The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1936-05-25

bl ILL ROSOEGb anu the y, o.
ID Tire golf team are proving a
high Empowered combination in the
newly set up Industrial League. The
Tiremen whitewashed the Inland
Containers in league play at Speed
way yesterday, SO to o. Russell kept
in regal stride as city public links
king by rapping out II, even par.
Bill went out in 81 and returned
in "a.
The well-balanced Real Silkers
also won by lop-sided advantage,
whipping Kingan & Co., 251a to
91z. A "a by Sparks set the pace
for the winners.
Bill Russell has been stroking
that bead high, wide and true in
official appearances this season,
which may be taken as forecast
that city public mixers will have
to shoot some mighty fancy golf
if he is to be dethroned.
These frequent shower splurges
aren't exactly welcome at the mu-
nicipal coures, or at any course, but
business is improving on the city
links despite them, the park board
reports.
Patronage il up Is per cent over
last years figures at this time. Cof-
fin course is making up quite a bit
of that. The North Side playlot
caught hold with the average"
players after a few maddening haz-
ards we're eliminated at the begin
ming Of the season.
South Grove still is drawing the
anxious attention of the beard.
Park Superintendent A. C. Sallee
has announced that the South
Grove green's fee on Tuesdays,
Wednesdays, Thursdays and Sat-
urdays has been reduced to IS
cents Mondays and Fridays are
bargain days, with price of 25
cents. Sunday remains on the
usual 50-cent standard.
NVERHEARING my bit about the
~ elimination of extra tough haz-
ards at Coffin, along comes a fellow
who plays regularly on city courses
to say that the devil has been re-
placed by the deep blue sea.
The gentleman complains about
Collins roughs along fairways 10
and IL. The foliage bordering the
smooth lanes is waist high, he
claims-and he's a pretty big man
It's nearly impossible to take a
swing if you're lucky enough to
find your ball after it has gone into
the miniature forest" he says. You
can't make the backswing because
the weeds choke your club.
There's a rumor af1oat, the COM
plainant says, that a player careless
ly tossed his clubs down in the No.
II rough to look for his ball, and
then couldn't find his clubs. The
player, who wasn't very tall, eventu-
ally got lost in the wilds and now
they're looking for him, the COM
palmer continues
I'm taking the rumor with a
grain of salt and a dash of pepper,
though. I think the mans kidding.
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COME of the fellows who saw Il
~ happen are telling about the
miraculous boomerang ball fellow
hit at Coffin yesterday.
w. c. Fedderan, a thread sales
man, Smacked shot off the first
tee. He heeled the ball. the pei
let z0Omed to the left, banged into
a tree a few feet away and returned
on the fly directly to Fedderau,
who made a neat one-handed
catch without moving a step. The
salesman calmly replaced the ball
on the tee and clOuted it straight
and true down the middle of the
fairway.
Some of the observers are in IA
vor of an investigation to see if
Mr.. Fedderan was manipulating the
boomerang ball by means of his
favorite thread. Others are debat-
ing as to whether the shot should
be counted as a stroke.
There are many of us who would
make a special trip out to Coffin
to see him do it again. What day
will you be able to oblige, Mr.. Fed
deran?
NHREE fight winners emerged
Il in Spring Handicap play at the
indianapolis Country Club yester-
day.
Bill McDuffey defeated Fred Sou
der, 3 and 2, in the second fight
final. Bob Hobbs downed c. G. Pike
for third-f1ight honors, 2 up, and
w. R. Schott scored a and l de-
cision over E. M. Blessing in the
fourth flight windup.
E. E. Gates Jr. and E. r. Redding,
first flight f1nalists, are to meet in
a 36-hole match next week END.
D AY ROBERTSON captured the
IN low gross prize in the Highland
Sweepstakes contested over the
weekend. His 70 beat out Bill Van
Landingham by one stroke. Free
man P, Davis came in third with
a rs.
Steve Davis won net laurels with
78-15-63. Other leading handi-
cap scores were: George Desautels,
68-19-64; Charles Hammond, 90
25-65; George Pierson, 79-12-67:
F. j. Wurster, 85-17-68: L. Oster-
meyer, 90-22-68, and Jake Wolf,
87-18-68.
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NTALLY WILEY sank hole-in-
w one at Willow Brook yes
terday, but it wasn't his first. Wally
had turned the trick on two nre-