Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1922-01-21
CITY IS OFFERED
GOLF LINKS CHEAP
Course Being Built at Willow
Grove Can Be Acquired.
Ready for Play Soon
NOVEL SAVING SCHEME
BY SANDY McNIBLICK

! A BRAND-NEW type of golf sales
II man is in our midst. He is differ
ent from the rest because he doesn' t
carry his samples with him He sells
golf courses.
Which is to introduce f. ]. Byr1e.
Of New York. His business Is uniohe
and deserves q hearing.
The company buys ground. builds
golf course on it. the clubhouse and all
the rest OF N and then sells il. Mr..
Byrne IS golf course expert. having
bad a hand in building some of the
finest courses in many districts. His
firm Is now engaged in building a course
az Willow Grove.
The contour Of the ground there is
such that a $500 yard course can b.
built on the 112 acres available Tho
terrain is ideal for Course-rolling
ground. woods, winding creek and at
least one very fine spot for water
carry.
There is fine farmhouse on the prom
erty, with all modern improvements. in
Guiding electric lights. steam heat.
plenty of baths and things. There are
two barns for locker houses. The Lime.
Kiln pike runs virtually 10 the door.
AS soon as this promising golf layout
Is ready for play the company is willing
10 sell 1t: lease it or help TO form n
club which can buy or lease Il.
Chance for City
The proposition looks like a fine
chanccr for the city to step in and an
mex the property for another public
course. The Park Commission has two
sites, one at Tacony and the other at
Pennypack Creek. where IL wishes 10
build another course as soon as II gets
the finances. That is liable TO be n
long time.
When the finances are available more
ground will have to be purchased. ex
perts hired at from $50 10 $40 a day.
grass seed. sand, fertilizer, machines
and so forth must be purchased. The
cost of il all will come to far more than
the Willow Grove project all finished
Time will be saved.
Ihls new company saves money on
experts. on materials, on time and so
many things that it can turn over the
whole business ready for play at tire.
mendous saving. We know the price
of the Willow Grove course. but we
dassent tell.
Anyhow the cash involved is only 10
could step in there, acquire the course
at ridiculous figure for au eighteen
| hole championship course. and take its
time about paying for the whole works
The city is badly in need of another
public course for the coming season.
and this looks like great chance to
get it--cheap.
A landscape firm Is backing the con-
! struCtion company. The former or
ganization has the Endorsement Of
nearly all of the large estates around
Philadelphia on which it has done
work.
Mr.. Byrne is submitting his propo-
sition 10 City Councils and the Park
| Commission, and some kind of action
on the matter of public course is cx-
pected very soon.
Paul Tswksbury received handsome
silver esarette case yesterday as his prize
pGnssp I5 GssSs ~ ihs msgr cham
The tall runner-up is all beams at the
thought Or the next event az Pine Valley
Hs IS OF the opinion that total OF OO-85-
ls6 ought TO qualify there Whats your
guess
Despite their hectic success IN exhibition
matches, jock Hutchison and Jim Barnes
how come they annexed the british and
| Anne rican open titles last season lock won
! the Northern California title ana Jim made
runaway OF the California state event. '.'aO'
The Newspapermen's Golf Association Of
PhNade!phia WILL be launched January %
at Il meeting in the Hotel Walton NJ q 40
Frank McCrscken Is getting Il UP, as he
feels he's not getting enough competition,
All lhe scrIoes are urged 70 attend.
There are now aid 10 be three vacsrcles
t"r pros in Philadelphia. One Is al Ar0ni.
k, another
a. Forest View: Alex Dous!as has Ieft IN"
FIRST named and Jim Thomson has Enra 10
New York from Overbrook ~
Alex Fndlay ia touring In E-rnn.