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PLAN PUBLIC LINKSPark Board to Be Asked forGolf Course.PROJECT MEETS WITH FAVORTom Bcndelow, Veteran Golf Expert, stir* Up interest of Business Men in Ancient and Mon* orabte Game.If th* It!mm and ambition* of a numb-.-r ©f Fort I sod'ii prominent hu'dnaae »lt;*a arc accoanpiith^-i Ftortland will have pubu-golf. An effort will be made to havethe Park Board take up the matter ar.d if they cannot hr pr -v.i‘l«! ap r b- act aV ft certain part of u*e City Partt for nine-hoi- couime, ih* *lt; men will * r»lt;*.-uvor 10b-cat* th* public Units cm one of the* vari-tai ltr««i*air tint* running out of theetar. ” JLiNew York arg* the first ot the large-dtie* In i he Ea»t .o cat*fellah pusite gtrtfUnkJL First It wot tri-d ah an expert-ment. The expert men: teiimc a demandand now there am four public golf Link* tti Near York ami It In estimated that fully Um people tafet advantage of tbl* fretoutdoor apart every Week. The fcxhsc Itself hrti taken a Tun hoin to this country andtbv ool} thing which ha# kepi it from becoming mere popular, In lb* idea prevalentthat it I# a rich man** aport Uike anyother sport however, it ran be made cheap or coolly, jus; a* the piyer wish**.To belong to an exclusive dob. to paydue* and caddie Wir. to be tugged out la red coat and ktue breeches, to have a bag foil of oaperuRlve g. If drib*, and !o deal txushtiy in Bootchnitui-eoda, iw ofceuiw placing: the gome out of the reach of the awntft person arb*. would like to piaj the game- The t »tai»Ui»hn»iM\i of public link#, say for instance In the City f*ark would make the use of the link*frm* gptj ifeo only outlay that the playerwould fee put to. would he about V invest-.*d in a couple of riufca. Any further expense that a player would wish to go toWould depend upon the player himself. H# Could, ff he wirhed. put tli In golf club* and pay a raddle to tWtr hit itlcks. Tfcl* added to the doth** lu- would wear outin tnuapinc over the link® would n-, t causean outlay of out more than pi a year The mac who has stirred up the Interest in public golf for Portland, l# Tom Ben-dciuw a veteran gotf * Xpert. connected with the Wmdam Golfer of Chicago. MrBrndelOW traveled with Harry Van!' rthem ('final- to many of thoa* that are maintained by very exclusive etlta He is enthuslaatic over the matter of public gtilf I Ink# and in confident that Portland hn? ideal spot* for such u public enterprise Unlike tt» Fast, when* tht lt;piay-Inir seJiyj/n I* only ids month#. Portland golfer* can play uimlt;«ti every day in the year. In speaking of golf an in exercise, Mr. Bendetow ea ym:“If In realty wonderful how quickly the American people have taken to tht*; old classic apori. When you stop and ©Mb rider that a# late os only a handful atf most, you might say, wet* playing golf in thl* country, and that in 13t4 there are2SC0 golf dub# rcattereti throughout theVfldted Stulrs. one con realise how the vpart hu grown. Another thing whichshown how firmly golf ha# tak«« hold. I* the fact that these I6h^ golf clubs represent something uklt; fhSMr **,**• of capital* Even In the British Isles, where golf waa horn, there are only K£5 golf cliiba, so you are that AjBcrfdan* have not only adopted ■the gamp*, bur hare become greater en-;hu#iu«(# than their English and Scotch brother*. *jjI believe that golf baa come to America to may. it will live just like baseball. Other gazoea will die with ooa youth, thi? pm? of golf, never. Xti all other iiporis. a fur n man have* college, or net-tl»m down to active bedsna life, he can nu longer play tlMon. They are too violent. The muscular action Ls a- groat that tm-h“ * hit la in constant training for them he Is uicd up thi nest day Golf la otherwise, A man ctnjr he young or old; he may be in the prim# of life, or h# may he TO. yet ho ran enter hearttly Into tto i-plrlt of iht gome at one age ju= at another. Golf i# the salvation of the bSBimai manol Ami'rkg FuT »ftcr buatnes hours h»may Indulge In this -port. In doing no he gets out where he may breathe pure osone. HU rcaj»lratar organa come Into full play, and beetds. hi# bOBlne«a cur^ and troufclpi are laid aside, for in playing itw enn-r his mind U relaxed. Oner he itaa drivrn the ball from, the tee. ho can think vif nothing else hut th* elu-lve hall Hemust rJi.\ the gam-* his* entire AttVBtkSLThe possfbilltJca of the game are- unEim-it»’d The bail never um In the same piace. There I* always ^r,mething new to learn. One can never master thr game,**le orber games the player may reacha point wktrr it it impo*sibk- for bim to ifitm more. Bui »1th golf thl# Is impoaid-bU. He la learning snncthlng every time he plays. In pUylng the game fee must walk a great deal. In covering a course three or four mftte« nun be walked, but the player never give# it * thought. All this I* splendid *xerrlsv If a man or woman be ill walking Is ordered by thftphysician#, but not on*r ®!ck ptrson In ten will follow the dorlurs1 Instruction*, because ju«i plain walking la monotonoua. Get these half-sick people playing golf and tfery will not hesitate a mom no I walking a dlsbvntc of five mile# over g. If link#.Mr Bcrj«3eW-w t* vitlUns hi# broUkblo-law. Jarow Nirul, of the Portland Riding Academy.TU*n WITT TAWS mXt PfiAP
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Portland Morning Oregonian
Portland, Oregon, US
Thu, Mar 24, 1904
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