Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1914-09-06

ed to get out of the way with the res
/ OF the crowd. but Nardon's bali struci
, | her on the hat and side of the head ane
the bail bounded some thirty or forty fee
on to the green, so that Eardon secured
his 4. Lockhart holding his putt for a
, 8. making an aggregate for the two balls
OF seven strokes on a hole. where at leas
Il score of players took seven for a single
ball. On the other hand. many players
. IIaylor among them. We're penallZed by
similar rubs of the green in the crowd
| But 10 return to the difficulties OF the
course. 1t is full OF blind shots. After
the first and second holes, considerably
more than half the shots are played
| without a distinct view Of the trouble
, that may menace. Beginning with the
third-the famous cardinal-the second
shot Is not only blind in itself, but with
gallery congesting the course Is pecul-
larly difficult. Eardon successfully
| reaching the green. The hole is. Well
over 40 yards. The difficulties of the
| fourth hole can well be understood from
the fact that both VarGon. and Taylor
got into the bunker the right. Taylor
in his last round practically losing the
| championship at that hole. He was then
| leading Warden by two strokes and took
- on this hole, where Nardon secured
:. The hole is only about $40 Yards in
length and there are no mountainous
carries 1t is simply Il fiat hole. but, as
many found full of deceptive possibil-
ties. 1t is an elbow hole. and the fair
lsreen slopes slightly to the right toward
tire burn and an ugly bunker. On the
left. i'll the direction where it would be
.natural to play for safety, another
bunker has been placed 1t is true that
there IS nearly fifty yards of fair way
between the two, but the shot. PLAYED
properly and as several played it during
the day. must be aimed at the bunker
on the left and hit with courage and con-
viction-i long running shot. In that case
the slope of the ground Is sufficient to
n anT I he hall n HI 11,h1. 8
left, and bring it safely through between
the two into Il position from which 4
snort iron may be played on TO the green.
To play it in any other way.renders the
| second shot peculiarly difficult, as. in adj
dita'iT to the fair green sioping to the
right. the putting green has a tendency
in that direction, and is guarded on Its
left. near the corner. with a sand trap.
Even after good drive it is necessary
to hug this left trap closely in order to
stay on the green. Taylor. when he lost
his three strokes there, did not keep far
enough to the left his drive, and
reached the bunker the right. En-
de;tyoring to play out. he only got the
ball tip out of the trap OH to the edge OF
the burn. and his next shot, in which he
endeavored to carry over the burn to the
green. put him in the burr, with the re-
suit that he took to the hole and drop
ped into a position one stroke behind
Nardon. and vas never again able to re-
cover. The fifth hole is only 10 yards,
but played over mountains called the
IIimalayaS,' sonnet thing Ike 30 lOS
! feet high. ON to an entirely unseen green
completely surrounded by sand traps.
! The entire section Of the course after the
fourteenth is full of hidden trouble. and
| there are practically no holes that do not
/ offer considerable possibilities in this
lire. The writer followed Ouimet in his
first round. when he made an ST. and. in
spite of the number of strokes. OuImet
was not playing nearly as bad golf as
! %. III inf1i nata lie
trouble, but no man who did not know
this course as he would know his own
home course. could possibly keep out OF
trouble. Ouimet's later round OF - was
exceedingly creditable under the condi-
tons 1t is safe to say that there are
few of our countrymen who could pos
sihly have done better.
| The greens on the second day had be-
come very keen around the holes and no
one of the players was sure Of getting
short putt down. Nardon played in his
old-,irne form, and, in addition to that. his
putting for the most part was confident
and good. He was driving one OF his
longest balls On the fourteenth hole, :;60
wards with a slightly favorins wind, he
reached the bunker guarding the green.
but played out successfully and secured
his f.
Jenkins proved conclusvely his right to
the amateur championship and played
well beyond the majority of professionals
|
was in trouble several times.
| Strange developments came from tinex-
pected causes and the history of ath-
letics as influenced by war has been re-
narkable in this respect. During our
| civil war there was q very pronounced
check to the progress OF base ball, which
had begun to interest the masses previous
to that struggle. No sooner was the war
over than there came a great advance
| ment in the game. SO much so that i'll Il
decade there We're diatribes published
| against ii. calling it mania, and in
stancing the danger of accident in the
| sport. One paper even went so far as to
state that the increase of accident insur
ance companies was due to it and that if
| the mania does not cease we Shall be
without able-bodied men," 1t is not out
side the realm of possibility that base
ball in other countries than our own may
take on new life when. the present war
ends and the people long for amusement
in the form Of athletic contests to a
greater degree from the very frightful ex-
periences through which they are now
| passing.
| The Englishman, even previous to this
war. was not as entirely satisfied as he
used to be with his. cricket Now, of
| course this will be taken as u heresy by
any good Britisher but it is fact none
the less. and can be proved by any one
| who wishes to investigate. Whether there
is any chance of base. ball taking Its
, place is another matter. In fact. only
! individual Englishmen who come over to
this country and stay long enough to see
base ball at its best can really judge the
| quality OF the two games. Several of
/ these men have expressed the wish that
base ball would como in over in England.
but even they do not feel confident that
it will Yet there Is more criticism and
: less interest in cricket than there was
. ten years ago. In fact, what proves that
is that the English papers are criticising
1t more. There is letter In one of the
English papers in connection with a
/ cricket-golf discussion which would not
have been tolerated decade ago:
I 1t is all tommyrot to call. cricket a
game for young men. II you win the
!. toss with a good wicket you spend your
: time smoking and telling broad tales,
: washed down with occasional drinks In
l the pavilion. When the skipper has had
r a whack he closes the innings. Then you
go out to field and the match is drawn
Z and you may have had q whole afternoon
without touching bat or fielding a ball
t just because YOU don't bowl or wicket
keep. AS for playing for your side. that
is nonsense. Each captain closes his in
e nings when he likes. If want open-air
8 treatment / can do II az well on Hanp-
l | stead and got donkey ride. That doea