The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1906-03-20
GOLF.
Two Sides TO Garden CITY Changes-NOtes
OF the Pros.


There Is little support for the project
10 run sand traps across the putting greens
on the Garden City course, although SOM of
the changes suggested by the radicals are
not so totally condemned" was a member
comment. This Idea Of halving the putting
green's as you would split an orange has no
merit save on wild, natural greens at the
Scottish seaehore. Fancy the havoc to be
wrought by playing mashie shots from one
side OF the putting green's over the sand trap
10 the other half. where the flag is. Every
shot cannot fall on the eide open for putting
and so another approach must be made TO
get over the bunker"
Johnny Hagen. formerly a caddle at the
Dyker Meadow Golf Club and for three or
four seasons professional at the Philadelphia
Country Club. has been engaged for the
year by the Canoe Brook Country Club. Ber-
nHrd Nichols will not go to the Hollywood
Golf Club this summer as coach.
Public links and community golf-that il,
courses kept up by the taxpayers as part
and parcel OF the ~parks-steadily multiply
and advance In favor in England. Accord
ing to the Mayor OF Sutton Coldheld, the
golf club there has raised the social status
Of the town. The club had been the means
Of bringing many influential persons to
live among them, said he at a recent dinner,
and In no little measure was the prosperity
OF the borough due to the institution OF the
golf club. The latest enterprise there In this
respect is In connection with the social
life OF st. ssviour's Church. Ealing, having
for Its object the acquisition Of golf inks for
the working men In the Young Mems Club.
The rector believes that the. game should
be open 70 the poor man as we'll as TO the
aristocrat. The courses are all self-sup-
porting and return a fair interest besides
on the sums invested,
It's q long match that has no turning, and
after four trips across the Atlantic Tom Ander-
son OF Montclairihas beaten jamie Hutchin
son, the clubmaker. at North Berwick. Three
times while on his winter visits to Edin-
for a match with his old friend and a bitter
when he crossed last winter Tom brought
along bis own set Of olubs. At North, Ber-
Arthur and Gerald Baifour and with the
Transaction closed, the two. set off. Anderson
Ied to the Redon: but Jamie was ? up for the
afternoon. In which Tom won out for the
thirty-slx holes by ? up.
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giving back what It takes from the soil the
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lions.
Tom Anderson, Jr.. went from the ship
direct!to F~renchiLicks. Ind. the Saratoga
Of the West to take charge al. the golf links.
VIII Anderson, the open champion, Will return
this week on the Cedric. To arrive this week
are also Fred Lowe, the Nassau clqbmaker;
James Maiden of Youngstown, Ohio. and
Dave Robertson of Buffalo.
Tom Wells. who will be at Van Cortlandt
Park for the third year. has been ~oficlally
Te9ogni1ed as a golf Instructor on the public
links by Park Commissioner WalRrave OF
The Bronx.
President Louis p. Bayard and all the
former o%f1oers heye been elected by the
s goyernoTs OF the foI Salt y Coli Club, The
With, !; E. Bull, A de Barry S. P. pavidse.
z; \. Todd, LOUIS Keller, adrian H. LarEln,
". T. Morgan, Parker ". Page. A, F. Riach,
W. +. Smith, Newton Stout, r. G. Thompson
and F. E. Walker.