The sun., 1917-08-27
GOLFERS ARE LOSING
INTEREST In SPORT
War Is Playing Havoc With
Popular Pastime-Womcn
Coming to the Fore.
~ JOHN q. ANDER son.


inc enect or war upon golf IL appar.
from city to city, and the impression
wen reinhins ID mat soit Is played now
~. tno oenent wh'on u gives IN health
's "as '".ue, man ior 'ne pleasure
VI ". IT,. sA w ,o"ser' Or Iather' not
so 'en w i.e"us oan up ir'ehas and
Inano ior oaturoay. sunday or
weeA uay pay' ior tne sp'ri, o, action
sohem"ere e,se .naN OH .ne INKS Is In
% .ne u.I' ~ ~ ,n's sche,he Oh tn'hgs we are
slmpy pe,anehns the course pursued
py tne soiers aproad' only In slower
s'asee
wandering soner Wou'd nnh that
.ne piann'ns ana ouiiaihE OF golf courses
IL not ~ per cent OF wnat u was last
year ana tnat .he repairs ana course
improvements all over the country have
peen reduced 10 MINIMUM To some
c'ups "nich nave peen spending money
very ireeiy IN the nope OF securing
real championenip INKS TINS respite has
peen welcome reieI' IN many clubs
there are golfers who do not take into
account the TACT that goil c'ub must
be run on a close margin OF profit each
year II the best interests or the members
are TO De served. and that this Is impos-
sipie II $25.OOO or $4,000 is put aside
Tor championship aspirations In the mat
ter or links structure.
Aess fiay THIS lear
There has been less play, of courn
Although the number of golfers between
the ages Of IS and 80 comprises rerhaps
ers. nevertheless the golfers who are
no. wlen'n WIN .he aralt period OF NE nave
~ ~ ''e "Ars OF
, nv spo'.. a"y v, zig o,uer men nave
..". =" 'o "a' A,'ios'
a. =. 'n s,.,n,.,s o.. "ole CLOSELY or
nnu , M ~. 81 Jue. INC r,ent
lei s,.s. ~ ", eSe 'ooA
WIZ u'" on 'uo pihy.hs oi 100
,c nueh soi IN 'ness .ii"es OF stress
WI .no vu' pio,essionais a.
W .ne anount ol p.aS u'sc'oseS inc IN
'. r una. ony
ap,an a .hu, a. anu u"'s u.a. tne
g., ~. ~. " "'noo,s
, u &c, nc. VI. pas on ne "een uays Is
&c. '"'Au VI """' II "a' year
VI H,.,.. % A..
S tne reee'Pts Oh inc pros
mn,o ,,;.,. ialen oa. ou' no "orus OF com
,,,, .n ,, ue e,'
pe.'' se '"ey "ou'u pe "'st'ncty
GUY OF place. iew professionals nave
,s,Sr "" .a" ee' peioie'
,;nh, ~ ss ~ 80, sue
- upoi. ~ol'ai son, nany vi 'nenl
,sn." a. ~. "onne .,., .e'ausI 'ney lee. .haS
..s w .U. w.. ~." " oe IN tne way. sna
oo' "''e iei. ',,at oes'h"ei ~ soi
@''' 'S 'o'i' Hsu'e'
finance i"r women "oiiers'
But with the courses all over the
land obtaining less than half the usual
attendance, these women have made un
their minds to surprise the male mem.
bers of the family by showing improve.
ment in the game, and they take lessons
in what they call comparative peace and
quiet
In Canada. so / was told by a Cana
at the varions cIuhs have heen ch,rrsd
so that the ladies can play every day Of
the week. including Sunday. and this
mas resulted in a larger number OF
women and young girls taking up the
game and receiving instruction since
the history or the sport in that country,
At the clubs in Montreal where one
woman or young girl played formerly
ten play now. and the result will be the
raising or the standard OF womans golf
In Canada.
81, 100, Will IL De nero II a similar Sltua-
tion develops. as seems likely hint 10
the women golfers would be to press the
point OF securing more freedom on the
course when 1t appears that there Is an
appreciable slacken!ng in the play OF the
men golfers.
There have been fewer club tourna-
ments by at least fifth Naturally the
interest in the play has not been as great
when publicity was being given 10 TIL
scores and the winners and so on: the
ture has discouraged competit,on Of a
i'.oie iocal sort ana mas resulted IN
oi c''ques for 'he week END play which
ma. or may hot. prooapiy inc latter. De
'eSl io' c'u' spirit ana morale
m. c.o -
Red Cross matches have hourished IN all
parts of the land from the Atlantic to
the Pacific with all sections in their part.
and the amount of money raised by ma
tional and sectional cndeavors for Red
Cross, ambulance or other war charities
totals to the best Of my reckoning to
little over s1S0,00O, with many more
dollars to flow into these channels in
the days to come.
The best of the golf matches OF sec-
tional interest. including those betwesn
Messrs. Travers and Kirkby and Messrs
Ouimet and Guilford, are still TO conn.
while IL Ia planned to haye m. Fast
versus the West in an amateur corter
with the best two representatives com.
peting The number of rolfers who A.,