New-York tribune., 1916-07-31
Local Golfers Take Rest
Before Big Tournament

country. The Erie Railroad, the New
York. Susauehanna 4. Western and the
trolley line from Fort Lee all pass
within easy distance of the links. AL
those who wish 70 play over the course
next month are requested 70 communi-
cate with any one OF the following
three persons: Alex 8. Dodds, 234 Main
Street, Paterson, N. j.; Roger 2. Taft,
291 Broadway, New York City, or
Charles F. Smith, New York Telephone
Company, Paterson, ~. j.
The life Of q golf editor I. not all
bed of roses. Being human, and hence
burdened with human frailties, ne
sometimes errs, and Il Is so IN our own
case. Last week, in giving an account
of the women's team matches IN the
New Jersey section, il was stated that
the Baltusrol women had defeated the
team from Glen Ridge by points 20 z.
Knowing the Baltusrol women 70 be
good golfers, it was not hard TO be-
lieve they had triumphed. But II was
not so. Glen Ridge won the match by
7 points 10 2. The result was cor
rectly printed in the summaries, but IN
an Introductory paragraph baltusroi
was credited with the victory
that we received summaries and story
already printed, and, after writing
new introduction, sent story and sum-
maries TO the composing room, bliss
fully confident that all was well. ~
was II. L. Snyder, president OF the
Glen Ridge club, who called our at
tention to the error, and he rightly
maintains that, having won the match,
Glen Ridge would like 20 receive the
proper credit. II is done, Mr.. Snyder,
and in thus making reparation we wish
10 add that we hold the women golfers
of Glen Ridge in still greater respect
than formerly.
Golf has finally won the day at the
Marine and Field Club, in Brooklyn,
and will hereafter be the dominating
feature of the organization. As a mem.
ber has so aptly put il, it Is case Of
"the tail wagging the dog"
twenty-five years ago, when the Ma
rine and Field Club was founded, boat
ing and yachting in the summer and
trap-shooting in the winter were the
chief diversions. Then came the auto
and the motorboat, and the popularity
of the yachting feature began TO wsne.
Next some of the younger members
began TO plead for lawn tennis facill-
ties. and were so insistent that, much
against their will, the founders relin-
cuished part of their hallowed lawn
at the edge of Gravesend Bay TO tennis
courts.
More bitter days yet were in store
for the conservative element in the
club. for one day man who mad been
virulently inoculated with the golnng
germ rushed into the clubhouse and
demanded that golf course be laid
out on the beloved grounds. Protest
was of no avail, for the golfer rapidly
found hackers. and eventually a nine
hole course was constructed on a piece
of leased ground half mile from the
club property.
The golfing gadabouts, in return for
the second clubhouse that was erected
near the links, agreed 10 pay an extra
s25 a year dues. Within a few months
the royal and ancient sport had taken
such hold on the members that golf
became the leading feature of life at
the club. Even some of the oldest
members, who had gnashed their teeth
when the game was first mentioned,
sailed out on the little course and
did a furious business with lofter and
spoon.
The inevitable result has followed,
and it was recently decided to make the
Marine and Field Club practically a
golf club by moving the lockers TO the
main clubhouse on Cropsey Avenue
and running a flivver bus TO and from
the first tee. Two hundred lockers
will be installed in Tower Hall, a part
of the present billiard room being
taken away from the bachelors for the
purpose. Shower baths also will be in
stalled. Contracts for the improve
ments were let last week, and the work
will probably be completed by the first
Of September.