The Birmingham age-herald., 1922-02-28
Crimsons Defeat Tenn.
 Cagesters, Score 29-25
The Spread of Golf

In Scotland every one golfs-now.
 In America nearly every one will golf-presently.
 Two factors, aside from the charm of the game itself, contributed large ly to the wonderful popularity of golf in Scotland The first of these, I think, was the long hours of twi- light which obtain in Scotland. If you have spent some evenings in scotland you know what "In the Gloaming' means. Some peculiar at- mospheric and climatic conditions bring this about over there. The long hours of soft, evening light are wonderful for golf. Tens of thou sands of Scots thus took up the game partly because they had plenty of time in which to play in the evening hours.
 Then, too. golf has always been cheaper in Scotland than 1t is here. Clubs, balls, everything costs less over there. But the great factor in this lower cost of playing is the great number of public courses. To great extent the public course idea has spredd to England so that there are about as many public links there as in Scotland.
 was talking just the other day
 
 London, who was telling me of some of his difficulties In finding a house in London. I knew he was a golfer, so when he mentioned having finally found place inquired If there was golf course near.
 "Yes, indeed" he said, ~two of them. am only two squares from one public links, while the other one is directly in back of my place."
 This man, I should point out. does not live away out in the suburbs of London, but in the city proper. He mentioned that he goes back and forth between his new house and the downtown section on one of the many London bus lines.
 One of the tendencies encouraging gclf in this country is a duplication. in manner, of the factors I have cited as having done so much for golf in Scotland. Our moving up of tho clock" during the summer months operates to give us an even ing period which is something like the gloaming of Scotland. This ap- plies particularly to those sections of the country that are in the western areas of the four-time zones. De- troit, for ingtance, is in the western area of the eastern time zone: Omaha .n the central time zone; Los Angeles and Seattle are in the western areas of the Pacific time zone These places gain much more than an hour of daylight when the clock Is moved forward. But the gain everywhere is considerable and adds much time to the golf-playing evening. In my earlier golf days I never expected at all to play a round after the business day. Of late years l do a great deal of my playing after 6 o'clock. The three hours between 5:30 and 8:3o in the evening provide, I think, the ideal time for IS holes of the favOrite sport, and even a foursome can get around in that time if they move along.
 Fortunately, no one has to make an argument in behalf of the public links in America and Canada. Wher- ever they have been established their popularity has been demonstrated almost instantly. Park commission CTS from cities in nearly every cor per of America have largely been | corresponding with Commissioner Mckinley Of Chicago, and I can sense from this, and from remarks MT. Me- l Kinley has made to me, that na- tional wave of public links building will be witnessed in this country within another year or so. I am per- fectly safe in the prediction that in another four or five years there will not be an important city in the United States that will not boast of five to ten. possibly more, public golf courses This development is in- evitable. Golf Is sweeping across the country, steadily gaining in favor with the masses of the people, and it's hold on these people is sure to grow and last because no one who takes up the game ever aban- dons it
 The national query, Whats the scorer" will give way to What did you get around inT'
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