Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1916-05-22
Modern Hostess Prefers
Links to Ballroom.
Greensman Green and
His Greens
BY SANDY McNIBLICK

III
lHl Migolhnglady much prefers the latest
craze to the dansant. or dlnner-danoe, or
bridge
Whether It was the remarkable success
of the Fridolyn Cup matches or the hundred
fold increase in popularity Of the game Of
golf among feminine golfers that has
caused the furore, II Is hard to say. but II
Is a fact that extraordinary quantities OF
mixed foursomes are being listed, both by
individuals and clubs
There is no mistake about its being a fine
way to entertain ones golnng friends His
masculine lordship would close up shop
most any day for golf-round party.
Speaking of mixed foursomes, there Is
likely to be one at Whitemarsh the latter
part of this week in conjunction with the
women's individual championships being
waged there beginning today.
An illness which she has suffered for IL
weeks has kept Mrs. Frederick w. Norris,
Jr., out of golf this season, and she will not
be able to play in the championships this
week at Whltemarsh. She was told today
by her physician that 1t might be August
before she could again get on the links
Mrs. Morris had fine season last year at
Huntingdon Valley.
New Record
The record for the course of the Coun-
try Club of Iansdowne, which has stood
spotless and unsullied for matter of two
years. has finally been toppled over by
John Edmondson, the pro there, with card
of 20.
He was catching them in great shape
going out and had fine "a. On the home
holes he shot &c. two strokes worse, but
his total clipped two shots from the former
record of 72.
The holder of the old record was Dave
Clarke a former pro at Lansdowne, who
hung up his figures in "A d. 1914.
Mr. and Mrs. George G.. Green Jr, Will
give one-day invitation tournament Mt
the renovated course of the Woodbury.
Country Club on June 16. There will be
is holes of handicap medal play, with
prizes for the best gross and net scores.
Woodbury. in AL Shape
Golfer Green almost abandoned the game
last year in his duties as chairman of the
Greens Committee. He went at the task
with the same earnestress that he golfed.
with the result that the Jersey club now
has something of which 1t can be very
proud in the way of links. Some OF the
holes have been changed around so that
| the layout is much more scientific. A num-
ber of new hazards have been set out
| and some very fine traps blown.
Most of the greens are new or reseeded.
| These are the special passion of Greensman
| Green. He made particular study OF the
sandy soil of his course, and his grass cul-
| lures were as tedious as those of any lab
| oratory scientist He has carried the mat
| ter to a fine point, using different grasses
| on different greens, and the results are In
| deed a comfort to putters who find enough
bitterness in getting the line of the hole
without having the ball bumped out of the
| way by treacherous grasses.
Better Than Golf Champion
| Danny" Hutchinson was the centre OF
| the group of course He was looking
| around at all the trophies at one OF the
| local country clubs and seemed glum at the
| prospect of the round of golf he was about
| to have with two more expert players.
"If | had to be champion of anything,
he said, I'D like to be champion of rae
| quets and court tennis"
Not l." said another in the group.
| "Id give everything 1 have to be cham
pion golf player of the United States,
| That's my idea of fame, thah which
there is none greater"
Another member of the group looked still
more ambitious. The others turned to him.
What would you like to be?' they asked
| in chorus.
| alted look came into his eye.
champion poker player OF America"
| he said.
Ideal Golf Disposition
A present-day writer mentioned not long
ago that some of our golfers were not con-
| sistent winners because they did not have
| the right golfing temperament. Gil NICHOLS
| was held up as horrible" example This
| seems to be a fact, for GIL, the sunniest
and quaintest of humorists when all is
| going well, has an ungovernable temper
| when the breaks are not with him.
At Merton on the 18th hole one day he
| failed to sink sadly needed putt after a
succession of bad puts. In his anger he
broke the stick over his knee and threw 1t
| wildly in the woods.
James Barnes, on the other hand, has
| the ideal golf disposition, according to the
| writer
But we remember in the open champion