The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1930-08-01
10 PIGMY LINKS
AID IN STAGING
TIMES TOURNEY
Qualifying Round to Start
Monday in City-Wide
Toy Golf Meet.

Nineteen toy golf courses are CO.
operating thus far, in aiding The
Times 20 stage what probably will
be an annual tournament to decide
the best man and woman putter
pushers in Indianapolis.
Courses listed comprise most of
those in the city, but any not listed
also IS eligible to accept entries and
have three lowest women and three
lowest men represent it in the elm
ination play, which will get under
way with completion Of the qualifi-
cation round.
Toy golf, with its sdaptability to
both sexes and those Of all ages,
is sweeping not only the United
States by storm. but also is strength
ening its grip rapidly on foreign
countries.
Reputedly the result Of the in
ventive genius Of two former
HooSiers, John H. Ledbetter and
Drake De Lancy of Michigan City,
the miniature game first gained its
foothold in this country at a course
they built near Wall street in New
York four years ago.
Links Spring Up
The growth was slow, but once
under way, attained the proportions
of a forest fire. Links appeared next
in Long Beach, Cal, and then in
Florida. Within the last few months,
they have sprung up almost over
night and patent concessions have
been sold in England, Australia,
Germany and France.
Owners of such motion picture
chains as Warner Brothers, Fox
Films and Famous Players, it is
reported, are considering building
the toy links adjacent to their
theaters with the Object Of reliev-
ing box-office congestion and hold
ing patrons for attendance at
later show.
Only Thursday. the game made
its appearance in a Boston court
where an owner proved to the
judges satisfaction that the game is
not golf proper, despite its points
of similarity, and that the high
orthodox golf course fee need not
be paid by operators.
Tourney News Daily
You are assured plenty of fun
and an opportunity to win some
valuable prizes If you enter The
Times tournament A list of awards
is being arranged, through cooper
alton of city business firms, and will
be announced soon. Watch The
Times for daily news of the qualify
ing round, which opens Monday and
terminates Aug. II.
The following golf course with
their owners are aiding The Times
in staging the tournament:
r. Z. Mcbride. Fifty-sixth and Illinois
streets: r. Alfs. Fifty-fourth street and
college avenue: o. NJ. Gwane. Ten-Em
Miniature Golf. Inc. Tenth street and
Emerson avenue: F. G. Hows. Amos g.
ANDY Course. Keystone avenue and Allison
willie road: @. A. Cones and Oh. w.
Marschke. Woodstock Country Club. South
ern and Madison avenues: G. A. Hadley.
Irvington Tom Thumb Golf Course. 5720
East Washington street; T. B. Rogers. Roof
Garden Golf Course. Test building; J. D.
Rees. Jack and jim Course. Fifty-ninth
street and collese avenue: H. II. Hornbeck.
SUNNY Links. Sixty-second street and Kew
stone avenue: Norman A. zolezzi. Michi-
San and Pennsylvania streets; Robert W.
Parker. Original Tom Thumb Golf Course.
Thirtieth street and Kessler boulevard: J.
II. Oakley. Putt-A-Round Golf Course. 3345
Madison avenue: Guy Kilbourne. Velvet
Greens. Thirty-eiRhth and Illinois streets:
G. B. Millikan. Ripple Velvet Greens. 63ll
Bellefontaine street; Mrs. r. NJ. Irwin.
Playground Golf Club. Thirty-eiahth street
and Fall Greek: Oden Thomas. Teenie-
Vicente Golf Course. Tenth and Gray
streets: Carl wiesse. Pee Wee Golf Course.
$500 East Washington street: Toms Golf
Course. Inc. 560I North Illinois street.