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Show :; Walter Travis Traces Longevity to Golfing i - That he owes his life to golf ! Is the belief expressed by Walter Wal-ter J. Travis, the only American to win the British amateur championship, cham-pionship, after a winter spent In golfing on the Pacific const. "Golfing Is a national blessing,'' bless-ing,'' said the New Jersey player. play-er. "It prolongs life. I believe that I would be dead now If I had not taken up golf, and my regret Is that I waited until I was thirty-five years of age before be-fore taking to the links with its life-giving benefits. Now they . start young, but it Is never too late to begin, for even with my late start I won both the American Ameri-can and the British titles, and , one may go on golfing many years after the age that would ! prevent Indulgence In other sports." |