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June 17, 1927 ~lll l ll ll l l ll l llllllllll' llll lllllllg' ' WILMETTE LIFE : ~ l lllllll lll ll llll ll ll lllllllll l lll lll lll lllllll!lllll lillllll ll lll'l:lolil·il· loloo·· " 'lli'llo'llillil'lllilllllllillllll o ; lllllllll:l ll l ll lilllllllll llil li l llll ll lll llllll ll olill: lll illl lllllllllllllllllllllll ll l l ll ll llll l l ll l l ll l l l llllll lll i ll l ll l l l lll ll lll l l l l l l ll llll lllllllll ll l:llllllllll l l ll llll l ll l ll lll llll ll llll ll lll llllllll ~ :illlllll lll ll llll l llllllll ll ll illlll:=' §'.111111111111111111111111111111 111 11~ I I Evanston COmmunity, the "Kindergarten of Golf" Good Players Developed on Public Links Club, Seven Years Old, Be.. comes Popular and Success.. ful-"Clientele" Dra \Vn from Many Sections t- This is the third of a series of articles telling about the golf clubs of the north shore. It is the story of a public course, which has found popular favor. By RAY C. PEARSON E in lAPS t h ~ most in tere stin g thin g P that should he mentione d wh en on e w r it es bout the E \·an s ton Communit y a GeM cl ub, th a t stra ight shootin g cour se '"hich fr inge s th e Sa nitar y Can al, is that it s popul arit y has mad e th e nam e .; lllllt·\\·hat of a mi :-;nonl L 'r. S tar ting as an EYan:-.t nn in stitution - E Y anston nwllc \· mad e it poss ib le-the Board o f dir c~· t .Prs today in cludes th ree \Yilmette men. :\lso important i:-. th e iac t that th e "cl ientele" of thi s P.Ubli c cour se is not l )\· an \· !lleans drawn from E Yanston. \ \ · i lm ~· tt c players and oth er s from st; hurh s iarth er north, to say nothing of Ch ic(! go, swat the elusi \·c pill around the co urse to make it a "goin g organi -' za t io n ." Kindergarten of Golf T ho:-;c wh o control Evan ston Com munit .\· pridefully catl att enti on to what players devel oped on th eir -cour se have accomplished in golf. In th e comfortabl e little clubhouse just north of Lincoln street in Evanston it is not unU'ltt al to hear one speak of the "kindergarten of golf." Th:-~t' s the pet name for the cluh. "When they get too big for us, they move on to the big private clubs, while others, the beginners, come to us and deYelop their game and then they too m o ve on, and so it goes." I was listening to the genial \V. L. ~lcGoodwin speak. 'M r. McGoodwin is managing director of the club. He likes to talk about .the "kindergarten of g-olf," always stress ing the point that E,·an ston Community is the starting ground of many good players. "'Golf and more golf.' is our line of chatter over here," he continued. "As our course is a public institution o·4 the icc type. we, of course. have no social side. However, there is a fine spirit of friendliness on the link s." THE PICTURES: Evanston Commu~ nity clubhouse, (top) -Hole No. 7, the Canal drive, (above)-Mrs. T. B. Harvey, clubchampion (upperright)·Herman Fell. club champion, (bonom). he a stumbling block, but when fif tee n E\·an ston men started workint; th ey discovered that there were plenty of pubic spirited men who " ·ere willing to help the movement. It \\'as decided to ask $30 from a 11 u m b e r of Evan stonians. They "came across" with surpri<>ing alac rity. One of th em wa s James Patten-the millionaire grain operator. Other prominent men also did "their bit." The course ha ~ proved a success. To be convinced ·of ' its popularity one need only to visit it on a Saturad y or Sunday. On any- Sunday, for in stance, probably four hundred players "do" the course. Saturday is always a big day too, but during the week, the women have an undisturbed inning. Nine-tenths of those who play the course on week days, exclusive of Saturday, are representative of the fair sex. Short But Difficult Course Manager McGoodwin tells me that the course is short, but somewhat difficult. The yardage is 4,485 yards. There are two water holes, the seventh and fourteenth, where hopes are often shattered. They are Canal shots with little carrv necessary after getting over. · The par figure for Community is 62. The honor of playing in par figures belongs to Ernest Meyer of \Vilmette. The champion is Herman Fell of Evanston. Fell is a consistent player as is evidenced by the fact that his best cards are 66, 64, 65 and 6S·. Mrs. T. B. Harvey, who hails from Evanston, is the w om a n' s (Continued on page 30) Club Seven Years Old Evanston Commu'n ity came into existence seven years ago when the old Evanston Golf club on Ridge avenue moved out to permit huilding opera - tions. It start ed as a nine hole cour se and a !most at the same time th e Northmoor club wa s formed . Th e forma tion n i .:\urthmoor cau sed Communitv to pla~· on the \\'l'st side of the Canai. " ·hile .:\orthmoor pfayed on the east :-; ide. :\bout f1\'C years ago Northmoor moved to Ravinia, which gave Community the chance to expand. The re sult of that expansion is the pre sent lR hole rour :-> c. In proYiding it much \\'Ork was 11cccssary. The swampy land south of Central street had to he filled in. which permitted seven new holes. Five new holes were placed in \Vilm ctte. All oi the land on which the golf course is situated except the clubhouse belongs to the Sanitary District, The club is a "not for profit" organization. The story of how Evanston Community started reveals a true civi-c spirit. The first essential was the raising Qf funds. At first it agpeared this would