San Antonio light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1911-1993, 1923-09-30
NEW $4,000
BUILDING IS
THROWN OPEN
"Most Beautiful in Coun-
hy," Say Speakers
and Visitors.
PROPERLY CHRISTENED
Bottle Of Champagne"
Broken Against 1t at
Presentation.
PROPERLY CHRISTENED

The city turned over what was en-
Enthusiastically termed "the most beau
tiful municipal clubhouse in the coun-
try to the golfers of San Antonio
and the city's visitors at formal open
ing of the clubhouse Saturday after
noon and evening.
Several hundred people-women in
party dresses" (for it was a real
party, with band music lunch and
cake) men in business suits, and golf
ers in knickbockers with sleeves rolled
up and bags of clubs across their
shoulders-visited the flower-decked
building between and s o'clock, the
four hours in which Mayor John W.
Tobin held "open house." shook hands
all around, smiled genially, and pride
| fully, almost boyishly. ushered callers
through the beautiful $4,000 structure
which his administration completed
when it was left. half-done and de-
serted. by his predecessors.
Sam Vosper, who designed the
Breckenridge Park building, was mod
est when he made his architects
sketch. The finished clubhouse
brought gasps of amazement from those
WHO luSpttltu IL SATURDAY tNGHlllS.
With the grounds in neat trim and
all approaches well-ordered for the
occasion, the visitor was hugely i'm
pressed before he entered the build
ing. Entry brought revelation. Vos-
per, the designer. and the contractor.
III. A. Schoenfield, entered the Il
of art when they planned and builded
the interior. A committee of women,
Mrs. Tobin, Mrs. King, Mrs. Lucie
Thornton, Mrs. Will Rote, Mrs.
Graves and Mrs. Boyd, added the final
touch Saturday morning with a pro-
fuse decoration of flowers ani shrubs.
Arrangement Is Perfect.
The clubhouse design and the ar
ragement are as perfect as could be
desired. ACCORDING 10 golfers and WISH
tors Saturday. The only criticism
that could be offered was that there
will not be Accommodations for al the
golfers who want lockers. Already,
there is a waiting list of so or so, it IS
reported.
The big lounge. with high ceiling,
huge fireplace, spacious and artistical.
ly-arranged windows and doors, and
conf, rtable wicker furniture is the fea-
tured room. Leading from it to-
ward the river are doors opening onto
porch, shielded from the afternoon
sun.
A spiral staircase leads upstairs
where lockers and rest ROOFS are To-
Gated. Below the lockers, on the first
floor. are the showers. In the rear
is kitchen and serving room and be-
hind that the boiler room. The win
dows on the side nearest the course
ere protected by wire from strong
balls. an idea Of Al Hanson's.
Golf supplies are sold in a PARTITION
ed sections of the lounge.
The building is in the quaint and
beautiful style of the French farm
Ehouse in the Marie Antoinette period,
to use the architects description. IL
is built of locally-ga.--- limestone
red brick and stucco, with a chips;e
slate roof.
The beauty of the building is en-
HANGED by its location amid q grove
of trees and its utility is Nv I,
its relation to the new first and tenth
tees and ninth and eighteenth green's
the REMEMBERING of the holes HAVING
gone into effect so tina. the old num-
Der sixth hole is now number one. the
eighth becomes uuuUeE iiAut, TUG hiAlNH
is ten and the seventeenth is now eight
teen.
Christened With "Chsmpagne.'
The new clubhouse was officisly
christened in a good old-fashioned man
ner. Miss Bonnie Venable. I. ghter u
lDr. C. A. Venable, an ardent golf en-
thusiast. swinging bottle of "cham-
pagne," decorated with red ribbon,
. against the clubhouse with 'sh
that sent its doubtful but well meant
contents showering in all directions
The christening concluded a short
program in which Mayor Tobin. Presl-
dent L. Il. Clegg of the golf asSocia..
ton and Secretary Jack O'Brien OF
the association spoke. Mr.. Clegg Ia
troduced the mayor who welcomed the
citizens gathered around and formally
presented them with the comp. Il
clubhouse on behalf of the city. ~.
O'Brien accepted it on behalf of the
golfers.
Speakers declared their belief that
the clubhouse was unequalled for ar
tistic beauty anywhere in the country.