The Ely miner., 1930-05-09
SPORTS
BY Charles Gallagher
GOLFERS OPEN SEASON
WITH BANQUET.
Committees Report.


grand opening banquet at the Forest
Hotel Monday evening About sixty
five members were present to make
their first grand opening banquet a
success. An amendment was added
to the bylaws of the club which now
calls for Junior memberships. Any
bow or girl between the age of sixteen
and twenty-one whose parents are not
club members, will be eligible to be
voted on by the Board Of Directors
for Junior memberships. On their
twenty-flrst birthday this membership
will cease but the membership fees will
be allowed on corporate membership
providing one is available. This Is
fine thing and will encourage several
of the younger boys, especially some OF
the caddies, to become interested In
the game and hence will give Ely sew
eral golf stars in the years to come.
Thomas j. Carey, chairman OF the
games committee, reported that an
invitation from the Eshquagama club
had been received relative to two club
matches to be held here and there.
It was decided to accept the challenge
and if possible to arrange them on
Sunday, and also to arrange other
matches with several other range clubs.
The committee also reported that
handicaps had been set for the month
and will be changed every two weeks
from now on. Six members OF the
club have been given handicapS OF IL
which is the lowest in the club. These
members will have to play exceptional
golf to keep up with their handicaps,
but all should be able to do so. The
members who have been given these
handicaps include: B. S. Richards, Ed.
Bolitho, T. j. Carey, Charles Gal
lagher, DR.. P. D. McCarty and Ray
Harmon.
The first tournament will be held
Sunday, which will be a sweepstakes.
Three sets of golf balls will be given
for prizes; one for high, one for low
and one for the member scoring the
greatest number of brides. The
tournament will be played in four
somes. James Laing reported for the
membership committee and stated
that there were now only ten MEM
berships available before the club Will
have the limit of one hundred cor
porate members. Any one contem-
plating on joining the club should do
SO soon or they may be numbered
among those on the waiting list.
Dr. Newgord reported on behalf OF
the entertainment committee and said
that so far they had been unable to
do anything but were soon going to
have different sorts of entertainment
for the members The committee Is
planning extensively on the entertain
ment of the other clubs when playing
matches here. It is also planned to
hold dinner dance for the members
later on.
Ben Richards reported for the green's
committee and stated that everything
was in fine shape but asked members
to again be careful of the heels on
their shoes and not to play ball on
a green on which they are not shoot
ing. w. P. Wolff, chairman of the
house committee, asked the members
to be considerate in their use Of the
club house. 1t was decided to add one
woman to the games committee to
arrange for the tournaments for
women and to take care OF their
handicaps.
President Ayres stated that he would
take the privilege Of donating a cup
for the championship tourney for the
women, providing that they would not
equal the scores of the men In their
Spooner, one of the lady members,
made a short and well received talk.
The club decided to adopt the rule
that if your driving shot goes out OF
bounds you must shoot another ball
and penalize yourself the stroke and
distance The permanent tees will be
sodded soon and will be ready for use
which will make a great improvement.
Jimmy Dyer Here.
Jimmy Dyer, the new professional
of the Shagawa Country Club arrived
in the city Wednesday and Immediately
assumed his new position. Dyer comes
here from the Ridgeview Country Club
in Duluth with whom he has been
connected for the past four years.
Dyer comes here very highly recon-
mended as an instructor and player
and particularly as an instructor.
He was recognized as the best pro
in Duluth last year and one of the
foremost in the state. The Ely Club
is still in its infancy, this being only
its second year, and q man of Dyer's
caliber will greatly help the local club.
Most of the Ely club members have
not had any previous golf experience
and teacher like Dyer should de-
velop some excellent players here.
Dyer will no doubt be a strong con-
tender this year for the Arrowhead
open and possibly the Minnesota state
open tournaments and will help to
place the Shagawa Club to the front.
He will also be Of great service in the
proposed club matches that are being
sought.
In order to make things better for
the pro and other members, each
member of the club should cooperate
with Dyer and seek his advice on any
thing that comes up, and in this way
there will be much greater harmony
among the players. It is our sincere
wish that his first year with our local
club will be highly successful
While we are speaking of golf pros,
some of our readers might be inter-
ested to know that Harold LAUDER, our
former professional from Hibbing, has
recently been engaged as golf in
structor at the Hibbing public schools
during the school term. Readers
might also be interested to know that
a few months ago he was married to
Miss Ella Kleemola of this city and we
wish him the best of luck in this ven
ture.
Track.
The high school and Junior high
teams both lost their meets to the
Virginia teams last Saturday after
noon. The senior meet was consider
ably one-sided but the Junior team
gave tho Virginia boys run for their
money. Saturday the Aurora high
team will be here and a good meet
should be run off. Aurora is reputed