The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1939-07-10
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On the
L.aIll....
with -
ELLIOTT
METCALF

81 W N y " To - Just CAME
from a visit TO The Round
Table head quarters. Bud
Ward. great amateur golfer
had mein tow. Bud, who used
to play golf out at the Tacoma
Country club. now manages
The Round Table, an organ
ization unique in its way and
Of unusual value to Spokane
and clean amateur athletics
and athletes =.
The Round Table clubrooms and
headquarters are located in the
Desert hotel. They are most
attractive, modern and convenient
Nothing is lacking in the way of
comfort for the club members and
visiting friends. There in easy
chairs. around the circular bar or
at the red tables. originate the
activities Of the organization i.
III Tue ia>t ifN NthTs tuS
Round Table has spent better
than s65,O00 toward the promotion
Of amateur athletics. Playfields
have been built. Teams In various
sports have beea sponsored and
sent to different competitions.
The same applies to the cases Of
Individual athletes. In fact, any
worthy athletic cause that needs
support, financial or moral, finds
. helping hand from this organ
ization -.
The Round Table u something
that every city in the West should
have. 1t represents progressive
spirit, a Observation-Disclosures
kind movement. 1t Is non-profit
In motive, funds derived from its
operation going into channels that
bring wide publicity to Spokane
and individuals and groups :.
Twenty years ago George Var
nell. now sports editor and col
umnist in Seattle; Bill Mulligan,
Seattle Rainiers business manager;
Frank McKevitt and Gus Dorais,
the great little football coach of |
Detroit y and one end of the |
famous Dorais-Knute Rockne for
ward passing combination of Notre
Dame, made a habit of meeting
for lunch at a round table
They came up with some fine
ideas for the betterment OF sports
here. They put the ideas into
action and the folks began to take
notice. And from that humble
has come the modern
Round Table which now has a
of LOO and Is firmly
established and widely known the
nation over :.
The club reached out not long
ago and took Bud Ward out of
Olympia, his home city. The great
young golfer was put in the man.
ayers seat and has been doing a
fine job. He likes his new post
and the organization is strong for
him, which makes things dove
tail
Bud. by the way, Ii not certain
he will enter the Tacoma Golden
open golf event at Allen
more club, Tacoma, July 20. 1t
all depends upon how Buds ton
sils behave. The little trouble
makers have put the sensational
on the shelf for weeks.
II they get to cutting up too much
Bud will have TO 20 under the
knife :.
And If that happens he will not
in the Tacom a open.
Neither will he defend his Wash
Ington amateur and open titles
scheduled for Seattle late in July.
So, that's how great golfer is
dominated by two little tonsils -.
Bud played in Tacoma recently /,
with OBJ Gardner, his old friend. :
They went Is holes over the Coun-
try club. Bud found himself so ,,
weakened by the effort that he
mas been shy at taking whirl at ,
1 sport that already has taken
him to national and international /.
prominence
II Bud can keep his tonsils In i,
good behavior he viii wait until
The first Of August to have them
and then compete In the
classics and also at
tempt to qualify for the national
amateur, Aug. % -.
Bud made IL plain he wanted )
me TO extend his best wishes TO all
his friends out on the Coast. And
with his best also the best from
The Round Table, composed Of