The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1910-05-23
FREAK GOLF CLUBS.
Some That Have Been Either Made OF
Dreamed Of.

Tie compilers Of recently published
guide 70 golf in Ireland have added vari-
ETY. and interest to the 4Who's Who
psges BY asking the players honored by
Inclusion to set forth their opinions about
freak clubs. This census may be as
sumec 20 bring in al Irish amateurs and
professionals Of note about l50 in ali-
and il 3 satisfactory, albeit monot0n0us,
to read that about 100 disapproye more
or less strongly Of freak clubs It is
not clear that any definition was proyid-
qd, but most golfers know freak clp0
when they see one. Yet the replies Of
those Irish players who discuss freak
clubs IN detail suggest the need Of some
definition. One fdisapproyes Of any sort
d mechanical aid Ia 4 golf club" An
other would license any club provided
there was no mechanical continuance.
Evidently these restrictions are aimed at
something more elaborate and fearsome
70 look upon than the mallet putter or
the super-dreadnought driver or the sock
etless msshie
/ remember once doing a very fine
round ait ST Andrews with an electric
driver 81 my own invention. forget
the purely mechanical details now.
Though its extreme radius was 900 yards
] was very careful not to exceed $50 al
the way round, and my partner never
suspected me Coming 10 the last hole
/ required a three % beat the absolute
record Of the links. and Of course the
crowd had heard about Il and come nut
to meet me. inadvertently, ! must have
turned TIE index "a about 400 yards, for
mn drire ss-s-s aka ,ai0hfeprth Tee broke
window II the Grand hotter aud, re-
bounding, rolled down the bank and
aioklnd into the hose. The crowd was
first awe stricken and then furious. and
led BY one ~ two professors, who always
played short Of the Swilean from this tee.
were about to lynch me from the upper
windows Of Tom Morris shop when
awoke
ANY such mechanical contrivancen is
now barred By the rules Of golf commit
tee. So Is & billiard cue, with which. one
Is occasionally advised, It Is impossible
to miss a short pnt But the eroquet
msllet putter satisfies the definition.
consisting OF plain shaft and head
which does not contain any mechanical
contrivaneen AT the Same time I'll III
surely the result Of 4 substantial de.
parture from the traditions and accepted
form and make Of golf clubs This def.
nition was not in existence when Mr..
Travis won the amateur championship
with the help Of Schenectady putter,
which is essentially a croquet mallet. and
now the croqaet mallet on the links Is
winked at. So is the soelsetless mashie
or iron. designed "a dismiss the fear 81
the most demoralizing Of all miss hits.
There are times when the most conserva-
tive Of players would welcome socket
less club, and some men carry one
though they never play with it. az
charm against socketing The freak club
is invented 70 make golf easier. and thus
It violates the spirit Of the game. as de.
fined with profound insight BIZ d Cam.
bridge professor after his first round:
9The game Of golf consists Of playing q
hall into a series Of absurdly small holes.
in the fewest number Of strokes. with
implements very IN adapted 10 their Dur.
pose. GLASGOW Herald.