South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1915-07-22
AND ANTS
BRING OUT FACTS
ABOUT Golf CAME
Some Say it is Beneficial,
Others Say it is NOt-Min-
listers Should Play on
Greens.

NEW YORK. July 22-The man
who listens 10 the pro and con argsi-
monts on golf and then tries TO form
"a definite conclusion as 10 the GOOD
or harm in the game ultimately sill
be east into "a padded cell
Golf. according 20 the pros. cures
nervousuess-and il creates nervous
nesst. according TO the con men. It's
a great game for ministers-and it's
the worst game minister can play.
IL develops character-and it tears
10 down. II grows hair on bald heads
and II causes men 20 lose their hair.
Golf is everything that Is good and
golf is the superlative OF wicked
The general opinion has been that
ministers should fight shy q the golf
ing game Golf develops many am
noying situations. Golf causes a loss
of temper and cuss words bring the
only relief If GUESSING is part OF golf
a minister shouldn't monkey around
with golf balls, golf clubs and such.
That's been the common belief.
Should Play.
But now comes Rev. Daniel II. Den
man. writing in the Golfers masa-
zine. who says-and most emphatical-
Is says-that ministers should play
polf.
says Rev. Denman zone of the
greatest dangers ne faces is that he
will cease 10 be human unless he de-
votes "A certain part OF his time TO
some health-givlng sport Therefore,
he should try golf
IF a minister ceases being human
IF he becomes an spiritual-he
loses his hold ON men. especially
on young men. There is nothing that
viii keep a man human more than
occasionally engaging in sport And
there lis no better sport than golf
"A minister should play golf he
cause IL keeps him out i'm the open.
because 10 gives him beneficial eXer-
else and develops the ability to CO.
ordinate brain and muscle i'm doing
thing Of skill Golf reveals unsus-
rected resources: it cultivates the
grace OF body; ii calls up courage
and brings out the fighting spirit It
gives the minister a physical domi-
nance which serves him we'll in the
presence of men,"
quite a foes OF medical gents have
come right out in the. open and said
that golf is such trying game that
it viii put a mans NERVES completely
on the blink. They've said that many
sweet tempered neVclCSs gents have
taken up golf and after clinging to
the game for n Willie have suffered
ruined dispositions. contracted nerves
and other nasty ailments such as loss
Of temper. fretfulncss, and inclination
20 use profanity upon the slightest
prOyOcatIOn.
Defends Game.
But a medical champion has arisen
10 defend the gOlfng game. He's Or.
sheldon Levitt, who writes in the
Golfers magazine that Golf does not
breed nervousness The strangest
part OF Or. Levitts article is that he
isn't a golfer.
''Iu is utter folly for people 10 say
that golf causes neurasthenia," says
Dr.. Levitt 1T is almost the other
way Golf is one OF the very. very
greatest aids 10 curing persons with
neurasthenic tendencies j have rec
commended the game 90 scores Of my
patients suffering from nervous dis
orders and never once has golf failed
to help them.
Tor. Levitrs article. in the main.
was devoted 90 taking a pot shot at
"a golfer who wrote an anonymous
article recently saying that golf in
which he has INDUCED for many years
has made him nervous wreck
ConceruiuS him pr. Levitt said. 1T
Is quite evident from that mans ar
ucle that he was a neuraSthcnic be-
fore he began S0ldng. and he has
been aggraVating his symptoms bv
moving in lines of small resistance.
negleCting his Sc rioUs duties and he
ing led by his feelings Ii is also evil
dent that this man is one who shirks
from everything calculated 90 de-
velop in one a calm. deliberate. SEN
sihle action. self reliance and a
true mental resistance"