New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1903-09-20
THE FREE LANCE GOLFER ON THE PUBLIC LINKS
WHAT NAY BE DAILY SEEN WHERE DEVOTEES OF
THE GAME GATHER TO PLAY.

of leaving bed OF mud? Men are hurrying about
with excited cries. and one gets nearer he sees
a laborer up to his shoulders in the mud and in
danger OF sinking still deeper. His workmates
throw a rope to him. he grasps H. and they pull
him out
Did you find the ban?" anxiously asked young
woman who was watching
Now It is the noon hour and one sees luncheon
baskets opened underneath the trees. and the Park
Department employees searching in the tall grass
for lost balls. With the o'clock whistle the after
division arrives. In this contingent is the
who plays his game as II there were nobody
else the course. One finds. when he is in sight.
that it is best TO reverse the usual process. and
look behind. for what is coming. One acquires this
knowledge by having ball strike somewhere be-
tween the base Of the skull and the end OF the
spine he bends over the putting green.
Accommodating little beggars," thinks
when. getting 10 the top Of the hill which
ones ball has sailed, he sees two or three urchins
hunting for the ball They don't find it. One
wonders how II could have disappeared when It
must have landed in the open fair green. until
few moments later he sees one OF the urchins
apparently unknowingly. push into the ground with
his heel a ball driven by player hidden by the
hill. One is further enlightened when a friend
shows a ball he has just bought from boy which
bears a private mark
Those arc sweethearts. that man and maid. He
makes every tee for her; also he Ensembles, for
at heart smiles when his companion swings
ten times at the ball without hitting II, while
waiting crowd grins and jeers When they are
married she may make her tees: also she
may carry her own sticks.
Young and old players crowd trooping along IN
groups late in the day, laughing. anxious. irri-
tated careful and careless. Here's a couple well
along toward the sixty mark. outwardly not so
enthusiastic the youth and the maid. but in
wardly just well satisfied.
This player IS the pink Of perfection from the top
OF his plaid cap TO the toes of his russell leather
shoes. Plainly the company is not to his liking
Up ne steps to the tee. where girl OF ten is ready
to drive. her father watching her.
4 think you had better play first" says the
young man to the father who mods assent. The
former foozIcs his drive and the little girl sends
her ball straight out for even seventy-fve yards
This course IS getting too common" remarks
the youth, in disgust.
Yes" retorts the father. there too many
here like YOU"
Here's one whose purse allows only one club: an
other whose bag is filed Here is the maiden all
in white sure'of her proves free in swing loosely
but trinity clad, admired by many eyes; here's the
woman OF fashion. corseted and laced If for an
t-home, stiff and awkward in movement There's
a crowd Of onlOokers at the first tee a tribunal
which the player faces with trembling. for he's on
exhibition. and what 10 him is serious IS TO the
onIookers mere comedy.
Thus IT is from May until the snow flies Ever
there new faces. new scenes and situations In
# all a zest and freedom. delight and education
that can hardly be duplicated on the course OF a
private club.