Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1913-08-05
GOLF GOSSIP

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lean schooIboy who surprised the golf
ing world by getting into the semi
finals of the British amateur cham
pionship at St Andrews this year.
and who was put out after hard
fight and an extra hole by H. II. Hill
ton, seems to have kept his eyes open
during his golfng travels. The young
man is working his way through col.
lege, and having ready pen and a
critical eye, he has been writing his
Impressions Of British golf for some
Of the London dailies, and also for
the golfing periodicals. This has help
ed pay expenses for the trip, for
| Schmidt made such a favorable i'm
| preston on the golfers on the other
side of the Atlantic, that his "stuff''
made an instantaneous hit, and has
found ready market.
Schmidt noticed particularly the
sportsmanship of the average British
gallery. Here is what he has to say
on that subject:
Another thing which ! particularly
noticed was the genuine sportsman
ship shown by not only the players
but the onlookers. Win or lose, it
feeling. A little incident which oc-
CURED during my match with Cap
tain Hambro enlightened me consid-
erably as to the sportsmanship of the
crowd. In trying to play my second
shot safe at the fourteenth hole
dropped it square into that terrible
bunker. A laugh was heard from the
gallery. / noticed that many in the
gallery seemed quite alarmed, but
did not give the matter a thought
However, the following day an ex-
PLANTATION was forthcoming. The man
who had laughed was at great pains
to come to me and explain that his
hilarity was caused by a joke with a
friend, and not my poor shot.
This good spoftsmanship was again
brought to light at my finish at the
nineteenth hole with Mr.. Hilton. The
gallery, by cheers, fhumps on the
back. and handshakes, made me feel
more like winner than loser.
cannot remember ever having played
at home before q more appreciative
and enthusiastic gallery.
A marked difference, as has been
pointed out from time to time, exists
In regard to footwear between the two
sides of the pond" In the states
we are used 70 playing under favor
able weather conditions on soft greens
and comparatively hard fairways The
result - that we wear soft Or very
fIexible-soled shoes, in order to get 4
firm foothold In the turf and to be
comfortable in the warm weather, OF
which we have great deal in the
summer months. IN fact. q great man.
OF our golfers play in tennis shoes In
order to let the sole Of the foot con-
form to the ground. This may be the
reason why 20 many American golf
ers Clay hook. since the weight
must be concentrated on the heels.
Here, however, the soil is SO sandy,
and 50 much of the weather OF the
'open-and-shut" variety, that q good
st0ut-soled shoe sounds very reason
able. since by wriggling ones feet a
firm foothold may easily be obtained
in the soft sandy soil.
On account of the hox weather in
the states the wearing Of coats does
rot appeal to most of us, but here,
in an entirely different climate, a coat
is absolutely necessary The strange
part Of this difference is that even
with no coat, and with nothing to
hold one in from making a bold, full
swipe at the ball, the states men do
not hit anywhere near as hard as the
golfers do here.
Such are the Impressions / have de-
rived from the championship at st
Andrews. have nothing but the
DleaSanfest impressions of foreign 6off