El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1913-01-11
Choosing Golf Opponents Is An Art
Some Men Do Against Others NOtMstsh Making Difficult
in Fouones-Four BaH Mache-0piniOns of Golfers Wanted

successful elimination Of that desire
irrespective Of opponents There IS Tor
instance, the player who never gels
very far on his tee shots, but keeps
them straight; whose second SHOTS nave
the same virtue; who manages TO gel
on the green without a visit to bunkers
or traps or the rough. and who puts
as every man possessing the senses
Of sight and touch may be eApecleo y
putt. This player VIII unQouDteuiy VIII
far more matches than he loses
Instead of being Influenced by ms
sense of Incompetence with regard 70
the execution of brilliant shots, ne VIII
win because he imparts to his oppo-
nent by his playing IoreDodlnS OF
defeat When a player mas maze one
or two most excellent strokes ana mas
that he has only halved the hole with
his opponent, who has made none, and
when this keeps on happening, II taxes
the suDerfor man, and not only the su-
perior golfer, to win the match
Art of Matchmaking.
The are of matchmaking becomes
more difficult and involved When lne
contest to be played IS IourSoIhe II
one of the four players IS man given
a liberal allowance, another is some
where near the scratch man, ana the
other two are rated at about the same
figures, the usual way OF arrahS ms d
fCursOme is to pair up the long no-i ..I4
caT man with the best player as agalnSt
+ba other two ordinary ones NlIhOul
l-nowIedge of the temperament OF tltS
individuals concerned, II Woulu De IL
ficult to find better arIanS ~ =
However 1t is almost certain that the
s11Derior skill % the near scratch man ~.
v-fll not be sufficient to win LOT ms
eide particularly If the opposing par
i Of an steady. which is another PROOF
- - q asional briIliance cannot avail
aoafnst the man who IS net eaSlIy us
Concerted and who may be counted upon
to make rounds in close to the same IlS-
llres each time.
Matches.
In view of the recent sarcastic ref
renee nv q Boston writer to the ad-
Irocafes of four ball matches instead
81 foursomes in the annual trl-clty
o-.+r6eS for the Lesley cup, it is about
time declared prominent amateur
that reDorted prcdOminance OF opinion
. in favor of the change was put IN d
more tangible form In Otner WORDS,
T-eiebtOn Calkins. who took poll OF
the Lesley cup players at the requeS
of several well known SolIers, repoTlS
= decided favOring of the four bail anc
Who refrains from making puDuc the
-ee511t of the vote because of the lack
of official sanction, OugnI II IS oe-
clared. soon to make pubic the cores
pOndence on this matter
Ca1ISins announced some time ago
that me opinions he had obtained by
mail greatly favored the change TO the
four ball and seemed TO pack up the
contention of Walter j. travis, VINO re-
frsed TO DIay on the Metropolitan team
fbfs wear because of the fOursomeS.
CaiIzins referred the inquirer to Fred
erick S. Wheeler, president Of the Met
rODolitan Golf association, VINO, WIN
H6ETard ". Perrin. president of the
nennsvIvania Golf association. and Her
bert Jaques, president of the Massachu /
setts Golf association, are trustees u
the lesley cup and have all to say re-
~arding conditions of play. Wheeler
Teplfed that he did not care to express
anv ODiniOn on the subject, and
neither refused nor gave his sanction
to the publication of the correspondence
held by Calkins-
Since Calkins's statement regarding
she matter and WheeIer'S terse reply
were published, there has been consid-
cradle interest aroused among golfers
as to lust what is contained IN the cor
Tesno1dence the former Metropolitan
Golf association secretary has up his
sleeve" There are those who believe
the correspondence should De maos
nuhlic if for no other reason than that
it will give a tangible idea Of how the
golfers feel on the question