Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1900-08-26

This week the womens champion
I ship, the second great golf event OF the
year, will be held at Shinnecock Hills.
There seems TO be no change in the
situation, which has made Miss Beatrice
Hoyt and Miss Genevieve Hecker such
I favorites Mrs. Manice, of Pittstield.
4 appears TO be playing a fine game at
/ Lenox, ana there are several other
well-known golfing women who, at any
( rate. are not yet beaten.
! The open tournament at Newport
also comes this week. and from the
stories about those WHO intend to enter,
il will be almost of as much importance
as the national tournament.
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A good golfer is not only born but
/ manufactured, and you should begin
as soon after you are born as possible.
! If a man has a natural aptitude for
languages, does not belong to any
church, is willing to give no his bust
ness, his family and his friends. can
swear in all the octaves aud has seen
the play. there is no reason why he
| should not be able 20 write articles
/ about golf for any magazine in i few
| years.
! To begin with, you sholld learn how
/ to swing. Before you have learned to
swing do not try to hit The ball. You
will probably not be able to afterward,
| but that is another story. Secure ono
of the drivers-the most expensive one
is the best-and carry II around with
\ you wherever you go. While you are
about 1t you may as well get complete
/ set OF good clubs Put them in a bag
and never part with them They win
/ give you a distinguished appearance.
| When on car or ferry boat or the
street the makers name should always
! be on the outside.
| After you have praotlced sufficiently
with the driver and know, beyond all
! doubt, that you will never be able TO
hit ball with II more than once in
| three times, then take up the other
| clubs. IL is better not to learn all
| their names at once, but one at time
| In this way you will be able to AT set
| of swear words TO each club as you 10
along. f
No matter what kind OF shot you
are Neutrality-suspicious. your ball Is at
| the bottom of a duck pond or lodged
| in tall tree-always fix your mind
| on some spot where you are willing to
| bet 900 to / your ball will not 20 and
| then do your best not TO put 1t there
! Do not pinch your ball when you are
making an approach shot. Tar and
/ feather II. or, better stih IL there Is no
| other player near TO see. and your cad
die dis hunting for mushrooms, take the
| shot over again.
Putting is one of the most important
parts of golf. You can lose more
! strokes on the putting green II you
try hard not TO than anywhere else. Al
ways stay on the putting green as long
as possible after you have holed out.
Talk It over and explain how near you
| came to the colonel II you had not
made such a bankety-blank idiot OF
yourself. The other players back OF
you. who have been waiting. will APP
preclate this 1t helps them to keep
an even temper, which Is necessary TO
a good golfer
Never try to put twist on your ball
with your club. Try to twist the club
and If that does not work bang II on
the ground, knock It up against a tree
! or hammer Il across your shins. Re-
member that II always costs more to
replace club than II does ball and
one of the reasons for playing golf at
all is to see how much money you can
spend in a given time.
Never be discouraged because you
happen to start out we'll Sometimes
a man can keep It up for three or four
/ holes more.
Above all things do not lose sight Of
the fact that golf Is the most import
ant influence OF your life. When you
are not playing talk about u. You
win be surprised how in short time
everything else will assume 10 relative
value and golf viii be 70 you in lA
true ught-the only real thing IN the
world worth living fOr.-Life.
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The animals down al the ZOO.
They didn't know Just what 70 do.
said the tiger: "Methinks
That a golf game. by inks,
Is really the thing
Then they laid OUT the lynx
indianapolis Sun.
Great Game, Golf
Mr.. Caddy-"Have you played the
game long?'
The Bsginner-"Seems 10 me I'm
about twenty miles from tic 90 on.
Yes. pretty long. Philadelphia North