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Show WELL-KNOWN CADDIE RETIRES FROM LINKS Tribune Special Sporting Service. LONDON. Fob. 7. Golfers will regret to learn of the death of the famous caddie. cad-die. Harry Crawford, known throughout the golfing world as "Big" Crawford. Seventy-three years of aso. he was a linn typo of the old-fashioned Scottish caddie, and his knowledge of tho game was complete. com-plete. Born at Mussejburgh. he had lived at North Berwick most of his life. For some years Crawford carried regularly regu-larly for A. J. Balfour when -the latter visited North Berwick, and ho was the faithful henchman of Ben Sayers In the whole of the many Important money matches which the professional played. Sayers has declared that he always liked Crawford by his side, especially when playing on another man's course and bo-fore bo-fore a crowd whose sympathies were with the local professional. l A man of little education, there was something extraordinarily dominating In the personality of Crawford. The story hns been told of how wln-n he was onco carrying in an Important match a spectator specta-tor offended his dignified regard for the etiquette of the game by n-peatcdly coughing when a stroke was about to be played, - For a time the caddie said nothing! noth-ing! but at length his patience gave out. and the silence that followed another outburst by the offender was broken by Crawford saying: "Can anybody oblige that gentleman with a Jujube?" Strike and Spares. Standing of clubs and average of players play-ers in the City bowling league: Won. Lost, Pet. Crescent: 'j ' j" Crowns I .55(1 Z. C. M. 1 4 5 AV AH-Ainerican 3 G .3.i'J Games. Strikes. Av. I'. Oulnn. fref-eonts .9 38 20.1-U Plcrpont. Crowns 3 13 192 Ekdahl. Crescents 9 Wi 189-S Kllpa trick. All-American.. il 39 1S9-2 Pearson. Crescents S 37 1S7-I Anderson. 55. C. M. 1 9 10 1SG-1 S. Snllss. Z.-C. M. 1 9 10 ISC-1 D. afWotl. CM. I....0 38, 183-7 OvHi'iiHwan. Crowns n 2G 1s..-. Laurie, All-American 9 35 1S.:-S .s. Williams. Crowns ' 3G ISO-1 Stayner. All-Amerlcnn ...G 23 13-1 ! J. Qulnn. Crowns 9 -b - I Uurton. Cresc-nts ..' n '. iih ! Danly. Z. C. M. I g 9 15 (MoUvneau. All-Amer 9 'a i--i i.oell. Crescent - S li--l Hay inoncl. Z. f. M. I V 10 172 mphani. Cretceuts 8 -l 1(0 Burl. Crowns.............. ft n. William-.. Z. C M. ....! IS 1G9 nonlilnn. All-Amer S lGb-4 lblcam. All-Amer ..0 19 ';- Collins, Crowns 1 1 Hl-o Wants Moro Money. Frank '"Soldi has been offered 55000 to meet Vtisslff Mahmout In a wrest ling i match In Chicago, but Is holding out for 57000 ap his share of the receipts. The Mi: Iowa, farmer said he was more than willing to hook up with the Bulgarian Bul-garian He said thi mutch looked good to him and' Hint he would go lo Chicago next Monday to fix up the details of there Was a chance of ihelr meeting. No Moro Hayes. Dorando Plotrl. tho Iltllo Italian runner run-ner has announced that ho will not meet Johnny Hayes in Chicago as had been rilnnn'-d several weeks ago. "I'm not afraid of this man Huyesi,'" declares the Italian. "I lost tho London race to him bv' a Unite au you call It here. I beat him decisively In New York. Why should I run hirn again?" |