Judge, 1923-06-30 · page 12 of 37
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# "Told at the 19th Hole" by Walter Trumbull This page satirizes golf culture among the wealthy in 1920s America, specifically targeting the Greenwich Country Club set. The main article presents three absurdist scenarios about an increasingly "lively" golf ball—one that's so powerful it causes injuries and nearly breaks up a family, prompting darkly comic solutions like anchoring boats three miles away to retrieve balls. The cartoon strip below, "Golf as a Cure for Nervousness," mocks the supposedly therapeutic claims of golf while showing three scenarios where a man is advised to take up the sport: by his doctor (for insomnia), his friend (who profits by recruiting him to an expensive club costing $450), and his wife (whose "sporty" outfit recommendations cost $550 total). The satire attacks both the commercialization of golf among the upper class and the dubious health claims used to justify the expensive hobby. The closing joke notes that former stage drivers now work as golf caddies—a commentary on changing American labor and class mobility.
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©Edwin Levick. Greenwich Country Club, Greenwich, Conn. TOLD AT THE HEY finally have succeeded in making the golf ball so lively that a good two hundred yard hole uses a and backspin, in order not to over- drive the green. The thing sometimes ads to complications The other tapped a putt a little too i f aking them a brief visit of a year and was playing on an adjoining fairway. It broke her ankle and the man wanted her taken to a hospital where she'd get the best of care, while his wife wanted to take her home and nurse her herself. Moreover the wife seemed to think it was the man’s fault. She said he should not have pulted when her aunt was in the line of the putt and only fifty yards away. There is where this lively ball almost broke up a family. But its inventors hollow floater which can be driven three miles and will just hold one drink. ‘Then a seaside links will be constructed with the nineteenth hole built on the beach and having the ocean as a water hazard. If a man can not drive the hazard by Walter Trumbull cover the balls, which will have a cork but not a cork center, Of course it is understood that the boat will carry suitable supplies. _ Professionals will be engaged to drive the balls back from a tee constructed on the deck just forward of a capstan bar. This will re- vier driving. mals will drive high balls which will have a decided kick when they land. No player will be permitted to drive over twice while others are waiting. The penalty for a topped ball, or a slice or hook to the rough will be a con- tinued thirst. No police traps will be permitted to be constructed on the course. GOLF AS A CURE FOR NERVOUSNESS rgth Witte Playing sometimes on the lot We whale away and, to be candid, Have no real idea where the shot Has traveled or the ball has landed, But then our heart brims with a joy We can not find the words to utter To see our caddie, beamish With languid air get out the putter. We wave our brassie like a sword- areless that others may resent it And, acting just a trifle bored, Give the impression that we meant it; But in our souls we're burning up And long to shout to all in | i “That's our ball up there Why don’t you do a little cheeri Ge is a queer game. One certainly would sup- pose that two such experts as Sarazen and Barnes would qualify in any tournament. If we had not supposed so we might have qual- ified a lot of stuff we wrote about them. But, tournament or no tournament, there are still a lot of us who would be sat- isfied if we could “sy the game like Sarazen and Barnes. + * * In most country naturally his shot will fall in the wa A club boat will be anchored just at the three mile line to re- for insomnia. cine. nothing.” His doctor advised golf “Don't spend money on medi- Fresh air costs Fee $5. His best friend advised him to join the Green- brook Golf Club. He does. It cost $450. ings, 10 His wife advised him to buy sporty golf clothes. Suit, $70; cap, $5; stock- $8; Total expense, $550. communities the man who used to drive the stage now drives the golf ball. shoes, $12.