The Washington herald., 1908-08-02

whether you are pulling up OF not. but il
you are struggling It is always hard work
Whatever position you may BE- in In IaF
my game was coming easy to me I was
making no mistakes and holed several
useful puts In 1907. when Massv mos
? deservedly won I played badly the frs.
day and though I improved I was too
Tar behind 10 make up the leeway. Massy
played Such fine game that il would
nave been hard lines II he had not Won
I especially after MS brilliant play in the
qualifying rounds But for TayIor's mis-
I nap IN sending his second shot at the
I thlrd hole in the last round into tn
I rushes. causing him TO take seven, his
Iinlsh with Massy would have been closer
/ lew "reminiscences of some Of my
Z hardest games may be Of interest. espe-
cia'ly with Vardon and Taylor at the
helgnt or their fame As I have already
pointed out I reckoned my first cham
pionship one Of my hardest stroke efforts.
As TO match play. there are certain plav-
ers you can play better with than Others
One Of my hardest games. and the first
OF Importance played after turning pro
fessional. was with Taylor over IS holes
at West Drayton. when he was champion
IN lNS- Taylor had won every match
since the championship He was dormv
two. but I finished in two IS and halved
the match. ] viii not readily forget the
game PLAYED with Taylor in the Machrie
tournament after won the championship
in ls01. He laid me three stymies in rba
last nine holes. surely an unfriendIy act
Taylor too viii remember that game. fo-
he beat me by a hole. This tournament
had record first prize Of 500
II l am not mistaken Taylor and
nave won nearly the same number of
inatehes against each other. As 20 Var
lon. never like TO see him in dificuI-
Ties Ny match experience with him is
lhat ne IS then almost certain 10 make
a notable recovery. Il not Law his bah
dead on one occasion at q q-bole course
ne drove INTO the wood at a certain
Role In both rounds. and twice he re-
covered wonderfully and Eot a three
Auch OF my time is Of course. spent
IN tuition and I find my daily exercise
on the links amply sufficient 20 keen me
IN good trim II YOU are eight or nine
HouTs on the links each day. you don't re-
F"-le Hlleh more exercise Naturally
come across some strange STYLES The
English beginner is very AMI He *
Keen. and stuGies the game seriously
VIA results that are wholly creditahle. I
" lenerer his play falls on in anv de-
parlnvnt, ihe English player. having /
oeen IN touch with his tutor from the
IrSL goes back 10 the fountain head So I
% speak and get his game SCI rirht I
considering tile higher cost n the game I
I'D London its progress has been remark I
a'ie but IL viii remain prohibitive 20 ]
.--e oTa'naFy vorkingman for a long time .
20 come Municipal courses NAV be I
started here and there bu- even .ba1
lAey VIII he urohibitive on the score af !
expense 20 all but those residing in the
immediate vicinity.
COnfeSSes His Nerves.
7 am generally credited with having
no nerves. but I have as many as anv
7f my contemporaries. 50 long as they
are kept under control. nerves are not
a had thing FOR the golfer. In that sense
I always play best when I am nervous:
indeed don't think anybody could play
good golf unless they had nerves. IN
he sense iu which 7 speak Taylor fs.4
-lsLly strung person, but he has splendid
'lHIdence- saTdou iS more eveu-mIud-
ad- more equal in temperament. As a
rule. he is 50 calm and tranquil that il
makes one feel cool on a hot summers
lay 10 look az him Yet he IS not FREE
from nerves Charles smith. again. Is
4 me player with something OF sbe
5ol1nE culture Of Archie Simpson. but
us nerve sometimes get beyond aim
NOT has Jack White perfect MASTER,
'VeT himself, except when he is IN tip
op physical condition
IT is among the minor lows or the n-1-
cssional golfers life TO catch the stray
eTnarSs OF spectators Playing with Var
Ion on one occasion. ne both hoIed out on
certain green from a matter Of twelve
u fourteen yards Walking TO the next
80 one OF the onlCokers remarked 10 a I
lL-lllS- lHose were very fine puts Z
Jh, said the other. these fellows only a.. Z q
nat To- get D
nay eIS- surely thai is on par with :
ne inevitable small boy who summed ur. p.
ne golfer thus He don't have To DO
ms He likes it, In another match wifi.
aFoon a putt found the hole from a Ifs- 3
ance OF twenty yards, and a lady in rha L
Io"o vas heard 20 remark oh the Z
oo' l-LIoW- the bail has gone down "a q
o'e- lake an incident which occurred q
lTlnE a match in which Nardon. Taz-Io- u
lerd- and myself took part. Tav7or ~ D
ddresslns his ball for the approach --v-, I
idleS oenind him were having an ami {
iated and rather audible co7fab Ta-
lr stFaightened himself again and wait
D. Al right You can 90 on now we've
n-shed- one OF the danes said AZ 1as- z
ACT But the rarest instance of rri. O.
escriptiou occurred on the occasion - 4
mother Of ny battles with va-5C- =,
le conclusion Of the round one Of -b-- Y
'eIldtorS was. overheard To say 7 nov u
an aTlFe an approach all rICht. bu- 7 o
ever saw such putting As the feSn-,- o
We scores were s. and IS. the z-entls ST
.ader VIII appreciate what IS exl5r,-a,f q
the modern professional softer. Z.
Once "A DisaPpoIntment {,
Al the Braids tournament in lsq5 IN h
cident occurred which tells sou.v-,.- =
5ainst myself There was big crowd h
the second hole. the rising ground n
'und the green being a coign OF ya7-zs,. u
II hundreds. Il is good green ~,.,s 81
aver after player was exceIlinE him d.
IL IN the difficult art Of putting. Tn. "
ITly Highland constable on duty refused =
Dr. impressed Evidently I had taken =,
: eye. for he said 'Ach. shust u-air -f1r
RAID comes along Presently BRAID an =
AIRED and missed his short approach I
aere was merry-naking at the consr7- NJ