Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1913-03-24

The month Of March has been a record
breaker for the number of important golf
events which have heen scheduled for It,.
and in every part of the country the re-
suits of these tournaments have been
eagerly awaited by an increasing number
of men and women who each year are
becoming enthusiastically interested. Golf
is a game for all the year round. Even
upon comparatively cold day the en-
thusastic golfer can manage to keep his
blood in active circulation during brisk
run around his course. while upon a
warmer day he may take the exercise
more lesurely.
The golf fans" are increasing in num-
Der every season and their interest is be-
coming quite as keen as that of the base
ball fans" Golf as a game appeals to
larger class of people than any other
outdoor sport. 1T is equally suit
able for men and women both young and
old The individual is dependent abso-
lutely upon his own skill. His chances
for winning cannot be spoiled by some
one else. A poor pitcher may ruin the
chances of the best base ball team in the
world The tennis player Is dependent
largely upon the skill of the server, but
the golfer has chance for free, individ
uai achievement. Each player makes his
strokes in his own time and his game
may be suited entirely to his physical ca
pacity.
The healthfulness of golf as an exercise
is being recognized by the park commits
sioners in a number of cities, who are
planning public golf grounds which shall
be free to the public. One of the last Of
fetal recommendations of President Taft
was that public golf links bt established
in the District of Columbia, in order that
the benefits of the game might be within
the reach of those who were not able to
pay for membership in the country clubs
In the locality. Within the past ten
years thousands of men and women have
taken up golf and with the establishment
of public golf links~it is ceasing to be
looked upon entirely .as a rich mans
game.
John D. Rockefeller Is probably the
richest golf player in the world, and his
enthusiasm
John D. Rockefeller has done
Worlds Richest Golfer. eonv y +
other millionares of advanced years who
have retired from strenuous careers of
active business life. Florida Is the gath
and it is said that at one time last year
no less than a billion and half of dol
lars was represented by the men assem-
bled upon the golf links of one of the
well known resorts. The number of real
ly old men who are applying themselves
to golf indicates, as one of them recently
said, that the game Is "the best remedy
in the world for Osleritis." Last Novem-
- ~ il ID ,,ad
shipbuilder of New Jersey, celebrated his
eighty-third birthday by going the rounds
of nine-hole course, although the
weather was cold and the course in bad
condition. Mr.. Congdon did not take up
golf until he was eighty-one years old,
and he never had been an athlete when
young, but he has acquired skill which
makes him a formidable adversary to
most of the younger members of his club.
He believes that the wonderful expanse
of golf interest In the United States dur
ing the past ten years has been of the
greatest value In prolonging the useful
ness of aged men, and predicts that dur
ing the next generation 1t will be less I'M
usual to find centenarians upon the golf
course than 1t is to find octogenerians
there now.
The increased recognition of the inn
pOrtance of golf was indicated recently
by the termination of rather unique law
proceedings. A well known New York
a certain golf stick made expressly for
him which, by reason of his height and
the length OF the club, was incapable OF
being duplicated from stock. He broke
this one Saturday and. being extremely
DESTROYS to play golf the following week.
which ended his vacation. he took it to
the express Office and explained TO the
agent the necessity of a speedy transit.
as, without 1t. his vacation was spoiled
He notified by telegraph the factory
Id e, oy,1 - t1a
alone was able to reshaft it with its iden-
teal length taper and spring. ordering
them to express it back by Monday night
1t was delivered to the New York ex-
press Office, but it did not reach the man
who was eagerly awaiting it less than a
hundred miles away. kilograms and let
tiers brought no response and ten days
later the aggrieyed lawyer went in per-
son to the New York Office of the ex-
press company, where he was told that
the company was not yet ready to take
up the matter. He brought immediate
suit and was awarded such trifiing dam
ages that he appealed to the appellate d.
vision of the supreme court and was
granted a new trial upon the ground
that if he established his proof, he was
entitled to recover substantial damages
for the use of the club of which he had
been deprived through the negligence Of
the express company.
X
The express company took the ground
that a golf stick was SO unimportant a
matter that it
Claimed Golf Stick was not to be
Was Unimportant. nedits its deliv-
cry. The decision Of the court established
two points-viz., that the company had
no right to- discriminate as to the value
of shipment, and, that even though an
article be merely an instrument OF
recreation, 1t may have value of use to
the owner which could not be estimated
in dollars and cents. The express COM
pany asked for a stay upon the trial