Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1916-06-16
,Autocratic Repairmen
Work de Luxe in the
sand-Class G Players
shine-Other Dope
px SANDY McNIBLICK

,,..u,,or-a-rninute" munltion makers
..,or Of life in these parlous times Is
= nV ,trourh Jersey and other parts.
Hssa Hsr,a.. ,,srtlcuiarly in Jersey.
But as,ar reached out and gripped the
e y nhe ,,rir laborer with the result that
semIliv,n ,a,tar at the New Jersey cIups are
inese zoe as eagles. Most OF them nave ue-
49, the golf courses to take up tne
ssrteo - royder making The few labor
nclence q aye deIened to linger on all have
ere ths. ~. ,Sea that life these days Is one
Rave I5.n VIZ stream and that theirs Is but
long so,us an Na banks and drink to their
10 kneel on Ns ''''
4 fuL IT,. ao,,and the wages of a
,n,"nsire. but they demand all the COM
sar.s IA luxe to go with their TASKS Greens
io...s ioI.s se are forced TO comply with their de-
Aeepssis ~ allow their courses to go to
maius' r-ha Jersey laborers are as hard to
80 ~. an TO as the modern servant girl.
Tbey are money-mao s,.o-,,-,,-
fIrs ws.,, can't be obtained by advertising.
ora demanding their service must call
Z. ,heIr homes and personally interview
shsr Some, as a favor, help ou' ule
HNaar,keener Hsn for the small sum OF w or
Il SoSy n the hours suit them. Others
.ssv will take the matter under ad-
sisement"
pored at Hard Work
rhsv are all bored to death at the
.tovrht Of their old occupation. Ihey no
ionrer submit to being caileu iaoorers OF 1r
links requirement. They are ho" sui
isrdaoape architects"
' Eere are some of the things they demand
~ sunrise work Hours a. m. to
No more horse lawnmowers Gasoiine
motors only. ..,.,,,u-,,
cnshions and sunshades for picking
IL L., aNN
Hot lunch served at noon, with halr
hour for smoking and nap.
Evtra nav for work requiring direct con-
sact with shovel and pick
Full pay and no work In inclement
weather.
unity to Jersey munition plants Is the Wood
bury Country Club. Things nave come 10
. such pass there that G. G. Green, Jr,
chairman of the Greens Committee, says 1t
a almost impossible to obtain workmen for
the upkeep of the course, so exorbitant are
their demands
Tven when laborers do condescend to put
N a little time at work on the course. they
ara ready. at the slightest suggestion of
ANYTHING they don't like. to throw down
their tools and desert to the powder plants.
philmont Tourney Weather Prevails
Some strange freak of the weather gods
always seems to bring down poor brand
: Of weather waves on Journeys this year at
!, PhIlmont Yesterday a high wind twisted
and dipped through the slopes of the course
and made the cards of the entries in the
sixth annual dinner tourney of the Golf
Association of Philadelphia extremely high.
Also, blackfaced clouds menaced the play
and shed some little water over the golfers
as the day wore on. 1t seemed like a raw
October day that wasn't quite cold enough
for snow.
Z Many Big Handicaps
The tourney was full to overfowing with
Glass c players, those with most all the
handicap the law allowed them.
Where a Glass A four-ball match fol-
pwed Glass C match there was oft some
lzrried play on the part of the latter.
Horace H. Francine a former Philadel-
1Aia champion and Richard Mott, another
hfal star, led a match that pressed hard
% Class G quartet at Huntingdon Valley
The efforts of the latter match to hold it's
place resulted In some weird play. One