Judge — October 27, 1923 — page 18: what you’re looking at

Machine-transcribed from the original scan — historical spelling and the odd misread are preserved.

Mohawk Country Club, Tiffin, Ohio TOLD AT THE 19th HOLE by Walter Trumbull HROUGH the window I see the trees wave Their red and gold of leaves October, While I sit inside here and slave, In a mood that’s impatient and sober. Cajoling and clear, through the pane, I hear a gay breeze as it whistles The tune meant to call me again To the game of the land of the thistles. The call having sounded, I'm off— Right gladly indeed I'll obey it: For why should one write about golf When fretting and longing to play it. * * * Wwies a person does something—and you see them do it—and the view you money—you'd think they'd be Are they? They are not. v want to tell you all about it. Why? Darned if we know, but it’s the same at every game. “T had a bad lie for that iron shot, but I certainly laid into it and I landed just on the edge of the green——you saw me land just on the edge hunch and you know when I have a hunch I play it and Why doesn’t he shut up and ante? “And so L discarded the East Wind, because I was pretty sure nobody would pick it up—there were two East Winds down already and the third has a chip out of it and I could see it in the wall— so I discarded it—you saw me discard it— and I kept the nine Bamboo and when you put down the nine Bamboo I knew Lhad a limit hand and I certainly did say “Mah Jongg’ quickly —you heard how quick I said ‘Mah Jongg’ and—” Terrible! It’s the same at every game. * + 8 In life and golf it is the same— The rule in each holds true: Keep your attention on the game, Hit straight and follow through. + o£ * A club which is faced back is con- structed in that manner for the purpose GOLF AS A CURE FOR NERVOUSNESS of lifting a ball, but many golfers prefer to employ the wrists. se 8 It is all very well to lift your gaze to the stars, but you will never be a golf star so long as you lift your gaze. ee s than half his total that he has given pa awful battle. * * You may judge of a man’s skill on the fairway; of his courage in the rough. ss Although id golf bug may Tn foreign countries roam, Show him a golf course and he'll say That he is right at home. + * «* Looking at the golf you could suit. age girl attired for scarcely call it her long * * * Any golfer hitting another golfer on the hip pocket should be required to replace the divot. + *« «* oO" COUNTRY, sweet and fair, Hills and valleys, grass and streams, Something in the sky and air Which sets men to dreaming dreams, And a game which h i At which unbelie scoff, Exercise and fellowship These things go to fashion golf. Take a man who never has lifted a club, Put a driver in his hands and let him hit one long ball. This is the recipe for making a golfer. roy HE DUFFER had found a ball. Kneeling down, he examined it closely. It was a Whoziss 30. But perhaps it belonged to the pair behind him. He would be honest about it. Looking up, he shouted to them: “What're you playing?” “Golf!” came the answer. “What're you? ae of the green—and 1 said to myself that I'd try for the putt, so I studied my line you saw how care- fully L studied the line —and I gave the ball a chance and al- lowed for the roll and it flopped in for a birdie. If I hadn't allowed for the roll-—* Most teresting! “So when I you stand pat I split the pair—vou saw unin- | | | \ MAN rushed into a drugstore for a soda. Tt was ob- vious he was very ple plain- ed « much excited. The | curious soda clerk finall, ked the | cause of so much | nervousness | In a reply filled | gene with ex- | | | along narrow country road full of treacherous mud holes when Twas | nearly killed by one me split. the pair— and drew four more spades. Of course, He is hit in the mouth it seemed a waste of by a golf ball and loses money, but I eight front teeth— Treatment this week, $400. which cost $400 to re- place, plus nervous strain— 6 Total expense to date, $6,132. so with murderous pur- pain and pose he looks for the doctor who advised golf. of the... Ford owners who passed me going forty miles on the ground, sixty off.” | VENT T tw pretty. One da advertis Beautie w handsor known ; box of t van kiss comicbooks.com