The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1901-11-21
THE WAYS OF THE GOLF GIRL
Eliot Gregory Tells what Is Involved in
Being Champion Player.

1t is not a pretty picture that Eliot
Gregory paints in The Century. where
he describes the training of a golf
champion for the fight of her life:
Having had the honor this autumn
to visit in a country house near New
York at the same time as golf cham
pion, whose achievements on the links
were thrilling the country. l learned
many curious things about athletic
damsels and their ways. The young
lady in question arrived a week before
the tournament that was to decide
her supremacy, accompanied by her
English trainer a masseuse, and in
cidentally by her mamma, a feeble
minded lady, so completely dcnoral-
lied by her daughters celebrity that
she could talk of little else and would
confide, with little thrills of pride, to
any one she could get to listen to her,
how she could net take 4 fe-rybcat or
trolley car without being pointed oft
as the mother OF the "chanpicn"
Nothing more curious than the habits
of tho young athlete herself can be
imagined. After a morning round of
the links in company with her coach,
she was handed over to her wc1an
keeper. ID be douchcd ana rubbed aud
curry-ccmbcd ill luncheon time. The
afternoon was passed exercising in
gymnasium, fitted uD in the billiard
room for her use. After her linner,
which, by the way, consisted princi-
pally of neat carefully weighed by
malma IL small scales, the girl was
again rubbed and cXerc.s se1 before re-
firing. Hers was no idle life, you Gee.
AS the great day drew near ENJOYS
T. )m the press appeared on the scene
II sketch and snapshot the celebrity in
every pose. Sporty gents in loud
clothes followed the morning pla.' sur
reptlously, in order that the be ting
ccnters might be kept informed as
to her condition, and sent to the p. pers
none too delicate accounts OF her
form" and general appearance ia
miliarities it was impossible to pre-
vent or resent, as the girl had f. the
moment become the property { the
betting public, which was puttii its
money on her, and so expected ID be
kept informed as 10 the chances of
success.
The strain of the last twenty-four
hours was dreadful on the whole
household. We talked Of little but the
match and the "odds." 1t was rather
a shock, l confess, to discover that our
fail Diana ION the verge of a break
down was being kept to her work by
frequent libations of strong tea" car
ried by mamma in a flask for the pur-
pose. All minor ills, however, We're
forgotten when at noon Oh the great
day our sportswoman was brought
home, collapsed, but victorious. We
felt that glory had, indeed, been shed
upon the house. Mamma, on the thin
edge of Mysteries, where she had been
staggering for a week, sobbed out that
her only regret was that tom" had
not lived to see the day; and that dear
Polly" had always been the JOY and
comfort of her life!
As all the papers published photos
and biographical sketches of the win
per, needlessly add that her portrait
adorned most of the railway stations
and hotel lobbies in the country, and
that her pet name was on the lips Of
every stableboy and bartender in the
neighborhood, who may nave won or
lost their cash through her prowess.