El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1914-07-03
Grassh0pper Stops Golf Ball
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Puff Of Wind Dacides the Game
By FRANK C. sIENKE.

u. mE1N A.
= 1.-THE queer shots in Golf" articl
S which appears in the June issue of
u golfers magazine
No names are mentioned in connec
D ton with a story Of how grasshOp
per once got in the way of a rollins
ball and kept il from dropping int
the hole Probably. as they say II
breakfast food circles. There's a rea-
son"
II seems that the golfer who wa.
thwarted by the Erasshopper, made q
terrific approach shot. and the ball
landing some distance from the green
continued TO roll and roll and roll The
gOlIer " as amazed TO see the ball fin
ally roll onto the green. and head di-
rectly for the hole. II seemed 10 have
/ sufficient momentum to carry II into
the cup when. all Of sudden, up
jumped Mr.. Grasshopper from his place
Of hiding, just in time TO see the ball
bearing down upon him.
He swung out one Of his trusty feet
landed perfect solar plexus. and the
ball was halted in its mad Career-just
on the rim OF the cup
/ =
Opie Read, the author, and Dr.. R c.
Fisher Of Chicago, once played a round
| over the Jackson Park course and then
/ sat upder tree 10 rest While seated
/ some other golfer sliced a drive and
| the ball struck the tree under which
| our heroes were sitting Both Read
| and DR.. Fisher ducEed, but the ball
/ did not fall TO the ground as far as
they could see.
Pretty soon the golfer and his caddy
came along looking for the ball The
author and physician joined IN the
search but IL was unayailing- The
ball was not found then, but it was
found later. No, you've guessed wrong
OF Reads neck. II dropped into the
doctors coat pocket, and he found IL
there that evening when he was
searching the pocket for a package Of
chewing gum, or his pipe or whatever
1t was that he was searching for.
How to Hole a Ball without Swat
ting it With a Club" ought to be the
title Of this one 1t happened on the
North Berwick course
A So hole foursome was being played
It was all even on the So hole. One
side got the ball Of the other to the
the next shot The ball of the other |
side was 20 feet away a gale was |
blowing and the ball lay on a point /
a bit higher OBJ than the hole level The /
player figured the shot an impossible |
one but ne determined to make a des- |
perate try for il anyway
Just as he was about to soak the |
ball a nice soak, an extra strong gust I
of wind came along and hit the ball. /
starting it to rolling down hill And !
think of it, That ball rolled I
right into the cup. And the side that I
owned the ball won the match. How
the player had not grounded his club
before the ball started to rolling, and
therefore, the roll was counted as part
Of the last shot
But you can't always get away with
that kind Of shot, as is shown by
another story in which a caterpillar
figured II
Everything was even at the 18th \
hole. Player number two got his ball
onto the green, near the cup. which
was in slightly sloping position. He
vas trying to figure out from just !
What angle to shoot when a caterpil-
ar ambled along and climbed aboard
he ball.
Now. everybody known that a cat
'rpillar doesn't weigh much. but this I
particular caterpillar was a fat fellow ]
lie was so fat and bulky that he dis
urbed the equilibrium of the ball Just |
nough TO start il to moving. The |
all, gained momentum and finally |
oiled into the hole, carrying the cat
rpilar with it
The player claimed that the hole was
is, and the match also. claiming he |
ad not grounded his club and that the ! ,
terpillar-propelled movement OF the ]
all should be counted as part OF the |
asst stroke But when ii was put up
, a final authority the claim was dis
lowed The referee said that the
all should have been put back into
osluon without penalty, on the ground |
nat If the ball had missed the hole
nd rolled ten feet away. the golfer
ould nave insisted upon replacing it.
KIRKE GOES To MAPS.
cleveland. o., July Say Kirke OF the !
leveland American association team and /