Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1916-08-31
Public Welcome at
Stars Titan Struggle
for Championship =
Travers Won't Play
BY SANDY McNIBLICK

GRAND potpourri Of Chautauquas. re
Vt vlval meetings. circuses or any other
kind Of an enormous outdoor gathering with
| tents. crowds, parked vehicles and so forth,
| will be the nature of the scene for the
next 10 days over the enormous arena
of golf lawn at Merton during the national
championship.
Thousands of golf fans are expected to
flock to the course every day to see the
greatest golf giants of the day In this
country do mighty conflict for the seasons
crown.
A hundred yards from the white spread
ing clubhouse shadowed by the trees, will
be an enormous tent, and on each side of
It smaller tents, In these tents 1t is planned
to provide meals for 400 persons at a time.
Like Home
The service will be the same as that at
the Bryn Mawr and other horse shows here
about The service in the big tent which
will contain small tables, will be as fine
as that at home. according to Robert w.
Lesley, chairman of the committee. Some
most excellent menus will be served, and
here can be had by both ladies and gentle
men table d'hote dinner.
One of the small tents has been set aside
for ladies unaccompanied by escorts. The
service in the other small tent Is a la
carte, sandwiches and so on being the fea-
ture The clubhouse has been reserved for
the players and the committees.
No meals will be served there after 81
o'clock, at which time afternoon tea and
sandwiches can be had in the big tents.
Everything is being done for the COM
nd which
most cordially invited by the Merton Of
ficials to visit the grounds and follow the
play of the stars. Naturally there will be
no admission charged. Several queries
have come to this office on that score and
there is no need of tickets. tags or any
other badge of admission.
Public Cordially Invited
I'VE want the public to feel that 1t is
very welcome" said Mr.. Lesley today. I'VE
believe 1t will be a great thing for golf in
this city to have the people see the cracks
and at the same time the biggest tourna-
ment of the country. The club Is easy to
get to and we expect thousands. The only
thing we ask is that every one be a good
sport and follow the directions of those in
charge of the course"
No machines Of members will be parked
on the grounds and none will enter the
grounds. Even the bus line to the west
course will start on the road near the first
has been obtained for parking space. There
Is no truth in the rumor that Ardmore
avenue will be closed during the tourna-
ment. Machines, however. will be requested
not to stand in the road during the play.
One hundred golfers from two huge
committees for the handling of the throng.
Fifty of them will represent the Golf As
sociation OF Philadelphia and the other
so the Merton Golf Club. They will have
charge of the ropes of the many galleries
H., ,I..v Ain
their duties They are expected to be
efficient enough by Monday to be sworn
into active service.
Paralysis and Caddies
The caddy question has not bothered the
Merton committee in the least. Most of the
boys will be Merion's own hand-picxed dele
CATION, raised on the excellent Merton caddy
system, and there is expected to be little
II any trouble due to the incompetency of
caddIes The closing OF the schools will
insure full quota, and 1t was said that
infantile paralysis quarantining would not
affect the situation in the slightest.
The starting officials will be under a
large tent canopy at the first tee, and there
will be another canopy at the eighteenth
green, where Is located an enormous score
board on which all the scores of both courses
will be placed. Scores made on the west |
course in the qualifying round will be re-
layed over to the east course by motorcycle |
at noon and twilight.
The train strike threatened for Monday :