Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1922-09-06
ElIEUR CLASSIC
FINE TEST IN GOLF
-, and Match Play Allow
I Not a Single sIlp-Up
for Winner
htlsy HAS BIG CHANCE

=, amateur championship Is a req
nD =, !, eoli, from every angle OF tn
Wv r,,.., Tho seeker for honors mus
\, worth on stroke competition
.,,, ~ in one Of the lowest thirty
'a,, ..,ds-no easy task in field o
IN IN best golfers in the Unite'
~ ~. u b. is lucky enough to quail
' y. ,olfer who wins the title mus
T ,is ability at match play BY de-
~, Ave excellent linksmen. Ant
~ w. ,l,y is a far different proposition
n medal play. ~.
No.. Is A vital difference here. Off,
.'... M fine medal player is no grea'
w. w. At pltting his shots against an
T.. w mans in a match. 1t seems tc
mo,s or less matter Of cold and
,..,Inc nerve. Medal play Is. per.
y better test of real golfing abil
irt match play is no less a test OF
- and fighting heart.
Der Wethered. the great English
Istsur s who failed to qualify at
..sI;rs ItG, even as he did over the
y. ~ The Engineers Club, has been
srslly accorded the position as Eng
,i's Greatest medalist. Tolley. his
~ On the other fist. is looked on as
finest Of England's amateur match
ger.
Iuc's Fine Chance
~ II was Tolley, and not Wethered,
IA came through with magnificent
n. In the qualifying heat, Cyril's
under the conditions that prevailed
Brookline was a splendid thing, and
G,es England more than a fighting
spe, to walk away with the highest
puors In American amateur golf.
Toley is an ideal match player. Not
eyly physically Is he fitted for the
Iueling test Of such a tournament, as
amateur always is. his mental and
Lnerament equipment is equally ideal.
True, he will not have the moral
licking Of such fine players MS Cavcn.
V.thered, Darwin and Mackenzie. but
Bat sort Of moral support is unneces-
k,y. as Bob" Gardner proved two
ms ago, when he carried England's 8
best to the thirty. seventh hole Of the
bal match in the British Amateur be.
~ losing out.
Golf Is as uncertain a game As IL
iyed BY the sons Of men, but the odds
aiust England are not as great as they
sn At first glance.
insdpdia's Bad Luck
Tie break Of the luck that brought
irus Greer against Jess Guilford.
pohnny" Beadle against Bobby"
ces Bob kampman against Frank
IdehiuI and Pawsker Seeley against
BS Gardner Is typical Of the
wax" that has nearly always gone
nnst our local hopes IN the golf
nic.
i has come to be almost expected
y Philadelphians will be matched
piut the most brilliant stars in the
ornament in the very first round. It Is
q, OF course; but bad luck, and the
a our homebreds can look for.
however, in qualifying four men,
piadelphla turned n notable trick.
(sn though none Of them passed the
tround. Four registered New York
aso went into the select class,
that does not actually mean that
Y real Metropolitan stars succeeded in
y effort. Two Of them are English
"a, Willie Hunter and TON"
itnsour, who are slated from New York
w. during their sojourn-which has
n n long one--in this country.
BOSTON is the only other city to send
many native sons into the final FRAY
0un ala, their representatives being
~ Gullford, last years champion
'aes Ouimet, Bill McPhail and p.
|. !. i%noheld. So We needn't hang our
~ when the Draw and bonnie game
.eoW Is mentioned.
lston's Failure
= y has been many a long year since
y Mafston. Pennsylvania amateur
sr;p'on, laled to qualify in the
,c. As a usual thing. the man of |
.'9n nnishes high IN the qualifying
um ana can be counted on to give n
N y sccount Of himself In the matches.
s :. year Marston had been stepping |
m. M =. y the best clip Of his more than
~ .I'hs career. He won the Pennsyl. |
r. III. championship for the second |
ss Su. year and in all the other tour
S.n.s @ In which he was a contestant
-. 4aue V an excellent showing.
.ss .s max was the victim, along with
n N a., a. famous as he. Of the cloud
!" I 'Iat turned the Brookline links
!. ~ lake iake on Saturday. Max could
70 Jso'.en into the select class with
NJ, Nj. and under any conditions he is
% good for that. But the rain
M ana9diIcap that he could not sur
% ia aaa down he went like McGintv
lot Of other notables.
= and Beadle
'SSoush Ssh Marcus Greer was eliminated
,Sse,san |" Guilford, 4 up and 3 to
y srsS ~ aasstonisshed ~ the big gallery that
M rsm.a saem by his good playing and
.comnanMs raeSs under fire in this-his
y suas johnny Beadle, who ia a c,,,h.
4, !, u ureer's at Llanerch. gave
NJ p,n,oOnse Zones, who Is the favorite for the
dis stp, t"Nip, an even harder fight.
Il vos soUS 20 to Jones' 73, while
nent 70 atso Two strokes above his
In @ wta sittmiIated all Of the Philadel.
nunsrnno VINO had qualified, since Rob
!, SD' the s',n. the Pine in Valley expert. fell
b Paris guns q OF Frank Godchaux,
,Gardneerr, seeley conceded defeat at
b tsIer tssI 8 expert hands.
ysss, % OF facing two ex. hampions
AoIda.s OILS favorite and a Sontbsrn
nGtiy,,, , was too much for our ROB.
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