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Show GOLF MARKED BY ITS MOST RAPID CHANGES Modern Weapons Make Game Easier and Enjoyable. Years Ago Scots Played With Feather Balls andJJsed Only Few Clubs Every Modern Convenience Was Quickly Rejected. There are better golfers now than there were 20 years ago. There were better golfers 20 years ago than there were 40 years ago. Golf Is a game that has lived and thrived for ages, yet modern weapons have made the pastime easier and more enjoyable. Tears ago the Scots played with leatner balls ana used oniy a lew clubs. They played over short courses and their scores ran htgh as a rule. Scores then would be ridiculously high compared to the scoring done today. to-day. Courses were about a third shorter short-er than we have now. ' If the old conditions prevailed feather balls, clumsy clubs and short course golf would not be half so attractive. at-tractive. - In the old days there were few conveniences, as the clubhouses were tot built on the magnificent scule (hat they are at the present time. Getting to and from the links was not as easy, nor could the golfer trav In such comfort. There were no caddie bags, either. The caddie bag has only been used lit the last 40 years. Up to that time the caddie carried the half dozen , clubs under his arm. Those who used the first crolf baes were thoueht to be snobs and It wae considered faddish. The old-time golfers tamed hp their noses at the man who wanted his clubs packed in a sack. The Scots insisted that It was "na goff." When the rubber-cored ball came Into existence the Scots Insisted that It was harmful to the game, and It was cried down In the leading golf centers, just as the gutta percha ball had been when it was first introduced. Every modern invention that has been a help to the golfer has been rejected at first thought. The bamboo shaft has been barred In Great Britain, a was the steel shaft recently. |