New Britain herald., 1930-04-09

The shuttle MedQoW Solt season opened up under most suspicious conditions with perfect weather Sat urday. Fifty cars were on the park ing line in the afternoon and the course was thronged with players.
 Fast greens upset the good inten- tions of many golfers and scores rose to higher figures than was eN- pectcd. in spite of fairways that were in excellent shape. Ted Hart, who has been going good all winter, shot a neat 76, and Bill Sweeney tried out his shots and scored 70. Ormond Bates played round close to the so mark but most of the golfers had to be content with scores that indicated that they were far from mid-season form.
 While the course was as good as could be expected, the rain of Sun day night and the showers Monday did the fairways and green a lot of good. Other courses in this district were opened for play. and in some cases, tournaments were run off.
 A long season looms ahead and the participation in 1880 golf will undoubtedly be the greatest in the history of the ancient and royal game. From Bobby Jones down to the p,ost oropoupoad Auffer oyery one will be wrapped up in his game until snow flies next December. The niblick fraternity in a noble brother hood and wide flung is its influence.
 The links provide a great play ground and game of golf furnish es a brand of recreation unmatched in any other line of sport. For young and old, for men and women, the game of the. Scots fits the needs of American life and it has come into its own. Hundreds of thousands of ardent golfers on this side of the Atlantic testify to that.
 Once it was considered an eXclu- sive sport. a game to be played only by the wealthy. Athletes scoffed at it as a. Sissy game and fun was poked at 1t from all quarters. Today golf cannot be laughed out of court on the score that it is silly sport Not with Babe Ruth playing 1t.
 Not so long ago, laugh could be secured by terming golf "cowpasture pool" Today, that wise.crack dates the jester 10 the backwoods period
 Golf is too serious a business fol four million people to be a popular subject for joking. It takes funny man sympathetic to golt to get his stuff across in this field.
 Everyone is playing the game ol
 at least making plans to join the
 bandwagon on private or municipa
 courses. And every new recruit add: step in making golf our nationa game.
 It is freely predicted that the an
 cient and royal game will soon re , place baseball in American affec
 tions. The gentlemen's game has cN banded into a game for the genera public and no one can stop ,h'
 course of its growth.
 New Britain will be in line abou September l, when it Is planned tha , the public links, or nine holes of it ) will be opened for play. This is il line with what other progressiv' cities are doing.
 Meanwhile Goodwin Park an | Rockledge will have to provide fo s local players who do not hold mem 1 bership in the private clubs. Thei number is not small and anon q them are some good sharp shooters In a year or two, a city cham , pionship will be a golfing even $ worthy of local interest. It is con ceivable that the finalists will no both be from a private club. And { is in the realm of possibility tha
 New Britain will have an entry il 7 the national public links champion 7 ship one of these days.
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