The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1917-02-26
MAKES PLEA
FOR OUTDOOR
LIFE IN CITY
AT GLEN PARK
Clerks and Professional Men,
Following Sedentory Pur-
suits, Need Recreation in
Golf and Tennis.
COST ONLY NOMINAL
BY FRANK DUNiNG

This is not necessarily an ap-
peal for the shoe clerk.
Neither is it a symposium on
the trials and tribulations OF the
fourteen-dollar-a-week book
keeper or the distributing agent
of the corner grocery store.
It deals with a proposition re-
vived with the coming of the
first robin and the shrubbery
agent. It, this article, of course
might be labeled:
Appeal for the Clerks.
An appeal for the fellow (girls are
not barred) who works indoors eight
or ten hours day, but who has the
same interest in the outdoor games OF
tennis or golf that might be listed with
the daily routine of the fellow who
merely takes vacation, when not A.
tending school.
In Richmond, what percentage OF
the younger generation, do you think,
is privileged Ito participate Ia an oc-
casional game Of tennis or golf?
An infinitismal fraction, is the ans
wer.
Perhaps 200, and undoubtedly fewer
of Richmond's citizens appreciate the
difference between 'caddie' and 'tee.'
A fusilade of fore" would tempt them
to ask the participant to soft pedal
his conversation a trifle.
More Know About Tennis.
The game of tennis is little better
understood. Counting in the high
school and prep students who acquired
knowledge of the game largely
through the efforts of an efficient
school playground system fair per-
centage of younger Richmond can act
at home on the tennis court.
But this appeal is for the grown-up.
the school athletic authorities will
care for the juveniles.
The point to be made: Why not
give the grown-ups a chance to play
golf and tennis just as soon as the
open season for palm beach suits is
ushered in.
How?
Easy. They do it in every other
city east of the Appalachians.
Also at points closer to home. Mad
isonville, O., suburb Of Cincinnati,
for instance.
At Madisonville, it's common to
hear William Jones, the grocer boy,
call up Harry Smith, the plumbers
apprentice, and make date for "a
couple of rounds after work this eve
ring"
The city authorities have linked
their efforts with those of the school
leaders and the result is that Harry
Smiths day is softened by prospect
Of better things later in the day.
What Would Be Cost?
What would it cost Richmond to
lay out a, or a couple, for that matter.
golf links. in picturesque Glen Mil
ler? Certainly not very much.
The players would furnish their
own paraphernalia. The city would
only be asked to keep up the course.
The popularity of Glen Miller park.
in the estimation of the fellow who
spends his weekend in the neighbor-
ing city, would rise perceptably.
And there's the case of the fellow
who likes tennis.
RlCHHOlu Has pidy SIouiiuS Win tCh-
mis- equipment for the school children.
Why not give the grown-ups chance?
Muneie Laps Ahead Of City
Muncie, Ind. is laps and laps ahead
of Richmond in this line. In Muncie
everybody plays tennis. There is no
age limit.
Mccullough park. the property Of
the city. corresponds in many ways to
our own Glen Miller. In size and
beauty it is not to be compared with
the Richmond park.
Rut Mccullough park holds a warm
spot in the hearts Of the Muncie shoe
clerk, bookkeeper or floor walker.
Because it represents place OF rec
reation, place where irksome Incl
dents of the business life are for
gotten amid fresh air and good fellow
ship featuring a tennis match at the
close of a days hard grind
And this is something Richmond's S
parks do not do.
But there is no logical reason why
they should not