San Antonio light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1911-1993, 1924-04-06
WILL Be
PLAYED ATNEW
COUNTRY CLUB
Field Probably Will Be
Laid Out in Addition
to Golf Course.
HURRY WORK ON LINKS
Workers Will Plant Grass
on Kampmann Ranch
Course This Week.
HURRY WORK ON LINKS

A polo field will be laid out on the
land of the new country club to be
established on the Kampmann ranch
east of the city limits, in addition TO
a first class golf course, the officials
of the National Golf Association, the
Pittsburg syndicate which will con-
struct the links, have virtually de-
cided.
Polo enthusiasts among the charter
members of the club are anxious that
a section of the land be given over to
n polo field, pointing out that San
Antonio now is not very well equipped
to invite northern polo teams here.
What is needed, they say, is a more
or less exclusive field, with adequate
quarters and stables convenient, so
that visiting polo players may indulge
their favorite sport to their hearts
content.
There are 364 acres in the tract
purchased for the country club and
all this will not be needed. even for
the expansive golf course which is be-
ing laid out by the Pittsburg experts
here for that purpose.
Work On Course Hurried.
Work on the course is being hurried
so that the association can keep its
promise to charter members that golf
may be played by fall.
President II. J. Dixon said Saturday
that at least nine of the cleared fair
ways would be sown with Bermuda
grass seed during the coming week.
Four thousand pounds of this seed, all
that was available, according to Mr..
Dixon. arrived here few days ago.
Grabbing and blowing is continu-
ing daily under the direction of John
McGlynn, golf course architect from
Pittsburg.
McGlsnn and Emil Loeffler, the lat
ter a Pittsburg professional and
greenskeeper of wide fame. established
something of a record for quick course
construction when they had the Al
coma links just outside Of Pittsburg
ready to play six months after start
ing work on April 10. They have
bent all efforts toward speedy con.
struction in their many assignments
over the country and have developed
methods which cut from two years to
six or eight months the time needed
in developing golf layout and having
it ready for use.
Considerable interest In the country
club project, mainly, OF course, from
a golf angle, is being manifested. it
is said. 1t is the hope of the pro-
moters to have 250 to 800 members
before the month is up.
The original members, each OF whom
put up an initial fee of $3.50 with an
agreement to pay 500 a year dues,
are as follows:
Robert Ayres. Fl. L. Beach. r. J..
Boyle, Z. J.. Brown. r. l.. Burney.
John Bennett, L. b. Clegg, Clifton
George, DR.. z. V. DePew, II. Z.
Dickinson, John Frost, J. H. Frost,
I. C. Frost, T. S. Goggan, NJ. Gold
smith, Nat Goldsmith, Erhard r.
Guenther, ]. L. Guggenheim, L. j..
Hart, c. It. Hennessey, f. d. Henry,
Thomas E. Hogg, Frank G. Hunt.
ress, ]. Z. Jarratt, T.. B. LETTERS, Fred
]. Johnston, /. S. KamDmann, j. Fl.
Kampmann, Robert s. Kampmann. j.
II. Lapham, Frank NJ. Lewis, j. Tai
bot LaPrelle. C. A. LeFevre, J. b.
Martindale. William 0ehse. Robert c.
Scott, Will 7. Scott, Charles Schrein-
er Jr., Ernest Stoves, +. c. Tarrant.
W. f. Wroe, W. A. Williamson, r. Z.
Woodward, Robert S. Yantis.
Six others have agreed to sign the
membership rolls, it Is reported, on
their return to the city.