The evening world., 1915-01-29
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Coli Has Every Game on Earth
Beaten, Says McGraw, Play.
Ing on Links for First Time.
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YoHN McORAw. Chris,y Mathew
son and Hans Lobcrt are getting
~ ready for tho coming baseball
s1osoa By playing golf In Havana.
WIN John McGraw golf m a means
- oetting into good physical shape 10
= brand new idea. year ago John
yeUarded golf as ono Of the greatest
o1ns . baseball player could be guilty
- And now you ought TO soc John.
N0is . genuine golf bug. Matty. of
course. has been crack golf player
TOR years. and Judging from the way
Hans Lobert hits the pallid pill and
drives II sky. hooting over the hills
on1 royal palms Of the Havana Coun-
Try Club course he's very near Matty's
n had TO fall for soft. Ma,,y stayed
away from yesterday's ball game Just
= knock the pill around. 10 did
Hans. And last night John McGraw
ave me "A lecture on golf and invited
Commodore Blackton and myself out
q take q few turns around the course.
Now I'm only waiting for daylight to.
morrow morning. Yep--regular golf
bpg, like John.
"rhis IL the litc." said McGraw
when wc appeared. For years I've
spent my winter time pla ying billiards
and staying In tho big city. I didn't
AZ. golf has everything else on earth
6eaten TO . pulp. ] nlways hated tbe
iloa Of getting Tat. but kept putting
~ the hard work I knew Id have TO
- % got into good shape. And now
~ taking on the extra weight overy
Gay without trying. I wake up before
daylight and oan hardly walt for the
a t.A
cosrse. ny noon I'm dead tired. hut
rvo had the time Of my life. I'm
0olne 10 have three or four weeks of
ut and ril take OF twenty pounds
ou6 Be ~ AZ ~ n fighter. l never
lstsd rolf bsfore, hut it's great!
Thats aii--its great"
eTvaE sun was we'll up above thu
a horison whom wo won't out. Not
N a cloud was In the sky. II wss
NJ . Gns June day on Long Island.
IAs mamincsnt golf course wandcrs
otos q flne hiiiy country. Along the
0goot OF the hills are Erovcs of royal
polns. On q bit Of level ground II
~ croam white club house. with red
/. sllod roof and surrounded with palms
- tropical plants. Half q mile away
y ths ocean. sweep OF sea M blue
=
white whore thu surf pounds on
3 Cuba's coral shore Overhead nonted
huge vulture on wings lastly ex-
0es6ed 10 tho hot sunshine. Not a
ooannd In the air except the chirping
o. birds and the distant drumming
oe the surf. IL would be hard to
P 1anggtne = quister. moro peaceful
oooae. All was haxy blue and golden
T GnNshins. except for tho black-winEed
Vulturs and one thing more. urim
< Sumln1er OF tho outside world. n huge
2 Nile on our shore. waiting there for
lho karlsruhe. The big rollers sweep
Ing over her decbSn In clouds OF whito
10y. she moved slowly mp and
DOWN the coast all day long. She has
0oon there. they say. for weeks.
G1lently patrollinG the coast like tho
Ssim man-sating shsrks that glide
@eegnally back ana forth below the
4 vails Of Morro Castle.
SSTnIIs ia the 'iis." said John
Mc0raw M he swung hard
ON the piii and sent It sllcing
~ into Q palm grove. "Wcli. what
+ ~ you think Of thatY I'm no used to
Z CAopping short at basebails that I
0on't let my arms out. and YOU have
, - take free swing at the ball In this
Z DAme. hut III get II yet. I'm only
Z Okttlng around tho first nine holes In
about % now. but III make II In 80
( yuf u u takes all winter" And John
eot his Jaw and hiked over into the
palm grove for another shot.
Matty. meanwhile. was taking n
< Do1Durely swing st tho ball and driving
n like Y rifle bullet. lie was as de-
4 noerats As he In In tho box-nover IN
, . hurry--just going along and enjoy.
~ himself. ''This is the iife," said
0nfty. u feel like sticking right here
~ winter. Next spring III get back
ssto the game like a cub. You can't
ooet H."
ARATTY had q devoted following
M Tho caddics wero all iittis
darkies and baseball fanu from
their kinky wool 20 their toenaiis
.fhsy couldn't keep their eyes off the
great Natty m long as he was 81
nlght. And between themselves they
kept up a running fire OF remarks thai
Mntty, used to the plaudits Of the
4 crowd. hardly heard. "Ese cs ei gram
Ss.atty." whispered one. "sse mismo
n n pitcher-veneno." put In another