Word: golfs
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...Ohio Society of New York planned a golf tournament on Long Island, decided it would be appropriate to the occasion to plant four buckeye chestnut trees on the links. So they asked Congressman Martin L. Davey of Ohio to get them. Congressman Davey ought to know, because he is Davey the tree surgeon. Mr. Davey replied that he had seen three or four buckeye trees in his life, did not know of any in Ohio, the Buckeye State. There was one, he said, on the Mall in Washington...
...promise of $200,000 more in short order, by one Mr. Douglas Smith of Chicago. Mr. Smith is not a doctor, nor is he an invalid to whom the advancement of medicine would have had a special and intimate interest. A hale, hearty, portly man, much given to golf, a familiar in North Shore society, Mr. Smith is by profession a promoter. Yet it was a most appropriate thing for Mr. Smith to contribute to the cause of medical research. At present engaged in the accretion of wealth by promoting "Pepsodent," a dentifrice, Mr. Smith long ago made his fortune...
...Ramsgate, England, one Gwendoline Clutterbuck played golf against a certain Mrs. H. M. Robinson on the St. Augustine Links. Miss Clutterbuck executed the 15th hole (110 yards) in a single stroke...
...Stimson '27 defeated E. D. Cole '27 yesterday afternoon for the finals of the Commonwealth Country Club open golf tournament 3 up and 1 to play...
Clark Hodder '25, captain of the University golf team, and J. J. Mapes '25, who played at number two on the University team, will play in a four-ball match to open the new nine holes on the Albermarle Country Club this afternoon. Fred Wright, Albermarle champion, and Jesse Guilford of Woodland, former national amateur champion of the United States will complete the foursome...