Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-06-05

TNHE average trade association tourna'
i ment is a dependable mine OF golf
humor. Owing TO the fact that the major
ity of players arc very much in the duffer
division and are thinking business while
playing golf, more good stories come out OF
the events than dozen Of the ones that
call out the dour, serious cracks The cheer
full member of the guild is out for good
time. Many of them have never played
before, and the tourney Is intended TO serve
as a get-together event and not cup race
Hearty bursts Of glee follow every missed
shot, and the card with heavy total Is
greeted with thunderous applause,
There are a few trade associations, how
ever. that point with arrogance TO their
talented linksmen. The National Lumber
men is an association with drove Of good
golfers in their midst The organization
stages sundry competitions throughout the
season, and the climax Is reached In June,
when they hold their annual championship.
This year the place Is Shawnee and the time
Is today. Timber sellers from the East,
North, West and South are batting them out
over the hily course of the river resort for
trophies that astonsh in quality and guam
tity.
The contestants will be pushed to the
limit, for there are so many events jammed
into the two-day meeting that the commit
tee calls for a comptometer to calculate
DNSN
nine out of eighteen holes best selective
scores and a few other attractions are
hooked on to the regular tournament. The
qualifying and first rounds Of match play
are disposed of today; tomorrow brings the
semiflnal and the final rounds and every
card figures in the various side attractions.
Good Players in Field
There is bound to be good golf, for there
are many crack players among the timber
sellers, J. B. Mcfarland Jr., II. w. Smed-
ley and ]. Anderson Ross are among the
Philadelphia contestants, and a number of
star golfers of the Metropolitan, New Eng
land and Middle Atlantic districts are al
ways in the running at the classic
Cameron B. Buxton, himself in the fesh
Is again in our midst, and the overload
of local golfdom appears to be in condi-
tion to brush back any challenger who
might oppose his title of Philadelphia cham
pion. Many golfers looked thrice before
they recognized the man behind the walnut
tan of Texas as he walked down Chestnut
street yesterday There will be added zest
TO the coming events no wthat the title
holder is ready and fit to re-enter the
competitions.
Suggestions Worth Remembering
The Springhaven Country Club has sent
out to its members little booklet contain
ing a series of definitions of golf etiquette.
There have been many attempts to define
just what constitutes a real golfer, but the
Springhaven list stands out above the mass
of other rules and suggestions and is worthy
of being copied by other clubs The list
follows:
A real golfer is a gentleman. and only
a gentleman can become real golfer.
The real golfer replaces all divots. He
has the interest of the entire membership
at heart. He is the first one to invoke the
rules against himself. He gives rather
than takes. He never forces his opponent
TO the embarrassment of calling his atten-
ton TO a violation of the rules.
When he loses a ball he Immediately
signals the match following to pass through
and really allows them to pass through
and out of range before he resumes play.
The golf player, who is not a real golfer
is the one who never signals the player
behind to pass through, or who finds his
bali after the match following has started
10 go through, and then resumes play,
much to the congestion Of the course and
the discontinue of the players passing
through.
The real golfer never figures up his
score on the putting green. He moves on
Immediately after holing out, He never
takes practice shots when players follow