The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1899-05-21

And Tells sarsaparilla Reilly About a Game
Like It in Germany.

Like 1t in Germany.
When Sarsapnrilla Reilly entered the little
restaurant on Park row the slnker man poked
his head out OF the kitchen door. and, shaking
hands with him. said:
"Ach. Reilly, Why didn't you came around for
der last several weeks? ] vcre so lonesome
ness. I believed you we're dead. I'm awful glad.
howsomever. to meet you anyhow"
And it's pleased OF am ter meet ye," an
swered Reilly. THE reason Owe been way
was because Owe been ter Van Cortland's
Park watching thin golf games"
"You mean der couch game? ?" remarked
Sinkers.
NO." said Reilly. "Oi mean golf game. It's
the wild game av shiny on your own side.
an yer play It wild shiny sticks an a little
ball that yer knocks along tn ground ter git
into little holes wild tho least number OF hits.
Dyer understand what OF mean ?"
For sure" replied Sinkers. Every week
sometimes when I 60 on Staten Islands I see
mems play couch on der R!chman's Country
Club
Richmond County Country Club" corrected
Reilly.
Dots what / mean" said Sinkers. Il see
der peoples Walking mebbe fifty miles init
crutches in DER hand to hit nit der crutch der
ball What push dey der ground over"
Sure. they don't push no ground over" ex-
planned Reilly. And II yer mean to call them
things crutches. you don't know what you're
talking about. In golf games we cali the
wooden clubs brassic sticks. Then we have
what we call caddies TO carry the brassies in
and we have battles and BATS and putters and
stimies and whins and scruffs and goose
necks."
Il didn't sawn no gooses on der Staten Island
blinks." said the sinkor man.
Links. not blinks." corrected Reilly.
"Nell.' said Sinkcrs. what dey are, but !
didn't sawn no gooses over dere. | snwn only
n coupler cows NIT some chickens. but dey
didn't play in der couch game init der mems
which did. Dot Couch game Is like l played
when 1 we're such a little boy in Dresden. on
Saxony by Germany. We played dere nit Bos-
ton beans such a roley-boley game after We
digged holes under de grass in der ground.
We had always one which we're between four
from der middle on der outside which we're in
between. Dot middle hole between der four
we're to put Boston beans in. und den We COM
menced again by pushing a little bean roley-
boley der ground over TO der middle hole.
Which boy first won got der bean In dot middle
where he took out what was in. Understand p"
"Oi understand. said Reilly. but yer can't
tell me that Boston beans come from Ger
many"
No" said sinkers. dot is not IL. mean
der bean we're like der Bostons vat come from
der same kind Of beans. Oh. such fun We used
ter had playing gouch!"
Golf! Golf" corrected Reilly. It's a
Scotch word because it's tn name OF a Scotch
game"
Veil" said Sinkers. dot game we're taken
to scotchland first from Germany. 1t we're n
lovely game to play when you didn't had no
Walking to walk In a coupler weeks und wanted
exerciseness. 1t remembers me to der time
when I worked on der canal uni had ter walk
We'll. It reminds me of hunting for a piece
Of homeImade. Die on an Indian reservation,
learn the COLI game" ''0'u
Now you're commencing again. remarked
sinkerrs. Why don't yer say it vas a Irish
EHA%WS2mn !, IFS Scotch # can't no nu,o, ~.
that's one, good thing in its favor. A Dutch.
man couldn't learn 1t unless he was born in
the time Of Atlantps and practiced playing
Yell" said sinksrs. could learn it only I
sure. YOU kudn'ttell a straight faced bulger
from a cross-eyed cat" remarked Reilly.
"" safti Gsy, tos sa ia a Reti fsme . F ssksf isI9sleFis e
the game. There's tees an rnbs on the green
an banging irons an strichnine pills, an
boyle bSlger 6afry biiferinos, too.b o'oN'
~ didn't heard all dernames yet" explained
S SePsf pIayinS SV und q he Told ? som s59dS 70 e5a ssnd w dsp
ink eraser to der missing link. or something
sounds like nobody could learn it. after dey
speak it,. What 2"
You foreigners never kud learn it," said
Reilly. Its an easy game, though. an all We
have to do when you're playing is to hit tn
brassamatina wild one crack OF the brassie-
nassie an the octomorgorus skipe along until
II comes to a dead stop at the braddle-sEedad-
die"
Il understand what you mean said Sinkers,
hut l don't comprehension what you spoken
yhen you speak. 4 friend from me. Mr.. Scheff-
told me dot he we're halfshot When he WANTS to
address der ball"
said P Reil ise''nnS oim nE list sds yinR to ha add ssss = hS
II we've a bone about yer OH permit ye to stop
at Red Jerry's for, the purpose OF scrufing q
few whiskeysiums.'
You mean We will play couch p inquired
Sinkers.
Yes. on Jerry's sawdust links" answered
Reilly.
And while the golfers scruffed whiskeysiums,
Red Jerry. the bartender kept the score.