Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-06-06
TELLS HOW TO
RUN MATCHES
Chick Evans Describes Golf
Games Played for the
Red Cross
STAGED IN d L L L T H
By CHARLES (CHICK) EVANS, JR.

BY CHARLES tCHlCkD EVANS, Jh.
Warren Wood and I were on our
way to winnipeg for a Red Cross
match on the Queens birthday and
stopped off at Duluth for this other
match, which had been hastily arranged
by the w G. A.. inspired by the thrifty
desire to lessen travelling expenses to the
Red Cross. and it is just this manage
ment that is making the work this year
so effective.
We had not known great deal about
Duluth golf but we have learned that
it is a fine brand Of the article In the
morning paper we read an enthusiastic
account of our coming match, and we
were met at the station by John Mullen,
who drove us in a big car, with a big
Red Cross on it, out to the club. There
we met George Sargent. and were soon
playing a few practice holes over the
Northland Country Clubs course, which,
by the way, is only a fifteen-minute
automobile drive from the heart of the
city.
Clubhouse Caily Decked
AL lunCneOn time the clubhouse was
a beautiful sight Wherever we looked
were the flags of our allies. The biggest
flag of all was the great symbol of
Mercy, the Red Cross. and above it
atop the tall flagstaff streamed Old
Glory.
Less than week before Warren and
/ had played at Memphis The day
was really warm, almost hot, and trees,
shrubs. vegetation in general, was in
full foliage. When we left Chicago
spring there was far advanced. but in
Duluth the trees were just beginning
to leaf out. We were taught con-
vincingly the varieties of the North
American climate. Early as it was the
course was in good condition. and /
understand that Mr. Groves was re-
sponsible for the fine shape of the
green's
The little clubhouse was backed up
against a big rugged hill, and from 1t
and from any part of the course one
could always see the clear waters of
Lake Superior, where the slow-goine
! heavily laden boats were carrying ore
| for eastern steel mills. for this little
patriotic city of the North is of Vita
aid to us and our allies in this time
of war.
Embarrassing for Players
At 1890 o'clock we left the club
| house. Downtown we found band ant
| almost twenty cars. In each of the frs
four was one of the golfers, accompanied
| by a sturdy little girl holding aloft a
placard bearing huge Red Cross ant
| his name in letter of tremendous size. II
was an embarrassing moment for modest
men. There was large crowd on the
street and at the windows and as ever,
woman who does Red Cross work II
Duluth was asked to wear her uniform
| the effect was impressive.
Back at the clubhouse the pretty Ret
Cross girls. with cheeks like roses from
the nipping wind. sold tags, cigarette
and candy, and there was even a fortun
wheel at which | won a wrist watch. 4
British recruiting officer and a blue uni
formed French officer were in our gal
Elery-the Briton much interested in ou
shots-the Frenchman in the very beau
tiful girl who accompanied him.
The match was pretty good one
with plenty of both good and bad shots
Warren and ! were defeated by the pro
fessionals, and 1t was all right, too. We
Clarkson is very popular at his club an
his victory will do him world of goot