The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-05-11

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TT was terrible weather for golf
4 Saturday, and ditto Sunday, but
out at Highland on Saturday two
teams, IS each, battled away in the
seasons opening event. Dinner for
the winning team was at stake. The
gang captsined by J. c. Considine
won three-point victory over the
bunch captained by Bill Umphrey.
The score was SO to 80.
r.
Went on tour OF inspection with Ralph
Young member Of the municipal golf board
OF directors and arthur G. lockwood.
municipal gof superintendent. and took a
look al Riverside and South Grove. Young,
IS the gentleman who has the reputation
Of doing things in big building way at
Highland Lockwood since taking the
reins Of the city courses. he's been doing
as much as a public system viii permit.
Russell stonehouse. course pro at River
side. told US for tho first time in years
the shop at Riverside. where he builds
clubs. repairs them and other work, got
SIS Grst coat Of white paint.
Il
Took look at the sixteen green. buga-
boo to the Riverside players the past couple
Of years. The PLAYERS are still putting on
the postage stamp on the fairway. It
was admitted the members are right when
they say that temporary green IS deplor-
able to any golf course. Lockwood and
Young looked closely. They estimated
carefully. The big Rreen built TO catch
Che pitch shot on hole sixteen. which you
have looked at for so long. but merely
passed up as something you hardly ever
anticipated using any length Of time until
it Will 20 bad again. will be opened for
play the first week IN June. And opened
for the scason. Lockwood said. Yes. We
know you have been told that before. but
Lockwood said he would wager his life on
his statement. If We would Just give him
until june !. and throw on a little decent
weather. That also applies to No green.
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Then down to South Grove. That ditch
along number eleven, or where tne ditch
was. looks better. Some day natural
green 10 take a long pitch and the tee
moved back. Will MAKE tnaJ great goIL
10. ls is Being reDuiit. The terraces I
have been removed. The back part has
been dropped down. Harry Schopp did
q good Job on the third green. The new
10 viii be Just as good. AS for No. 8,
we'll something will be done about that,
too, We we're told to tell members OF South /
Grove club but not this year. After some /
discussion it was regarded impracticable |
10 tear up at this time Of year. 1t was |
agreed the members Of the South Grove |
cub are right. There isn't very much |
cup space on that green. 1t must be /
hard to putt On
And something should be done about |
those bad boards in the bridge before !
some one breaks leg. Yes the water is |
low, Wen admit Mr.. Brown, but the boards !
are bad anyway.
Young and Lockwood looked over the
course considering from the standpoint |
OF rearranging the play rotation Of the |
holes. They want to get more yardage /
on the first nine, at least the first few |
holes to enable players to tee off faster, |
also to permit play to string along more |
uniform, without a jam up at each tee. |
other plans were considered besides the |
one submitted by the South Grove club. |
All OF them Will be figured out by director
Lockwood. The golf advisory board will /
be called upon to o. k. them when he
gets them figured out. Something is going |
20 be done. however.
THERE appears to be much la
4 Dor being done by the work.
men on the various courses,
what there are OF them. Four
to an eighteen-hole course, can
you imagine that? Private courses
have eight men at the minimum, we
are told. Yes, and we learned all
the money charged to the upkeep
Of a golf course does not go to pay
salaries Of men who cut fairways,
top dress greens, smooth the putt
ing surfaces and other course main
tenance work.
The eight men at private clubs work
on the courses. They are not rangers
tickets sellers. ianitors and what not.
Looks to us like these golf club houses
are sort Of community houses. Why charge
the maintenance of them against the up
keep OF the golf course? Think that over.
DR.. Diddel Mr.. Lennox. Mr.. Sam Mueller
and Mr.. Young. Then let's hear you
Mr.. Diddel, Mr.. LennoX. MRS. sam MueLef
speak your piece to the park board and
mayor. The municipal golr courses can't
improve with a hundred directors under
the present system. Laborers are needeG.
Plenty Of them in the spring and IAN
And don't forget some sand for top dress
ing, not gravel.
South Grove members engaged in
straight scoring tournament Saturday and
Sunday. Dave Mitchell eased into first
place with rs. The prize going to the
player IN fourth position was taken by
Harold Strickland In between, however,
was George Petersen with II. and Ray
Austermiller with 70. L. D. Sisson,
Charles Cook and Francis Hunter I'm
ished in & tie for eighth position and
divided the prize. while Kenneth Loucks
finished in twelfth position for the prize.