Los Angeles herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1900-1911, 1908-07-04
GOLF PLAY AT
COUNTRY CLUB
HANDICAP MEDAL MATCH IS
SET FOR TODAY
SEVERAL PRIVATE GAMES WERE
PLAYED YESTERDAY
Board Of Directors Issue Statement K
Members Regarding Progress Of
Negotiations for New
Location

An unusually interesting golf pro-
gram has been arranged for today by
the green committee of the Los An
geles Country club for the benefit Of
its members. 1t consists of choice
score, S6-hole handicap. medal play
and Will commence at $3.50 o'clock. The
entrance fee will be 81. Entries may
be made with e. Martin up to the time
of play.
Several private games were pulled
off yesterday at the links. Principal
among these was one between Henry
Newton and c. II. MacFarland, who
played against c. Martin, the profess
sional Martin was defeated by slight
score.
other players were T. Phillips, Ben
Williams, Harry Walton and DR.. Will
liam Manning.
In order that the entire membership
of the Los Angeles Country club may
be made acquainted with the prog
ress being made in providing location
for the club at the expiration of the
lease on the present quarters at Pico
Heights the board of directors has
issued the following notice:
1.-THE possibility that the grounds
secured in the WolfskiI1 tract may be-
come valuable as oil territory mas
caused a temporary halt In their inn
provement. There at present is being
bored one we'll. 100 feet from the south
east corner of the property and an
other $50 feet from the northwest cor
ner, and should either or both of these
wells become producers the ground I'M
mediately would become Of such value
as to make II out of the question TO
use It for golf purposes. Should this
prove to be the case the entire tract
OF 800 acres, owned Jointly by the
realty company and the Country club.
then would be sold to the best adj
vantage and the Country club would
receive its pro rata of 140-320 of the
proceeds of the sale.
''What the price per acre would be
depends upon so many conditions tnat
it only can be guessed at, but it GER
tainly would be sufficient to purchase
more land that at present is assigned
to the Country club, TIC erect as hand-
some a club house as may be desired
and still leave a handsome sum in the
treasury. The financial condition OF
the Los Angeles Country club in that
case probably would be better than
that of any other country club in the
United States, and, with the heavy
fixed charges of taxes, rent and inter-
est removed, the entire income of the
club would be devoted to the further
ance of the comforts of its members
steps are being taken to give each
membership a cash value, commensu-
rate with the pro rata holding in the
assets of the club, and the initiation
fee, therefore, Will be raised, possibly,
to 5000, and the membership will be
limited probably to 500. The directors
of the club. for several weeks, have
been inspecting locations for the club,
in order that they can proceed at
once so that everything can be in read
mess at the new club by October, 1909.
''In any event. the members of the
club may feel assured that those to
whom the details of management have
been intrusted will see to it that there
always viii be some place for the MEM
bers to go, and IL their hopes are full
filed, 1t will not be long before that
place is the most convenient, comfort
able and satisfactory country club in
the west"