The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1898-03-27

| an Iron and Some Practice Balls
of Expense.
| To those planning to take up golf
| for the first time this season a natural
| inquiry presents itself as to what clubs
are necessary for an outfit and what a
| moderate Indulgence in the game will
| cost.
The answer to the first part Of this
| question is simple, but the best reply
] that can be made to the other is that
! golf is one of those elastic sports that
| consume money according to ones
| ability to spend it,
| Not that the bare outfit is expensive,
although here, too. the player of means
| may indulge his fancy to almost any
extent; but 1t is the money spent in
keeping up with the life of swell
| country club that frequently makes the
! game so costly.
! The player who belongs to a modest
! organization and who does not follow
| the round Of open tournaments, need
| not spend great deal in enjoying all
| that the sport affords. There is no
! doubt that golf is expensive if one
cares to make 1t so, but, on the other
| hand it may be played with compar-
! atively little outlay.
|
/ well to avoid the clubs where golf is
regarded merely as incidental to the
| social life that centers about them
| There are many organizations where
| the yearly dues do not amount to more
| than SIS or $40, and some where they
| have been placed as low as $40. At the
] smaller clubs, moreover, the matter Of
| dress does not play such an important
| part as at the larger ones, and this is
| another item that must figure in the
| expense account.
The whole question as to what is
| proper to wear may be dismissed with
word. Choose something that will
| admit Of free play of the shoulders,
| and the prime requisite has been at
| tained. Whether one wears long trOus-
| ers or knickerbockers red coat or no
| coat at all, makes little difference so
| long as the body has ample freedom
| of action. The orthodox attire usually
| consists of a loose negligee shirt, with
| stock tie a red coat, heavy knicker-
| bockers cut full at the hips, and with
| cuffs attached, and the regulation tan
golfing shoes of heavy pattern.
| AS to the various implements needed
| beginner will do we'll to avoid too
many clubs at the outset. A novice who
| attempts to play over course with all
| the clubs an expert would employ will
| probably never learn the correct use of
| any. moreover, lie IS likely 10 DSCOult
| disguised with his tramp over the
| ground beset with difficulties, and to
| lose his interest altogether. The in
| tending purchaser is confused by the
| variety of things exposed by the club
| makers, and unless cautioned, is likely
| to buy recklessly and ignorantly what
| he does not need.
1t is better to start with too few
| clubs than too many. Let the beginner
| conflne himself to the brassey, cleelz
| and iron and he will make better prog
| ress than If he owns club for every
| eXigency Of the links. The natural con-
| sequence of employing whole outfit
! at first is a ragged and inconsistent
style, coupled with habits of form that
are difficult to eradicate later.
| The three clubs mentioned will do
| nicely during the preliminary weeks Of
| practice and when more confidence is
| acquired others may be added, as oc-
| casion demands. The brassey may be
used in driving, and Is better able to
Withstand the hard usage a novice is
sure to give, while putting may be done
| with the cleek. These clubs vary in
| cost from $3.50 to SO according to the
! style of make. A plain canvas bag in
| which to carry them may be had for
| about SO.
The golf balls are perhaps, the 1arg-
| est item Of expense to a beginner, as
| he usually loses them with annoying
| frequency. The better makes cost 35
| cents apiece, or three for 81. But there
| are what are known as practice balls,
| which may be obtained as low as 81 q
| dozen and these are good enough to
! start with.
The caddie charges must also be con-
| sidered in reckoning up the cost of
| play. At the majority of courses cad
| die boys receive pay at the rate of Is
| neT re round n nina hn1aS Ok m S
| for eighteen holes. This does not in
| clude the dime that is expected at the
| end of the play as tip for cleaning the
! clubs.
| If one does not belong to golf club
| he may usually obtain the privileges of
| it's links on the card of some member
| and by paying dollar day during his
visit. This privilege is only extended
when he himself belongs to some other
| golt club. AS to lessons from profess
| SIGNALS, these are we'll worth the money
| if one wishes to acquire proper prin-
| ciples at the outset.
| The fee Of different men vary, but
| the ordinary sum asked is so cents an
hour. The matter of entry fees for
club matches, subscriptions for prizes,
and what is spent within the club house
itself are difficult to estimate as such
| things depend on individual inclination.
| Then, too, the frequency with which
the game is played affects the sum to-
| tai of expenses very materially.
After the first outlay, in fact, every
thing depends very materially on a
players own desires. He may rest as
sured however, that golf will consume
all he cares to spend, and, usually, a
| good deal more. AS a we'll known
| player remarked not long ago: 81 have
| played every game a-going, not except
| ing poker, and golf is the most expen-
| sive of them ALL"
Defeated the MiIHeFs.
| Special to The St. Paul Globe.
| DULUTH. Mimi, March 26.-The second
| game of the series between the indoor base
! ball teams of Company G.. of this city, and
Company I, of Minneapolis, was played here
| tonight, the locals winning by a score of 10
! to 9. The game was holly contested from
| start to finish, but lucky hit followed by
| an error gave the locals four runs and the
| game. Pitcher Rogers, Of Minneapolis, struck
| out eleven men. but was wild at times and
| gave seven men bases on balls.