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PLAN PUBLIC LINKSPark Board to Be Asked forGolf Course.PROJECT MEETS WITH FAVORTom Bcndelow, Veteran Go;f Expert Stirs Up Interest of Business Men in Ancient and Hon* orable Game.If th* Him# and ambition* of a aurob- r ©f Portland # prominent hu'*Igtta- naea arr jux^mplUh^l Pc-rtSanr! *1U have public golf. An effort wBI be mad© to havethe Park BtMUd take up Ifee mattrr «j d If they cannot b© pr 'railed! up* r to set arid© tt certain port lt;4 lire City Park / r a. **!»*-hoU cour*©, turn will ©ml' iivur tolocal* t!tr public links op on© of the \.%rL-opi fcmHei-cnr tint* running out of thedty. - 1 ■=-- INew York w*» the first of the large* cities in (bp En*t so ratsidiafe public golf links. First it wet tri-d as an taperl* mcnl. The aspaftaaem i«iiir.r a demand iuid now tfc* rf; arc- four public j?olf links tn N#?tr York and it is ♦‘sHumU^I that fully SfBu people takt of this freeoutdoor sport every week. The gam? Ium?1 f hru tak«t» a firm he ld in this country and lb* only thing which ha# kept It from be-coming more popolar. in the idea prevalent that it la a rich man'* apart Uik* any other sport however, it ran be made cheap or cottlT. Jm; an the pisyor wiah*a. To belong to an *xeiuslv© dnh. to f*»y due■ and caddie hlrv, to bt tugged out la red ©oat and knee iffccclta, to have a bag foil of ©apenalve golf club*. and io deal exitf^rtii in Bcotch-and-r * da, i» ofcvunw placing the game out of the reiveh of the average parson ark*. would like to play the pat The * stobMabroani id public link#, say for itiManc* In the City Park would make the uitc of the link* free and tb© only outlay that the pUyerwould be put to. trottld be about U invest-eg In a couple of clubs. -Any further expense that a player would wish to go to would depend upon the player felmaslf He could, ff he wlehed. pm *U in golf ©tab# and pay a caddie to tote tM sticks. ThU added to the clothes he would wear outin tramping c-ver the links would nc-t cnue*un outlay of oo: more than P a year Tfcs man who has stirred up the Interest in public golf for fVrtiand. I* Tom Bengal uw a veteran golf expert, coaaegM with the Watera Golfer, of Chicago. Mr Dendwlow traveled with Harry Vanl-n on hi* first Aswrlcsn tour and b undoubtedly one of tha beat-informed man on gulf In the country. It tn Mr. BendeJow so * laid oat the first public golf links In Now York. Hr was c-ngagcsi hy Mayor VanWyck In 1*36 to d© this work, and it wotwirh a gnat deal of opi-ualtlon that the first fre- link! were MtnhlUheHL It trodr bur a short tlroe for the public to appreciate the great benefits t© be doi«M from the exercise wiurh the gam© afforded and In a short time the link# became nver-ercwdsd The crowds that cktmnrsd forplaying time silenced the crasktra and tby threv other links were eat a Wished With the New York success In the matter of public golf, other cltl** tiok ft up, until now there an# public link* In Beaton. Phil*dr tphia. CM quo. Ban fj#s-etaco and other cities. The puUle links at the Preeidto is one of the most popular «ta and not * day passes, unleas the weather is woefully bad. but that ther© are player* tramping over tbe*e UnksMr Bendetow, while In California, visited Uw Prcaldko hales mad be proaowi©tothem tnjuai to many of th-}#* that aremaintained by very exclusive els bo, He Is enthusiastic over the matter cf public gwlf links and in conSdeni that Portlandho ileal spot# for such a public enter-pris© IT«Hk» Hr* Fast, whew tht staying 3MM*sjn Is only sis month*. Portlandran play alsttoit ©very day In th© yt-ar. in speakinK of gulf as an exer-ris*. Mr. Bendelow says:“It t« really wonderful' how quickly the American ixv.pl© have taken lo thl- old cies#lc aport. When you Hop and e.n. rider that a* Late ■* U#. only n handful of man. you might say. wer* playing golf in this coon try. und that in H**4 there sr© iStf» golf clnba --atteiv i ibr*»u*huut th-Unlted Elates, one con realise bow thosport Ijuisi grown. Another thing whichshown bow firmly golf has taken hold, lathe fact that the***- 16h’ xolf clubs r-pre-■rnt something Hit© pvr.v*«t of eapltaLEven In the British Ifita, where gnlf w«* tkirr. there are ably US golf cluta. #o you sit that Americans hav* not tnl adoptedthe game, but have become greater »n-Omsiusts than their Eugtlsh and Scotchbrothers. t T^jT| Jl*2 VjI btll-ve Lhttt eoif has corns to Am eric a to may. it will live just ilk© base*ball. Other gum-a will lt;Sl^ with one * yeruth, ih- game of golf, nrvor. !« ail other **por?#, nfur n man '• •v--‘- ■allege, or *et-Uc* down to sctlv© bu*!rv'« Ufa. tie cannu longer play Ihlt; :n. They ore too violent. The mu-culsr action L*r m great that tm-h*1 * ho is in constant training for than he la u*rd up tlu next day. Golf I# otherwiaa A man may he young or old; he may be In the prtnu of lift, or be may he TO.yet he ran etstrr as heartily Into tb» spiritOf Hit g*un© at one Age a# a.! another.Golf t* thr satvsUon of the business man ol America Fofp after buslncja hours he may indulge in this sport. In doing » h© ptm out whore he rosy breath© pure oton*. Hi* rwtratnry organs com© Intb full play, and b»Mex hi* hnitefti cur©- »ndtrouble* arc Said aside, for In playing tNegun*© his mind ts relaxed. Once he hun dn% i n the oaii from, the tee, h© can think of nothing eis© but lb* ©iu«lvr ball. H© roust give the bom hisMmUne attention.The pi-t slbslitj.-o of the gam© ii_rv uniink-tt©d Thr tail never lies In the same place. There is always er me thing new to leara.Ore can never master thr turn©•'In other games the pbiyer msy reach a point where U ts impc-wint- lor him to I nun more. But »1th golf thl* is iapMatl* hU. He la learning sofrmhing ©very tlmr he plays. In playing thr gam© fee roust walk a great 4raL In covering a tnunw* three or four mUe* roust twe walked, but th© player nwr glv©* i: a thought. AH this I* splsbdid -*x©rrlf©. If a man or woman be ill walking is urder*d by the phvslcUm*. but not om? sick pemm In ten w ill follow the dor loro ln»tmctkma i-cause ju«i plain walking la roonototjou*. «.wet tfeeee half-skk people playing golf andihry Will not hesitate a mome*H walking a dlsUte of five miles over golf link?. Mr Bendtlow ts virltlas his brotlier-lD-law. Jamw Nlcol, of tb© Portland RidingAcademy.!nHya:htx6thUctil©1iltbaE B IfaI ITsyfcB Ds-tlt;nhitdpiPnhoV,Sao1.0lt;flTWO MILLIONS FOB POOR.Amherst Estate Will Go to the Needy ^ V ©f St. Paul,_ ET PAUSU, Marqh TX—By th© filing o' tb© report of the appraisers appointed by th© Proteie Court to ascertain th© value of lh* lt;»tair of CIjv latfl* runny S Wilder, of 8t Paul, it is ar.nounct-d that th© entire fVUdor estate, coupled with that ofMr*. E V Appleby, a daughtar. amounting to alKrtfi a.00^«* 1* to be ased for th*1 poor of St. Paul, ldefMrodetstly of any othrr charity fcwral year* ago Azabarst Wilder mad© a will leaving hi* ©stair to Ms wife lad hi* daughter, Mr* Appi*ty. TYj* will contained lbn.iroovision that tc ca*e ^11 thr*#: sfeuwld die, hi# wealth shot:id be devoted to taltering ifeo needs of the ;#x?r of Bt I aid Mr*. Appk’by A\H( about a y**r ago spd her mother aui*.i%.*ad r.t»r bat afew w©ek# Jfa thudr wflia (buy pn.mdrd lor carrying out the plan of Mr* Wooer.atlt*tldwCJ.APtrVauvtipfevrnWw
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Portland Morning Oregonian
Portland, Oregon, US
Thu, Mar 24, 1904
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