Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1922-02-08
m ROPER FAV0RS
NEW PUBLIC LINKS.
eo,,nciIman Believes City Needs
!. Least Two More Courses.
May Vote Tomorrow
srInANCEs DO NOT FIGURE"
NJ SANDY McNIBL1CK


n,uoIisANDS Of linksmen who have
Fss ~ - submit 70 being pushed. and
n ..,oIcd upon at Cobbs Greek II they
".rt 70 play golf are back Of the move
-. 20 cot another public golf course
4 ar PHILADELPHIA. ,,
y rh. Golf Association Of Philadelphia
\ ...,a a resolution ut its last meeting
4 4 f.,or Of new municipal links.
IN, Park Commission has already
.,.od. ont at least two possible sites
=, nav courses onG its maps and is
,u,hinr the matter
what is holding up the project?
n Council? :,
|. We'll. hardly Council that is. not II
n,uucilman William W. Roper has any
y ,a,r, to say about it. Shared in his
\ .Mce yesterday. he said rs much.
n thc Inv and Council he's William
= ro rolf and the football world he 8
B .p,ll, Roper. Hes an outdoor. ruddy-
A..Lsd mans man. An interview with
h sIm d like facing the ocean tempests
4 ~ ~ sesshore links. When he draws a
!. s,.stb thc windows sag in, and when he
~, Az they bag out. A jutting jaw on
~ slant and heavy hand smack on
sSs table belps the emphasis. The little
4 Al land Title Building fairly rocked
4 w;tb The enthusiasm of his grafton.
Needs Two More
"philadelphia. began bill" Roper.
q Hneels at least two more public golf
courses. II needs one in the northeast
n take care Of that section. and It
needs one in the south. Golf is a game
ior everybody. and everybody ought 70
h NAV It. It takes 'cm in the country
q "a The good green grass and the blue
,kes above. Rich and poor, they have
10 walk the miles across country to
4 Nav a round of golf The fresh air
spd the exercise is good for the body
& and the soul.
LAWYER Roper paused to instruct his
,,erk about letter. Coach Roper then
answered n phone call concerning foot
ball at Princeton.
After which Interruptions Council
man Ropcr returned TO the subject OF
more public links for Philadelphia.
"As you know. the Park Commits
son has plotted two sites for new
ilnts one nt Tacony and the other Mt
pennypack Creek. You can't build a
solf Course at Fifteenth and Chestnut
/ have TO 20 in the country, and those
4 locations sound good. Alan Corson. Of
fhe commission. told me the other day
thst an ordinance would be introduced
Council through Mckinley for new
\ public courses there.
y "When!'
Tomorrow. This was jolt.
Some say it took ten years TO put
Cobbs Creek over.
Club Golf Expensive
THAT is" continued Roper. "if
councilman Mckinley sees fit to intro
4 duce the ordinance. The proposal seems
fair enough. There are only four
I Counclmcn who play golf, but every
body recognizes the need of recreation
parks and golf course appeals to all
kinds. There ought to be public
courses. because golf in the clubs Is too
damned expensive. Look at that
lie showed over bill from one OF our
prominent clubs. Exhibit A, as you
might call it, was neatly gotten up and
@id a lot. :.
"They never forget anything
srlnned Roper. and. by the time they
get through adding on taxes and this,
that. and the other there's always
healthy total. Golf is expensive.
DO you think financing will hold up
building new cOurseT'
'Therc are many things replied
the athletic Councilman. that are
wotth while in spite Of the cost. More
solf is one of them
Say II With Divots
The weather demonstrations are not
- good for the golfers these days and
they are gathering at the indoor alleys.
Any one with good story is welcome.
\ Here's the latest:
preacher was out on the links with
: noisy and rcd -ncckcd partner. The
former thought n slight moral lesson
might not be amiss.
golfer, "that tho players who get the
lowest scores are not those who swear"
). The vocifcrous one dug up another
salvot. "Why the hell should they?'
hc snortcd
Speaking Of good scores, the pros
mere are trying TO figure out just what
rrYntage the "Sizzling Seven" made
San, Antonio, the first stop fthe
NVen pros who banded together for a
UP South from which the individual
winnings are to be split seven ways.
..syril Walker won second money. or
S'oo. Pete and Pat O'IIara won 500
between them as fourth and fifth. John
.,ndn "olden and Charlie Hoffner each won
siW: Tom korrigan and Paddy Doyle
mah hgnrc. according to reports re-
wNed' That would, give each Of the
Jven players about S236. Not bad at
;-ior Tour of the seven starters. 1t
ss j. sald that hc "Sizzling Seven" has
vteh increased into "rcrrible Ten"
.nrough the addition of three more pros
70 membership. '''S
hoiner Scores Well
ih's would give cnch of the ten pros
.h neat purse of S1G5. which would lust
.sv .oUut pay for the trip 10 Texas md
'NpshSrs Will" in San Antonio.
,oo., @narliH lloffncr Philmont, is the only
a' soia WIN the party. lie played fine
s',r N, IN very fast field.
,.n ,ne ohly enc with kick at the mr..
,WSng"eneht would seem TO no Cvril
.WIalher, who won the PcnnsvIvnnio
dide @ " Merton last summer. Walker
STsn sr, much percentage out of his
.,% y, ana b" nearly roppcd first money
,n,, San Antonio, which would have
meant $500. "''' "a'e
.v0r,u, @tu, 'lk" Johnny. is Scotch. and
scotchman." ." " ''''s "oo"t tne
iny ",h"r ~, probably didn't mind whack.
"s up MS purse tcn w,ys. .,, -