The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1900-07-22

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son. and. for that matter. Of the superhu-
manly Industrious Mackroll in the way OF
play. But | have seen NaclIell taxi" =
dozcI balls. a click. $50 yards away. ana
lay all Of them within twenty feet Of ihe
hole. good lie and had lie Just as they snug
Sled. when thrown out like die" OUT 81
box. With the mashic the Country tiuh-
man is also clever IN pitches. spins and the
like. His putter also seems To be better
than simpsons.
II Simpson * unapprnachuble with the
driver. Mackreli stands alone with the ciS' t.
Even Warden admitted and noiiced-',s al
pro~css with that club. Others may hit
them as far and as clean. hut none Of them
can make them crack and whistle on The
iron as MjckrSll can.
With the Wooden clubs he is not zo sweet
aud clean In MS work simpson. though
he may get tn" distance equally well lie
will hook his wondo full wrists IN an odd
manner ana "Chug.' cinut. crack or Whtck
the BAN instead OF picking II mp as he goes
around. like Simpson does He sl"gs II,
using a peculiar ''chIc'' motion Of arms aud
elbows IN the two feet in irvnt OF tn" ball.
Machrcl! = che most lin iC siccic instIi'-
any OF 'hein- He is more Progressive.
There Is mole of the American in him than
there Is in his fellows He has IN" be-;
estimate OF the individual idiOSy nCrf~ieS.
holn physical an! mental. uf his pupils IN
the world. He can see faults of results and
explain their origin quicker and clearer
wonder with Il unpTomiSing pupil or an UNI
promising Ii. M one can get better re
suits out of either than he can. IT Yea
could make = match and pick bad lies for
both men through An entire course Mackreli
would halt Ndtdon. Taylor or anybody else.
On "a long course. XIln good lies. Simpson as
strong. ON a short course MackreIl is
srrti! s. and h. is strong anywhere If he gets
bad hcS providing. always, mat the other
simpson has doua the Jockey Club course
IN - IgSiaS STOKE ha'krcli lid Il IN 81.
LOSING .;r"kes ami playing with set Of
strange clubs. cast off by the original own
ar. Il truly vilai:ous set. indeed. Driving
win 4 borrowed hrISScy. approaching with
= borrowed mashie and putting with a
broken cleek. Mackrell lid thirty -scvcn tar
the course. against Simpsons thirty-tve
with his own clubs.
Speaking Of long cuuTsc; and long shots
simpson laIl = hal. beside No. : green At
the, country Club in = the other day. The
h1ll WIS rot on III green. but II lay even
with II ard 10 the left. Had it been direct
N straight g." Gt$ &, would have been high
on tao Green. This hole n,g;S' ~, Snm.' hiY.;
like a." yards. with the last ~ well up hill
HIS 'lris" carried TIA" filled gully at the
.n.,fo"t and rolled well up Then 4 spn m
pulled a hit. did the rest
Ne AT tho Field club is estimated At
- yards. simpson overir"v" Il IN Two
strokes last week. But it Is well down hill
ana good rolling hole, which No : AT the
country club j. not
They tell a story 4 some slant I'm Scot
land whose driver looked Ike a Young tree
and his Cleek head like a shoe. who did "A
51-NarJ green in regularly. just as reg
u.ar.y. ara tn show nn flukc. ne would 40
back from green q. tee IN the same mum
her. He was unlucky. Though great
payer J." never could win a championship.
They d" not say he could approach or
While upon the subject o. long drives.
thor are some in =, Louis. Mr.. Il. n.
Mgrd undoubtedly Is the longest There i
- d'ubi "hatev"- that he drove over me
bunker going t. NJ. . 1T the country club
r.! N th" zee. That i an uphill and gen.
.rHiiE unwind -
once put one over. he SAYS hut h. al
Iniis IN" wind with him u. tried last
N'dr's lay. but dii not get within twenty
NJ. : ~ the Fair Grounds i 90 yards. a
~. urhlN, Just 4 shade; one day last
Mudd drove one thirty yards past the hole
which made clean drive ui - yards.
twenty yards - the roll Of which WAS
Doctor Pit;nan. Of the Algonquins can
hit it "A mile. as they say in baseball. with
N, St Louis y {. IS another bail muir
derer. He Is never satisfied u3lesS ne heats
- yards. And ~ is often satisfied.
Mr.. n. i. Mechanic is a man with rep
utatipn for long drives who seldom exceeds
regulation distances nowadays. He swings
2, driver that must weigh twenty ounces.
Should he ever weary AZ il ne can sell Il
To some section hand for spike maui
Eut Simpson makes them all look poor
when il comes 10 making tee shots. He is
H. best driver that ever, just To try the
ability 90 Jim" tho "Caddis King" Of the
country club. the other day. he set six
balls across the tee and drove all six away
icsid" OF thirty seconds. Each was perfect
in direction. and a full 200 yards in dis
t2nce: Wot's the use how tryink haftcr
that" II is enough to make man quit
In despair.
Quite enough about ColfinC scccrtricitieS
Speaking If golf as Is golf. Mr. Walter
McEittri.k set a new record for the Coun-
try Club course the other day with thir-
ty-lino for uire holes Mr. Clay Pierce
WAS his companion. That is excellent golf
for any one. amateur or professional. II is
but three over four. while TIN, course real
" calls for five over four. The first three
holes are tours. though the second is
l-eacher"us tn a degree. The fourth, must
he reckoned a five. must the fifth ami
n" sixth; with the seventh tricky four.
tn. eighth five. from the short tee. and
the ninth a three.
on the day in question the greens were
tricky. bur the day Was clean.
An Irish gcntlenap-and whore do YOU
ind such gcntlcren"-taksS some cXCsT-
ton to tire statement made in This column
last week. namely. that no Irishmar had
ever distinguished himself a. = golfer He
POINTS out the case Of the Irish player. NJ
X. Webb. who came here some seven years
ago. and defeated TynE. then the amateur
crack Of this country. No doubt there are
plenty Of good golfers in ireland. What 7
meant tn imply was that Irishmen have
not yet achieved that wonderful supremacy
branches Of field sport. Speaking from por-
sOnal experience and observation. I I've
ltNr your lfl-nfnan mas nor go! cracked
ice enough in his blood to PLAY golf we'll
To h" sure, lrishwomen hold English
championships against the world II the
women can. why not the men? Wen! that
must he one Of those glorious and ineXpli-
cable phases of Irish character which has
puzzled ireland and the world for ages and
ages
The Irish race IS the greatest athletic
race IN the world Il has given champions
innumerahe To all forms Of sport save
golf II is said that the best courses in
the world are IN Ireland. | can very read
lily believe it. No fear Of grass burning
out there. Then the failure IT, date or the
lrishman To win n golf championship Is
surprising Naturally he l. very quick
with his wit. his tongue. and his Cudgel
Swinging sword or "A club is bred in him
He should play golf, he should he - better
polo player. would hc both. no doubt. II nc
was not always poor. He has got to get
the money. Hence. he has no time to
spend il. That is no Doubt why he takes
UP the boxing glove and avoids the golf
club and the pole maict.
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