The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1924-08-14
WE HAVE WITH Us THIS EVENING.

WE HAVE WITH I'd lI11o II A14SAANN'
Kenosha today welcomes. the members OF the
Wisconsin Golf Association for the annual
tourney on the Kenosha links It's pleasure
to have these fellows, with red blood in their
veins and the Joy of living in their hearts,
for the few days stay, and Kenosha is going to
oct lust as much pleasure out of the state
tournament as the men who contest for the
title and the scores of other trophies
Making a champion is not the only function
tof this golf tournament Rather more import
ant is the chance for good fellows to get to-
qether; TO feel the thrill Of. a contest in the
great out doors and to deyelope the friend
ship and the comradeship which IS always
found about the first tee and the nineteenth
hole.
The history of golf and ite development in
Kenogha has been. closely linked with the de-
yelopnlent Of this great sport in Kenosha- Ke-
rosha was the first city to offer golf as sport.
/ It has furnished nearly half the champions
1aado in Wisconsin, and i has furnished the
urge for the great development Of the game in
Wisconsin. q fss
Time was when golf was not considered
mans game, and when the reports of matches
were usually found on the society page-but
times have change and golf is now crowding
baseball for the place of honor among the
sports of the nation.
Golf used to be considered the sport of a few
millionaires and lot of old men. Now it is
the vigorous exercise of some thirty per cent
of the people Of the nation In a generation,
golf has come to be considered the sport of the
poor man and the rich man with equal enjoy
nent for both The gatherings about greens
and fairways on golf links has done much to
break down the barriers of cast and put men
on a more equal footing.
Golf has been kept clean sport, and the
men who play il. are clean sports.
It has driven home the call Of the great out
doors to lot Of people, and this call has been
expressed in lot of ways. Not only has it
brought the development of golf links, both
public and private, in nearly every city in the
nation, but it has been a great aid in big move
ments for the opening of Fairgrounds
Golf has taught older men that it is worth
while to play, and their learning to play has
been reflected in the extension of Fairgrounds
so that the children of the nation may have
the same privileges of the adults.
Opportunity knocks often to the golfer, and
his gol6ng soul is born anew every time he goes
to the first tee for another round It's game
in which it is easy to forget the mistakes and
failures of the past on account of the hope
which the future holds out It's the game of
the optlmlst, and just on this account it is de-
veloping nation of optimists in the country
Golf had added years. to the lives of men and
women and put new pleasures into their lives.
The happy thing is that the benefits of this
great game of the great out doors are being
constantly extended to more and more people,
Not all of us may be champions, but all of us
may be buffers, and the duffer on the golf links
gets the same benefits out of the game as the
men who shoot SO far downin the list that they
must give strokes to the other players
It's great game, and it's a great gang of
fellows, be they men or women, who follow it,
It's pleasure to have this company in Keno
sha.