The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1928-04-30
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1V4 Indianapolis Country Clubs
had gala times Saturday and crowd
ed a lot of golf into one day. The
Country Club opening scheduled for
April % was postponed, as we'll as
a special tournament at Highland.
Both events were carried out Sat-
urday, along with the regular events
on the schedule.
The Highland members, seventy Of
them, played for the special prizes
and at the same time qualified for
the spring handicap match play.
George T. O'Connor, president of
the club, was in fine early season
trim and won the low gross honors
with 70. Jack Tuitte shot an 81
for second prize.
G. A. Huff was low net with CT.
r. E. Sweeney, S. B. Brown and L.
E. Hess tied for second low net prize
with 68S. Brown was lucky at the
draw and took the prize.
vt was difficult to figure out, but
Il Joe McDuffee, chairman of the
sports and pastimes committee at
the Country Club, held play for
both the Welborn beefsteak dinner
trophy and the scrambled folu some
tournament at the same time The
beefsteak dinner is the annual
opening affair and was delayed a
week by the weather. The attorneys
at the club we're victorS in both
events, Charles Roemler winning
the Welborn cup with g, low net of
70. Tom Stevenson and George |
Kuhn won thes crambled foursome
prizes. More than 100 attended the
dinner.
A S grand opener of golf courses, |
( "a Mayor Slack cashed in for full |
value Saturday Accompanied by
John Miner, who is president of |
Stacks park board, and Michael /
Foley. a member Of the same board, |
and Vic Winterowd son-in-law Of |
Minor, the party went to River
side, where Count Rosasco, course |
manager, had the first tee cleared |
away for them. l.. Ert stepped in |
to the gutta percha, and when it
stopped rolling it was laying near
the 200-yard marker. The party |
continued on and played four holes |
Slack turned in a 6-5-4-6 card, a
81. which is one over even SIS, not
bad golf.
Moving on over to Coffin. Slack
proved again his golf driving skill.
He banged out another 20O-yard
pee. Foley was the only one to
falter, his drive being topped down
into the trees. Stacks drive was
too long and nestled in sand trap.
He had to show the boys he could
use a niblic and made pretty APP
proach onto the green.
ENHANCING to South Grove, the
~ party again went through the
first tee ceremony. When Slack
rode into the pellet for another
200yard drive, he turned to r.
Walter Jarvis and said: Walter.
you'd better hustle out to Brookside
Park and pinch hit or pinch pitch
for me out there at that amateur
baseball association OPENING" and
Walter hurried away. Slack, Win
terowd, Foley and Minor journeyed
around the first half of Harry
SchOpp's course. At the end of nine
holes the bunch called it a day and
counted up. Some question remains
as to whether Stacks nine hole
score was Sd or SIS. Foley shot SO,
Minor 81 and Winterowd, 49.
Roy Smith, pro at Avalon. reports
one of the largest turnouts ever at
the club Sunday when more than
$50 registered and played The
women hold their season opening
Tuesday, which will be followed out
every Tuesday throughout the sum-
mer with a tournament.
DROADMCOR opened its season
I0 Sunday with team match.
The squad caUtained by Albert Ro-
seminal, club president, defeated the
team captained by Sam Rauh, vice
president, by twenty-three points.
The Women's team match was
closer, and the squad captained by
Mrs. M. S. Cohen downed Mrs. Ber-
noe Lehman's team by one point.
Leonard Solomon scored eighty-one
for low gross honorS. Sixteen men
were on each team and twelve
women.
There was a great turnout at
Meridian Hills for the May tour
nament qualifying round. Sixty
eight players turned in cards to
George Marquis, assistant pro. They
have been matched up for play next
month. Frank Shields. veteran
golfer, known far and wide for his
famous short handled putter, car
ried off the low honors in the Quail
flying round with a II. Will Diddel
was three strokes higher with an
80. The players in the champion
ship bracket and their opponents,
also qualifying scores, are: Frank
Shields, II, and Fay Winslow, So;
Ben CoheS, 83, and Bill lockwood,
SO: Bill Diddel, 20, and Ora Har-
rell, 81; Paul Cullom, 95, and
James Stevenson, 81.