Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1922-06-03
PINE VALLEY SET
FOR T|TLEE EVENT
Course in Great Shape for 25th
Philadelphia Golf Champion
ship-Officials Work Hard
IS MAGNIFICENT SETTING
BY SANDY McNIBLICK

THE twenty fifth anniversary Of the
L contests for the amateur golf cham
pionship Of Philadelphia will be cele-
brated at the Pine Valley Golf Club,
hailed by critics. national and interna /.
tional, rs one Of the very best golf tests
in the world, If not the best.
1t is the first tournament Pine Val.
ley has ever held and the officials there
are going to give 1t nll the furbelows
and attraction Of national champion.
by the u. s. G. A. on holding the ma =
tional, and has been urged to hold local
events. But the officials have stead
fastly held to their purpose Of not hold
ing tourney till the course was rchdy.
That time has come. The fairways and
green's could not be better.
Now that the barrier has been
dropped they are going to leave nothing
undone to make this one of the finest
local championships ever played. II
will be surrounded by the dignity of O
great event. and this year it is safe to
say that winning the Philadelphia title
will mean more than 1t ever has ir the
past.
No club has ever taken an interest in
holding the championship such as Pine
Valley is taking. 1t has seen to It,
with the care taken at national events
that Its course is fright 1t has gone
into the details of press arrangements.
entry accommodations. parking space.
gallery plans and feeding spots.
There will be the glamor of a rea!
golf event at Pine Valley next week.
The winner will have come through
about the very finest field that ever
played for the title. and on about the
most compelling and difficult. if you
will. course that ever staged the affair.
No wonder the committee. the fans
and the players are all het up over the
event. The privilege of the course Is
extended to all contestants for prac-
tice rounds on Monday and Tuesday
There are no local events those days.
and it is safe to say that every man
jack Of the field will take fling at the
Jersey course then.
One has to be familiar with its topog-
raphy to play Pine Valley well. The
shots must be hit right or the totals
will fatten distressingly. Practice
there is essential.
dral to which the linksmen pilgrims
from all over the world have come for
inspiration. Some have gone away with
new faith in their ability. Others
have thrown their clubs in the creeks
there.
But still they come, and no wonder.
AS one preparation for the tourna-
ment. representatives of all the local
newspapers were entertained at Pine
Valley this week. Mark Stambach,
chairman Of the Entertainment Com
mittee, did what he could. but the day
was too short. The scribes went away
meath the surface there.
There is something more at Pine VAL
lev than a collection of the most Won
derful golf holes in the world. something
more than the majestic beauty of the
vistas as one stands with hat in hand
on the heights and looks down there
on the works of God and man.
There is the spirit of Pine Valley, the
spirit of George Crump visualized as he
walked with dog and gun through its
wilderness years ago, dreaming wonder
full dreams Of golfng Utopia there.
The spirit that invaded other disciples
who gathered in the cause, that over
came great problems of engineering.
finance and construction, that carried
on through one hazard after another
the spirit that has brought them not only
to play there, but to live there.
They are bound by the ties Of friend
ship such as held the three musketeers
Of fiction. These Pine Valley men hafe
a mission, q golf mission. 1t Is round
ing into fultillment.
Next week they have invited the town
to play there. eat of their golf plenty,
to learn to love the course as they love
it and to attest that their work has not
been in vain.
The best way to say 1t is not with
flowers. Say it with mashies.