Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-08-14

of place as the suggestion made some
where recently that the size of each put
ting green should be limited to one square
foot, with a shallow bunker completely
surrounding it three yards in width
Baked Ground Spells Golf.
Possibly these points would not be dis
cussed so frequently were it not for the
unusual conditions that have prevailed
this summer on nearby courses. There
were occasions at Salisbury where golfers
actually used their putters on the tee 50
as to keep them from running into trou-
BILE that existed far out, $50 yards or
more distant. The joke was on Will An
derson in one of his rounds, when with
a following wind, he drove into trouble
with his putter, the ball travelling fully
go yards. 1t was because of such UNI
usual stunts as these that the Salisbury
links came in for certain adverse criti-
Cism on the part of some of the visitors,
but in their calmer moments nearly all of
them seemed willing to concede that I'M
der normal conditions the trapping was
about right.
That there are times when ball played
with certain amount of pull has its ad-
vsntageS was proven conclusiveiy on sew
eral occasions during the recent cham
pionShip. When John Hobens made his
record round of 20 he had the pull work
ing to perfection. With the wind blowing
half a gale on his right, Hobens would
drive considers bly, to one side Of his in
tended line, but the ball, after rushing
out for 100 Yards so, would suddenly
start to swing around, and then, favored
by the following wind, would travel OH
to almost unheard-of distances. frequent
~ skirting past trouble that could not
have been negotiated had the ball been
hit straight down the course.
st. Andrews Losing Prestige.
1t is becoming more and more apparent
that ST. Andrews is gradually nearing the
time when it will fall off it's high pedesta,
in the golfng world of Great Britain
This is more forcibly brought TO mind by
the DOGGY contest now going on in that
club. 1t seems that request was made
to the rules committee that set Of rules
be drawn UP for DOGGY play founded
on the stroke play rules. The committee
so far has not acceded to the request
The request for these rules in this form
has never been made to the governors OF
the game. consequently it is considered in
some quarters that careful consideration
is necessary before the request is granted
One critic. in commenting on this mat
ter, does not know whether to attribute
the desire for code of rules on DOGGY
play to the fippancy of the democracy
OF the age, and hastens to opine that the
latter view is the most proba BILE. He goes
on 10 say, IN part.
People all over the world are begin
ming to realize that their own particular
predictions are worthy of some cOnsid-
Grafton at the hands Of the powers that
be. They appreciate the fact, even if the
rules committee does not, that golf is
played at other places than ST. Andrews.
The spirit of loyalty to the traditional
rulers of the game. however. is SO deeply
ingrained that they apply to headquarters
for guidance on any subject in which they
are in doubt 1t IS obviously the duty of
ST. Andrews to adopt the same spirit and
legSlate to the best of Its ability on any
subject in which it. perhaps. has no par
ticular interest.
There are many people who find this
form of competition attractive and it does
not contravene either the spirit or the
laws of the game of golf. There seems to
be a disposition on the part of ST. An
drew's to adopt somewhat of an auto
cratic tone. and the attitude of the gov
ernors apparently is inclined to be uncom-
promising. AS one English critic puts it.,
ut IS well to remind them that they are
not legislating for little coterie, but for
the whole world, and that if they are I'M
able to enter into the broader spirit of
the times they will have to be relegated
to the position of the mouthpiece of St
Andrews