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OF INHERENT TO oARsMEM
Long Island Assn citation Flourishlng-Di
cord In tLe Middle states.

Long Island Assn citation FiourishiaS-Dis.
cord In t'Le Middle states,
Tho affairs OF tae long Island Rowing As.
ISOLATION arc now In better shape than ever
before For tho past three years but three
clubs have Com prised tho association. namely,
Crescent Athletic Club. Varuna and Seawan.
haka boat clubs This ycar however. there
are strong indications that the association will
be strer. gthened by three other large Long
Island clubs.
The Regatta Committee have selected Flush.
ing Fay as tho place for holding the seventh
annual regatta on Juno Is. A couple OF clubs
are now negotiating for tho erection Of boat
bouses on the course. and by the time the re-
gatta takes place there will be three houses
constructed. Tho Government dixie has been
considerably heightened. which Is the cause
ofthe association selecting It for this years.
regatta. as they are thus assured smooth
%stsI for oyer mile at all times It Is the
The next meeting Of the Middle States Re.
At fSe Hoee wMea viii &c an an
FIFTH Sssxss It'll Till sSsSss Il:
twS rss o; ,R IRE heavy ssssssa,snts levied
%eetSs tse es sas
reduce he EXPENSES. MIC point upon which Z
5 IL sGa t ssy n0ts a ,sf e. 4.sss
With ,'s radius q ID. miles: Sat q The lsss
ior tho coming regatta. the belief Being That
proposition is VIGOROUSLY opposed By Ike New
FisS Esss sna ea hss Sss Ss ,hS
Is also raised whetSsr the NeWarE l' eiubs
sna hsd e. mot
dergo the same expense as other clubs
GOSSIP.
4, The Passeie River Amateur Rowing Associa.
on, DECORATION Day. K fast naphtSa launch.
ree9ss saa
hs Boas e Gus decided to
build summer club house. ' .s'N'N "
Ths xn bost 5s ID. q th' See:
The. New York Athletic Club viii niIiii be- repre-
sented by J. A Dempsey IN the, junior single
''ss IT, S S1 Ny Syrf FL Athletic
the gymnasium for seats IL the Junior eight:
the ehsmpoD GRppies q last sls Year VIII BE-
unable to row this season; new payer shell
crews win go on the water ter, At Traysrs Island
the Harlem and Passaic regattas.
There will In all probability, be an eight.
s. s$ si 1 zSse sss Sas
With Ollie Stevens representing tho New
Manhattan AthIetie Cinb. the strunuIs fnr t the
diamond SOULS at the Harlem Regatta viii b
~ Cart, Anderson Of the DauntIess, Rowing
white to the front once more. He has several
likely candidates In training.
junior four-oared shell crew In the Harlem
regatta TO compete Tor the Mshr trophy, :.
The. New York Athletic Clubs dopble-seun
team this season will DO f. A. Haubold. stroke.
and r. NJ. Howard. bow.
Tho Flushing Rowing Club will probably be
the name OF the new rowing club formed DUR
ipg the winter. They have already member.
Long Island Associations course. about mid.
way between Flushing and College Point.
The Varuna Boat Club arc making. arrange
ments to build a training house at Sleeps
head Bay. the wator At Bay Ridge being too
rough for training crews. New solors hsye
discarded for scarlet and black.
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ovor Indfn. At Pau. In the South Of France.
there have been links. and good links. ton.
since 1853. and Dinrritz Dinard. and Hyeres
have followed suit with varying success There
Ia golf at tho Cnpo Of Good Hope. In Egypt. at
Alden. tho Canary Islands. Mt Singapore. In
Australia. at Gibraltar. They hovo even tried
It among the fortifcntions OF Malta. and tho
lntest news is TINT at st. Moritz. in tho Enga-
dine, golf links have been laid out ut an eleva-
ton Of 5000 foet above the sea. 1t is esti-
mated that some "a. 600 persons play golf. more
or less skilinly. in the world. England Is stud
ded with commons.andi Il is astonishing to noto
these bleak spots. the existence Of which. a
few yenrs ago. was scarcely recognized. Every
week witnesses the establishment OF Mt least
one club; and the other day well-known nro-
fsssional took boat for the Isle Of Man on u
commission to lay out four links Mt once. A
gentlemen's park will soon no considered in
complete unless 1t hrs its golf course. though
few parks are 1T for thu purpose on account
OF the long grass: and 1t Ia rarely indeed TINT u
Indies course Is not laid out at the snmo time.
The reason why all tho hest links are on the
aeashore is because there the soil issnndy aud
light and grows tho proper kind OF turf.
The turf should be very short anu close. so
that a ball lying upon It presents fair mark
ing without being hilly. and. II possibl varied
in character. That Is to say. there should be
patches Of lawn- like smoothness for the putting
green's Whore they do not exist they must be
madeh and other patches Of sand ind bad
ground. with various growths upon them.
Coming to such n spOt. It Is the business Of the
designer OF the links tn place his holes about
In such a way that they are separated by dis
tances varying from 20 to 400 yards. or even
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s ss Tn Il re lasn. incident sslss h.. es.e

s sssf Ins .RsSSsE H ssss A.. be-. -
Risht on u. Green ip I'VE.
sssssH ssrRis q ::; sup VI. A
The sweepstakes also woa
Bnt fate decresd II otherwise.
Aud made %ssH i ins sD Ss ia sn' JAIL
'1 &n SI Az n q ;s Sss; j s q: d.
Balls are occasionally played into the pock..
81 ia 20 Ss the q n Ss
one case has occurred Of a .iyine swallow be.
1s tsf sFyss Hs IL daY sss SPAR
As goliinR feat more novel than, useful
slghtesn holsss, On i've different links, on the
sns faS 5css s 'Sf only b. al. a9ps hs Sss
visited we're North berwick. Gnllane. tulrneas.
S sna The ast s.r dss match was
0 the holes s'a oss and ss'
iine, ones. One. ipIeed. which MEASURES 81
the rSp s 81 s's%s as
thus only some 30 to 40 yards distance from
aps to cSS e nv na hss S ddysT
else does such awful and certain punishment
Links those OF st. Andrews have their burn.
very i!sst hole The moral ef.ct at 81 y this
nfasaf"Gs e sass ct MstS s K ~G ssady
should VIII the s.ds 9ss Rt
most people Of tho same class. findings is
keopings," and when n ball rolls into the burn.
the club carrier. In hia apparent haste to find
1t. is only too apt to place his foot on It and
press It into the. ground-tor there is mud in
would hesitate to treat q shilling. Or indeed
ner. but with regard to tho little globo Of gutta
caddy world. like that Of the turf and tho
stage. has set up code OF morals for It's own
particular guidance. 1t Is perfectly true that
the caddy is the guide philosopher. and friend
OF the person who hires him. Indeed. he has
privileges which ( for one think excessive. for
and this makes the hiring, OF caddles. on I'm:
portant occasions very much OF the nature Of
engaging the services Of Jockeys, But for the
play his game. the caddy would not exist. and
1t is strange that his office OF nero carrier
should have been allowed to develop into that
OF mentor.
The accompanying plan Of the st. Andrews
links will give some idea Of the line. The
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the doyen Of golfers. let me hasten to state.
There is more than one player of over 80 years
Vile: father q Major whyto Melviie: who
elected Captain Of the Royal and Ancient In
1929, and played. in all for sixty-seyen years.
In @ When s ss y Wn ws atbps4 assd
BID Tom won tie ehsmpionshlp four time times.
No e s @e a. nf
to tho pinnacle 81 hIs ambition when middle
played. He and Allan Robertsop. I whose ' sp %
nS Ssyf two
9S sa ae 4 RSS Tom T Mo1ss AND %ns
match so sos he paS benns efisa very is
hS 0F o. ws sSsoSs st. rHS %sa Snd
TSe Est sook piase st North 04 ber SfeR
easily At st. Andrews Robertson and Morris
st 80 thru atS mad e taEe pGSe
Of this deciding Contest were haised. the i sec.
ond being. won by tho Dupns by four holes.
and when the last fourteen ,,iI holes e tho whole
only esSt holes TO play Robertson and &o %Tis
-four to 70 and
twenty 70 one were readily laid. and. be it said.
taken; But the next slX holes put wonder
hslyed only two. Thus they, we're salI square
and tyo halves Ts%a9sd to be played These
tSis remnrfabe match out a Of tn Tie a ire. SS No
connected with gni Is More respected by
causes much agitation ana the desire Hae to In
S 81 IL he's ao te snd tito to
istence q the Sandwich links Is almost en-
wces S SSsy Fssy sGs fSsn & M ws
Ths euIIositiss and ,hs@aSrs q soIi are nu-
AmSngst the euriositIes come what IRE termed
sousds t T'n sa the eS
81 he best known occurred In 1880.
M the lee for tie nnth wf hole dr Ss
iaRdsd Rsar some erS SS1 or. or rGoks one Of
y s psysrs CAUSED the bird drop The ba
S but sgok i FIJI ho ona b sV VIII y ~
81 so to tho ic,t. Here i apparsntiy realized
the unpromising nature 81 a globe OF hard
Ef bali H1fs a sh a. eond q s end mo
bird as rub on the green and It was At once
as Trough Il had rsachea tho spSt
have flown 20 an pnfayorable direction or gone
would have had to put up, with his misfortune.
On snSthsr occasion 2 ! short time ago. on the
81. n .oS ball sys s sn
ohswed At Il some time. rather violent meas:
urss, iPducing, TO give up Il, saticig.ted
quite sSplsSfblS scndit!oR il 9nS{bSt "a:
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TTTTTT
WALL FLOWERS.

Tho advent Of the 2H,eents-a.cue pool room
was the biggest snap tho sharks over struck.
About year ago an enternrising Bowery man
discovered that he could afford to give the use
OF his pool tablos for half the usual price and
Increase his profits About twenty ~ cents
no9 n n fbav ems.
side Of The street. although the other eide is
f9r the Bowery: contains fifteen tables: and an
these signs. Gents WIN look ont e. tI.e he'll
dispSts. settle after Hr' each game" "spottins
balls not permitted" The prohibition Of spot
games. In one, room money carriers; like
icating liquors nre sold II, the pool rooms. but
sarsapasila; soda water :. AID ginger ale arc
There is twice the. money made in these
cheap pool rooms that there is IN higher
Yoa sss; q. sss. , tables a ~. EaDt soiass
Of gas. or anything else. In fact Then q
young fellow dnesn't care much II he loses Or
ordinarily. and In reality spends more money
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GOOD FISHING GROUNDS
where Plenty OF Sport Csa he Had At .
Reasonable Price.


ITO -nx EpyroR or Tux sux-Sr: Would you kindly
advise through the columns Of your valua paper
~ sa' is'' combine:
Quite number of desirable fishing grounds can b.
found within . radius of seventy.hvs miles OF New
York city and the sport can DO enjoyed at very res.
sonnbe price, For saltwater fishing the Great South
Bay. one mile from Babylon. L. l. offers unusual ad.
vantayes. During June. July. and August wesShsh.
kinxfsh, sheepshead. and bass numerous, and
At times Spanish mackerei Il caught Founders run
in largo numbers from April 10 Juno. an from June
until October bluensh abundant Tho best sport 10
on flood tide. and buukers" are usually used for
bait. On New York Bay. near BAyonne, striped bass
and weskash are numerous during September and DC.
tober, wcaknsh particularly 30. sheddor crabs and
shrimp IRE used bait. On Newark Bay. at Bergen
Point. weskfsh. bluensh perch. and founders can DO
caught In large quantities with shedder crabs shrimp
sand worms and clans for bait during July. August
and September.
Al Beach and Broad Channels Long Island, fishing IL
excellent during NAY June. Jnly August. and sspiem
AS si;s ':SSaSsI:
4: e.
:n..psss.d aye naasrou: FL Vice. !: quite 's
,s: :s.
sa ss Hsns q .sH an.
sask.n sss bass snSss ,ln sinsns
~
take you where the hsh are the most plentiful Al
Far Rockawsy and Rockaway Inlet. during Jun July.
hsh. Linxhsh. shsepshsAd sea bass and b,ckn.h are
Island Sound. about half mile from Mnmsroneci.
this State, there are plenty n blacknsh striped
Milton Point are The mos. desirable Tar striped ba.;
crabs the hest b,it. Princes Hay. at Richinond
Valley, stirn island eighteen niles from tho city Il
Tho Ls:, water I. found from, me poplar: a IRON Of
snsdisr crab. and .SrSp ~h,sh mus! 10 tatsn sl"n
are the best halt. A. Urennie n. j., on the North
Shrew ,hiry kv-r, and at akdale. I. L. the Grsat
south Bay b.ueish. weaksh 49,. are h,,nsroas.
ground. Ba 4 bass pcksrsl and yellow perch run in
and spoons are u. beat bait on ,hs H.cS aver
striped bass are plentiful during July August and Sep
tsmbsr. EpEi.h Greek near * y also = eeod nshill
clans On Lais Rouion kons 8 mile from RonionE9mS
s:;:;. ~ rs y; II 4: -: 'ss ~
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4 CHAMPION PUTTING THE BALL
for the second hole is therefore "halyed.". and
W UnS tb the shid hos
aions than those within earehot Of q golferl
n s ss s ss paEsst ss sow Ana
they 60 on from. hole to hole. When, a player
is more holes. "up" than there arc holes re-
tSe m s " Dn q w
sK sn sseaa See y N.Y.
hole. Therefore play In tho match ceases;
When a number OF players are engaged in
the same contest. It is not possible to play of.
the scoring is done by strokes. Tho players
what ones immediate opponent may be doing
ever easily one may be beating him. others
may be doing still better. The scores are
kept on cards. which are compared at the
'G TSe Royal pa and Ancien. Club of St Andrew.
has decreed that IN match PLAYING lost bull
Lost h pnns Is rns h9 eSs
ball by taking some In tho palms and rubbing
the ball there. the coats being thin. Where
ering the ball will sink
sl to the end Of days
San he payse old S s8
give his portrait. 80 the reader can see for
himself the delicious blend o e simr ML good ma,
landmark in golf The majority Of ardent
players. I. e.. those who travel north. south.
cast. and west In search Of fresh links and now
Morris was 10 years Of nge In June last. but he
Is still in the ranks Of first class professionals
Ia not this one fact enough to mako all Of US
we are right in neglectine to learn n gamo
satrem S"1 I'D aseS I'D Tom Is ~ ny
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~~~>H-.<.~
Mr.. LAIDLAY DRIVING

Nh LA1DLAf DhIV1No
an instantaneous photograph, OF Mr.. J. T.
tSdsy NE present amste tSs ehHSmpIon and
tSpqs atttnas or tie drye inc 'aea OF 'ne
4 driving club has head which, is divided
into sole. that part which touches the ground:
aheel. the angle nearest the player; the toe. the
ne 81 t tie esio Ss s ses a n S
q perfect drive cannot be made. IL the ball Is
struck by the toe It screws round to the left
and II by the heel. to the right. Ifitis Sliced"
owing to the g. ub being swung across tho
y Which acts in alarming 'S.hon when The Is
'Hs ae dTTh!as part about golf !. tn. inan.t.
variety which one meets With IN some cases
s bs sn S e0s n aoss 81 hss +
decree that the ball shall run. Into a little de-.
preston perhaps not an Inch deeE; but be-
grass; may mean 9 hundred yards and psrha9s
impossible for the golfer. playing for posi-
ton three. four or Ave hundred yards away,
to leave an easy next stroke as does the billiard
the man ao ths bess
10 untoward conditions. This 4 Is which
Jr:: 80 q woaaderiul; he has meyer taken
io! its special ei IH@' which. in It's turn turn.
Ss. after tie drive. Is It'll very az from tie
ho!9 and los extremely well. the player may
y: e. s:aiSi' 81: Y s'i;s 81 3:
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COLE IN THIS COUNTRY.

to lawn tennis and other outdoor sports In
Southampton and Cednrhurst have learned
mated with tho sport. From the earnestness
with which the Long Islanders hayo taken
iief that it will spread rapidly to other por.
lions OF the United States. Long Island
should. however. furnish oil requirements In
along the coast would appear, to be we'll
adapted to the sport. Its growth and career
on American soil will be watched with interest
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some times attendant upon the occupancy Of
the cont9nding ARMIES during the war. Mrs.
Mary Wilson buried jar containing $4,000 IN
heirs found no clue which would lead 10 the The
f dkisGoyery q the the money and u was thought
long since Mlilssss WhitlccI. who was G plough.
Ing on the Wilson farm. which is eighteen
miles west OF this place. found the jar and
Z secret but L leaked out and the gran ohii.
i e s wa:Ss Be-; n SsSS:es ~. .s.'a's
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yer yhat, ri do: I'll spoteher ono an play wid
one hand"
well. IN play yer even wild one hand. one
BIossy thought no had fair chance then.
Most of the tables In the rooms have the
sign "Open Game" suspended above signify
in4 that the game is open to all corners, with.
out any questions being asked. Whom eight
pool. each one contributing dime. The
PLAYER who pockets the one or beer" ball
The proficiency which some Of the sharks
have attained at the game IL remarkable. At
times they mike the most wonderful! combi-
said that should any Of the. professional cham
Eions run UP against ths Boyery pool shark
acquainted with the rudIments Of the game.
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Prov As PisssaysA Dor

1T s9snns s sSas chos ys,s e. s s:
as Ss: & ps and SS.a Ss
tF:I a. W iaissyisvsd % tEs suS5.ss ssd Ss
e ~ s:s e sssesf g fSsHS1tsDs
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HOW 1T IS Pc RFORMED.
BALK-LINE POOL
Novel Gaas which lac iaisea to Excel An
Others IL Live InteresG

A Novel Gaas which lac iaissea to Excel An
Others II 1--we .InteresG
tn popular demand 10 variety In billiards
has brought into existenc esnothor interesting
novelty in pool that 10 Liz ely to become ~ pop.
ulnr In time as bottle vol. which is Just now
all tho raRe In clubs. Tho latest wrinkle 10
called balk-line pool. and acquires It's title
from the marking Of tn table bed In the man
ner adopted In bnlk-lln. , billiards. The honor
OF tho Invention Is claiI 1ed bv Samuel Warren
Childs. an expettcu em inipulator. Tho exports
have already so mast cred progressive pool
he argues, that It hns ost much OF its oid-tims
interest for exhibition purposes. ana the new.
est game Is designed to supplant It and inject
vital interest and fre' III excitement In the bat
ties between tho crn cks 1t calls for more
frequent execution O ,fancy combination shots
than progressive. POI j. and though somewhat
more com picated In it's rules ls quite as easy
for the spectator to 7 understand.
The new game VI IS interest q ely described
for The BUN by 81 .liartiist Chids. the other
night in Maurice 0aiy's broadway parlorH
Mortimer Humphrt Us was a listener and eIs
pressed the opinion that tho game was good
one and likoly to make go" II tried In 8
tourney. inventor Childs drow the diagram
which Ia here rep reduced, outlining the balk
spaces with tallors' chalk on the green baize.
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cnnir' rooE.
Cst Rates ia the nswsry Atsrsst shs Esss
9sas Yeang Mes.

81, esas Yesng Mes.
In group Of alters around pool table IN Q
Bowery room was young fellow who looked
like consumptlve. He was chatting about
variety actors. priEa fighters. and racing. and
pufing . cigarette vigorously. When two
young Germans. who looked like grocers'
clerks. entered. tho talk was stopped. while
they removed their oveecoats and singing out
two cues began . game OF pool. Whom
the game was about half through the con-
sumptive arose. and standing beside the play
ers commented on their playing and asked
permission to join In the next game He was
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allowed to do So and he managed to lose Il
through succession Of almost perfectly nat
ural blunders. Another game was played and
the consumptive won BY what seemed to the
clerks to be tho biggest kind OF luck. He de-
clared Il was good playing. and boosted very
loudly OF his expertness. Tho clerks said Il
was only luck. and thinking 1t would be worth
their whilo to mako the game for money
consideration. offered to do SO. The con-
sumptive was willing. and pulling out couple
Of bills proposed making pool Of 81 each.
This was done. The copsumptive was Bow
cry pool shark, and. Il Ia needless to soy. the
young clerks left the pool room with empty
pockets It was an incident that is repeated
times without number IN the Bowery;
mont, feasting on tenderloins and chops. olga
rettes and beer paid for by unsus pecting yokels.
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In The. United Kingdom there are between
thirty 1--we and forty ladies. clubs.. With NOM
the ladies' manage. Themselves. entirely: and .
very charming slaht Il IL to soc this links stud
day. The sreaesst npmSer q ri sdy plsssra IN
competition are found Mt Pau and Bfarritx,
0yeS forty sometimes competing together: but
In England. and. Scotland the numbers are
often. considerable. The Wimbledon Ladies'
Club has membership OF $50.
GUS, but We have here REPRESENTATIVE cOlleN.
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AWAITING HIS TURN.

due cite nA Was made We had to supply drinks
with pool; We don't DO that now. 50. you SEQ
We have tho best OF IT."
opened In other parts Of tho city and IN
Brooklyn and Jersey City. but none can
compete with the Bowery rooms In sport to
tho mind Of the east-side young MIN. The
Bowery 10 the one thoroughfare In which the
latter 10 at home
In tour Of the rooms the reporter happened
to hear tho following conversation between
two Eoungsters barely sixteen b1a years old;
"NahI you play too good for mo-"
Well I'll give yer tree balls. or spotchsf
Come OIL whsteher tink yer got "a
"Ah, what dyer want, anyhow I'll tell
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