Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1922-11-06
FRIENDLY RIVALS
BATTLE ON LINKS
Chum Defe ated Chum When
Knight Triumphed Over
Wootton at Shore
REAL BATTLE THROUGHOUT
BY SANDY NIcNlRLlCK

, VOU nave read about father hghtin8
i son on the field Of battle. brother
| clnsfins against brother on tho cridiron.
md the stories are always good for n
thrill. Goliing enthusiasts at the shore
got the same sort Of n "kick" ont Of
ment that brought chum against chum.
Fred W. knight meeting Thomas B.
wootton.
| Friends Of the closest sort before they
started and with their nrma around
each others neck when they finished,
you might say; but out there on the
. links 1t was something else again.
, Neither asked for any quarter. nor
showed any. and after the stcrnest sort
Of tusSlc victory came to Knight on
The sixteenth green. the margin being
3 too.
Then could knight relax. and feel
sorry that Er had to send the Cherub
Of Hope that cnmped on Tommv's trail
scootinR over the moors and into the
sea-. hut Friend Tom was all aG!ow.
for he had tho satisfaction Of knowing
that he made Fred fight hard 10 win.
Then. too. there was Elorc thar, a
grain Of satisfaction fo- Thomas, He
was fnal!s.. That was one thing.
That was spiffy way to handle Il
rather strenuous assignment. 1t advis.
elly being said the assignment was
strenuous. innsmuch as there was only
one other player in addition to Woot.
ton who was able to break 81 on that
day.
Tommy and Fred in Real Battle
1t so happened that the two friends
throughout the entire tournament
Tommy and Fred qualified together. and
there was considerable speculation MS ia
what their respective scores would ne
; There was even more than speculation,
a. Woodie Platt. placed among the non :
: combatan,s by having been stymied 0!
the sun earlier in the senson, wal
there. .,
woodie wagered that wootton would
: beat Knight in match play, and ina.
! Fred would not break 80. Matching
cards. Wootton and Knight were even
sthough Tommy was two strokes bettel
j with -. As Fred had ~. he collected
. and Woodie paid.
There were several inspirations
$ phases 20 the tournament. not the ieas
|; exciting Of which was the unexpected
= BY Eugene Barbour. Of the home clup
! in the first round, Every one knew tina
= John was down there trying TO throttI
- the jinx that has ridden on his shoti
q ders every time he has competed In IN
b shore tournament. Thrice previous I
r this last tournament had John reacne
. the final, only to be- beaten IN the u'tl
= mate grapple.
d Downfall Of Beadle 4.
a They knew John wanted to win IN
Y affair in the worst way. Consequently
!. there was q great surprise when Bead
t was found to be woefully on his gam
q in the first match round. On the otne
d hand, Barbour was having one o. a.
e best days on the links. With, Jon
v being In a rowing mood he roamed risi
: out OF the tournament on the nfteent
hole.
J.. Long Jim Barnes. after having nee
> tic game Of marbles with his frisnt
= Clarence Hackney. came 70 tGE %
= presentation speech made BY Erne
u Shackelford, who handed the cup
l. tho touring victor. Quite . tribute y,
l. paid TO Knight. and he deserved ~ Z,
J. the victory over Woptton marxeo
l. third tournament that Fred has VIC
, lie got on to a hyins start BY a.
- ieating Woodie Platt in an extra'n99
j. battle Of the final at Trenton. n
- next triumph was in the autumn tou'
D. npy at Shawnee and he closed Ip :!
er season in a fitting manner by w1hn''
on a course over which he does col
siderable OF his golfng.