~eptembcr 9, 1927 WILM ETTE LIFE 13 T IIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIUIIIIIUIIIIIIIIII1111111111111111tllftllllllllllllllllll1111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111illlllllllll111111111111111111111111111111lllllliiUlltUIIII'IU"'IIW _______ IIIIJIIIIIIt ....IIIUIIIIIIIIUIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIII l t North Shore Golf . Cl bs ttllllltllllttltttttltl1111ltlllllllllllllllll111111111ltlllllllllllllltlllllllllilllllltl tlll ltltltttttlttlttllt tll ll lllllll11111 tl llllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllll111111111llllllflllllllltiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiH,_IIIIIIIII_.IIRhlllllllllltllllllllllllltllll1111111ltlllftlllllttlltll·lllllllltll!llllll . . Northwestern, Coun~y Controlled ·Golf Course· ... . . ,, Public Links · 111 Preserve· ·Is Popular CharlL·s· Speed \Vho Built the Club Latnents Action 7 \ \ hich Took ~t A\vay Fron1 Hin1 This is tho last article of a aeries describing the fine golf clubs of the . J north shore. It tells of how the County took over the Northwestern course in the Forest Preserve. By RAY C. PEARSON -""" J l -~ l ,,,!,. \ !llt·l"t · -.t"n· oi g-c,lf '1 11' ,.,, ··11 tltv tl··rt lt . . . hun.: · i..; Lti>~tl:ttt·d lh·tl ,1 ,,. \\ ritt · ... . ··i \·o·'] J\ '.t'-(t'l~l . th:tt ,·. !·.· t!·r··11~l~ \l\1· C ·tlll'"t' \\hil'h l ; "rc.:~t . ,·,·nic !'·, .. ,·:··,· ··! ~ , ·, l~·tt\i t · "· ]·!'··;·t'l't \,·rtll , ,j tl ! t ' cluhhou-.~ :li t' l·. ;::·. t : , , :, l :. ,;: rd \\ 11 j, ·]t -.n·m, . ,.. . . ,.!; it! l-- t'l ,;, ::t : !. 1· \ .11\lllt in Glcn\'irw clrwnrh. J \en ,· ' rop ' : .11 rhc \\ .lta hok ' below '. 1,', ... 'I · \ . ' ( .... 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"( '!Jjd"" F\·an ... , \\hll kl\(t\\'S hi~ nih ~ lid:. a" ht· Pittn ha~ prnn·d :111<l \\lw n·<'t·ntl\- wa~ nmnt·r-up tt· tht· ialllll\1 ... B~thl,\· lunn at }.littut·kadha, i~ thl' rPntrolli.ng j,,rn· ~lt \'t~rth\\Tstnn . E\·ans ha~ tl'll' titk nf ~·Ptlllt\· Colf architq.:t. Uut the · adin~ IH'r:;on ·a t I I :ttt l ll ti...::: t·- ;u:d \lr:- . .I . .\I t i: 1· l I ul· c i ::t 11! i·· ·l ' · l:.t H!t !l":t;h i. ,. c,d: . . :tttvnt : · '1 : ! " : L t · i; 11· : : i 1. t i ~I :· -.' I n.' h . . h1 't ; Ill ;-;.I I ; l JI "1 '. d; I \ ' ;t ~,), \\ h i ( lt i I Lt !}I h ~ill<~·tin:.: :t· \' r·i::h\\l"l\' 1'11, ;1 ;3 l'.!l' it!!' l!ll'fl, tlh· J·t't'"t' ilt yard;u..:t· lh:in;...: (1AI~ l. \\ 'it 1t th·· (t~ur--~.· changl'd ttc.:xt ,.l':tr tilt· p:·l.'l·llt ~:trd:-t;,.:l' an~l par "iii l!t~ i11t·· tla· di . . \·:trd. Speed Builds Course \',t\\ j,,r :OOIIIlll'thing- aiHtll! \or :it\\t':-ll'nt·., t. ' lllry i11t" 1111rth :-;ht·r~.· c11li . Tha t 1l;t1t·:- hark h· t·ttt' d<l\· in .J!J22 \\hl'tl t 'l!:t:-k-. ~pn·d. an :t!.!~rt.'!'> :-i\· t· 1·\.t rl .... t,il 111:t1t \\·lw tind-.. ti;n~.· il1r !..!t~li ,Jt. ... ,,itt.· · rltlllh·r~~u, and imp1)rtant l;u,ilit.,., :tlf.tir.... tkri,kd that a ~nli l'··lfr ... l· in tht· h1rt· . . t Pr~:-t·n·e \\.;,nld ht· a it llt' thing·. }.fr. f:.pc.·L'<l wa . . :-11 --un ui it that hl' \\'ent h..> the l'ttlllll\ l"·;trd .tnd !t1ld tht· ho;trd tllt·m l·t·r-.. \\h:tt hl' \'.:tntt·d tn do. Tlw J·l.tn n:t'l \\ith tht' appn)ral of thl· J,,,,trd . l!u: \\htt \\';1.., ' ' ' huild tilt' . l!'··li C··lll"--1' :- \1 r. ~pn·d :-aid that \\OUJd ltt.· takt·ll l':tf'l' ni. JJi~ tir:-.t tlt'··utdlt "·'" ll· gl'l tPt!l'!ltrr a hand oi lltl'tl ~ ,,, tin:tnn· · !Itt' i~rnjn·t, lntt that · itka Hi\'nTvd out j,,r lw di~covvrt·d it a .tinicult t;~o,k t,, tint! tlH' ll "J,., nlltld "sn." tl!t: intnrt· and \\ho would put up thl·ir Jll\llll'\". J:m ~1'-l't'd sa\\' the t"llir ·q·. :tii I\ ,·.: ·,; - :: - :: .: 1 ,,· ·: '.· \1· ~ .·.· .· ],: t' ., · l\:. ·1·.~:··! i i l i:..:, t: :: :·, o, ~: 1\t it . . <, "t'll that he quickly l'c:nt. Tl;at m~.·an:- that t ht: cour:-.c was plan ~~i l·rrlistin~ others in lin isht·<l in J«J23. ! ·1 l· 1·r1,, vl.· r a ll·d pl;l \-cd a lone hand. Netted $26,000 last year II·: i·llt up ~.:;~.llOO amt built North"Xorthwestt·rn nrth·<l $26,000 m \'. ~.·-.fl · rn. 1926," saicl ~I r. f:.pt·t·d. "~o you sec Course Built in Year how popular the enur~t· was. 1t would t:ut it -.hould . l··e mt:utioncd here that have nl'ttt·d $JO,OtHt this \Tar ii I could · ,., ht·n it ramt· tt' sign in~ the contract han.· goth' alon~ with it." til<' (·~~mit,. hoanl i11s<.·rtcd some liard That hrings us up to a suhjt·ct which ;,nd ia .. t, d:ttbt" in the papers. Rrietly has gin·n .\I r. Snn·d many unpleasant .,t.ttt-rl ~Pt-ed had · to get hack the thoughts. The.· Count~· 'll'ppecl in last Ill· ·nt.·\· Itt· ha<l im·c.·stl·<l within six March and took the rnur~c a\\'a\' from \'t·ar .. ,·,r ht· till' l11St'l". lu other words the mau who had huilt it. He ~a,· s it ii ~Jit't'tl i.tilnl tn make the course the was a \'(llcl kkknttt. But is Spc<'d '-llt' Ct'"' ht· ,- i~ualiled, it would revert angry? Dnes lw hc.·ar malic(·? ~ot a 111 tlw ( ·t·Ullt\·. l:ut that wasn't all. hit. Ht· sat at hi~ dc..·~k n·.;terday aJHl Thl· '-.' 11\t rart spl'citlcally stated that !"pokt· thttsh·: ~pn·d mu-.t havt' it ready for Jllay ..'rhl'\' hurt m\· in·lin!.!..; ,,-ht'n tl1ev " ithin nnt· n··tr or the club would go took the '('oursc.· aw;l\- {nmt me.·. :.\1~· 111 the.· t "ount \'. WOrk Ot1t thl'fl' \\':1:' tlPt finished. f l.ot:- oi mc.·n would have thrown up wa11tcd to tini..;h it and mah· North1 ht· i'IHII\gl· wiH"n fa-cing those exa<.·- wrsh·rn otH' 0f 1ht· tine ... t gt)li conr..;ts t it ·11:--. hut th)t ~P('t·<l, who quickly on the north ~httrt·. 1t \\"( ·uld h:t ,·t· IH'l'll l'~"'n·d his nanw was. not a misnomer. the only dwmpit)l\..;ftip · pnhlic <'Pllf"t' in IJ,· I tttd~t·d t lw ga111e, had the course the Count\·. nut thl' ( .<HIIll .\ " :-.poil<.·d r~. ad~· i .. r pia~· within a ~·ear and now thosl' plan~ for m..:.·· · li~tt·n to t hi~-hc made the course pay Thl'll ~~ r. Spt't'cl rnn t itt lit"' priclciPr it:-di in thrl'c n·ars plus five per(Continunl nn Pa!..!'t.' 3-l t ;' tl: 1: :· , . ...;1\\' tq·Iflt