| Show Out of Bounds i With BILL J COLTRIN eOL COLTRIN TRIN 1 Commissioner Fred Tedesco and his parts superintendent Joe Sloan are right proud of ot the record record record rec rec- ord of the municipal golf goIt courses this season season and and the figures show that they have reason to be With Bonneville now closed for forthe forthe forthe the winter and the other two links Nibley and Forest Dale due to close up shortly the comparative comparative comparative tive figures showing sho total rounds played and money taken in can be considered almost final The weather being what it is is it'll be only the extra hardy golfers who do any more playing this year 0 o Nibley park with popular Tom McHugh doing the professional professional chores came up with the biggest increase over o 1911 showing almost 2000 more money moner taken in and almost more rounds played 0 0 04 At Nibley was taken in this year compared to 60 last year There were 24 paid rounds played against last year Forest Dale Popular Jerry Henderson Forest Dale professional can show almost as asgood asgood asgood good an increase with 75 in the till this year against 95 last year In 1941 there were paid rounds but this year paid rounds are on the books To Forest Dale goes the honor of being the city's most popular course the course the figures prove pro it tt 0 1 aThe a The sporty Bonne ille course not quite so handy to the city golfers nevertheless came up with an increase tl thus this s year Haydon haydon Hay Hay- don Newtons Newton's first 3 year ear as pro there showed an increase in money taken in from to and paid rounds to paid rounds in 1941 I Last spring it was better than an even bet that none of the courses would come up to last years year's marks for Bonneville opened six weeks later this year and the other two clubs were at least a month late opening It was the bad weather that held back the opening but when the winter did break the season was almost perfect with few bad Sundays to cut down the record f Largely Largel because the pros and other assistants around the courses worked extra hard this year ear expenses were practically the same as last 3 year ear Ocar Natural- Natural ly l lj it was hard to get help for watering and for general labor about the courses but somehow the fairways and greens were kept in good shape I w wAs As for next years year's prospects everyone officially connected with golf in Salt Lake City figures on at least as good a season as this last one Forest Dale and Nibley Nibley Nib Nib- ley can be reached by other methods methods methods meth meth- than by automobile so rationing rationing rationing ra ra- ra- ra will not affect these courses greatly Bonneville might feel the sting of rationing how how- ever Skiers Wondering With the weather man begin begin- Ing to deny any more golf for forthe forthe forthe the year the skiers are doing a abit abit abit bit of wondering about the prospects prospects prospects pros pros- for their sport this winter o 04 An unbiased opinion would rate their chances bad but the barrel stave boys boss have a different different different dif dif- dif dif- ferent idea Its It's not official but the rumor is going around that the army is Interested in having soldiers do a lot of ski bid ing o a 0 a Should a good percentage of the soldiers stationed around this area be sent up to Alta for some skiing skiing skiing ski ski- ing it would indeed be a safe prediction prediction prediction pre pre- diction that the slopes of that country would see more sliding than they ever had in peacetime It is logical to suppose that the army might be considering mass skiing for the men for it is a sport where business and pleasure could be combined Sports as such naturally do not cause the army to go off the deep end for forit forit forit it would be a a. unique case if it a Jap or German was actually killed with a football lie But nut learning to ski sId efficiently comes under the head of ot regular army training More ski troops could be used in the army and who can tell maybe mabe there is an Alf Engen or two hiding under some privates private's uniform around here lie While all this is swell and we wo hope that the soldiers get to ski it still doesn't make the chances for civilian skiing any better It goes without saying that the chief difficulty lies in the fact that good skiing sIding territory lies outside of walking distance of the cities But from what weve we've seen of skiers and the knocks they'll take before during and after their sport well we'll venture to guess that somehow they'll ski this year |
