Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1915-08-29

present plans call for in the recreation
park:
A vast stadium. one eighteen-hole
golf course. forty tennis courts, six
base ball diamonds. two gridirons. two
cricket fields. two bathing pools, with
suitable house adjacent for dressing
room purposes: boating area connect
ing the two channels band stand, golf
house and refreshment house. as well
as general picnic grounds.
In speaking of the plan Col. Harris
said:
AT the present time we are in the
position of chess players. We have the
board and the men. represented by the
ground and the various amusements
which are to be constructed. Our task
now is placing them to the greatest
advantage in the given ground. That
is by no means an easy problem. for
much has to be considered.
LAS it stands this ground is hardly
more easy of access to the average
Washingtonian than is any one of the
clubs around the city If he owns no
automobile. But we have overcome
that obstacle by making plans for a
loop which will connect the grounds
with the heart of the city and form a
regular portion of the route of one of
the car lines here. The car company
has already promised to make the nee
essary arrangements as soon as Con-
gress grants the franchise. But even
with this obstacle overcome. there yet
remains the problem of so placing the
various fields. pools. etc. in such way
that some of them will not still be
considerable walking distance from the
car line. That Is the problem we are
now endeavoring to solve.
'The one certainty, so far as position
is concerned. is the golf course: That
will be placed at the end of the spit
tapering off into the channel And
even in the instance of this we are
unable to determine just how far up
toward the broad end it will run. But
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course.
"At the present time golf is practi-
caly prohibitive to a large percentage
of people residing here who, If they
could. would take an active interest in
the game. and who are, in fact, lovers
of golf. The reason for this Is the fact
that at present the available links are
either private or belong to clubs hav-
ing already long waiting lists. To play
golf need not entail any great expen-
diture of money in so far as the game
itself is concerned. Four clubs at per-
haps $3.50 apiece and the balls at from
so to IS cents each constitute the es-
sentlal equipment. The great expense
comes in the maintenance of the course
itself, an item which in a club links
must be shared by the members and
which consequently helps to make the
necessary dues what they are. II the
grass Is not kept short and smooth and
the grounds cared Tor constantly the
course Immediately becomes unsuitable.
and to play on it is far from being a
pleasure.
With the course to be constructed
in the Potomac Park grounds the OBJ
stacles thus enumerated will be re-
moved. for all care of the grounds will
be done at government expense. And
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should not compare favorably with any
about the city. To be sure. the ground
at the present time is rather fiat, but
that is n feature which can be over
come. 1t is our intention in all the
various fields to be built to make them
as modern and technically correct as
is called for by the most professional
rules. Adjacent to the links will be a
house containing all necessary lockers,
showers and all the other conveniences
which constitute a we'll equipped club
house.
While it must be admitted that Col.