Evening star., 1922-11-12

Washington will have the Secoiio O."
ma, national public links tourney mere
newt summer. and while IT CANNOT De
hoped that Washington Eol.er ,t,,;c
win IT. there is no question that puol'e
~oif in the capital will receive an mn
netus from the tourney that VIII mean
hetter things for the players "ho w
not belong to country cluns. ~
One of the major and immed,ate au
r.ntapes is the rushing to constrac,ioi
.ts fo,,r holes necessary to complete
the eirhteen-hole layout In East fo.o"a. s
park Nine holes have been III pray ~.
1hree years. and five adoltloha, noeS -
we're completed last summer lou.
which now are in use as ,t.e ~ Sniss
rhort course. The four additional noiss
necessary to round out the eighteen -hoi
course practically are competed a
are expected TO be in tptop shape loI
the public links tourney. AHhousu .ne!
were completed only snort tlfie "so -,
which the golf course Is iaio out, .ha
there Is hardly question tnas ina; 'iu ~,
new holes will be In good condition IN
time for the championship.
Three Public Courses Here
Washington now has, either in use or
under construction. three goiI courses
two of nine holes and one OF eignIeen
holes The eighteen-hoie layout m s,ast @
Potomac Park naturally Is the nose
nopular. although the nine-hole couIse
rest Of the railroad bridge. is crowded
from dawn to dark with devotees %.
this same-new to the parks OF tne
capital The nine-hole course IN Eo.A .,
outs in any city-wil, be put IN use
next May. and will prove to be very
popular with the public links goleFs
from uptown
The golf displayed by the public course
nlayers is quite as good as that played
at any of the country clubs about the
city. Scores Of 73 and a. on the oifl-
cult nine-hole course, In East PotonAc
Park are not uncommon. ana tne coui 20
has developed number OF promising
younc golfers, who fiirt with par every
time they go out Agnew and VoiEht,
while they stand out as the best Two
PLAYERS on the public course. are not oy
any means alone. Bill Mcclure. tne
Otell brothers. l.. A. Sanford, secretary
to Sneaker Gillette: E. p. Brooke. a
former District champion. and many
others are we'll qualified to play high
class golf in any local event.
Strong Players on List.
But these men are hardly OF the
class of the younger generation OF
public links players in other cities,
and for that reason probably the 1873
public links championship will go
outside of Washington. Eddie Held
of st. Louis. the present public course
titleholder and George Aulbach OF
Boston. who carried Cyril Tolley to
the thirty-third green at Brookline.
are by long odds better than any OF
the local boys. Held, in particular,
is a crack player, able to hold up his
end in any company, although he did
not do so we'll at Brookidne as did Aul-
bach. Chicago has one or two fine
Young players. who will take no ODDS
from even the best of the nations
amateurs. =.
With the growing Of public links golf
In Washington and the expected spur
to the game here by the public links
tourney next summer. 1t would not
he at all surprising to see pubic
links product annex the District
championship within a few years.
voight was second in the District
titular event played at Columbia
few days ago, even with a bad second
round Of 81. The very number OF
young golfers learning the game on
the public courses insures that one or
two Of the youngsters are bound to
come along in the game.
Public Golf Has Advantages.
Public golf appears to do more for
the younger generation of players
than does golf at the country clubs.
The public links golfers usually do
not have the advantage of well-to-do
fathers who can afford to. spend
money on lessons from the club pro-
fessional Usually they pick UP the
game by a natural aptitude for it and
a natural knack of initiating the best
that is sure to bring results Youth
and its confidence does the rest. aided
by keenness and plenty of practice.