Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1922-03-05
MAKE READY FOR GOLF
TOURNEY At OLD WHITE
Spring Season Soon to Open
at Famous Mountain
.e Resort.

Especial to The Times nispatch.l
WHITE SULPHUR SPRINGS. w.
VA. March I--Whitc sulphur
Springs. where arc met ogether
many OF the best traditions OF the
Old South. and the acme of develop
inent in present day comfort. luxury.
and advanced therapeutic facilities,
rs again claiming It's usual thrOng
OF springtirnc visitors,
The European cures may be taken
here without going TO Europe in the
great bath establishment which has
every modern appliance for all forms
az hydropathy, and Il has become u
settled custom with many Southern
ors. as well as with Northern tour
lists, VII" have wlntcrcd farther
south, to come here in March and
April for the baths. riding, golf and
other sports. which VIII hc given
greater variety this year by the ad
dition Of trap shooting To be installed
by April /, near the Hates Mountain
Club
Open Golf Contest In April.
Annual open golf tournaments. and
spring tennis tournaments We're in
troduced last year. ami are bringing
the leading amateur golf and tennis
champions q: the country here for
the spring season. White sulphur
has one OF the finest golf courses
S'uiN oi I RliaucipNla.. ks develop
mcnt Is intensified each year. aud
players who come for the second an
nual open golf tournament. April 6.
: and s. will find il radicals inn
proved since last season. ConspiCu-
Gus amcng the changes is TIL" re-
moyal az the old "Quartc-s" opposite
The Casino, which has permitted an
extension OF the faIrway on the first
hole. and has extended the rough
.nls ..t :,
old bridge over towards Crcek at
THE first tee will nc torn down. A.
we'll as the footbridge from tho
eighteenth tee TO the eighteenth hole.
and 81 new bridge 30 DE erected al "A
point midway between the two viii
accommodate iucominS and outgoing
golf players. as well as enhance The
beauty OF the View from the front oc
the Casino.
The fourth tee on the uew course
has hceT raised TWO and 4 halt feet
above the fairway. an elevation
which golfers Will take much sHtlS-
faction in, and the trap TO The left
Of the thirteenth green has been
greatly enlarged. making the hole
more sporty. y line Of hunker> j.
now extended diagoualiy across III.
fairwa! at tho fourteenth hola shout
leo yards from the tee. adding in
tcrcs, 1T this point. and the putting
green in front OF til" Casino. as well
ts the tennis courts ara being rc-
topped, auI bull; up several inches
under the supervision OF an expert
The courts viii he in splendid shape
for the second annual spring tennis
tournament to open AprI Is. Wal
lace Merrihcw is chairman o.: The
tournament committee which in
cluGcs Reals {, Wright. Howard
Nachell ana Harold Th-ocAmorton.
Tennis players who nave been tax
Ing part in tournaments farther
south Will arrive for tho event in
private car.
The tournaments VIII attract a
large spring colony. which will over.
fow The Gyeenbrie- and III many OF
the hotel cottages. Adolph Lewiston
az New York. viii arrive from Palm
Heach ia u few DAYS In his private
car. brinSing = party Of friends with
nina. Mr., and Mrs. Joseph Palermo
arc also coming Up from Palm Beach
and others who wlll arrive shortly
from Florida resorts are Mr. and
Mrs. Lorenzo J. Woodhousc. Mrs. {
Ritz Waller, and Mr.. and Mrs James
/. Wallace
Mr. and MIS- william Lewis. ana
Thornton Lev -. H.. II Los Angeles.
after q stay in Florida resorts. 49,
rived here this Week and are guests
o. Mr and Mrs. Thornton Lewis at
The Ni.utCu-s