The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1902-05-18
GRASS DOES UP
THE GOLFERS
Scores That Climb High Rule
of the Week.
1T is FINE PASTURAGE
But 1t Is Mighty Hard on
Scotch inventions.
IT is FINE PASTURAGE

Grass" said John J. ingalls,, is the
forgiveness of nature" a benediction,
the blanket Of the dead. the carpet OF the
living. and lot Of other poetical things
John J. Ingalls, wrote that in a day be-
fore golf was known in Kansas, in the
dim past, when the pimply gutta percha
sphere had never chased the prairie dog
TO his lair, and when the man who has
Just jammed a lot OF climate together
with a secOnd-growth hickory club, had
never poured out on the palpitating at
mosphere one large, red. jagged opinion
Grass during the past week has been a
three-crater terror TO the golfers or
Wichita After the average Wichita
golfer has knocked a blister en- the BAH
ard driven il TWO feet through the sway
ing blue stem OF this justly famous val
ley, he is ready 10 take oath that Dewey
couldn't put q -l3-inch she'll through ten
acre wheat field The way the tender YER
dure Of gentle sprngtime can throw its
hooks into a golf bah and sooth its mo-
tion into eternal quietude is a wonder 10
behold After six feet of meadow has
tied itself around the alabaster over
grown marble. d golf ball hasn't enough
energy left to jar a chigger OF bunch
of tickle-grass OF break through piece
o. wet tissue paper.
During the months of December and
January. when the links lay winter-fidt,
and the golf balls perched up, where
they fell like boiis on q dyspeptic's nose.
the golfers Of Wichita thought they could
play some. The thought amounted almost
to a conviction. In some cases positive
egotism developed and lowered roseately-
And then the grass grew green and
hourished While the golfer was reluct-
antly attending 10 urgent business or
sleeping the grass went right on growing
Two or three unpretentious players tried
the links and concluded the game had
got away from them. Then the players
who can do il under sixty tackled the
proposition. They teed up the ball. swung
back on their toes and fell on the ball.
expecting to see it travel 70 the first
green as fast as the last three days of
thirty-day note. But something hap
pened. There are reputable witnesses TO
the fact that buffalo grass, not over three
inches high, reached up into the air TWEEN
~ feet and grabbed the ball dragging
il to the earth and choking il. Balls
that were given tickets good for POO Yards
stopped off the first ten feet 10 visit rela-
tives in the country. BY the time the
average player reached the ninth green
he had a wild look OF anguish in his
blood-shot eyes and sneaking desire TO
The boards of governors of the two
golf clubs have promised. in order to
keep down a riot. 70 NOW the links the
first of this week. Until this is done
the scores viii be up in the air and the
balls down in the grass.
There is a general sentiment against
publishing the scores. The public may
not understand that golf is Scotch, and
IN Scotland there isn't more than three
blades of grass and thistle 10 the acre
in the whole country. and the inventors
OF the game didn't count on pasturage.
The Braeburners this week concluded
the second series of their cup tournament
and viii launch out on the third series
next week.
The Wichita Country club viii conclude
the second series Of its tournament Mon
day evening Yesterday the following
games were played T. II. Griffith heat
Fred Robertson 1 up; Alex Hyde beat c.
L. Davidson I up; J. l. Powell beat f
O Davidson s up; +. b. Cushman beat
Z. Z. Harvey , up and TO play; w. e
Gibson beat J. r. Lomist / up.
The cards were as follows:
Hyde, out