Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1916-10-19
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Holds Worlds Record
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otE over one hundred and eighty three
In courses Is the proud record Of Charles
,....ra Fletcher. auick-change character
actor OF no little renown.
y, the absence OF data 20 the contrary.
.s,s "a hung up as a worlds record. since
!, 4 highly improbable that any other
n.,ser not eligible to play In national
sserts. has gofed over 80 many courses
S.hrouah the heat waves OF South Africa.
s,.r the yolcano-torn stretches OF Homo
,n,n the sand dunes OF Scotland, midst the
orange groves OF Los Angeles, meath the
,alms OF Florida. to the dips and rises OF
~ creelx-seamed local public course.
r,etcher has plodded. a sack of links sticks
sor baggage. n scorecard on his hip.
me popular vaudevillian has played over
avery kind of a course In tho world and will
sdd his 1slth course TO his string when he
s.rhles Pine Valley this week Actor
ris,cher comes under the head OF better.
than-the-average golfer for he has a handi-
car rating of only nine strokes.
HIS most priced possession. he says. Is
a hne gold medal he won In one Of the
metropolitan Journeys two years ago.
"rd rather have It than any blg-tlme'
circuit contract can think Of" said
Fletcher today. Golf is the greatest game
there is and when fellow can win a
Tournament he has right to be proud"
$4,000 Holes
The vaudeville star plays golf every
chance he gets. and he plays nearly every
minute OF his four months vacation.
Last season played 5000 holes" said
Fletcher. This season I'm a bit behind
and I figure I've only shot at about 5000
flags. But the seasons young. the seasons
young"
sketchlst Fletcher said he thought the
Cobb's Creek course. where he played YES
terday. was the "ripest young" course he
/. had ever seen.
1T speaks volumes for the greenkeeper
and the superintendent that they have
been able to bring the course TO such n
state OF excellence in so short a time" was
Fletcher's opinion. "In another year Il
will be wonder"
The actor-golfer said the best public
course. bar none. he had seen in this coun-
try was in Des Moines. Ia. where the
course is right plumb alongside that OF
the ''millionaires and is so far superior,
he said. that there is no comparison.
Disguised Bit, but
Fletcher played with Adrian Constantine
Anson. In white felt hat, turned up in
back. and without "a collar. the disguise
was still more complete, but Fletcher's
soo-pound opponent was cap" Anson
known through the length and breadth
Of the land as the greatest first baseman
who ever cavorted about the initial sack
and one of the hardest swatters of the
horsehide who ever stepped up TO the plate.
Cap" triumphed with n mashie shot
10 the home green. which won the match.
up The former champion batsman
dragged the wood out of his bag at every
opportunity, seeming to find 1t most COM
Portable in his great hands. lie spread
bis legs and waggled from the waist just
As he used TO wait for 'em at the plate
His wallops were prodigious but they were
wild.
When he won his match he advised the
opposition TO go take some lessons, beat
somebody and then come back for re-
turn match. Cap" was anxious for a
match with Jim Barnes. professional cham
pon of America.
Il was his partner in a tournament once
In Chicago" said Anson solemnly, and