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EVENING LEDGER PHILADELPHIA, Tl USDAY, APRIL 4, 1016,
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THOUSANDS OF BASEBALL FANS HAVE TURNED FROM DIAMOND TO GOLF COURSES
AMERICANS TIRED OP BEING "
p- MERE SPECTATORS; THEY NOW
GO OUT AND PLAY GOLE
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SOMEBODY IS ALWAYS TAKING THE JOY OUT OF LIFE
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Over Million Indulge in the Scottish Pastime.
Professional Baseball Players Now
Haunt Links
WE ARE rapidly becoming n, nation ot rccrcatlonists. nnd where a few years
nco we were content to alt In the bleachers mid BiwuMnnd ami Day to
jWwatcJv others piny, wo now prefer to do our own plnylng. It may cost u tuile
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more, om it pays oeuer. bk eotho ui iuu uhsuuum uisiuci, " . ..j ' t
'truthful they wilt tell you that many business and professional men who formerly
;tfere regular attendants at the ball park now hie themselves to tho Rolf links.
The average boy would rather play ball than see others play, and that Is
ust tho nttltudo of thousands of men who once took their nthletlcs lit home
opathic doses. And men of 30 and 40, and even the youngsters of SO and GO, arc i
ohly boys Who have grown up and found out that there Is a panto that they
Stay Ploy Without harming themselves. i
Baseball will always be our great natlonnl pastime, lint It may bo sur-1
pVJstnB news to many that the game which was despised and ridiculed In tills i
country not more than n. half decade ago today ranks next to baseball as the I
jfeat recreation and sport of the American people. It may bo tiews also to
learjt that there- Is more money invested in golt links In this country than thore
lb In all the baseball parks In tho United States. Oolf courses now tiro ntim
bered In the thousands. , ' I
Million Golfers in United States
Perhaps you will scoff at, the statement that there Sire very nearly n million
Rolfcrs who play the game between the two great seaboards anil the Canadian
and Mexican borders. Have you heard that there are twenty-odd municipalities
iH this country which support public links for those who care to play tho game -Do
you know that the llnest and best public couisc In this country Is situated
Inside tho city limits of Philadelphia ? ,
. If you happen to bo a golfer, some of these statements may nut bo so new,
but If you bolontf to tho rapidly diminishing class of men who cannot yet see
rhyme or reason In this Scottish game that goes back Into thn lGth len
tury, It may open your eyes a bit. Vou may think It is a gam" for the chap
Who wear a handkoi chief up their sleeves and spats, but nut In Chicago, on
tllo public course In Jackson Park, men are at the links long before sunup
waiting for a chance to play. There are locker accommodations for 20
golfers at the Cobb's Creek links, and already mote than a thousand hoys and
men have applied for them. Every city In this couutiy which has a public
course constructed It with tho fear that It was making grievous error.
but each has found out In turn that tho demand Is greater than tho supply.
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MACK VANIOANS TO PLAY
TENNESSEE COLLEGE NINE
Richardson Pitches Well Stellbauer
Shows Ability With Bat
KXO.WII.IjE. Tenn., April 4. The
Athletics Tnnlgans will spend another
day here, their opponent1 this afternoon
being the University of TenrieisiK,
Illehnrdson was given a chance yes
terday to faeo the Maryvllle college team
for the entire game and the big right
hander looked belter In tho last ,flve
innings than he did In the early part
of the game, when tho college boys got
four of their five hits. Hefore the game
tra Thomas coached Richardson for half
an hour, and the big chap Bhowcd the
benefit of the Instructions which he re
celcd. Ira may decide to let another one of his
twlrlcrs go the entire route against the
unlvdslty boys this afternoon.
Strllbauor. who has looked welt on the
training trip this spring, did his best
batting of the ye with a triple, a
double, n single and n base on balls In
five times up yesterday
Xortltcasl Gets Soccer Trophy
Norths ci IMsb lias lrcn prpcrnled with the
F'iut trnphj for Arlnnlnt? Ihft Kcholastlo
LrtiKiie rhnmplonilitp Inut eav
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A Sensible Cigarerre
ACADEMY BOYS
RECEIVE TENNIS
INSTRUCTIONS
Philadelphia IIa3 Great Municipal Course
- It has taken Philadelphia 20 years to get Its Ilrst public course, and it
ijilght be said In passing that this municipality Is the last great city In the
country to give what tho smalt towns in Scotland gave their residents years
niro. Those who hnvfi seen our new nubile com so hay that It Is without doubt
If the finest golf com so In this country owned by a community.
Many of tho municipal courses are only nine holes In extent, but the Cobb s (jlbbOllS JUld TllCleil I each
Creek is the full IS, laid out ove.- u country that Is rolling In character and
supplied with numerous natural hazards, such as no other public course affords.
It Is not, furthermore, going to cost a Philadelphia man. woman or child a
cent to play on it. And if you do not think that it Is going to bo popular,
run out there some Saturday next month and Judge for yourself.
This city today, through tho Golt Association of Philadelphia, has a gt eater
diversity of golfing events than any other golfing section In this country.
It now contains 31 clubs, and In the Philadelphia district theio lire three
or four new ones that have not yet been admitted to membeishlp. For boys
under 21 there Is a junior championship. For the man who has reached the
YOU CANT TELL BALL PLAYER
BY HIS CITIZEN'S CLOTHES
OPEN HOWLING TOUKNEY
Atlantic Coast Congress Is Started
on Washington Alleys
AVASIllXOTO.V, Aplll
District ( onunlRsIoners
I. With the
and piomluciit
r1 r 1 1 TTTT TT f1 1 frm ijihitjul uilllllH'MUliei.-j turn jiiimmii
Shakespeare Booted One When He Said The citizens throwing the nm bans .
, the alleys, the Atlantic Coast Bow.
Apparei uiu rrociaims
the Man"
Friends' Central and Epis
copal Players
SPORT BOOMING DAILY
Hy GKANTLAND RICE
miIK apparel oft pioclaims tho man," i scrappy stais of the piofesslon,
I Ul..l...u..nnfn IMlIu II, in M'H
J. wrote Shakespeare. This line
penned beforo baseball was known.
In baseball neither the apparel nor the
demeanor off the field proclaims tho man
w
as he Is known In the game. And so the " '" muieaimicea
Hy WILLIAM T. TILDEN; 2D j noncombatant is often puzzled by the
Gi-rmaniann Crlckpi Club ,,ce, 8iifis n nffalls.
The tennis boom Is dally gaining lin- ' ...
Iintllu lit fltu uMinnla -I'l...-. m..MA ..I 4t.n i A CnKfl 111 t'nttll
do of 55 years there Is a tournament bearing the euphonious title of Ancient , mteracademle sohooN have stalled in- 1Inr' . , . lr, ,.,,. ,vhlIc w. ele
Krid Honorable. For the fathers and mothers and their sons and daughters i structlon classes Friends' I'entral wu- , " ju,,!!,,,, tialiilng rainp this spring a
There Is a tourney. , fortunate enough to get Paul W. (llbboti- ' , j, h , r. 'mlc tll'mM h!l!0.
to act as coach. (Sibbons meets Hie boys ,.,, ,, . ,,.,, ,,.,,,,, ,,i,.i,i AVIilIn
Any golfer whose ratine Is not more than 10 strokes may compote for the ' once each week and Instructs them on J "'" "hc?c one ,.f tZ playeis .iiopped
men's local championship. And to make matters fair to the thoubunds of, golfers footwork, strokes and generalship. j ln J,"., slolt rannlng bee. He had a. big
whose ratings are much higher, the association has .scheduled a tourney i iast week Oibbons Miggesled that ( Cbew if tobacco In his mouth, a rap pulleil
he came
near fainting.
"I give It up," be said. "IT that first
fellow was a peactuble player and theso
were Kvers and JIagee, there's nothing
It bolng Is brutal enough to be sup
pressed, the act of umpiring a ball game
should be classed as murder
own i
ling I
ssoclntlon opened its pocond annual tour- i
1 namcut here last night. ,
j Xo singles or doubles were run off last
night, only five-men teams contesting. I
I Departmental team Xo. 2 got Into the '
i lead at the start, bowling two games in
!i!)C. Its first game. f18. was the belt
of the evening. The Diamond team wliose
total was 008. made the Hist game In GOV. i
I Potomac Savings lfauk rolled 17.1 and
l 47ft; Departmental team Xo. J. 159 and i
! 4!)i), and Washington Loan and Trust
I'ompauy, 155 and 489
O'Donnell Arrives at Purdue
I,ATAY1:TTIJ. Intl., April 4 -Mpi (J'Doii
nell. new menlor itnd rootbnll coach for Pur
tluo. has nrrbed lirre
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restricted to them. For men and women who like once in a while to play
together as a team there Is an event. Once a year all the golfers may get to
gether for what Is known as an association dinner match. This Is hold over
K twn nniit-Mps. n rtrrtpr tn accommodate the crowd, and thorn arn m izes nffiu'ed
for tho good, bad and Indifferent players. For thoso golfers who ate obliged
to remain ln town ln August there Is a midsummer handicap. Tho only gold
golf cup ln this country is played for once a -year at one of the local clubs.
The present woman champion of this country Is a Philadelphia!!.
Two Big Championships Here
Next to the championship events the two greatest golf events Ju America
have as their prizes trophies offered by two Phlladelphlans. The middle of this
month will witness more than a hundred women, representing more than 20 clubs,
a volley boaid be put up In the gym
nasiuni. Within three days the board wan
In place and tho sipiad of 30 candidates
are now practicing dally at the school.
The speed with which Friends' i'entral
put this board jp shows its gieat lnter-t
111 tbu tennis movement. Last Friday
filbbons and William T. Tlldcn, 'Jd. gave
a talk on strokes, with Illustrations of tha
various methods. The board proed ot
gieat value. i
Kplseopal Academy has started on In
struction class, having s-eeurcd William
over one eye and a fine output of piofanity
in bis general conversation.
After the athlete had left the visitor re
marked' 'Say. I'd hato to umphe a game
with that fellow in it. I guess ho Is ono
of the tough typo that would bite oft an
cur If things didn't ,go to suit him."
Ho was surprised to hear that the player
in question was one ot the most pleasant
mannered entries In tho game, had never
been put off the field, rarely protested a de
cision and was never on tho hunt for any
sort of tiouble. It was over his bean.
T. Tllrten. 2d, to explain tho rudiments
of the game, and follow these with a ; Another Shock
, terles of talks on various strokes and I ,,.,,
. ..,.. T, ...... . , . . .. ...... I In lli, min-HA nf thn pienlr.tr two other
playing in an Intorclub event that lasts a month, and there Is nothing comparable "lUltoul'o school iiractico ami ik I men dropped in. but the visitor failed to
with It In the United States. The middle of May will see no fewer than 2-4 men j with tho boys. ! catch their names. They were both fash-
Jfrom 16 clubs In a similar struggle, and It is by all odds the biggest thing of Its I Episcopal" lias an exceptionally stiong ' iouably dre.st.ed, yet without any touch of
team in the Intern'holahtlc League tills I uasniness.
kind staged In any community ln America.
It costs the average nine-hole course in Philadelphia between $2000 and $4000
a year to care for its fairways and greens and the amount spent by the IS-hole
courses runs from $5000 to $15,000 a year. There are hundreds of ncres owned
or leased by the local golf clubs which are valued at from $1000 nn aero up to
$10,000. The seed bills of these clubs run Into the thousands of dollars. The 30
odd professionals earn from $1000 a year up tp $6000.
Spend Vast Sums on Golf
Phlladelphlans spend every year a small fortune on golf balls, which average
in price from 40 cents up to 75. The amount spent annually by Philadelphia
golfers for carfare to their golf courses would keep you and your family on easy
street for the rest of your life. There nre 30,000 golfers In Philadelphia, and
fully half of them will buy one new club a year, and this means an expenditure
of more than $30,000 annually. There nre more than a thousand boys who caddie
for Phlladelphlans, and from Hay until November these youngsters on S'atutdays
and Sundays will each earn a dollar bill, and in the season these thousand young
sters will take out of the golfers' pockets and put into theirs the very comfortable
sum of $20,000,
jear nnd bids fair to dispute the claim in conversation they weie uulet, pleas-
to the title with Penn Charter. , nm, noiiaggresshe In argument and well
Tho following frchoOls now leceive.
coaching under this Junior development
plan. Uermantowu Academy, flermun
town High School, Frankford High.
Friends' Central. West Philadelphia High
and Kplseopal. The co-operntlon of these
schools is most weli'ome and we sincerely
thank them for It
(JIMDIUOX L'IjAYKK spurns
COLLEGE TO TAKE 1MIUK
II. A. Hunter, After Secret Engage
ment, Weds Miss Roseine Massett
Friends and teammates of II. Allen
Hunter, stalwart centio of thp Vincome
football team, since the season closed last
fall have wondered why he rejected
versed on the geneial topics of the day.
They talked very Utile baseball. Their
diction was without a flaw. There was a
certain dignity in the bearing ot both thot
was distinctive.
Tho visitor was surpilsed to hear they
weie ball players. "I'mplrltig," he said
after they hart lelt. 'must be pretty easy
now with men of that Mit In the game.
ho weie they?"
When h henrduhat they were Johnny
Kveis and l.ee Jlagee. tno of the hardest
fighters, two of the most aggressive.
If any one scoffs at golf Just remember that It is a game for the young and i "a"Vis thwimhSa S
nM ! .Irnn nn.l (ha oronL- ,, -tol. n.l .,., .1 ....... . 1 MOIIUS SIN eCt llireO llltlltS .IIIU Weigh?
. ...,. -,..-.. .. ... v.., w.u .... u i..u h"'. mo uou jjuwu uiui is nowiso j 203 poundr His frlemls said he would
nuruui, wu uuira you juio me open, inai wipes away the mental cobwebs, that
ia played over green fields and under blue skies, and that Is far removed from
the noise and smoke and dust of the city.
Baseball Tlayers Indulge Extensively in Gulf
4V IUMIKI lr- tlMIK IIU 1 KV4414
have been a wonder ir. college ranks hud
lie only be zed one of the many oppor
tunities,
After more than four mouths of huh-
derlng the eeciet Is out It was flrs-t
- " ' i lieard aiouiiu the lieadiimuteis of the Vin-i
V TKitat golf is making vast inroads Into the gate receipts at baseball hi this come Club, 52d street, north of .Market, last
ty and Tn? other municipalities Is now an admitted fact by the magnates. Even nBht- Hunter has been uuietly engaged for
kite maHnates and playera themselves have come to see what a wonderful game ' !m!. .Y. .UJ, ,. " ..,?,.' .1" '".T'T?-
It is. On the two Philadelphia major league clubs are numbers of golfers. '. I.iin- t..,. i u-..M vn n,,,!,,, ai., !
Back: In the daysi of Delahanty and other great Phllly players, the ball Massett, 3323 North 22d stie-t, this city, i
' testers would have scoffed at any member of the team who preferred golf to Tlie coul,lfl wero married in the home of J
Pinochle or the well-known products of the hop. But now it is different. Connie I lillLSnJri'iJ?.
fack is an ardent golfer. He plays whenever and wherever he gets the oppor- eleven for sW years and was never known I
tunlty, nnd belongs to a local golf club. On the Athletics at the present time ' " c:11 tor a tlme oul' 1ilht ThaiiUsgivmg !
Joe Bush, Harry Davis, Bube Oldring and Jimmy Walsh play good games. I Dai Ke,.1,,.i. .V,'.e .", Rec,'"d1 1,alf
broken in his foot He Is a lugged type i
of football player and many critics claim
him to be the best club pivot In Phila.
delphla.
Eddie Collins, John Coombs, Bob Shawkey and Chief Bender were splendid play
era, ana onen spent meir mornings auroaa on the links.
On the Phillies now are a number of good golfers. Bender is the best, but
KHlefer, Jack Adams, George Whltted, George Chalmers and Wilbur Good play
creditable games.
On every other club in the majors, too, can be found devotees of golf
Jlathewson ia good with, the clubs and plays nearly every day during the
' summer,
It ia evident from the way golf has taken hold of professional baseball
players that they do not blame fans for not attending the games when they are
(We to set out and play themselves on tire beautiful spring, summer and autumn
afternoons.
Jt JR14 Elberfeld, now manager of the Chattanooga club, of the Southern Assocla-
ion, is playing true to form. He encouraged his young men Saturday to enter
pnio a flstjc engagement with the Athletics' Yanigans after Sam Crane had been
"beanefl" and had retaliated by tossing his bat at the opposing twirler.
It Is not generally believed in the boxing community that the flgfiT now being
waged by the Hearst newspapers against the ring game will result In a knockout,
uneven a point decision In their favor.
New Johns Hopkins Coach
mi.TIMOUE. Md . April 4 Hank nreriilluK
baa been made bead cuath of tbe Johna Hop
kins football siiuad He auceeda Charles
ilrlcMe, who returned tu Harvard ,
Spring Garden A. C. "W&Zt
Big Joe Butler, 195 lbs. " ;
Young Jack O'Brien, 154 lbs. '
l'our other bouti. S3c and 30c. l!oirr tud
namea, .Mer. Kearua, lllli & hurluj Garden, I
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Grateful
indeed to know
tliai so many rec
ognized our "Pull
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every one III
Philadelphia had
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