Waterbury evening Democrat., 1903-11-19
ROCKEFELLER AT GOLF
His Close Friend Describes Oil Kings Method of Playing.
THE LINKS A DEBATING GROUND.

THE LINKS A DEBATING GROUND. Six Caddies Wait While the Great
 Ffnancaer Listens to War Stories
 and Expoundings of the Mysteries of Re1igion-Buys Stocks Between
 Sentences-Function of Caddies.
 When John D. Rockefeller, the mill ionaire, fnancier and oil king, plays golf 1t is one of the oldest games in the world, says the Chicago Tribune.
 He has two homes at Cleveland-one on Forest hill, surrounded by fifteen acres of land, and the other a down town residence, where he gave S50,0OO for a piece of property that he might tear down the house to give his resi- dence the benefit of the morning sun. It is at his Forest hin residence that he plays golf most.
 The game is usually participated in by MT. Rockefeller and Levi Scofeld, close personal friend of the financier. Mir. Scofield is a retired merchant who owns a slIyscraper in the heart of Cleveland He is a veteran of the war of 1861 who has plenty of stories which he most thoroughly enjoys telling and to which Mr. Rockefeller never tires of listening. These two men toddle about the links and talk mostly, playing at golf incidentally.
 Meanwhile in the pa1atial residence near by are score of clerks, telegraph operators, stenographers and secreta- ries who are keeping in touch with the outside world effectively. MT. Scofleld says:
 "One time we were playing golf to- gether, at least we were standing with our golf sticks ready to play. I was telling an incident of the war of 1861, and MT. Rockefeller was listening. A girl came riding up on a bicycle, and MT. Rockefeller turned to me, saying, Excuse me a moment
 '"The girl gave him some informa ton. It is usually carefully prepared before being givenAto him., the whole matter being condensed into mental pellet. He received the news and made some remark. The girl said, But Consolidat-s ed Gas. is selling at 96.' .Buy,' said Mr.. Rockefeller. The girl turned and was away, and continued my story" ~
 Most men are satisfied if they can get along with the assistance of one boy while playing golf. MT. Rocke- feller has six with him all the time. MT. Scofield is likewise authority for this statement of the functions which each performs. Two boys carry the sticks, which are of great variety: q third carries basket of balls for use in case one is missed; the fourth runs after the balls when they have been hit wild, for MT. Rockefeller is not a scientific golf player and often makes a wild shot; the fifth pushes a bicycle, upon which MT. Rockefeller rides from one part of the links to another, and the sixth carries basket contain ing large piece of immaculate cheese cloth with which Mir. Rockefeller re- moves the precipitation when he is warm. The bicycle boy must be sturdy chap because the richest man in the world seldom pedals his bicycle, having the boy push him from one place to the other.
 But boys are irresponsible animals and care, as little for the comfort of the founder of the Standard Oil conn., pany ass they do for any other task master. Consequently when the war. stories of MT. Scofield are too long and not interesting enough to hold the boys themselves they wander afield to be re- called presently by the stern tones of their employer. The latter might pos sess histrfonic powers judging from the deep, resonant tones he uses in re- calling turbulent young America. ss ,t. The golf links seemeto be the debat- ing ground for the great fnancier and his closer friends. MT. Scofield dis plays his war record, while the Rev. Charles A. Eaton often expounds there some of the mysteries of religion, en- gazing the great fnancier in debates upon some of the technicalities of the ology Mingle these with the pastime, add stock buying and selling, and golf becomes really an interesting and 8 complicated game worthy of even q great financier.
 But his stomach-what about that all important organ? The world has gone mad over the Rockefeller stomach. It is the most important and most dis! cussed center of digestion in the world today. MT. Scofeld says it is an or derly, we'll behaved stomach, perform ing its functions splendidIy. He says that, of course, MT. Rockefeller has to eat with care, as every man should, but he denies himself nothing and suf- fers nothing.
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 Lively Corpse.