Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1914-04-01
EVENING CHAT

!! | EVENING CHAT
1t is evident that q good many men
in Harrisburg and roundabout are de-
sirous of becoming, or being. as the
case may be, known as men con-
structed on modern lines" Some days
ago a leading tailor announced that
the men of this generation were tall,
straight fellows with shoulders wider
than their stomachs and that the
rotund form that was formerly a sign
of success in life is disappearing and
that adipose tissue is no longer &C
cepted as an evidence that things were
going well. Instead, asserted this man
of shears and accumen, the modern
man is one whose stomach is above
the belt, meaning in his subtle way
that chest development is now bet
ter guerdon than a paunch. What the
above Is leading to Is a remark that
good many men are taking to golf and
that the three clubs which maintain
courses here will have plenty of play
ers. The years of education that the
pleasures of the putting green and
the long drive outweigh those of the
board are commencing to tell and in
stead of men spending their days in
chairs looking out of the window
when they have leisure they are plan
ming to spend an hour or two on the
links or even to play tennis and base
ball. or at best those who can afford 1t
are taking automobile rides. How
ever, golf, which offers more oppor-
tunity to get rid of surplus flesh and
to furnish amusement at the same
time without the violence of tennis or
baseball. is attracting more people
than ever in this city.
Practically every clubs committee is
looking forward to this Spring with
some misgivings because of the man
ner in which men who want to play
golf are announcing the fact and max
ing bids for the lesson-giving time of
the professionals. Half dozen years
ago golfers were a curiosity and now
the man who can play is envied and
people who used the game as a target
for WitticismS are now in danger of
becoming objects of the jeers which
greet the dub. The point is that many
people are turning to golf and a real
lively season is anticipated. The
Country Club of Harrisburg and the
Reservoir Park Golf Club have been
contesting for a couple of years for
cup offered by the late John Y. Boyd
and Frank Payne and as the deciding
match will be played this year it is
HItlIlS that THESE TWO
should unite with the Colonial and
get city trophy which will afford
means for meets of teams from the
three organizations. Such a contest
would be worth while and would add
immensely to the interest in the game
because there is nothing like the
scramble to get on teams and there is
an abundance of material here. The
Country Club is uniting in four-club
league with the Country Clubs of
York, Lancaster and Reading with
trophy to be offered for the country
club championship of Central Penn
sylvania. The details of this league
are now being worked out and each
club will have a game at home and
away with each of it's rivals. The last
year Harrisburg and York Country
Clubs played series OF three matches,
the third being played off at Balti-
more because each had won on it's
home grounds. Harrisburg also played
Lancaster. This year with these club
matches assured there should certainly
be plenty Of room for interclub
iZations here.
All three clubs are working to put
their courses into fine shape. The
Reservoir, which has the reputation
of maintaining an excellent course,
plans to outdo its splendid greens of
last summer and fall and some
changes will also be made. The CO.
lonial course. which is only q couple
of years old. is rounding into fine form
and the summer should see it ready
for all corners. 1t is the longest of the
three courses and it's ''long holes" are
worth while. The Reservoir and CO.
lonial have secured Stewart McEwan,
the professional, for another year and
the Country Club has secured Walter
Dinan, formerly of the Aronomink
Club of Philadelphia, who took hold
to-day and who will supervise i'm
provements to the grounds. The Luck
now links are to be thoroughly gone
over and three green's reconstructed
and a number of betterments made,
but opportunity for playing on tenn
porary green's will be afforded. Be-
cause of the growth of interest in out
door sports the Country Club is also
adding new building for baths and
lockers which will contain 1876 lockers
and be equipped in up-to-date man
ner, the committee in charge having
worked out a plan which embodies
some of the best ideas in similar de-
partments of recently built clubhouses.
This building is to be ready in May.
With all of these things going on
| and improvements to clubhouses and
grounds being under way the prospects
are bright for much interest in the
ancient game in Harrisburg, and. to
| return to the opening thought, for re-
duction of girth.