The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1922-02-01

BOSTON, Feb. If anything is going
10 slow up the astonishing accretion to
the army of golfers it is lack OF enough
courses to accommodate all who desire to
play 1t takes more than "back lot -
to either satisfy or accommodate the
golfer.
Men who have been and still are fore
most i'm advancing the interests of golf
have given a great deal of thought to
this problem of the homeless golfer.
That is why so much time was devoted
to the cause of municipal golf at the re
cent meeting of the Massachusetts as
sociation: that Is why President Litch-
field urged the establishment of pro-,
gram OF furthering, the cause of mmi-
ciral golf
More courses are going to be built, a.
lot OF them; but this cannot be done III
a daV frequently not III year. Mean I
time. there are the thousands who wish
10 play and who gladly would pay all
most any sum within reason to become
animated with clubs already existent,
only to tud the doors closed against
them and the card full membership
hanging on the outside. Nothing IS left
except the waiting list and that, III Il
number Of instances, Is of discouraglng
length.
Among those who have taken up cud-
GELS for the - homeless - Is \. ID. Locke,
7,,r,aer ,,rrsident of the NJ. G. A.. and
now IA member OF the [. :. G.. \. eXecu-
Nv ,.numittrr Mr. Locke at the NJ G..
\ meeting quoted figures which showed
how tremendous was the attendance last
-agsot ON the uunieir,aI courses OF Chi
$500 ON one of which the daily average
was arDroyimatelv 500 Without going
into any exclamation of the significance
of Li, romparisou. he then went on to
,uotc helIrr4 of uIay at Brae-Burn last
,ear Which shny.rd that ON one of the
Iuaig-t l,riyotr courses IN the land the
E"il, attendance was unfortunately 100
a DIV ar lO0 les. than inc Chicago MUM
ri,,3I course i'm Chicago. and about 200
la.. ia. he has since learnedD than the
daily average at Boston municipal
,o1lfsa
In uuotifr such figures. without word
diarrauinr the point he had in mind.
Sir olL-, left # for the DELEGATES from
The different NJ 4 q clubs to catch the
inditferenra that the private clubs are
not doin,r thnir fuU dutv to sink home
+6S+ # 7u0 a daI- ! tbe AVERAGE for
I5I.,nI-ii,, parL, win its niue-hoIa reglIlar
l..,5,--.. ami . few odditionaI holes for
I,.oi,,rars tba -eIubs- surely can
.,,--,,r1odate TnoTp than they are doing
u,,,>-. far most Of them probably do not
i,a-,.' INV, .,,I daiI[- AVERAGE n the IO0
sGr
M fkornu5bIv convinced i the I :
q ,.oI,,,ri1teu,,n Of Tho souudness of
H. 7'o.iti,u tint he routc,nf,lotes max
in.e :, motion At he Rran- Burn annual
meet fnlr that tie duh increase its mem
i.a,.I,i,i NV 9Gp H., fpdg Justification for
he mnya E,- an ANALYSIS of Rrop-Burn
membership and plaving statistics. The
,.IiL Iss SU6 members Of whom 603 have
fa,r,i,, ooIf mrDLarsL;n and "a are
.iI.rfa members with rolfinr privileges.
Ta{-inr these feures in connect ion With
H., 9[,oraoa 1,I9ving attendance of an.
rr,.>-ira+ai, no he dadnces Thai the ac-
,,I,i.it;on Of o0o moro members vonId
iIt ;,,crsal, +bo. tt+andanca alar-
no.. nv moro than - :
Racl, Of his desire to hSlp the home
le-.ft and prove that the golfers are I'M
selfish Mr. Locke points ont that the
orc WA, to Lrin@ abomt that Golf econ
omv which /. heing 50 strongly voiced.
,vithout any accomnauyinU SUGGESTIONS
i'm. soIu+ior,. i nv increased member
lLin Tho Golfers he saws will surely
I ,Io ,,oda5+ rotraare, u ,av
h. ro.libIa bora and t6ere tbpI, win not
.I, tl, - ,,.oI,iI, ~ oi,Ib t,,o,ciI,,,
Es;+i +IIa incra,ead r,nrobnrsbin that
Ia flr~a- Mr. TncI-, rarogniZas certain
,,,.,- TrobIar1s e1ei3 as ,Srn,.id;rr ada.|
l1atn IocI-nr orcon,oda+iors 10 taL-a
IN more members aud tbnn oxrand S5a (
"a or moro ON q ne,r locker buiIdinoi
,,1,IJ La the Lei@ht of faISe economy
MS recnmmendation i thai TWO mem
her, divide the sp3ce of one locker to /
~, ,i,t ,,.haTo o II tha NOW, 1,7a7,La,s- 70
art.ot9modated It i throngb added
14frIberSbin. as he sees if that yearly /
Jma5 can he decreased and The riS;ng
tiIo If cIub cole %osts cbacI.nd nv re-
d,,.,ed
10 any nronosition involving an in
crease in rombcrsbin without am, NAV !
inc. reetrictions The rank and file of3
Crrater Roston rIub oilers gre liL-alv IN
turn dear ear Tho MIGHT he more .
},.,.antivn tn iLe idea Of what one cIub
fra.,rs =. Iipoitrd'' members XVincbes /