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Show m fa THE COMING SPORT. Is olf golDK to lake the place of MR baseball as nur foremost nan'nnnl 1 H I . poil tail YOU may scofl at the suggestion. nMBDul sporting goods manufacturers e? lljfltiiuaie that at least 2,000,000 Anieri .hi .- jip- (.-olt'T.- MiJ that is only a beginning Any oue .wuh his eyes open realizes that a golf craze is sweeping the country I like a prairie fire In popularity, golf fflB is growing far laster than basoball H greif in its early days. For every one that plays golf, there Hare five who wouid be playing if they .1 i j II It ffe couiu. In the main, golf still Is a rich man's luRigame, The price of getting into a good ffflgolf club Is prohibitive for the average Hjman and uaualT intentionally so, to ijSkcop the membership 'exclusive" Many cities have municipal golf l jlJcourses. but not enough of them A MM player generally has to stand in line Mfor hours before he can drive off. jjflAnd, hile plodding from hole to hole, jfahe flnd6 the course so crowded that Bit's like being In a shrapnel barrage. The shortage of golf courses for the fflperson of moderate means drives Hwhome the principle that America has ikjjmade practically no provisions for re-tftcreatlonal re-tftcreatlonal sports for the people. If golf ever does dethrone base-fijjlHball, base-fijjlHball, H will be a good ihin? for the I llanatlonal health. I The baseball fan rarely plays the. RBgame himself He si's and watches professionals pla For ihis i--ason, baseball In Anif is nn l.,np- r a :j jjport it is a lorm oi i neairicais. Yo do not, however, find golf enthu-ftiasts enthu-ftiasts sitting back and watching other players except an ocraHoo.i) .-.tar. tajlThe golfeiie not a grandstand loafer lKHe gets out and plays the game him-self. him-self. I Golf sometimes is sneered at as a I 2tnamby pamby game, but only by peo ijjjple whose knowledge of it is limited jljio observation Horn a passing auto. Carried to extreme.-, null is a danger-Hously danger-Hously violent sport. You have no-IfiLiced no-IfiLiced lately, the increasing number of Htaen who are falling dead of heart "allure- on poll rounds In moderation, as an fXfuisf, solf mis the moBt scientific sport ever deft de-ft vised. It combines ihe benefits of ong-dist anc- walking with the swing-lLng-on-the-ball that brings nearly ev-Msry ev-Msry muscle of tbp body into play The Rlponnectlon between golf anA ihe pro-Hrerblal pro-Hrerblal health of the Scotch may be Brloser than any of us dream. I Good golf courses, available to the HHpublic at low cost, are needed as Blnuch as good roads possibly more HHIbolf may be the magic tonic for civili-Bkation's civili-Bkation's ills caused by lack of exer-Lise exer-Lise It may also prove to be the safe-Hv safe-Hv valve for the high nervous tension hai t! -ripping so many of u.j r,r |