Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1920-03-19
OLD YORK ROAD is going to max,

hbD nohh hoAp Is going 10 make
~ S<things hum in the golf circles Of
Philadelphia this year. For the first
time in the statistics at hand the club
has landed championship, the same
being the junior title tilt.
But the Jcnkintown club plans an
even bigger event than this.
The first week in July it will hold an
Invitation event which it figures to
make the most attractive in Philadel-
phia. The dates proposed arc July l,
? and 3. Invitations will be sent stars
and buffers alike. A particular
effort will be made to get the real stars
Of Philadelphia to play.
The club has n compact layout and a
beautiful course for an invitation
tourney with tine clubhouse facilities.
Last summer Willie Park. the famous
Briton golf grand daddy, spent some
time at the course, going over it thor
oughly. He mapped out several fine
changes that could be made. Three holes
will therefore be made longer and a
couple OF others will be made anew.
Faulty green's will he banked up against
the shot and golfers at Old York road
will find a pleasing playground when
the changes are finished.
As prizes for the tournament the club
Is going to go all the other clubs one
better" Cups will be taboo and the
committee is already engaged in OBJ
tanning the most attractive prizes pos
sible.
At the local annual golf meeting one
of those present arose, with look Of
reminiscent hate in his eye. evidently
for some steward Of the past, and sug-
gested that golfers at tournaments be
given free lunch" This player
figured that such move would do lot
toward drawing crowded entry lists to
the tournament. this being the matter
under discussion. The same golfer had
first suggested that no entrance fees be
charged for the tournaments.
AS the fellow says, you could hear
pin drop.
The main problem of the suburbanites
right now is-who is going to step into
the breach to make a class + for the
team competition? Glasses A and b at
present contain five clubs where were
four before. 1t is hoped to form a fifth
class, Z, with the aid of two volunteer
clubs. ....
Whitemarsh, St. Dayids and Spring
haven are the clubs in mind TO step into
the breach. II two volunteer they will
form a fifth division with Woodbury.
and Rivertou, now the extras in and
b. II nobody volunteers there will be
qualifying rounds for A and b. the high
club dropping out of each division. II
two clubs more volunteer, 1t Will make
five clubs for tho scmifinals.
This will make it nice, too, but as
Francis r. Warner, secretary of the
golf association said at the, recent meet
ing, 1--WE won't cross any bridges till
we come to them"
Alec Duncan. brother of the famous
George Duncan, the Scotchman, who will
NOT invade America this year with the
notablcs to lift some of our titles, has
left Gimbels for Chicago. where he has
been recalled to handle the pressure Of
his business developing on his golf club.
Alec has a patent on his weight idea in
the sole Of his club, OF which last year
there was q sale Of nearly 10000. The
brass sole and weight is one piece with
the weight being concentrated in back
of the hitting surface of the club. 1t is
vast improvement over the lead
filed and also makes a very pretty
finished product.
Probably az the. other fans have been nStic; S-
Ing. too. that II Is virtually lisht al e;oI
sign OF approaching sprins than an itchy
nose or wet feet Anyhow. when spring
comes In. indoor gOlf goes out. But while
There was 'loop.swinger' in action the
ether day who glued the attention Of all
the stregglers banging around one Of the
schools. Indians used to swing a tomaha wi;
that way once twice around tho head and
then down with an awful chop.
But Chief L0op.tke-Loop hadn't much start
on another aspirant In the next alley, who
evidently got his data for making golf shots
from digging for potatoes on a farm, getting
his right knee in for a lvnse in back OF the
stroke that always turned up an extra spul
Tnese PLAYERS h!"ays speah a'Ily me Whls'
Of 78's and SIS they had the last time they
played.
At that. around Philadelphia. there is NOR,
than one nine.hole course.
Howard T. whitney. former secretary o
the United States Golf Association, and on,
OF the Vics presidents for ;hls season hal
been chosen president of the Nassau Coun
try Club at Glen Cove. Long Island X,
succeeds Howard w Maxwell and will heat
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