The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1935-04-20
Golf Season
UShered In at
Local Courses
Official FourSomeS Lead
Way in Blind Par Tourney
at City Links.
BY DICK MILLER


The 1885 indianapolis golf sea-
son was launched today with Of
fetal opening ceremonies on all
municipal courses at noon and hon.
orary foursomes leading the parade
in city-wide blind par tOurna-
ment. Special tournaments also
were held at some Of the private
clubs.
Clear weather prevailed and in
dications pointed to capacity turn
outs at all the courses.
The opening Of the links season
today took on a more serious aspect
than usual. due to the fact that be-
fore the curtain falls in October a
series Of prominent tournaments
will have taken place. Heading the
list are the National Public Links
Association tournament, set for Cot
fin municipal course July 29-Aug. 3,
and the indianapolis $4,000 open at
Speedway course, scheduled for July
Is, q and g. Dates for the latter
event may be changed because of the
proximity to the national public
links event.
Joseph Makes Short Talk
Golfers who gathered at the first
tees today had to endure very lit
tie of the speech making and other
ceremony details. Jacket w. JOS
eph, park board president, spoke a
few words at Coffin course and then
teed off with Kenneth Hoy, club
president; John Mcclure, Indiana
amateur champion, and Miss Caro-
line Varin, Coffin woman star, to
pace the players there who sought
the blind par tourney prize of a sea-
son all-course ticket offered by the
park board.
At Riverside Joseph 3. lyman, sec
rotary TO Mayor John w. Kern,
and Judge William A. Pickens, Of
Superior Court, joined in a four
some with Miss Elizabeth Dunn,
women's state champion. and Val
Mclean, club president. Massie
Miller, new pro at the course: Ken
meth Lemons, club president, and
Dave Mitchell. national public links
champion. and Mrs Mitchell formed
the official fourSOme.
At Pleasant Run the pace-making
quartet was made up of John
Vaughn, course pro: Ed Mooney,
club president; Harold Stricklin and
Clark Espie. both prominent club
members, while at Sarah Shank the
new course pro. Paul Douglas: Don
Mcguire, club prexy: Mrs. Christy,
and Clark Bennett were the Off
cial representatives.
May Change Open Date
Douglas Park links had one Of its
most suspicious openings with ex-
Mayor L. Ert Slack, Wally Mindless
worth, recreation director; Mrs. FL
Ia Abel, national Negro women's
champion and Theodore Gable. city
councilman, forming the opening
fOursOme.
Harry SchOpp. new city links SUI
pervisor, launched his first season
with a statement that the links are
in fine shape and should remain
throughout the summer.
Likelihood that the Indianapolis
Open scheduled for the week before
the national public links event will
be changed to another date was in
dicated in a letter received here by
members of the Indianapolis Pub
lie Links Association, which pc
titioned the U. S. G.. A. and Ma
tionaI P G.. A. to avoid crowding
the amateur event. Local Veterans
of Foreign Wars officials are not
sure the event will be held at the
Speedway course. since financial
differences have arisen.
/. c. c. Cards Action
Indianapolis Country Club men,
bers lifted the lid today with an 49,
hole handicap tournament for the
Welborn Trophy 1t also opened a
week of qualification for the spring
handicap tournament. which will
begin May 4, with match flights
of Is each.
Official opening ceremonies were
held at Speedway course today after
having been postponed from an
earlier date. Charlie Davis. famous
band leader who has returned 10
his home town for an engagement at
the Lyric Theater, participated in
the fOrmaHties.
Several Of the local private clubs
have set their official opening for
next weekend.