The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1900-07-08
STICKEErs QUALIFICATION
PLEASED ST. LOUISANS.
THE ABILITY OF THE YOUNGSTER
Il" HOLD HIS OWN WITH THE
STARS IN THE NATIONAL, CHAM
PiONsHiP PROVES IDC,.
PLAYERS TO BE OF GOOD
CLASS AND QUALITY.


men who have beaten Mr. S,r,,,o,. -,
regularly and some ten or tU-eI,.. ~ b..
ii!tde him hustle right along Ia hoo, H.,
- .. Scudder. III. Clay Pierce Jr Al X,
~ anu one or two others hay, pIve, NJ
''hi'es a bit more than he could attend I,
-h'' AuaHlS' MI. Mckittrick Jester cr,v
''i"' f'oDtft Wade and n few NOR. bav
hiade MN Jump sideways to defeat then,
we nave been accustomed TO look a,,,anc
upon the goliins ability o; St I,ouis,ns -.
me iact mat MIR. Stickney has araI,6.I Il
every national tournament RICH, A., ,.,I
rear good men whose reputation, b,, ,-,,
eied far and wide goes to assur. Ms Tho, =
'i'e Few golfers st. Louis Possesses ,bar
arc some i've or six who can pIa,. y ,ar,
- '"se game not champions TO b.
sure. n,t PAYERS OF championship caI,har
ie mas been 4 dearth of ptofes-
slohaI Instructors about s, LIT ~,
showing is not a bad one MaelraJI 49,,
The first golfer St louis eyer .,,- ~ va
been here but two years 7, m, 81,
nas uohe great deal OF good Mr. St;c,,a,.
yves a deal OF his proficiency To NacLraIi
nu might owe more II he listened 10 tba
btn,s.,s OH oftener than he does 10
seh- simpson. the Field C!ub ,ro,.s
sional, Is very good man and 8, -,
' ne ms presence felt In the goldng corr
MUMMY II is very great pity tia, IN
soiiquih Cub cannot secure a rood in
goIs,,. nat club has some excellent
ss material IN IL. one of tho hos, 20,
urai soils for a course in tbis sxo.t ls' ,
''""oiesS enthusiasm for the game.
MI stickneys golf, or ratbar h,.
ms peen adversely criticised in trs I re-
me! say that he lacks wris, pou,.r -, -
T.. ~ ger Instance on his strokes .snacjaI.
Hose from The tee. This failure has r.,
rysseara az nome. Mr. strkney's style is an
! exaggerated flourish too much sy.,na
100 much follow. with no vrjst r"Ii ana
feu at time OF contact. \ very hard st,,,,
q ana very vicious one he he M 80.
gers the distance his power and sv-ins, BIS
, un.a IN, Last fan a gentleman said thai hs
/ ~ ,t To work too late-that is he
USED 'hefn after the bail had l.sr III - nc
instead OF 2 the exact Inonen, :, - LUZ
MF- Stickney took his first lessons r. 1Iro
c l.ah VINO did not use his wrists. who hal
on a chm FTP and had no hand leverage
~. oiup. lie has never quite sradic,tSS
s s,.e iauit of his early Instructions a. SaoT
fojnIs ~ 9Ps Ihe club between the second /
hI me instant of contact Between heaI{ " W.,
'-' ne VIII play much better golf anu
Unquestionabiy Mr.. St,ckpav O. I'll
b"iner ABOUT 81. Louis lie can do rbIrtv2sfx
ant nisdaI play, ten strokes better ybnn
n MY man in this city He ought 70 MN IN
pays more. longer. ofie.er and likes ~ me-
h it,, tnGh any person In this sectIon IN,
s,eadimesps "y w = lot better when he gets the
bring; golfer has got ,c baT Ts'e So alone lone
d demands ,n IN him him.; No game ever played
Tuer pluck. In baseball footbsn ,s ana
an, same. you can get ratified become viii
ming pIsvs yet pun OF brilliant and VIM
ona plass. You cannot do that in golf No
SaT yer saw blind swiper a haIf-screwaY
Siav' !, ana is excite excited player make a good
eaiiS TOT inner judgment, greater nerva 800
,,, ,. anu accuracy than any other pIaved ~ !
Wri,.- I1aortais or immortals either Ira
- 't u Is not by any means a golf Send anJ 1
al, rt ,Pia!ed al games-baseball, cricket |
ridd slnaa 81 TS356ai handba boxed
IN every one of them and vet achieved 49, - G
s"seess. But in golf never s'iiie J
wine anu MAN. may be 9yerexhiarateI with
.Jra,, poio or tennis. Yet has he bur one =
~, INN ~, ne cannot play golf. Then Ii takes acc '
20 steady the nerves Alright. Youth is ne,sr q
. ,Snu ni1oaed. II requires years ard fric =
Veins ~ Gol me world TO put cieles in huinin
20 play IL II was Mr.. C. S Sc,,dder.s g"aI y
NJ NE ggars that won for him SO often over a
IRE young Scotchmen who play great gets a
men Scotchmen are steel-neyyed feIIovs n
= m T;, Play the game many years. Born y
amy. they are cool from the cradle .
90. snn you ., ever know an Irishman who was l.
o sUoq ge.ter! THIS with apologies to MIR n n
ne very strictest sense OF The Word VIII ! X
, LAY out very infrequently. indeed. and q
uni,W Is weiy good player time and oppor- :;
yer hear OF an Irishman going hisb in q "a
,g tourney In England or Arierica? Not 1t
r, ny pOrn irishman. but man with an 20
Yet. on the other hand Irfsbwon,.r b,,. be
nd Ip snnii won large Journeys in EnsIand "a
hanipions are Irish ladies' AS usIiai IN iii
,maie champions. they are very younr
ms sia 2hou; i, Women: a. rule fall OF
re 20 Golf may be a game OF circles ny | TT
; play must be built on straight lines The tw
lrNes or womanhood chime but iIly with
is demands of the pastime WA"
sut returning TO our mutton. the Irish
en- en-. whose race has given the world
ore and greater athletes than any other ~
I'VE failed In either Europe. America or Il
us saa,na to produce an even good golfer.
ioernian is not adapted to meet the de- Re
amos which the trying game makes UPON
q Trisb, ooni' sray grit: The sameness OF Il /
10. insane gameness, a delrious courage of
If not cool and calculating gameness err
at Its best when the other fellow 10 dor No
e three and is twelve feet from the hole SCH
,icb vs snanr 70 t TO WIN II is gameness , 10
q hi something hard. Ii Is not a game inc
SIS which can bear restraint which will | II
aud Tor inward repression II is apt 10 pos
nee about the eyes and shine about the a 81
eekoone in spots. The Irishman has TOO | bis
osb nsrVe 5a IN m his brain and tongue The has
hich IL better in q golf game cen
N
hesh. although given no chance for five as
aerations Look how these Americans cidt
o were Scots some five generations hack Iocf
g a golf club when they see IL How tbc, eral
Re 10 the game. Take the best 81 Ioiti, IN
!erS, men whose forebears came fron, | 4.
'tiand a century ago-Stickney, Scudd.r ,IIooi
met. Gregg. Miller McKittrick Pierce o o,sai
her, McGrew, McCreeTy, Crawford | ~ ~
ue, Mchinnie, Robinson and Oliver In | ~,
I golfers in 81 an Wii nrla zen OF the MI
orleans tracinS n,or Ihey are all visit
estry 10 the Land o. Cakes Naifber c o.,
nor their fathers or their grandfafbe,s ~
-rhaps never progenitor from ADJ ~ y
'H-hsd ever held golf club In hi. him
us. But the love of il was bred I'm fbe,, ~,
cannot help it. The craze came The,, In.
ifed tle clubs and efficiency as a mat ! agr,,
wbnia i. his .
Mctirew IS a good middle-age. so - a. Mr.
,leery, MI Crawford. Mr.. Scudder Wr Of a
er and Mr.. Robinson. We, tba,, MI r; ann
. chea o., deal OF skill. on, golf Is n item
'ok down the lists of the Americans u,o the I
sh wei In the recent amateur cham III
1n.d pasf'Sld, shaw. Hartman Travis right
'r m'I ~ Mats9n, Jenkins. Robbins Pyne wv
n.;,t iitschcock, Tying, Stuart, Robertson tin.
>with ihorp and Richardson-aII 1871, ''B,
60 with kills. These ali ouaJifisd IN teleg
~ ~. isinai thirty-two. Not one Irish name wv
nv iot. but few English Allan Kano eral
y might be Kennedy hui Allan ss ~, waltz
i!"e with
wv
nn,,s an old story about King James one
cotand. afterwards James Sf a H deftI,
who. in his curiosity 10 ,,is.ooLE ns- fire a
mai language of the human 49, t, tne hindq
so babes on a guarded IeIani a. i,oid'- Gree