Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-06-29
ONLY TWO OF 800 MEMBERS
AT ARONIMINK DON'T PLAY
ROYAL AND ANCIENT GAME
Twilight Golf Very Popular With Players There
Lieutenant Sutton to Auction Golf Balls in Pine
Valley Red Cross Match
BY WILLIAM H. EVANS

0NE of the members of the Aroni-
~ mink Country Club remarked yes
terday that the membership is 400 and
all Of them play golf but two. whereupon
another member said that he knew one
Of the two. but he had failed TO dis
cover who was the other. There is no
doubt that the club has a large playing
membership, and possibly no other golf
club around Philadelphia has SO many
active golfers.
On Saturdays and Sundays the course
is crowded with players and on one re-
cent Sunday there were nearly 2s0 MEM
bers on the links While the club has
some Of the best players in the Phila-
delphia district. notably Norman H.
Maxwell. Walter Reynolds and Fred
Knight, there is a host Of players who
are either just learning the game or who
are still unable to break the century
mark.
Plan to Eliminate Congestion
The favorite game at Aronimink. as
at other clubs, is the four-ball match.
and as most Of the players are engaged
in that sort of a match the match COM
mittee has formulated a new set of
rules. Players in four-ball matches are
urged to play them as best-bali matches.
SO as TO relieve the congestion as much
as possible.
There is no doubt that a four-ball
match where every player puts out his
ball. whether he has q par or an eleven,
is a slow affair. For these four-ball
matches have matches within matches.
There is usually the est-ball match be-
tween the pairs. Then Jones hos indi-
vidual matches with Brown. Black and
Smith. and these in turn have matches
with The other three. In addition Jones
and the rest Of the crowd will match
their cards against other players In
other four-ball matches and under these
conditions 1t is necessary for every one
Of the four to hole out every putt.
Some Sensible Suggestions ..
II is just this condition that has
prompted the new notice. There are
some very sensible suggestions that go
with It. Players are told not to try out
puts after they have once holed out,
moi to add up tho scores on the put
ting green, not to have arguments over
the particular hole on the greens, TO take
their time making shots, but to hurry
between strokes and some other common
sense suggestions are added
Twiligh, golf is very popular at Aron-
mink. Yesterday, for instance, there
we're golfers who were just starting out
at 8 and 6 for their round of golf and
all over the course could be seen two.
three and four ball matches. Just at
present II Is possible to play golf as
la,e as 9 o'clock, and as most OF the
members have their wives out to dinner
there Is no family discord and there Is
an absence of the golf widow.
Course in Splendid Condition
Aronimink is just Ave years old. and
tn. course was never in better condi-
ton than il has been for the last two
or three weeks. As a further preventive
OF congestion, the rough has been cur
low and there 10 no trouble In nnding
pulled and sliced and topped balls. The
bane of most golf courses is the long
rough and the delay caused by hunting
for lost balls. Nothing will tie up
course 30 quickly and 30 enectively as
the long grass, and In eliminating this
Aronimink has gone long way to make
the golf run along smoothly.
That section of the course which, be-
gins with the twelfth hole and ends with
the sixteenth is now in apple-pie order.
For a long time II was necessary to tee
the ball after leaving the short eleventh,
but the turf on the new section 10 now
in splendid condition, and for the first
time the golfers there are sure OF get
ting excellent lies.
Links Fool Visitors
Those who play Aronimink for the hrst
time and get low scores on the outgoing
nine, ret the impression that the course
Is easy. but after they have played the
last nine they are ready to change their
mind. The fourteenth. which II by all
odds the most picturesque and sporty
two-shotter on the course, with possibly
the largest green In the country. does
more to upset a GOOD score than any
other hole At Aronimink. II Ia not a
hard two-shotter II the golfer plays It
right. but II is one of the easiest holes
imaginable to pile up strokes
Lieutenant sutton. who lost an arm
at aallipoli. will auction on the goIi
balls ON the ninth and eightssnth holes
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