The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1895-05-31
WILLIE DUNN

Immediately became fashionable Now
every ono Is riaying It, and the game is
spreading more rapidly than ever did lawn
tennis, one al s1clety's former fads.
but lava tsGris secured a normal and
steady growth even after society's sudden
interest - IL bsgau Co vane, and IL Is to-
DAY the frcss popular game OF gentle
folk throughout tho country. Perhaps
because OF rs similar class OF deyotees
lawn teEEis viii bs more affected by the
new found popularity OF golf than any
other spcrs. Both appeal to the gentleman
sportsman T-rf'rr tf-Tu 70 the profes 5ionai.
and both are games FOR the players rather
than Tor the spectators. Lawn tennis.
however, Is gamo Of infinitely more SO.
verify than goE; hence the more active
entnusissts OF outdoor pastimc will still
nohero to the older game, while those TO
whom the violspt exortion is burdepsop,e
VIII IND an excellent substitute IN tho old
Scotch game.
One plays golf as one takes an after din.
ner walk. With cigar or a pipe still In
ONES mouth, and an argument on sorne
aostract question still on ones lios. golf
exercises the body while the mind Is dis.
traceed from fatigue by other matters. IL
s tno healthy exercise without the severe
physicai exertion Of more violent sports
anu Without the attendant fatigue which
invariably follows any sport which occu-
pies both body and mind, that attracts so
many to the game. Your enthusiastic
golfer is the business man with the cares |
ana worries OF more important affairs |
upon bis mind, who finds his long tramp |
over tho aeids after a tiny golf ball an ex.
cealent excuse for the fresh air exercise he /.
noeas 50 much to maintain physical health.
40 tho uninitiated, golf presents few at
wnctions. Boys all know the destinations
OF shiny, while hockey and polo have
eacn tncir limited number of devotees.
ouS 6on Co.'s not present the same features
Oh sntAsonism OF all three OF these sports,
and tho sole object of the player is TO drive
his individual ball into a small hole in tho
ground perhaps quarter OF a mile from
the starting point, with fewer strokes of
his stick or club than IL takes his opponent
20 do the same thing.
10 an uninitiated onlooker the game
one OF the Chinaman's ouain, de-
scrip.ion OF tobogganing. When Ching
!, Lee nrsS saw a toboggan chute, he watched
~ inc merrymakers very seriously for some
'lne' After trying the slide himself he
vas asked what lie thought OF the snort
ne uunny game. Getee on slNi
'-s-s-s-shti walkee mile black again.
30 golf seems to the stranger Svot,
The player hits the tiny unoffendinp hall &
own there In the grass, and Whit ~ {
lies through the air for goo or 300 wards
hen after the flying sphere the golfer O
ridges over the fields and through tho a
roiiing sun Again he drives the ball. and I
gain and again until it reaches the v
noothly rolled putting green, " and here
plays croquet with IL for a tiny hole L
INK In the center OF the green. His oppo- 4
ent follows suit, and when both balls q
ave been "holod" tho next link IL started n
40 the operation Is repeated 10 the end OF u
10 course which Is generally is links or W
But to the true golfer, whether he be n st
'o,cnman OF only an imitator OF the M
1oocii, tne sport presents n wonderful va W
e'y oi unseen possibilities and fasoina- ~
'ns. Inc deiicacy OF stroke, the flnessc III
the play, are both hidden books 20 tho CA
vice he must play for years before he ho
arns the exact difference i'm value of tho IN
nerent clubs be must have. His arm w,
ust have long trimming before no can es- f.,
mate closely the amount Of power neccs- Ia
ry 10 drive the ball exactly the reonirod Li.
stance. He must have seen many ex-
IT'S DO the trick before he learns how 20
ss the hazards and barriers put in bis i
urse on all the good links. oi
throughout the country the golf clubs ,,'e
We sprung up like mushrooms after n ~"
INNER storm. At oil the fashionable n, un
lntry piaces courses hive been laid ont WI
u ciubs formed which will be tho center ug
attraction during the gay season this 80 80
miner. In the suburbs Of all the b,g Dn
es, Too, where tho wealthicr residents ~