Show AMAZING IS VOGUE OF GOLF many americans now play game unknown to them twenty five years year ago twenty five years ago there was waa us ill much golf played in the united states as there Is 13 baseball played in the central villages of the fiji islands which Is to say practically none whatsoever writes grantland rice in the new york tribune yet facing 1917 there are golf courses covering more than acres inhabited by something like players sexes from twelve to eighty years 0 x 1 age in the broad span pan I of a sport no one can recall such 1 development as this in so short a time the change from isoo 1800 to 1917 la Is almost beyond belief no one knows earlier conditions better than jack clark the well known professional at the madison country club madison conn ill never forget he be says when I 1 brought my clubs from scotia scotland d through the custom house la in boston back in may 1890 the custom house officer first thought they were a peculiar brand of 0 walking stick ile he insisted they could be nothing else and my scotch brogue was too much to make him understand my brother bob and I 1 laid out a six hole course at west medford mass and when we started playing the entire community laughed at us the kids in the next field field were playing baseball and they thought we were crazy but a few of them consented to try it out and an d immediately med lately took up the game when they found it so much harder than it looked the trouble in the early days continued dark clark was loaning golf balls balla and clubs when we lost what few balls we had we had to send back to scotland tor for more and wait six sir weeks as we buy any over here ill never forget when I 1 walked into a big sporting goods dodds store in boston in 1911 I 1 told the salesman I 1 wanted a golf club 1 1 I know what you want he said and soon returned with a shinny staci stick you yon call it golf over there he told me but we call it shinny over here and it was all I 1 could do to make him understand the two games were not tho the same ame |