Indiana daily times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1914-1922, 1922-03-17
GolfN@1S
BY ROY ROBERTSON,

The Golfers Magazine of Chicago, which
IS read by many Indianapolis golfers, mas
lust completed a survey Of the golf game
In the United States and has announced
over 81 600 OO0, 600 will be spent In W.
for golf alone by golf players and the de-
tailed disbursements of that VEST 5 syn
look very reasonable and sensible. rms
does not include any sum for the Two
biz syndicates which Will be paid before
the year Is out, however. How much OF
cut for balls to be driven into the out-Ot-
bounds and the wilderness, never no mOFe
to come backf
!. Ever play golf up at Rochester? Ever
8hear about how serious they take IL up
There Members of the Rochester golI
team go in for extensive training n
preparing for inter-city matches Win
Peru. Logansport and other cities around
All night long they lay awake planning
the attack and if a win is realized, as IS
usually the case, the whole town declares
& holiday and they all go AROUND 20
Freddy Ruh's drug stor" and talk lt
over. The band is called out ana t1e
newspaper tells the story in large heau-
lines on the front page, but II Get lea.
is met, the next day the whole team eau
be found out at the club, no matter now
Indictment the weather. You VIII Hn't
them with this or that particular cluo ina
was their undOing the day DeIOre, pIac-
tfclng as If their very life depended upon
IT, If YOU want to see them on pusl-
ness you are out or luck IoE Iney nave
guards stationed A1Ounu ~
structed not to let anyone break INTO
their concentration unless It is serious
sickness or death that calls. PerIectioin
in stroke and courage is the motto WItB
day he will develop n ten or twelve
man team that will be nigh unbeatable.
indianapolis golfers will be glad to
learn that the United States open cham
pionship is TO be played very near TO
home this year. The SkOkie course az
Glencoe. III. a suburb on the n0rth
shore at Chicago, has been selected by
the officials for the 1922 open event ana
the date has been set for July IL as the
opening day. The British will more than
likely be represented in this event by
several of rneir star pros dHu 3mateu.S
and q few Scots from the other SIDE VIII
attend, besides all of our own famous
golfers. Since the trip TO Chicago is
very short and inexpensive. great many
more INDIANAPOLIS and Indiana golf fans
will be able TO watch the play and stun
more important, many OF cur pros anu
leading amateurs VIII be able 10 pay
in the tournament where they could not
afford the time or money that Is re
Quired when it is played in the East or
at great distances. Indiana mas never
produced a winner in any or the org
events of this kind, yet we have several
golfers capable of forging TO the 'front.'
Why not send the following team to chi
caEo and the open" this season ana
concentrate on the title with little
forcet Pros-Jack Blakeslee' Wallle
Nelson, Gunnar Nelson, George Smith,
George Stark, Dick Nelson, Pete Hendrle,
Bert Meyering. Chick Nelson, Jeh Adams
and Chester Nelson. Any one Of these
boys are experienced at medal play
tournaments and there is not a one OF
them that has not in one tournament or
another flashed up with one or two real
rounds of golf only to have three or four
bad holes in another round ruin their
chances for q big title. With 4 bunch
like that representing Indiana at the
open" in July and with several hun
bred Hoosier buffers up there roofing
for them, we should have a good chance
10 bring home the bacon has been missing
from our championship table in past
years Let's get behind that proposition
and see It materlalize.