Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1916-04-25
CADDY PROBLEM
TO BE HANDLED
BY GOLF BODY
Local Association Wants
Standard System-Fees
Make Trouble
BENNY" SAVERS COMING


Officials of the Philadelphia Golf AS
ISOLATION say so, referring to the small
matter of caddes and their fees. Several
schemes have been proposed to relieve the
scarcity or congestion of caddles, to fix the
scale of wages and otherwise attack the
caddy problem. Many means, petitions
and even strikes have greeted the efforts
of the individual clubs in years past to
irom out the club carriers grievances, and
this year the p. G.. A. will just naturally
settle the whole business.
All the ideas plotted so far in the ses-
sions of the august body have had the sug-
gestion that caddes come under the direct
supervision of the p. G.. A. Caddies, to
pursue their calling on local links, would
have to hired and assigned by the central
body. This radical plan would present
plenty of knots, the principal one of which
would be how to keep the pay down and
the efficiency up. The average golfer pre-
fers to think OF hiring "A caddy as an incl
dental expense, and hates the thought Of
laying down solid sums for what he still
considers luxury.
Development
The older the boys get and the more
they grasp the idea of caddying the more
stipend they request IL Is with the idea
of establishing classes according to efI-
cheney and fixing a permanent we'll as
standard pay scale that the p G.. A. is at
present WTlnkllllE ltS brow.
"One objection to handling the boys
under the same scale is that some of the
clubs have to offer extra inducement, ac-
cording to the present system, to get
caddies," was the opinion of Francis II.
Warner, secretary of the Golf Associ-
alton. "Philmont pays about the high
est rate for the reason that there isn't
any town there to draw boys from. IL
has to offer an extra sum to get boys from
the nearby towns. There are several
clubs that may be grouped together be-
cause they lie in one section as. for in
stance. Philmont, Huntingdon Valley and
Old York Road This grouping may solve
our troubles"
The possibility of establishing outlying
"caddy centres" and parcelng out caddies
from them to points where needed has
been discussed.
Indoor Golf Over
Bouncing the pill on green carpets with
a roof overhead has been abandoned en-
tin ely for the outdoor game. Golfers have
small time for the indoor variety of golf
when the greensward at their clubs shows
verdant and elegant for brassie shots.
IT'S all right to fuss around with niblic
in the confines of four walls from neces-
sity, but nary a golfer faters when the
heather calls. Plenty of them prefer the
outdoor species even when the ice and
snow make necessary the use of "a red
ball and large woOlen mttens. There Is
something about cracking n ball into
space that is deplorably lacking in mashie
play over imitation hurdles and play"
water hazards
Ben Nichols. character of no small
standing in local golf, has packed up his
trappings and gone to Long Island, near
Brother Gil, where he will take up his
warm weather quarters. He conducted a
successful school of golf at Snellenburg's
during the winter. The Ctimbel indoor
Il nInl 30
here, and the only one that was in any
sense an attempt at a regular course, has
been rooted out to make way for mer-
chandise.
Whitemarsh Change
The Greens Committee at Whitemarsh
has finally heard the despairing cries OF
golfers as they stood on the ninth tee and
gazed in the general direction of the
green, which they saw not, neither did
they find most of the time. The result
is that this year the green has been
raised and Is no more in the nature of a
blind hole. Golfers sigh with relief as
they see the pin at which they are alleged
to be aiming. Many plaudits for the
Green's Committee.
Benny Sayers En- Route
The daddy of em ALI is on his way
over the bounding main from London to
this country in the shape of Benny Sayers.
beloved and ancient pro, tutor of royalty
and otherwise famous in golfng circles
wherever the terms are spoken. Benny"
is bringing Mrs. Sayers also. They will
land in New York in a few days and Will
hustle to this city and Merton, where is
Son George as pro there. Benny" Say
ers is coming over from North Berwick
TO take in the amateur championship,
which is to be held at Merton in Septem-
ber In the meantime he will likely as
sist George Sayers at Merton and renew
old friendships