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Show Walter Travis Traces Longevity to Golfing That ho owes his life to coif Is the belief expressed by Walter Wal-ter iJ Travis, the only American ; to win the British nmnteur championship, cham-pionship, after a winter spent In col fine on the Pacific coast. "Golfing s a national bless-Ing," bless-Ing," said the New Jersey player. play-er. "It prolongs life. I bellevo that I would be dead now If I had not taken up golf, and my regret Is that I waited until I wub thirty-five yenrs nt ago before be-fore taking to the links with Its llfe-glVIng benefits. Now they Istart young, but It Is never too (late to begin, for even with my late start I won both the American Ameri-can and the Drltlsh titles, and one tuny go on golllng many jyears after the nge that would prevent Indulgence in other sports." |