greer convinced him that 1t
To or
hopping into the stiffcst opposition that
the golf world offers. So the Lu Lu
star will hop off with his mates to-
night.
Greer il the moro experienced man
IN tournament play. but the others have
the confidence that a. successful year
has given them. They should all give
an excellent account of themselves.
TIE Passing Of Won Elm
The declaration of the United States
Golf Association refusing to return
George Won Elm to his amateur status
removes one of the best of the Far
Vests golfers from competitive ranks.
Last year on the links of the st.
Louis Country Club. where the national
amateur championship was staged, Van
Elm made fine showing. lie took a
II on the preliminary round and a
76-7S in the qualifying tilt. Then nc
had the bad luck to draw Jess Gnilford.
who won the championship, in the very
first match, and was eased out of the
picture.
However. 1921 was n big season for
the twcnty-ycar- Salt Lake City
youth. lie won the Utah State cham h.
p!onshlp; defeated II. Chandler Egan
on the thirty second green for the title
of Pacific Northwest champion, and
added the trans Mississippi golf crown
to his collection by trimming Larry
Bromfcld.
This season Won Elm kept up his
dashing clip, and was headed for more
honors until he entered into some sort
OF contract with a sporting goods con-
cern-abOut which the Golf Associa
tion has been vague in its statements
and for that breach has been declared
Z professional
1t Is too bad that this had to be, for
Won Elm is youngstcr with an eQuable
disposition that nothing in tournament
play seemed to ruffle. Just n step past
his majority it appeared that he had
most notable career looming up before
him In amateur ranks.