The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1922-01-05
Big Four" Of British Golf
Will Tour u. S. This Year
Braid, Vardon, Taylor and Herd to Appear in
Transforming Trip-Golfers Elect Mr..
Hoover Head of Congressional Club.

announced, il is expected that all
four will be starters in the Amer
lean open championship this year
at Chicago.
So far the picking for the Brit
ishers has been soft. Vardon. Ray,
Mitchell and Duncan have favored
US with exhibitions in the past at
a rate of something like $500 per
day. Both pairs went home with
plenty of American dollars as re-
wards for their endurance and skill.
But how long will the barnstorm-
ing be profitable? No one can bring
more. IL he can bring anything at
all. than Fardon and Duncan with
their style and finesse. and Mitchell
and Ray with their prodigious HIT
ting, displayed in the last two years.
1t seems rather doubtful IL those
who are coming will fnd as much
interest shown in their exhibitions
as there was in the others. It's a
question whether or not the goltiE>
public of the United States isr't fed
up on the exhibition stuff by this
time.
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Commerce. was yesterday elecIeo
PRESIDENT Of the newly formed Con-
occasional Country Club. Lieut.. Col.
c. o. Sheriff.. superintendent OF
Public Buildings and Grounds. was
elected vice president. while Repre-
sentative Oscar II. Luhring. of In
diana. was appointed chairman OF
the board Of governors.
Clude Lieut.. Col. Sheriff.. Repre-
sentative LuhrinG. Representative Il.
Clint Cole. Of Ohio. Representative
Oscar L. Bland. of Indiana: Robert
II. Mcneil am Thomas J.. Little
iraGe, local attorneys. and C. Logan
Fayne. newspaper publisher
The club has purchased a tract
of 406 acres in Maryland just off
the Potomac River. 1t is planned
to construct two 1S-hole courses
and one 3-hole course. In addition
to tennis courts and other facilities
for outdoor sports. Another prof.
ect is the construction of a two or
three-acre lake. to be formed by
damming a brook which flows
through the property.
The membership of tho club will
be limited ~ 1900. including nlep-
bcrs of the Cabinet. Senator's. Rep
resentatives. Army and Navy off,
GERS. departmental ofiicis.s and bus
mess and professional p, men in
Washington
The organization of the club will
be completed within the next ten
days.
The meeting of the new Silver
Springs Golf Club. originally SEIZED
uled for today, has been postponed
until tomorrow night at SIS. The
session will be held in the Offices
Of the Rialto Theater. The post
ponement was made necessary ow-
ing to the inability of Donald Ross,
the, golf architect, who has been
awarded the contract for construc-
ing the course, to put in an APP
pearance before Friday. All men,
bers and prospective members are
asked to attend tomorrow nights
meeting.
Lieut.. Col. c. o. Sheriff., superin-
tendent of. Public Buildings and
Grounds. recently announced that
some $1,000 golfers had used the
East Potomac Park course during
lhC past ne VI co iOoh' ~
ilnpressively, and most Of those in
terested in the subject were. con-
WINGED that municipal golf in WASH
ington was rapidly on Ihe upgrade.
and that the local municipal courses
would soon rival in size and Dopu-
larity those OF other big cities.
1t was, therefore, something of a
shock to read that last year 5S0,057
rounds of golf were played on the
Chicago municipal courses, of which
there are seven. That is not guess
work. but represents the actual num-
Der of tickets purchased at the
parks for. the privilege of playing.
These figures, big as they are, DO
not take into account hundreds mere
who patronized other public and
seIni-public links outside the city,
nor do they include those who have
been playing on several, of the pub
ffic links within Chicago almost
every day since the close of the
regular season, which,. in some in
stances, was as early as November J..
And already Chicago: Is rlauning
construct additional links to care
for the. increasing demand.