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Show GOLF. I Golf is a game for young and old alike, it H does more to stimulate a tired brain and bring H vigor to softened muscles than four hundred dol- H lars' worth of sarsaparilla taken according to ii- I rection in the gladsome springtime. It brings a I color to the cheeks that would put Madame Yile I to shame, and is a better system of training for I a loose temper than a job tending chickens in a I flower bed. It requires as much patience as billiards, bil-liards, and just as good an eye and steady a nerve. Also, it requires practice, and this is what I want to preach about. Mr. Holman broke into "A" class last week, and easily, too, with a score of 84 for the 18 holes. Now it is said that to learn golf well enough to make a satisfactory score, a player must be picked young. Yet Mr. Holman, who was 21 several years ago, and who never saw a golf club until last year, is now putting up a game that is hard for any of the "A" class men to beat. It shows the effect of constant, dogged practice. Oh, ye duffers, quit your swearing and get out with one or two clubs. Frank McGurrin is another player wose game I has improved remarkably. He tied Channing's I record score of 80 a few days ago. He was one of I the real nice easy ones last year, and even this I spring was given a good handicap. Who will es- I say to concede him the halved holes now? Verily, I not the writer. It is practice that does it. good, I hard digging with the club that you are weakest I with. To the deuce with the medal scores for a while. Go out somewhere with your driver or your midiron or your putter and a lot of old balls and practice. Find out why you sclaff or top so many balls, or put crooked, and correct it. Go ahead now, try it awhile. Billy Reed and Bob Harkness are also with the select, Reed making an 87 and Harkness an 85. There is going to be some pretty play for the championship this year. The trap bunker guarding the fifth hole should be widened and deepened. Too many topped balls jump it in its present condition. I. GOLFSOME. |