Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1922-05-30

The first consideration is the cup.
This is held for year by the club
whose representative turns in the best
aggregate for the thirty. six holes medal
competition today. The winner also
gets gold medal.
Counts Toward Cross
The medal score also counts toward
the Silver Cross, one of the proudest
lifts M Of the Golf Association Of Phila.
, delphia each year. 1t Is for the best
seventy two hole medal score. half
made in the Patterson Cup. event today
and the other thirty six holes In the
Philadelphia championship, to be played
shortly at Pine Valley.
So much for the individual glory in
volved. After that the play today Is
to qualify for the Philadelphia Cup
competition. team play, with the win
ming club in the matches being the major
city champions for the year.
as 1t chooses. The seven best scores Of
each club for thirty six holes Is taken
and the four best club aggregates qualify
for match play later.
Surprises
There were some surprises today, and
all of the threatened entries for this
latter competition did not promise to
materinlize. The entries showed that
only five clubs are competing today,
These are Merton, Huntington Val.
North Hills. Huntington Valley won
the team title last year. Cedarbroo
had a strong team last year, but is not
entered this time. Merton was unable
to qualify last year. but is out for
revenge this year with sixteen entries
in the qualifying round. Teams such
as Llanerch, Aronimink and others were
expected to enter the qualifying round
today. but had not appeared early in
the day.
Merton was led today by such experts
Marston. Horace Smcdley, Il. w. Steel,
r. II. Filter. W. T. West, Eddie Briggs
and p. Thornton.
Douglas G. Corkran, our latest ex-
pert golf citizen. made his debut in Sc
lect circles today, when he teed of for
Huntingdon Valley as Its best bet. He
will add heap Of strength to the cham
pions They lined up sclidly today with
Corkran, the two Stevens, the two
Adds experts, ditto McF'arlands. ditto
Kitsons, Horace Francine, Clayton
lngaham, and so on.
Impressive
Whitemarsh entered with Its impres.
Platt and Fred Knight. Platt has 50
far gone to the finals at Trenton and
won the Bala medal. Knight won the
Trenton tourney and showed we'll nj
both Lakewood and Atlantic City. loa-
Ing the Rala medal on the play with
Platt.
They were supported >by Norman
NovuolI Il
Cup last year; Lucius F. DsIing, Phil
adelphia champion; Herb Newton. L.
3. Edgecomb, Harold Wheeler, II. L.
Newton, Harry Mountain. Eddie Ware
p. v. O'Hanlon. A. Knox, Il. Rams
ford and plenty Of other experts. White.
marsh teed Oft twenty seven players ant
ought to be able to pick up seven goot
scores IN that blizzard Of scoring.
The Philadelphia Cricket Club alsr
looked good to get in. Jim Gay, Pat
Grant. C!if Hawley, John Arthur
Brown. ". G; (go. medD Hamilton
Bert Goodall, II. c. Weeks. ]. I. Hay
W. NJ. Churchman and so on to a tota
entry Of twenty -one ought to be goot
enough.
North Hills entered ten men, whit
should be consistently in the low sos
Only three Of them can fall down, how
ever, whicks isn't very wide margin
The team has qualified In the past ant
may spring n surprise today.
Anyhow, they started to tee off loni
before 8 a. NJ. and went away at five,
minute intervals up until 1913 r. NJ
without cessation on the first round
This played all they have to do i
squeeze In for another round In tn
afternoon. Twilight Is expected, n
usual to light up the scorebonrd whcl
the final standings are examined.