Show i ii i 41 riving Lots of Grief f y i FRANK K BAKER BAKER- An incident at Indianapolis Indiana fires ires our curiosity about how hove many golf balls would be found 1 if the lake on Nibley Parks Park's well known No 4 hole were drained I 1 Imagine a modest wealth has been swallowed by this water hazard who his drive or or which yawns awns disturbingly for the golfer goUer timidly tops slices dices it away from the green Oh theres there's not many balls left there you may prophesy Caddies Caddies Caddies Cad dies do too good a n. Job of fishing cm em out That may be be but I dare say wed we'd all be surprised at nt the balls baIts that Could be found ou on the bottom of this lake Five thousand dollars' dollars worth of balls were lost in inthe inthe the water hazard of the South Grove Gro course at apolis in the p past t 22 years That represents a lot of erring shots shots so so many that I figure well we'll all have lots lotsof lotsof lotsof of consolation the next time we tap the balky pellet Into a canyon or lake C. C W. W V. V A. A workers this winter dredged the lagoon at Indianapolis and found more than go golf f balls submerged submerged submerged sub sub- merged in muddy silt Harry Schopp professional at atthe atthe atthe the course said the balls would average 50 cents apiece in original cost Balls Balls' Found of Material l Lon Long Since Abandoned by hy The manner in which the balls rested In the l lagoon goon would give ge geologists geologists ge- ge mat material from which to write a history of the development ofIr of Ir I I golf colt it is said There were layers on layers of at balls bans separated by thick strata of silt slit The balls at at the bottom were made of gutta percha which is not Used now And all this despite the profitable concession boys operated at the lagoon for the recovery ery of balls which did not clear the waters I Yes I Imagine a lot of us could find mementos of ot ill-fated ill shots on the bottom of Nibley's lake If anybody Is due for a break k Its It's Johnny Verger thirds third sacker ker for the thc world champion New NewYork York Giants who perhaps is baseballs baseball's foremost luck hard player One certainly cant can't blame Johnny If It he starts the 1934 season with his fingers crossed His infant son died shortly before beCore the 19 2 season opened and the blow affected his playing until he was was on the verge of being traded down the river Under Manager Bill Terrys Terry's patient leadership he rounded into old- old time timo form fonn last season only to be stricken by appendicitis at the height of the pennant race Then his wife became seriously ill III and the death of his infant daughter at birth kept him out of the world series erles Considerable worthwhile discussion among the women golfers has followed my recent comment on handicap problems Included ded in the discussion Is the understanding that after all handicaps handicaps handicaps han han- are tolerated merely because they help provide a balance between the good and fair players so these individuals can have some interesting club competition Without some balance a round of or golf would be interesting interesting inter inter- esting sting to neither The good player likes to see ee how well she can fare after spotting her herrival herrival herrival rival certain margins The lair fair player us uses the handicap as an opportunity opportunity to play in better competition than she ordinarily would have a J chance to enjoy Obviously no one can value victories won with the aid of or a handicap Very highly That isn't the sentiment of or the handicap anyway I ISome ISome Some of ot of the feminine players have vc expressed their surprise at stand to for a handl handicap to o. o be based as d on a more mort n nearly arly average game gane a fn d ot thc lie golfers golfer's beat sV scores To this question t I point out the in ln bowling lI Handicaps are are applied on t the e seasons season's avera average average- et e- e t th the narks marks which include both the lie best g games I Only two thirds of the difference in handicaps Is recognized and of f co cour course only competitive games are are co counted ted in the average Certainly a similar scheme could b be drafted by the feminine colt golfers en |