New-York tribune., 1913-11-23
EVEN GOLF MATCH
CAN GIVE LOTS OF
THRILLS In PINCH
Making a Hole In One Stroke
Enough to Make Balmiest
Grow Excited.
MICH HAPPENS ON GREEN
Rail Sometimes Makes Its Way
Alone, but More Often an Unseen
Foreign Agency Assists.

II has been said that golf is not lively
or exciting; that it presents few oppor-
,rnities FOR either individuals or outsid-
.rs 70 enthuse that II is too quiet, etc.
While there are those ardent devotees Of
driver and cleek willing to admit that
their favorite diversion is not wildly ex-
citing: that opportunities rarely occur for
PARTISAN crowds to display their feelings
NOT forgetting the scene at the close OF
the Ouimet-T -Travers match at Brookline-
q Is also claimed that golf unquestionably
has It's thrills.
For those having once experienced the
sensation Of making hole In 1 1t Is
needless to attempt TO describe the feeling
q, exhilaration experienced by the lucky
nIaver as ne sees his ball disappear in the
cpn Many holes have been made in a
single stroke that have always been more
or less doubtful. Players have played
over rising ground TO blind green's and
after searching for a considerable length
~ time have at last found "a ball" in the
hole. on such occasions there is always
an element of uncertainty.
Furthermore. Jokes have been played
On unsuspectng golfers. probably the most
cruel one being that at the expense OF
fat man and woman at Essex Fells sew
eral years ago. AS passerby stood near
one OF the greens Of the course In ques-
ton he noticed two balls. one after the
,,her. land on the green in front OF him.
rhey had evidently come from the tee.
vhich could not be seen from the green.
scarcely had the balls come to rest ere
cornle Of boys dashed from behind
cump OF bushes, picked up the balls.
dropped them in the hole and scampered
away as quickly as they had come. In
few moments the pair unsuspectingly
came 10 the green and began looking for
the balls They were nowhere TO be seen.
Finally the man casually inspected the
lole, then frantically beckoned his COM
panion to see what he saw.
"Great Scott" he shouted 1--WE have
both holed out in one Did you ever see
ANYTHING like that?" Then they pro-
ceeded 10 rush to the clubhouse to tell
the wonderful tale, which undoubtedly
they are still relating.
There was a similar instance OF this
Iort at the Haworth Country Club not
ong ago. II seems that a certain mem
Der of the club, who was rather provi-
dent with his income and not prone to
spend it unnecessarily, was playing the
seventeenth. He drove the green, but 1t
happens that there is high mound short
OF the green so that from the tee players
on the green cannot be discerned. AS
this golfer made his tee shot he did not
notice any one who had not holed out.
Meanwhile, the golfers in front noticed
a ball come sailing over the mound, and
knowing TO whom Il belonged placed It in
The cup and made Off Thus hole in
one was accomplished unwittingly and
the unfortunate performer forced to re-
fresh voracious thirsts OF various mem
bes and their friends. 1t was one way Of
getting even"
Much ado was made about the per-
formsnce Of Edward =. Allis. Sd, during
the Western amateur championship tour
nament at Homewood, where he made a
one at the S07-yard first hole which was
widely acclaimed as a worlds record.
The feat Of driving 300 yards is not ac-
complished by amateurs with any degree
OF Consistency" so Allis's feat was at
once hailed as something never before
done.
However, John G. Anderson, of Brae
Burn. the runner-up TO Jerome d. Trav-
ers in the recent national amateur cham
pionship at Garden City. performed even
more remarkably in September, 1908,
when he holed out his drive on 32s-yard
hole On the other side. A. c. Ladd, Of
Henley on Thames, holed out from 800
yards, which is now conceded TO be about
the best ever brought of.
A few weeks ago w. Roy Barnhill. OF
Fox Hills, made holes in one within
week of each other. His drive at the
Ss-yard third trickled into the cup one
Saturday. and few days later while
playing the 160-yard sixteenth, he holed
out his tee shot.
In the Philadelphia open championship
this season Jack Hobens. the Englewood
Professional accomplished the feat.
Down South a lot OF tales could be told
about this remarkable performance, which
is one Of a lifetime TO many golfers.
Bobby McWat In playing the third hole
at Atlanta IN 1910 turned the trick The
distance was l75 yards. A day later
Stewart Maiden duplicated the feat.
These two shots were made during pro-
fessional tournament over the East Lake
course W. w. Cunningham was the only
man who previous to this had made that
Particular hole in one. Alec Smith and
d. c. Pickhardt have each made the first
hole at East Lake In one.
OF course, such tales may easily be
authenticated, but there are stories, on
the other hand. which are like the pro-
verbal fish yarns spun by enthusiasts A
golfer at Madison, Wis. claims to have
driven a ball 100000 miles because he
drove ball straight lnto the sun.