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Show GOLFERS HATE TO PART WITH OLD CLUBS. Every golfer has at least ono or two clubs In his bag which ho prizes as much as Wagner, Cobb, Lajoie or any of the great hitters do some of the bats with which they hae done so effective work In tho past It is rcmarkablo how golfers will clutter up their bags with wooden and Iron clubs which aro remnants of other da j s The golfer hates as much to discard dis-card an old iron as a crack batsman dislikes to throw away an old bat that has won games. The result Is that many a caddie has dropped almost exhausted ex-hausted because ho has had to lug around on somo hot daj' anywhere from fifteen to twenty clubs. Superstition has Just as much to do with the golfer as tho follower of any other sport. Ho Is delighted if by any means ho can get hold of some club which was used at some time or other bj' somo well known player, a professional profes-sional preferred. I3ery ono who goes to Scotland is not satisfied unless ho brings homo an Iron or wooden club mado bj' ono of tho famous Scotch professionals pro-fessionals Evcrj' now apd then a player docs get possession of a club which is worth while. Gcorgo Cook, who for j'ears was ro-garded ro-garded as one of tho best plaj'ers In tho Philadelphia district, has in his possession a putter which was made In Scotland in 17CS. Ho has had It now for twenty j'ears and bought It secondhand. sec-ondhand. It is in a wondorfully fine state of repair, and overj" now and then when oth,er putters go wrong the old club Is brought Into tolling use. |