South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1918-07-24
RED CROSS GAINS
So, 900 At FETE
At COUNTRY CLUB
Large Crowd In Attendance
Ind approximately S.
600 Is Realized From
the Event.

Thousands Of dollars were added
TO the Red Cross fund TUESDAY aft
ernoon at the South Bend Country
CLUB as a result Of . golf match
staged by Charles Chick" Evans.
amateur national golf champion. ana
his three professional partners. Jack
Croke, Jock Hutchinson and Stew
arr Gardner. who are making a tour
OF the country giving exhibitions for
the benefit Of the Red Cross
The exact amount or money
raised will not be- known for a few
DAYS until the various committees
in charge OF the program make
their reports. bat 10 IS estimated
that close 10 $4,000 was realized
The match was won oy Hutchi-
son and Croke. who were partners.
against Evans and Gardner The
score was six up and five 10 play
IN the best ball foursome George
ONen OF Thicaeo refereed the
match.
Jackie Band Feature
Besides the four noted golf play
ers on The program another feature
was the appearance OF the Jackie
hand from the Great lakes naval
school composed o. so pieces The
band rendered several patriotic Sc
lections I'm their march through the
streets OF this city Tuesday noon ad
vertising the event AT the Coun-
try club they followed the players
and crowd around the course and
furnished music at intervals
Auction sales, rafnes. sale OF score
cards. All kinds OF soft drinks and
sandwiches. cigars. cigarets and
golf driving contest open To- every
body were some of schemes de-
Vised for raising money on the
grounds
Auction OF Caddy Privilege
The auction ale was held previ
Gus 10 the start Of the match and
John r. DeHaven and Nelson L.
Jones were the suctioneers This
auction cons. sted or bidding FOR
the privilege Of acting as tzdds for
the reputed players j. r Erssine.
with a bid OF $40. was allowed 90
carry Chick" Evans go-f para
phernalia around the course besides
keep his eve on the golf ball after
Chick mad made mis- drives A
S1OG bid was received for the caddy
Job for Hutchinson. while Gardner
and Croke's caddies were purchased
for 500 and 500 respectively
Tuesday viii not only be remem-
hered as red letter day from a
golf standpoint AT the Country club.
but from 2 social one as we'll All
afternoon and during the early
evening constant stream OF MAJ
chines arrived ~ the club. bring
ing all OF south Bends society folks.
Young and otherwise
Net a single one of those ma
chimes. either. capped the youthful
Red Cross workers who guarded
every entrance 90 the clun grounds
selling entrance tags and score
cards Women were located near
the club and az various places along
the golf course. Soft drinks. candy.
peanuts. chewing gum. etc. were
sold at these booths while cigars
and cigsrets could be bought from
members Of the young women s
motor corps Another group or
Young women sold red. white and
blue boutonnieres.
Women CndauntCd by Heat.
Neither the hot sun nor the dust
deferred those women who We're not
otherwise engaged from following
the course with the golf players.
and indeed some evinced more in
terest and knowledge of the game
than did many OF the men who also
braved the hot sun 20 witness the
hest golf game ever played on the
course.
The club house and grounds. AL
ways most attractive. We're made
doubly so for this gala day Ameri-
can Flags were placed at intervals
along the driveway approaching the
club and Red Cross emblems and
Flags were arranged a. every point
~ vantage on the veranda and iu
the club house.
Dinner was served at o'clock