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Show ' i h M GOLF. H M Today's foursome should, from the view-point I - h 1 of the gallery, be one of the most interesting 1 ,"j matches in a long; season of close contests on the ' H local links. With the champion and runner-up ij c v H both of the men's and women's championship j yt H contests in the play, there ought to be enough f ', H good golf to furnish a lot of surprises and sudden ' jj changes in the standing of the game, with the re- rf ' H suit problematical until near the end of the eigh- j . ' jj teen hole match. In a match of this kind, Mr. V i M Channing's terrific driving and Miss Judge's clever ' ' ' ' fl approaching should make them the favorites. k ' ' ' Thirty-six holes match play is too long a game i ! ,' j for the women, even in the championship finals. j l , 'j To play thirty-six holes in one day takes some- I 1 , ' thing besides golfing knowledge; it takes an j il ' ! amount of endurance that belongs rather to a pro- I j' j ' ;'1 fessional pedestrian than to a woman golfer. And 1 , I I ; 41 7i I i 'AH to split championship finals into two days' play 1 1 , ! jH is not golf, nor is it conducive to peaceful sleep. 1 j$ . This opinion is not the product of my own fer- 1 i' Vltl tile brain; the women contestants declare with j i 'l :i! emphasis that it is what they think about it, and I Jr , ( H it is a pretty good think. Twenty-seven holes I jT ,') jfl could be played in one day, and twenty-seven I- I?' .JIB holes is a good test of golf. It is long enough to I lJ ' ' ' lH prevent the possibility of winning by accident or ill '!, ijB luck, and as the ladies wish it so, twenty-seven 1 j, '!? "liH holes will probably be fixed as the limit of play 1 1 y ' in the women's finals next season. J m $ , H The links at Fort Douglas have finally been tut , 'i, jjfl completed, and a number of the Country Club I PR ' 'iJB golfers have been cordially invited by Colonel j ifjifj ,'iffl Bubb to bring their "cloobs" and try them. Need- I Of VjB less to say, the invitation will be accepted! I un- ! Hi i' 1$ 4 destand the boys at the post have succeeded In j m 'n'LijB laying out a very sporty course. That is inac- j wkj !,j H cordance with the eternal fitness of things. And j ' M' mB the establishing of a bogey score for the new W ' ) IjH course will be attended with much pleasure. ' vf ' H Col. Bubb is to be commended for his action ; !, J fl in having this new course laid out. Most of the , : V , jl 'fl officers at the post are exceedingly fond of the j ! ' jl( JH game, but the Country Club links are too far j y ,0 jjjH away for them to play much, and the new links , J j (I )$H will give them an opportunity of slamming new ; f'v'jflM balls into the hereafter to their hearts' content. , J: H Comment on the championship finals will be ! I ' I JH made by some other man in some other column. t '"jh'H I. GOLFSOMB. j f J ' ! |
