TEE PINEEUEST OUTLOOK
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Philadelphia R G. A.
By Sandy McNiblick
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A YOUNG MAN'S CHANCE
A wise old philosopher looking out over the Midlands
road remarked to a companion.
"This is a Young Man's Country"
The young chap who wants to make for himself a place
in life has the world at his feet and tied for him here in the
Sandhills.
Ralph Chandler had been looking at the blackjack ridge
north of Millcreek just as thousands of others had in the last
twenty years. But this young man saw something on that
ridge. He cleared a big tract, and has a force of men there
setting a big orchard in peaches just now. He realizes that
it is a young man's country.
Orchards are calling for active young fellows to take
supervision of affairs in this young man's country. Peach
men are anxious to hook up with responsible men who can
handle developing and producing orchards.
Sam Richardson is one of the young men who caught
hold. Max Racker is one of the young men catching hold.
Banks Saunde rs is one of the young fellows catching hold.
H. A. Page, Jr., is one of the young fellows catching hold.
And they all caught hold of opportunity by getting some
land and doing something with it.
Knollwood has something to say Ho the young follows
who want in on this chance. Fine peach ridges for the active
hustler.
Information can be had from A. S. Newcomb, Pinehurst,
P. Frank Buchan, Southern Pines, S. B. Richardson, Southern
Pines, or Leonard Tufts, Manager of Knollwood, Incorpor
ated, Pinehurst N. C.
Perhaps it was because they were
driven indoors by one of the worst siioav
and sleet storms that ever hit Philadel-
phia in early December. Perhaps again
it was because it is the natural inclina
tion of the knights of the cleek to gather
in the winter for conversational purposes
only.
Anyhow it has remained for a hand
picked delegation of Philadelphia sub
urbanites to furnish the bright spot of
the bleak winter months and start the
plot of what promises to provide all
kinds of golf action.
There wasn't anything particularly
original perhaps in the formation of a
Philadelphia Golfers' Association. One
after another of the prominent golf dis
tricts in the north and west have been
joining the parade which the Massachu
setts started when they decided to be
pilgrims and standard bearers by start
ing a branch of the American P. G. A.
But the Quaker City organization has
a lot of snappy ideas for speeding up
the parade, most of which will be of
interest to the professional and amateur
golfers everywhere.
One thing that will interest Pine-
hurstiams is a plan in the borning to
send a team to Pinehurst to play a team
from some other district incidental to
the rehearsal for the North and South
Open championship this year. It is
hoped to play some sort of an all-South
ern team or, as would be more probable,
a team composed of pros from the New
York or Boston districts. If such a
match falls through at Pinehurst when
the pros from all sections are gathered
for this southern classic then the Phila
delphia P. G. A. team will surely seek
a match with New York, Boston, Pitts
burgh, or any other district P. G. A.
team that sticks its head above the hori
zon. The plan is to play home-and-home
matches (luring the summer.
This seeking glory in other fields is
not because the Philadelphia team figures
it is so good. It seeks rather to solid
ify the professional fraternity at large.
It wants experience. It wants more
competition. It wants to get around, to
make good-fellowship in its ranks, to
start something.
The Quaker club has elected one of
the most progressive pro's in the district
as its chief, one who got up an open
championship all by himself and induced
some of the best players in the country
to play, Bob Barneft, the red head of
Tredyffrin.
The Philadelphia. P. G. A. has only
four officers, has set a mere trifle as the
sum for its dues, has no by-laws and is
going to be held together in the main by
the rules of the national P. G. A. and by
interest in the branch P. G. A.
All its business will be transacted by
a committee of fourteen. This com
mittee represents every faction in the
district, for every district does have its
factions. The Committeemen are the
veterans, and the youngsters, the conserv
ative and the progressive, the native
and foreign talent.
During the winter it will concentrate
on organization with 100 per cent mem
bership,, on its tourney schedule for the
coming year, and it will also bend its
efforts on a novel scheme.
It wants a town clubhouse. There
are hardly any districts which have a
meeting place in the city for even the
huge ranks of the amateurs.
The Philadelphia pros want a club
house for themselves right in the heart
of the town. They want a place where
they can drop in to read the links litera
ture, to have a shot at billiards or cards,
where they can meet their confreres.
They Avant it to be sort of an exchange,
a young Bush Terminal, where the big
golf houses can display their wares1, and
show the latest golf goods. But more
than anything else the Philadelphia pros
want their clubhouse to be a place where
the tutors from other cities can come and
be welcome. It is hoped to have a house
large enough for sleeping quarters so
that the " strangers" can be put up over
night or during any open tournaments
which might be played on Quaker City
links. They are harping on this. They
want a town clubhouse. They are ag
gressive. They are likely to get it.
But wait. That's not all. On May 1
they plan to start their tournament for
the championship of their own P. G. A.
A cup will be held by the club whose
pro wins the event. There will be a
qualifying round, the best eight scores
to get in for match play. These tilts will
be played off by June 1 and the champion
crowned. He will get a gold medal be
sides the necessary inrmimn. That's;
not all either.
He will be. sent to the national open
championship at Skokie as the champion
of the Philadelphia P. G. A. His ex
penses will be paid by the local associa
tion. It is hoped that from ten to
fifteen can accompany him "on their
own," all on the same train, in the
same hotel, and out there on the links
for the glory of Philadelphia and their
P. G. A. as much as for the individual
honor of doing well in the national.
The Philadelphia pros are already busy
arranging matches with a team of ama
teurs in their town. They plan an event
of some sort every Monday which is the
"day off" for most of them. There
will not only be team matches with the
amateurs but also amateur-pros tussles,
handicap affairs, and another big invita
tion open such as was held during the
past season. For this event the first
money is expected to be a cold $100.
This new club is like that.