Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1915-10-21
EN- LOOKS GOOD-JOHN A. SCOTT ON GOLF

golf clubs over the shoulder. So that
what was to have been a feature OF the
oeneht golf tourney at Sunnybrook fell
uNt and the proceeds with Il. But the
nlslng Sun Committee which engineered
the tournament. reports a healthy addi-
uon TO the sum of $4,000 which II is its
desire to raise
IL was strictly for the fair sex. Miss
hatharine Thompson came all the way
from wilmington to win II. She had u
handicap Of only six strokes.
some Of the contestants were more in
! terested in the races at Whitemarsh than
IN tne golf tournament, particularly after
a Few holes had been played. Not the
least eager was the committee, which
decided 1t could not wait till all the con-
testants had navigated the last few laps
OF the Sunnybrook links so it packed
up the tee-tallies and made for Erden-
helm and the rail at the home stretch.
Miss Rose Dolan got in the pits meath
the shade of the 1lth pin. She assaulted
the sandy slopes in vain to get her ball
out till her wrist grew tired. Then she
paused for breath. Il can cympathize
with the people in that hospital. for this
certainly makes me sick" said she.
One of the fair contestants lost count
of her strokes on one of the holes. Her
interest in the total was practically nil,
especially when she found her ball way
over on tho other side of the green, some
40 feet from the hole. The ball, noticing
her downcast mien,' tagged the putter and
whistled its way right to the hole. The
idea is for the golfer TO work up little
pity in his pill.
1t is the boast of the members of the
Sunnybrook Club that its greens are un-
surpassed in this or any other country
-,
club and no expense has been spared
to make the course the best in the coun.
try. Five Of the greens are the result
of the genius of the late Frederick
Taylor, famous green's eXperimenter, ano
the greens cost $1,000 to $4,000 apiece.
The greens are a revelation. They are
as close and fine as a costly rug. Hearts
of-grass buds would about describe theiI
beautiful color. They are so springy that
the golfer looks behind expecting to see
the prints of his shoes in the delicate sur
face
Wilson Potter is the only amateur who
has been able to break 50 at Sunnybrook
He had 70 recently. James Barnes, White.
marsh pro, who considers the course the
best in this city. shot beautiful "A there
this week 1t is the ambition of Barnes
10 get a 70 or better on every good course
in the city, and he has succeeded in most
cases.
There will be a golf day tomorrow al
Sunnybrook to celebrate the anniversary
Of the bright idea of building the club
There will be a banquet for all the mem.
bers, at which it is expected that plans
for the costly new clubhouse will be dis.
cussed and decided on.
Miss Florence McNeely liked the rair
pretty well and had rather an easy time
cf 1t Yesterday in her match with Mrs
F. j. Kelly, winning 6 and 5, in the tour.
ney for he championship of the Philadel.
phia Country Club. All the other matches
were postponed until today. Miss Nc.
Neely will meet. Mrs. ]. d. Elliott and
Mrs. Caleb Fox will try her luck against
Mrs. Clarence II, Vanderbeok. Mrs. Van.
derheck will have her hands full for hel
opponent has been playing the best goli
of her brilliant career lately, and though
the champion was able to beat Mrs. Fox
in the Berthellyn cup finals, 1t was only
after the best kind of match