Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-08-19

sion of conditions in its own city, de-
clares, "A little familiarity with en-.
perience elsewhere may prevent a good
deal of bad feeling here in controlling
the amusement, which, in the right
setting, Is innocent and wholesome. and
furnishes outdoor sport the whole fam
lily may enjoy"
The New Orleans Tribune suggests
remedy with the statement: fPer-
hapS gagging the players after mid
night will solve the difdculty. We have
no hope whatever that the neiRhbors
will submit to earpads."
Another angle is seen by the Jersey
journal: Everybody should rejoice
tnat IN so many cases empty lots which
nad as tenants only old tin cans and
packing cases have been made into
greeneries, which are at least relatively
beautiful"
AS to the game itself, the collective
American public stands with pulitzer In
hand and gives the little putt-putt
courses the raspberry" and the Mont
real Standard slips in the Canadian
viewpoint with the remark: tom
Thumb golf has spread over this coun.
Try OF ours like an epidemic OF measles.
1t Is, In a way, comic relief
TO the unemployment situation. and Ia
much more interesting than lollin9 in
the parks, smoking cigarettes and
throwing waste paper about"
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Not many years ago" says the
wheeling Intelligencer many people
nao private tennis courts, and In the
decade before, croquet was very popu-
lar. Miniature golf requires no more
space than either tennis or croouet II
has the extra advantage of having the
pun OF the moSt-played national game
PACK OF It," That paper also states
tnat the sport is second only to the
movies as a popular recreation and
growing like q prairie fire."
On these diminutive links, where the
player has to battle with par with only
the putter, where he can dispense with
a caddy and where he does not have to
worry about a lost ball, buffers and
their far cleverer cousins 20 round and
round, striving for brides and eagles.
ana waxing eloquent over mean little
hazards that wreck their scores" Such
Is the explanation of the Springfield
Union for the popularity of the game
continuing, The popularity of the game
may be measured by the fact that plans
are being made for national toirna-
ment to be held this coming FALL AS
the New Bedford Standard remarks:
THE spirit in Tom Thumb golf seems
10 be: III we can't use the real links.
Wen use the little ones, and that is
better than nothing"
The Harrisburg Telegraph isn't GER
TAIN about the permanence of the game.
but emphatically states that, Passing
or permanent, there is this to be said
for the game--that 1t has shown the
public as being In the mood for whole
some play. Tom Thumb Is
little more than Improvement on the
old and often ridiculed game of Gro
quet." The Pittsburgh Post-Gazette
also approves, stating: zone of the
most significant features Is the gener-
ally friendly attitude toward the tiny
links. Devotees of the regular game
have not been speaking disparagingly
OF the miniature variety. Social lead
erS are giving 1t their approval.
A pastime that makes such immediate
appeal TO all classes just naturally COM
mends itself"
The Pasadena Star-News presents a
favorable case for the miniature
courses; There are several facts and
factors in favor of the new game. II
truly is popular. The cost is within
the reach of all. 1t does not take too
much time-and yet those who desire
to spend considerable time playing may
do so. 1t Is not difficult to learn. And
1t requires measure of skill which
keeps the mind, as well as the hand,
keen and on the alert -" The
new sport is to be welcomed IS q
wholesome, moralizine. health-pEomot-
Ing factor IN community Ma"