Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1915-07-26

TWAS A FINE DAY FOR SWEARING.
AS BUDDING GOLFERS FOUND
Little Drama Enacted Links at Huntingdon Vaep IN Which
Dare Catkbert Finds Stage Managing a Hard Job
Result: A Modern Contedv of Errors

cuthbett-1aflins your ball viii cost
YOU a stroke
a makes good shot.
~ IN ouppy lie, tries TO emulate A with
a brassie.
cuthbert, getting highly annoyed-ob.
worrah, worrah. Dinnah use ee brassie.
mon.
y uses mdiron for 20 yards.
outhpert tball was In a cuppy lle)-"You
should take the turf In close
a tries to clear alps, but half tops
Cuthbert-Replsce the divot and stop
swearing. You drew your arms tip too
quick. Follow the line OF FIRE TO the
fun strength as high as you can llft with
ease
p wants to play 12o-yard carry over alps
with mashle.
Cuthbert-It's all wrong. IT'S all wrong
half-shot with a mldiron iE all that Ia
necessary. The longer the swing the less
chance Of accuracy
3 pulls 60 left
Cuthbert-Gf you had your club at a
natural lie and had advanced your right
foot you would have had a more up
rlRht swing, which ls what was the
trouble
3, in alps, addresses ball.
Cuthhert-You lose the hole for soleing
your club Fill UP the holes when you
get through
A Is planning neat shot to the green.
Cuthbert-stand well over the ball II
you stand above II you won't get any
pull or hit the ground
Both take four miscellaneous shots to
reach side OF green A IN rough on right
and ditto on left. Both. afraid OF
shooting across the green. use niblcks
sparingly to get out of rough.
Cuthbert-There Is no use Of swear
ing. An Iron jaw and a healthy lick at
the ball are the main things in getting out
OF tho rough. The long grass winds
around your clubs.
A gets out on crest above green.
Z is out in two more on slope TO green.
Cuthbert, excitedly, now that hole is
nearing hnish-Use your nlblicks again.
You want dead pitch and not n mashie
run.
A tops ball and rolls down anyhow.
IL meant to do that" he said.
3 tops his UP the hill, but takes an
other to get on the rough at edge of the
green.
Cuthbert-Keep your eye on the back of
the ball-then you won't top.
B puts way short.
Cuthbert-Don't use your putter from
the rough Bounce out and roll lightly to
the hole.
A has a downhill line to the hole.
B-Easy with your putt, m'boy.
Cuthbert-Talking on the putting green
is not being done
A-Putts eight feet beyond hole,
Cuthbcrt-1ts best TO play It safe for
two puts.
grovels on the ground squirting to
get the line and then pats down the grass
on the line.
Cuthbert-That would cost you the hole
again. 1t il against the rules to touch the
line of putting with the putter except just
in front Of the ball.
Ale won't put It in anyway.
B-Who won't?
b dubs in back of ball. turning 1t over
Airy to keep your eye on the ball
don't look at the hole.
Cuthbert, as the conversation gets per.
sonal-It is very bad form to call eaci
other names,
B sends up fast putt, which hits bach
OF cup and bounces away.
A-Hal hal hal hal
Cuthbert-Stop swearing. The putt was
played correctly. Always play for the
back of the cup.
B, as A is about to putt--You've gotta
go In to halve It,
A comes up hard two feet to the right
Cuthbert-Don't swear and don't swlna
your body, Swing your arms like a pen.
dulum. Lay your right thumb down thC
middle of the shaft.
B misses putt. laying A a stymie
The sun sank In the golden west
Cuthbert-Lord lummel And without
waiting to see the outcome he went tC
the next tee. sank his teeth I'm the bench
and hung on till silently his wrinkled
brow was soothed once more.