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Show GOLF. A now record for the first hole, that destroyer I of medal scores, was made last week by Steiner I in the qualifying round for the annual championship. champion-ship. But I'll have to tell you the story. "Now watch ME," quoth Georgia Steiner; "Watch mo smite it on the solar, "Whang it right upon the sozzle, "Far unto the right field garden, "Overlooking Billy's barnyard, ,, "In the region of theu.fljst green, "Where it is a cinch for putting." Thus spoke Georgie to the golfers, To the gaping, senile caddies, Waiting for the merry swatlet Of the club upon the gutta. Placed he then upon the mud pile' . Carefully a nice new Haskell. Visions of an "A" score pleased him. Then the helpless ball addressing, " , ," and so forth, High above ho swung his driver, Swung and swang into the foliage, With a mighty curving motion Like a small boy with green apples. Wow! a saucy slap he gave it; Slapped it on the warty surface Sailed the ball among the pear trees, To the land of cholera morbus; Seventeen the caddie counted Ere the mangled ball was sunken In the cup upon the hill top; With the garden muchly harrowed, With the ditches full of club heads, With the ozone full of sulphur. Walcott Thompson equalled the course record of 18 holes with a 36 and a 39 a total of 76, and under unfavorable conditions, the greens being anything but perfect. They were the least of his troubles, however. His four consecutive rounds of 40, 41, 3G and 39, a total of 156 Is the best by far ever played over the local course. w ( v The closest and most interesting match of the first round was that between Wicks and Steiner. Steiner .was one up at the 14th holo, but here his trouble commenced. Wicks took the 15th in three and the seventeenth in two, winning the match. Eight for three very troublesome holes is - going some. The H'jlman-Steiner match should be worth following this week. Frank McGurrin has returned from the East, Bob Harlcness has started playing again, and in a way that is very troublesome, and there should be some tall doings for the next few weeks. A FOOZLER. |