The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1923-04-01


and asked lls number Of questions
concerning the stroke.
After the show was over, Gerald
;. Thomas and Mrs.. Trabue took Us
: ia tow. Mrs. Trabue is one OF Los
: Angeles most enthusiastic public
.. links golfers.
awe have q new public course
ever, here that is completed and
which will be ready FOR play in June
We would like to have you look over
the lay out and tell us what YOU
think about it.
Mr. Thomas laid out the course
and I must say he has certainly
made @ good job OF 1t.
The course has BEEN designed 81
that the good player can enjoy Il
as well as the duffer or vice. versa
I. The type of holes is excellent-iT
fact the course Is SO well planned
! it's good enough for q championship.
But more remarkable than the lay
out OF this course Is the story OF
. how the money was raised. It seems
that Los Angeles public links play
ers--the majority that is--wanting q
suitable course to play on and hav.
{ ing failed to induce-the city authori.
ties to build q new one, under the
: active leadership OF Mrs. Trabue,
s raised the money themselves-some-
) thing like $4,000, having completed
{ all their plans they went to the city
authorities and petitioned them for
q tract of land on which to build
the course. -
At first the city was reluctant to
grant even this petition, but Los An
geles has a lot OF land and city of
ficials eventually gave these golfers
permission TO 90 ahead and build q
! course.
That particular piece of property is
worth now three times or more its
original value-in fact the adjoin.
ing property has also increased IN
valuation. Thus the city benefits,
I the people have their fine new
course and everybody Is happy.
WHY NOT TRY EtSEWHERE9
It occurred to me here was good
idea for New York public links
players to work on. The people In
z the Metropolls--those who play over
/ Van Cortlandt and Pelham curses
are crying for new, and better
courses.
Why not band together as the
Los Angeles golfers did and build
oae7 The city might be induced
to turn over the land for the propo-
eifion.
1t does seem Q pity that New
York, Boston and the other Eastern
cities are not doing more for I1,u-
nicipa1 golf and for the people who
cannot afford to belong to a private
golf club.
An through. the West and the
South they are doing more for mu-
nicipal golfers than the East L..
Chicago especially IL making ire
nendous strides in this matter
There are nearly q dozen courses In
that city where q golfer can play
for q nominal fee.
Denver, our first stop on this
tour; San Francisco and San Diego
are all following the example Of
Chicago. San Francisco has one
fairly good municipal course-much
better at least than Van Cortlandt
Park-and work has already been
started on another links that viii
compare with any in the country.
= San Antonio has a snappy little
public course that is interesting and
pretty: New Orleans has good
municipal course; Jacksonville is
about to start building public
course, so is Miami; Atlanta has
u.
tngton and Baltimore have fine pub
DC courses but Boston and New
York, where the game was first
played, remained as conservative in
this manner as q spinster at a ball.
know what it is to want for an
opportunity to play the game.
had to do all my practicing and
playing like truant or e. thief;
but even I had more advantages
than the average boy, because
was caddy and did have a chance
to play occasionally.
COTTON SEED GREENS.
Speaking Of courses and enthu.
slasm for the game, I must tell
you about Tucson, Ariz., and Al.
bdquerque, n. Mex. Each OF these
bustiing little towns boasts of
q country club and golf course.
The clubhouse at Tucson is a
splendid building. And consider.
ing the soil and the topography
OF the land, the golf course is not
20 bad. except that there isn't a
blade Of grass on the entire eight.
can holes.
was dumbfounded when I
played over. these links-not so
much at the course as at the en-.
NHhSiooh Oh TIE pSoplSb WHO pay
over the course with all the in.
terest a member of Garden City
Golf Club plays his magnificent
course.
You would think the obstacles
that confront the people in that
section Of the country would dis.
courage them from playing the
gaIne-but they don't.
1t is, the same in Albuquerque.
Phoenix and Ell Paso. Despite
the condition of the land in those
places. they play the game with
an OF the spirit and with the same
me sportamanship that any of
the golfers in the various Eastern
clubs play It.
III Paso is trying an experiment
tnat Is interesting. They wanted
grass Greens, but were unable To
grow them. So a DR.. Jamieson
originated Gotten seed green's. an
idea he had got in Mexico. and
now III Paso golfers are able
to pitch to the green's. These
Greens have proved quite satisfac.
Tory In every respect.
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