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Show GOLF. HI M POSITION IS EVERYTHING. , M When Walcott putts dead golfers rise; M Auld Tom leaves mansions in tho skies, . And from golf courses shrieking flies, M When Walcott putts. ' fl A merry human wishbone he, f M With neatly bended, concavo knee; M But oft tho ball is down in three M When Walcott putts. M For kodak ilends a joy is he, M A picture to be shown with glee, M But 'lack-a-day and woo is me, M When Walcott putts. M A goose-neck, mallet, ten-pound maul, M Oh, wo have vainly tried them all, M The cup enfolds tho pesky ball H When Walcott putts. H tv v v Championship plays begins tomorrow, instead H of next week, with 18 holes medal play for qual- H ification and position in the pairings for the sub-' H sequent match play. Interest 'n this year's scrap H seems to havo revived considerably of late, and it H is probablo that there will bo at least ton and H perhaps twelve starters in tho series of match H play games leading up to the semi-finals. Frank H McGurrin is still in the east, and probably will H not take part. But Steiner and Wicks are liable H to give somo of the top notchers a great deal of H trouble, as both arc steadying down just at tho H right timo. H & & & ' H There is a possibility of a team match being arranged with tho San Rafael club, of which George Heintz is a member, somo time during October. Mr. Heintz has written, extending a cordial invitation to tho local golfers to come "out there and get licked, and thero is a possibllty of the coming out part of tho invitation being accepted. accept-ed. Hope so. We are getting Into a rut so deep that a niblick is no help, and a little rubbing up against somo strange courses and some strange and very earnest golfers might do good. fcW fcy Tho club has become a member of the Trans-Mississippi Trans-Mississippi Golf Association, and for next season, . with a lengthened and greatly Improved local courso to do penance over, team matches both hero and abroad will be arranged. There has been some correspondence with the Denver Club, but as that team went to Des Moines for the Trans-Mississippi championship tournament, a gam for this season was out of tho question. A. FOOZLBR. |