The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1923-01-28
GREAT GoLFING SEASON;
MRS. THACH CHAIRMAN

What with Santa Claus hustled
home and pictures of the chubby
baby new year cut out and pasted
as paper dollies for the washer
woman's children, the mind IS BAN
ishing altruism for spell and get
ting back to conflicts.
Thus the first thing we hear
about on the calendar-besides the
birthday of a certain cherry tree
choppers that it's to be a great
golfing season for women at the
Country club.
There are to be all sorts of con-
tests, interchangeable affairs
which will take place both at Roe
buck and the LakeHiew Country
clubs.
And it's likely that certain golf
pins of honor will be conferred on
the women in both clubs who are
able to make scores in playing
which will be used as basis for
handicapping during the Women's
Southern Golf association tourna-
ment.
Meet in Texas :.
This year the big interstate
tournament Is to be held at Fort
Worth, and although the date has
not been set, much excited con-
versation about that event is al
ready going on in Birmingham.
Hubert Drennen, wide-awake
chairman for the Country club golf
committee, is letting no grass grow
under his feet and be blamed that
this year nothing CHEEKY is ar
ranged for the women golf experts
of Birmingham.
He's right on time, and this week
has appointed Mrs. Robert Thach
to serve as chairman for the ladies
golf committee. It's up to Mrs.
Thaeh now to pick her assistants.
She said a day or two ago she
had already settled on several
players she wants-but that it's too
early in her craftsmanship to have
gained their acceptance of the
play-and-work job.
The moment that these women
take the reins of arrangements in
their hands, the links at the Coun-
try club will begin to look like
plowed ground where the deter
mined players will be practicing the
hard drives so that no Fort Worth
antagonist may beat their Birming-
ham golf balls to the holes.
Course there'll be people going
4 to the Texas tournament from
here.
Many May Go
Mrs. Thach couldn't be positive
who'd book for Pullmans from the
Magic City, accompanied by sport
toys and a trunkful of golf sticks
and luck pieces, but these are
among the Birmingham matrons
who are evincing great interest,
some of whom, she said-and
maybe all-will go. They're excel
lent players:
Mrs. Harry Geismar, Mrs. Matt
Murphy, Mrs. Sam Nabers, Mrs.
f. M. Kilby, Mrs. Paul Chalifoux,
Mrs. S. B. Street, Mrs. Eugene
Brown, Mrs. Jacque Shumate and
Mrs. John Thames.
Naturally. I'm perfectly enthu-
siastic about going myself" the
manager of contests declared when
piled as to why her name wasn't
among those likely to go, "but you
see, I'm not sure I can get away"
However, if she doesn't. Bir-
mingham will miss some compli-
ments she is due, for Mrs. Thach
last year at the tournament held
here by the Southern association,
carried off bunch of Iove-knots
jffrom the visitors from all parts of
Z the south for the efficient, on-the-
minute work she did keeping every
thing running smoothly as to prizes
and scores.
I saw her at the Country club
several days, hand running, and she
was always under the little white
tent at the starting grounds an
swering questions from enthusiasts
tic femininity, never signing a
sigh nor asking to be famed for
exhaustion by anybody.
Nearly all the women who play
golf at the Country club also be-
long to the Roebuck clubs golf &C.
tivities; and it's pointed out that
playing on both courses makes bet
ter experts of those determined to
play good golf.
A visitor present last year tersely
expressed herself concerning the
Country clubs course in this fash
ion:
"You have to be a goat if you
can. play golf at the Country club.
So many hills and things" But
Country Clubbers smile, because
they say if you're looking for
child's play on golf course, it will
be fearfully hard for you ever to
win any distinctions on away-from-
home fields. Golfing at Roebuck is
easier, but playing at Lakeview is
like studying astronomy. You have
to do some tall figuring.
The question is little unsettled
as to whether the women of the
various clubs belonging to the
Southern Golf association will re-
ceive their pins this season. Mrs.
Thach has not heard.
Last year, Mrs. Paul Chalifoux
in Birmingham was the lucky pin
winner both at Roebuck and Lake
view, and this, year, it is declared,
there are some players who are
going to try to stop the collection
she appears to have started.
But
There won't be much local play
ing until actual winter shuffles his
slow feet along. That means after
April /. Then women players will
dot the green's clad in bright toys
that will match the jonquils and
violets and brown-eyed flowers that
spring up to watch the movements