The evening world. [volume] (New York, N.Y.) 1887-1931, 1913-08-26

COLUMN
g 9
Everybody's Playing Golf Now.
adays, the Sport Being lust
Sufficiently Strenuous to
Please the Fancy Of the Amer.
lean Public.

Downright. 1918. BY The Prsss Publishing CO,
The New York World.
IT'S somewhat amusing TO watch the
newspapers and see the evidences of
the growing popular Interest in ath-
leucs In the old days political candi-
datss liked TO be photographed In the
act OF making a soui-stirrinG appeal to
The masses. chest thrown out. hands
waving. crowds down In front walking
on each others neckties to get near the
speaker.
And now they always play golf before
the camera.
remember scores Of PHOTOGRAPHIC o.
sx.President Taft playing golf. and of
President Wilson playing GOLF and OF
everybody else In general playing golf.
Mr.. Murphy Of TammAny Hall has been
Photographed over and over again with
. soif stick In his hand. happy. con-
tested smile on his face. his glasses
claiming benevolsntiy. . living picture
Of innocence. Nobody could possibly
think Of goif.player Murphy a. the per-
son whose pecuiiarities have been DO
graphically described by Gov. suissr.
Thsn there's T. r., who has always
been photographed. before campaisns
kIlling lions and bears or leaning Dor.
Ssreusly yet gracefully on the music Of
. eo.calibrs elephant gun. Next time
Theodore will pose with . eolf club In
his INST Instead Of moro deadly weapon.
because the public likes It's big men to
have att, etic tastes.
Ana aolf 10 an athletic sport OF
course u Isn't exactly the thing you'd
expect 70 see played by Matt Noorath
" 0unboat SMITH or Leo Pardello, or
an other eminsntly muscular athlete.
but u does very well. Judge Mccall
has bis picture In the papers playing
golf. with the line underneath, "A lover
Of eports." You couldn't expect him to
appear In . football suit or motor cycle
armor. or tossing q ffty-six. pound
welght. or scaling . discus. or fying
bsso'iks over the hurdles. Golf iust
hils the bill. II 10 sunicisntiy strenuous
- . sport TO please the fancy Of the
American public. which has come 70 look
up to athletes and down upon the door
stums who only eat. drink and sleep
during their lsisurs momsntA when we
elect golf player We elect an athlete.
oy neck which 10 TIE newest American
lAsa.
pv~yeody's dein' II. that ~ol,uf thing
ThRs's John d.. who 10 a real ern.r,
Jsen D. really started the fad. wear.
80 ana he hasn't grown any older
nsee tsking II Up. There's only one
ereweack 10 his golnnx. John ID. u an
snsssot church member. 80 hs can't
expfses his feelings when he fooslss or
oemmits any other solnng blunder. 40
they DO say that he relieves his fsslins.
by having the price Of gasoline 10 up I.
csos gallon. Andy Carnegie has IN.
self bug. even though he isn't running
fer once. He has bought q large chunk
OF Scotland for the purpose Of turnins
into solf links. and down In Eng
ena thsyss worried to death for fear
hsu buy the Tower OF London bec.us.
the old moats would make such sood
hssards. o'
.KRY friend Grant Rice calls ATTAIN.
i" uoh 10 the number OF "Macs''
among the champions and lead.
ere OF champions. lie names McGra "
aol Ac1iliicuddy IN baseball. McDcr
mott In golf. Mclaughlin in tennis and
Mcfarland In boxing
Night 30 along a little. Grant. What,
the matter with McGrath In weight
throwing. Mcdonald with the sho,
Mcintosh as promoter. McDonougt
a. . cycIist. and McKstrick AZ cham
pion one-hand bull-toaser? Liyens Nh,
list up'a little, doesn't H.
= RAURICE l.. M'LOUGHLIN surs,,
&" 10 living up to form and reputs
SvS ti0n. In Newport he has bee,
playing tennis like a champion OF cham
pions. and the best part OF n IN that h,
says he's Just beginning lie expects
during the next three or four years. I,
improve his game 100 per cent. say
he'll have TO, or be emothegeJ under al
avalanche or young Amt ,ican player
who will make the old-tlms,i l,ok as 4
they were Fla yin; with flying ra.- 70
rscauets and potatoes ter teuniJ balls
A l. PAl.zER and Frank Moran, VIII
entertain on the evening OF Sep,
3, have been training hard Pale
had & lot OF weight to take Off. lie ha
been working hard and Is said to he a
st ~ wnen he fought kaufman her,
Moran has been training at White Sui
phur Springs, Saratoga, Kubiak Will 4
through the last week OF training Wit
Sui'boai Nippptu III W sc
Moran worH. and Moran kindly invite
Gunboat to IA neat In line after Pa.zer
OHNSY LORE would like to bo
Tommy Murphy So would fe
y others. But Tommy has his eyes O
4 chance 10 hsh, for the Lightweight
title and isn't likely TO waste any tim
ia smaller matches as 'oDs as i;iieh
10 OF. the map. Murphy has been yer
successful as long distance boxer. II
has found twenty rounds better suite
TO his gall than ten. IL might be O goo
ldea for Johnny TO look for a retur
match with Young Shugruo before tr.
lag = attract hurphys atteu0pn,
DAon1ALl.. Polo Grounds, $50 p.
oiSa6 q. cinsinna ti.-Advt.