Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-10-14
BY O. b Keeler.

w Great Britain have come,
seen and conquered. and have
gone away 10 St Louis, where they
will do some more seeing and some
more conquering. unless a guy named
Ouimet happens to he golfng in tnat
vicinity.
There doesn't seem TO be anybody
else in the country that can stop the
Vardon and Ray combination, or even
cause It TO hesitate.
The pair played some great goll
in Atlanta. and a lot OF people who
hadn't walked four mites in the last
year broke all previous records, ped
aling after those two marvellous golf
ing machines
Following are some Of the things
noted about Messrs. Vardon and Ray.
their trade, and their manner Of
working at it.
IN person, they are British Very
British. Their complexion Is d
fine military red. of the hue that
comes from plenty of good beef and
a good barber" as somebody with a
wight to be quoted has put 1t.
Also, they are British in deport-
ment They do not indulge in airy
persifiage or idle chatter. They talk
weightily, when at all
They are very British.
THEY smoke They smoke a great
deal They smoke all the time
when not eating. Not having seen
g1e
can not say II they smoke then.
Ray smokes a pipe exclusively He
would not look we'll smoking cigar
cite. II would not fit his expression.
Nardon smokes in cosmopolitan
fashion. pine, cigarette, cigar All are
equally becoming to his type
When doing" a pipe (strictly
British expression) Vardon usually
lays II on the turf when making a
particular shot especially while driv-
Ing. Ray does not waste that much
time from smoking He is more con
scientious.
In driving. he looks at the ball, ex-
hales n puff of rich blue vapor. looks
at the fair-way, exhales a p.orb.v.,
addresses the ball, exhales a p.orb.v.
swings on the ball, exhales p.o.rbv..
and regards the flight OF the Well
spanked pellet with a mild show of
interest,
THAT Is characteristic Of both
Britons They decline to get
wildly excited about anything
II Is not known II they went
through the customary procedures in
learning TO play golf such as dane
Ing and swearing, throwing the club
after the ball-snd rarth1r-or kick
MI.
to play golf quite a long time ago
But they do not do any OF these
things now
They do not have much cause 10 do
them
At thar, even a good drive some
times is shifted by the wind to fence
or tree base. We saw Edward Ray
confronted with ball that lay just
under fence on his left-ha which
Is not Mr.. Rays shooting side
But Mr.. Ray did not dance or
s'Wear or even shake his fist at the
ball.
He merely reversed his club. hit
the ball with the back Of the blade a
left handed swipe, and knocked il
nearly on to the putting green.
AS an exhibition OF forebearance 4
was sublime-to anyone who plays
golf
NOV some Of the things they 90
~ with a golf ball
They can make a golf ball do any
thing except talk, and, al that. II
would not he surprising If small
petition emanated from its little gutta
percha soul when x beheld the down
ward swipe and the lunEing bulk OF
Edward RAYS drive
ing thing on earth. and the scientist
who wrote an essay on The Innate
Devilishness Of IuanimRte Objects
nj ssed his greatest chance ny omit
ting the golf ball
But a. the mercy of NeSSrs Var
don and RAY these rIhber-cored imps
behave IN d manner that Is child
IKE and bland They soar like