The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1936-04-20
City Golfers Ready for
Rapid-Fire Tourney Play
Season Gets Off TO Bright Start on Local Links With
HoIein0ne and Other Features.

IITSL Tee at O'CLOCK. Inc QlnneT
will start at e, and the butcher.
baker and salad-maker will send
their bills to the losing players.
That's paying for T-bones with tee
boners.
Cecil Lyl1ins is general chairman.
Walter Montgomery is in charge Of
the dinner entertainment. Com
mittee members are George
Meihaus, E. A. Kelly and Marvin
Kahl.
CATURDAY, in contrast, was
- chilly They called off the
game at the ball park. So it was
a tribute as we'll as bright omen
for the municipals that fine turn
out was registered at all six.
A general survey indicated that
rugged youth held sway on the
opening day. The majority of Sat
urday's sod scratchers appeared to
be youths of high school age or a
little older.
But some veterans were out. Miss
Elizabeth Dunn, long-reigning state
and city woman champion, was one
of the fist to drive off into the
sharp breezes at Riverside. Initial
score in her '36 book is an 81.
Paul Douglas celebrated his start
as South Grove pro by running over
the course in rs. First to officially
test the revised Coffin course layout
was a foursome composed of Miss
Carolyn Varin, Butler coed star:
Bill Heinlein, course pro; Bill Rus
sell, city public links champ, and.
Ken Hoy, Indianapolis Public Links
Association president.
MFRS. LOUIS r. MARKUN, park
IVA board member, was present for
the unlocking at Riverside, but de-
cided to stay on the sunny side of
golf and wait for a warmer day.
Albert GiSler, park board member,
was unable to take his place in the
starting foursome at Pleasant Run
due to illness. Fred Gronauer, club
champion, opened up with 70 as
two ''buzzard" Fights sneaked on his
card. Dale Lentz had 80, Paul
Frame 80, and Clark Espie, 81.
A S I approached South Grove
L n Saturday saw white
trousered young divot-digger take
wild cut at his ball then hurl his
club in wrathful despair some 10
yards away.
"Ah," thought I, Opening day,
and already he's in midseason form"
EEMININE fairway fanciers of
Il the city are going in for league
play this summer. A six-club
league has been organized and
round-robin matches will be held
monthly. Each team will play five
matches.
Mrs. Ben Olsen, president of the
indianapolis Women's Golf Asso-
citation, today announced as mem
bers of committee to arrange COM
plete details for the league. Mrs.
G. A. Jaqua, Highland; Mrs. John
Spiegel, Meridian Hills; Mrs. George
Stewart, Pleasant Run; Mrs. Will
liam Hutchinson, Hillcrest; Mrs. l.
G. Kahn, Broadmoor; and Mrs. E.
P. Dean, Country Club.
League members will be Hillcrest.
Broadmoor, Highland, Meridian
Hills, Pleasant Run, and a team
composed of Country Club and
woodstock players.
Members of the executive board
this season, chairwomen of their
respective clubs, are Mrs. David
Lurvey, Broadmoor; Mrs. w. M.
Morris, Country Club Miss Dor
othy Ellis, Meridian Hills; Mrs. John
Lange, Highland; Mrs. Dale Lentz.
Pleasant Run, and Mrs. Lee Clovd
Hillcrest.
Other officers of the Indianapolis
Association are Mrs. William M.
Morris, vice president, and Miss
Dorothy Ellis, secretary treasurer.
The committee on rules includes
Mrs. William M. Morris, chairman:
Mrs, Freeman P. Davis, Mrs. I. j.
Staudt, Miss Elizabeth Dunn, Mrs.
Scott Legge, Mrs. j. A. Goddard
and Mrs. Ben T. Parks.