The sun., 1897-05-19
CHEATING ar COR.
a Vet Uncornmon uiemish on tho Noble Can.
-fIints aud Suggestions.
Irom the 81. yame.,. Ga.en..

Prom the 50. Jdmes's Gn.cre.
Golf is the only flrs;-claSs game at which
cheating Is at all easy. supposiug, OF coprse
that the player is unaccompaniea by Il cadJy
and oven when accompanied by caady ii i,
still quito possible TO cheat. II player. having
played Ave strokes, says 10 his caddy, "Ta.t 4,
four is IL not I" tho latter will probably r,n,y
"I think It's tivc. sr" but II the player respond,
"oh. no, I'm sure it's only four" the caddy viii
probably say no more. Possibly at thu end "
the match he may mention to the other cad.v
his opinion OF the Circumstance. but thi, win
not affect the players reputation unless hc han.
pens TO be at his own club. Even then il win
take q good long time and many rcpetitiuns ot
various coddies, adverse opinions o. hi' dIith.
doubt upon his honor. And yet what club IA
there which does not possess one or two mem.
play with them yuu will have TO look rrr,II
sharply after their scoref
ioFry ybet Se 70 S.s S e fs'
honesty OF golfers has very unsnbstanti,i ioVn.
dation in fact, have Golfed Tor numb Of
OF people; nnd on innumerablc occasion. h,re
been driven to strongly suspect my, opponent II
tively detected him In so doing. In a match. a,
every golfer knows. the two players are often
bS Tdsy ,;Spsf Sss lie he PaIeF bs
addressing, alter its position and thus give him
self good lie. Such thing as missing the b1il
Y.
perierced players: and have known many in.
stances when have not been obviously look.
ing: but have only detected out Of ,he
had inishap Of this kind-that the c6Wp ,o
dams rdir has not been counted unc,,
have drawn attention to II when the green
or course this miscounting OF strokes is much
easier when the fortunes Of the game carry 'he
defence from observation remember on Y.1Ye one
occasion, having satisfactorily negotiated
sonewha. high bunker INTO which my opponent
the only part Of him visible--from the other
side. He made several strokes and at la,o
four to get out, but he declared that the three
first strokes were only practice one. one; AZ ,ho
sna being % Of e plncsbie eq sE
from pointing out that II was scarcely etiqur:te
to practice strokes when practically ou, "
Apart from Instances Of this sort, nothincs 10
easier than to Intentionally forget stroke
As a matter of fact, unless one steadily counts
as one goes along it Is quite easy 10 genuinely
make make, mistake, and Il a is to this net that 10
miscount be detected. And II, being sonewhnt
doubtful of the accuracy OF his computation,
will very likely tell you that II is not etiquette
to do So No doubt he is right in n certain sense,
entirely trust each other in the matter OF count.
ing strokes. But il ones suspicious are aroused
as TO the untrustwortbiness of the memory Of
your opponent Ito put 1t politely, II is impossible
to avoid keeping an eye on him and counting his
strokes; and when your total does not tally with
his 1t seems only right to point out the fact As
matter Of fact the true scoring etiquette Of golf
enjoins the frequent mutual reference by the
two players to their several scores Most play.
ers ought to be approaching the putting green,
and consequently pretty near together, at their
third stroke; and by that time pleasant colo
quy Of You've played the odd" or shall
play the like = should be easily practicable, and
always is desirable.
Considering the enormous growth Of the golf.
ing spirit nowadays, It seems desirao BILE to put in
an emphatic plea In favor Of the strictly honor.
able playing of the game. Cheating under all
circumstances Is utterly despcable. and no
where is 1t moro SO than on golf links.
CAREFUL, AMATEUR