Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-05-09
MONEY INSTEAD OF PRIZES TO BE
ECIVEN FOR SHAWNEE GOLF, WINNERS
PRESENTING SAME TO WAR FUNDS
Fine Idea Amounts to
personal Contribu-
tions-Baltimore Has
Good Plan
Nv SANDY McNlBLiCk

~opr than $1,000 generally eXp"nd a
wi -, shawnee for prizes to winnera of
A.. eoIf trophies there Will he turned over
w y. or funds by a system which appeals as
n the most attractive yet announced.
o,. on, ys tho n,an TO hold all the tournaments
..is,naIIy scheduled on the card OF the
cnno Country club. hut instead NJ the
rss.,.s and handsome plate usually placed
4: ,hs arms Of the eager players. there
m, ~ ho given gold. silver and bronze
sada,s even down even down to the rum
n.rs-up Of the defeated eights'
Instead Of the other trophies, as here
.otore there will he set aside the equlNa-
lon, in checks. The winner "' 'he rrSt
s,nh, ,.n will have the privilege of saying to
~, ~ var emergency or Fed Cross fund
,,o,,Id like his check donated. This
MI amount to his personal contribution
10 that fund' , ,., ro,,d
nn,ouse on all sides. and the success ot
~ mountain tournaments is already as
"red II is a certainty tha' 'he 'h'rN
i,sts will be as fine as ever
rhe first tournaments scheduled Is me
nen's event f,r June ~ to le The next
i, The grand summer rallN. Wheh 'he ''eh
- IN Il on July ~ 10 IL
Sr.roo or four golfers we have spoken
!. n.ho were rather on the tournament tense
NJ vear nave already sIgnlfed thelr IN
..n,,on .,,S of entering the tournaments at
sbavnee, under the new schemc'
Another Way
,o,hor vay around the seemingly foot
~ nroiud'res Of some golfers has been
tound nv the committee .. the Baltimore
coun,rv club which is far from abandoning
u mutation tournament. which is on the
i.,s for the last three DAYS of TINS week.
The event will be called an "informal
var-tme tournament" run something at'er
,be fashion of the Lakewood tournament,
whore there as now particular emphasis
laid on the prizes TO ho won. Instead there
was a subscription made to the Red Cross
and other emergency funds
This is now the popular stunt ana the
evidence piles up daily that the clubs are
beginning tp come back to earth. II is a
certainty that few tournaments Will h"
called off and II is said that there is con.
adorable regret in tho lone hold.out camp,
over I'm the metropolitan belt. where there
vas such 4 Scurryirg to cover of the
! tournament committees at the first crack
CT war.
The NJ. G. A. asked that no invitation
tournaments he held except -Our large bene-
fl on Memorial Day, hut the sun is coming
through the clouds again and tho pros
poets are that before long sCme Of the old
I time events will he set out, as usual, for
the tourney-tching golfers.
Tie first regular tournament of tn" Phil.
adelphia district will be held on Friday oi
this week at he OvorbrooE Golf club
when the feminine players will tee off 70,
the Gest cup. There has sprung M 4
wild rumor that the event would Not -.
played. but this is entirely contrary e
the views of the committee according I,
IT'S head. Mrs. George W. 'urran. wh'
asks that all entries be sent to her as soor
as possible Address 6il2 Church road
Overbrook
It is earnestly desired TO have all the
entries in plenty of time. 80 that players
may be paired according to handcaps Fol
this reason golfers desiring to enter tn,
classic medal play should bcstir themselves
At once and sign up.
Well Handled
The pairing side of the tournament ha
always been so well handled as to be al
excellent example to other tournament
committees.
Players with the very low handcaps ar,
paired with each other, acting thus a,