Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1922-05-08
BA[A 9:H0[E GOLF
VALED|CT0RY SET
Farewell Tourney on Wednss.
day-PIayers Raring to Go In
Final Joust on Popular Links
BOB WINTRINGER WINS
BY SANDY McNIBLTCk


l. little old nine-hole course 1t thu
Bala Golf Club will be played this week
to the music Of the tinklins mashies and
words by an enormous chorus Of vol.
unteer linksmen.
Bud" Silvey. chsirman Of the Entry
Committee. is raking in a huge pile oi
acceptances. II looks as though about
everybody in the local links "whoozis'
Is going to be present and voting.
As Fred Knight said in accepting
"You don't think I'd pass UP a last
chance to play the good old Bala course
the trap. covered links. the water.
bound links. on which some Of my hap
picst moments at golf have been
spent?"
George Hoffner. Woody Plat. Oh
Shucks-they II all be there. Cant help
It. This Is an honest. TO goodness fare
well to what has been unique and an :
nually popular event on the present
! links.
A nine. hole course. crampcd. TO be
sure. but still presenting all the shots
with plenty Of variety and interest. 4
little old clubhouse and sawed. Oh
locker rcom-,hat has been the. stage,
10, these many years.
Stirring History
Still. az to shrine. proud golfers
have ever bent their steps to Bala. Hero
birdie IS swapped for bird and seven
| come eleven. Tales are told and new
history written.
The secret? That's hard to answer :
but the most appealing one is the en-
'husiasm OF the men OF Bala. the golf
they know. the efficiency, plus handling
Of their Journeys, the glow Of welcome.
good fellowship and cheer that pre-.
walls.
Tecing off there, the beam Of gladness
| lights the face.
"Glad came" and "Wouldn't miss
it is the thought. 4 Bsla tourney
leaves n dent. Once you've been ex-
posed to 1t you're just plain innocu.
lated.
These ere the prevailing sentiments.
set down even before Bill Wilson has
done his stuff.
The qualifying round Of eighteen holes
will be played Wednesday this week,
with match play until Saturday. The
handicap event will be played this year
in connection with the qualifying round.
After the ball is over the enlarged
and remodcled clubhouse will be for.
nally opened with n fete.
And then Bala will step out. The
course will be enlarged TO eighteen holes
and championship test. Final plans
contemplate the passing of the tidy little
lay out Of historic past to one of the
best golf properties in town, complete
and modern.
Lakewood Tits
Bob Wcntringcr. Princeton captain,
had weird match with J. {. Parrish.
National Links. in the finals at Lake
wood Wintringcr lost four Of the first
| five holes. won four Of the next six
one with q 10 I. and finally won tho
match with q thirty.foot putt for a =
on the fifteenth.
+. Crew. I.lanerch. lost in the second
IN Arthur Yates, North and South med /.
alist. ) and 4. but J. Il. Maxwell
Merton. won the third. = and 4. over J
Lewis Brown. editor Of Gdf Illustrated.
The stormy cards of the final round
follow:
wntr!nger--
2p' n ............: $685.! ;-::!!-ss
Parrish
Ou, ....,.... S2 = G q so
Both matches in the semi. final wore
decided by putting. but the victory fol-
Parrish was one for the book. All even
al the eighteenth hole were short OF the
green in two. Parrish was away and
rhipped too strongly. his ball bound
ing over the green and down the bank
, in mansey short grass.
Garri,y's move was then to play safe
as the pin was at the back Of the green
and he did. But Parrish showed the
| -, e ...lf IL
ness by taking putter and slapplnl
one up the long slope, which hit th'
back Of tho cup and dropped for th'
win. There ain't nothin' TO it, wber
you drop those things.
his stuff in good shape. but lost In thu
other semi final match when he was W
ngains, the putting streak Of II. J..
Wintringcr. Princeton captain. Th,
Young Tiger had four very long one!
,ha, dropped and helped the win.
| and :,
Beaten eight. do they nay" At I@hs
%S,iro %ool "n' o. r%en",toar poss6s s'cns Go
fauIted. In the hrst Two, one player ven
,uitne finals without playing a match.
r. :. MacIauRhlin. so.hng cartooonist. ma
p,ayed the Jersey fifteenth before. u's theor'
20 hit the bridge and carom dead 10 tn
. ros. he pulled tnis shot twice for
y, !, Fletcher has ,psy.d $1,000 ho.
ana only had one hoe in l.
>n engineer on tho New York train Is NJ
, sire.t sho, Lakewood has known. He nsve
4 on three different crossings. and killed in
siart,,. Sever jumps o styrne,
Young r. Crew. IAan-rch, was lad
sIm!. by g N. Wills on the eighth tweiv
feet from the pm. Can ! use a r1Rshi
or the green he asked innocentiy. Sure.
Rng crew jumped the stymie twelve fee
rto the cup.