Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1916-01-30
BY JEROME D. TRAvERs.

Vardnp and other experts Say
-, ,,rs.s have beer
that American soh courses
undertrapped and too sparseiE puiiNereo
and that to improve our golf we must
-. ID ,,,. :, further tax
add extra "aza'"S anu pe'
upon poorly played shot- But VIVA
has the tired business man to say about
-, what Is the inexpert opinion of the
II what 10 '"e 80,
countless duffers VINO shee' nooN' up
schIaff, foozle and stutter their wa!
ground the courseY
o."' "o .;r,. tho,
Even now in their dreams at night thes
see mountain range to carry, an ocean
~ mitch over and n fairway two feet
-. .....v,,,.s. .,ro,,oes in.
~lde hahked WIN po''o''i'eSs s''.'o@
scribed with the Dantean legend: All
Home Abandon. We Who Enter Here"
-, IT.: a;.o- ..,rts toward
Ihey know as .ne'r u..'er $50 a, ,no viii,
the ball what the next spoken line VIII
he once the maledictions and the pro-
&c, 90 concluded
a"nI's arc
wasted command. The caddie had
taken the njblick out Immediately after
handing over the driver Habit brings
on instructive action No great fore
Thought is reouired The caddie's action
was purely subconscious. the result of
constant repetition. And yet in place of
emerging from the wilderness with the
promised bunkerless land in sight, these,
game, are only on the threshold of their
troubles II what Harry Vardon, Don
aid Ross and others have to say is cor
rect, life for these hereafter viii be just
one bunker after another-an endless
chain effect of earth thrown up and traps
cut deeply.
1.-The object of golf from now on, says
Donald Ross. who has laid out seventy,
three American courses, will be toward
even greater science OF stroke. Deep
traps will be placed down the center SO
that the golfer must shoot either to the
right or left To play well man mus,
have wide variety OF shots- more anu
more he Will be forced to use ms neaa
as well as his hands and arms. More ana
more the goi1er VIII nave 10 nave contIoi
over the c'up 10 insure oirectioh OF meet
certah tIoupie.
inc edict mas gone 1ortn tnat soi1 mas
oecome 700 easy ana INA. dec'oeo cnan s's
mus, oe n,aue- ret theIe are many soll,
S;s 10" me .na' sis, . WHO p,uriip ~
S zee sho. IIl.o .he .rsp sua uii'e ..ie
~: ~ sreSn d. Iarosn ny Ill
ms .russs Iio ..i III ms manu- ne 1isap,
,,,m a,oi S SUI I iU,.o" e 81
snndm,hs ec S"'' "f s,rnne-'nneed man u1
,,a;s., liz, ... y. a s.omsuhse9 . .S
tha to,so.r h,,sh ~ r;innn. IT'LL LII, LII
u;s.so,r ,o;n,,,. ar ,,,;r,,tas h;, mn, ~,
noneni W,itad nho,e r;nnii, ~ Ae Iii, ia
s,.nd The .,rain ~ io,ear :.wh,. Jnm.,
o. aI b sNnf G do ana 70; d inrow the oal
.;,.n.s '"I a.. sps, a.se.n
what I've been irving to do for five
minutes. What do you think 1 ana
Wrisn or Ma.he~son
u us asain " sne dres.
business Ylah. neau ruSponsip.S los 50
,.'"S .oo''s. ps W. q
~ n s M i ehI ~nose SeoIes
ha,Ss Ia ' -.i ,-a,a;o. nhe,,t
an" Ne, 1890 1919 a"ou.
tappns soii courses seeheo 10 oe
We ~ out ior recISa'ioh anu am use
. lot d pa.t,e asains, an ma,
ooi1u. inouhueu anu
slightly tired and depressed. but inbie
., 81 'vg .nousnu " an IteIhooi,
Uu'1 t We reacn 'ne mrs. zee puoyeq
W eyohu .neasure. oVerIunnInS WIN
~: eone 70 the eish,eehtn zee a
a y. sna..ereo' Mreckeu nerves;
. ~. ~ oous anu SUI, w, iiaSeo
.e.rpers anu our Haorais stunned.
r,sse III @ SUI upvu .Ne
ne"nu '"eS senu 10 over ene nu-
On- cone oul " ~! Tioe
49, 81, 1n M anes o.He us
~ i.v eoie Uut " pa
soIsn9 .ney MAKE US heWers OF
ea 90. anu spiashers OF wafer. we come
ue ~ pias VIII seven CLups-ano aIter
S.u 1 hn', ino,, 'ne .ee 'ney iorce US 10
""eN "poh o"e
p.,
o"'en VI ene oa"es
IL Il. unite . nroh,er, The 1o1;c 80
VI
the ABOVE SOUNDS irresistible Yet the
advanced theorists. plugging steadily
ahead with deeper nits and ,oftier baz-
ards merely noinf To The continued
boon, OF the game and to the tact tha :
the harder escb course is made the
more man curse but the more ANXIOUS
they arc IN NAV IL AGAIN Tbav o. n
nrove 10 Won Nv stafistics-bv coId
clean facts-tbaf the harder COURSES
are the ONES most eagerly sopDht hv
the preater nuwher
And undoubtedIy they are correct In
their yiewnoint The duffer nIavino q
q. unon an easy course raves Nth Tho
a.yaxe fury ~ a wild NAV wben he
returns ITO at Garden CITY or RaJtus
roi or 1,o a+ the N,t;on.I He inn
AGNES that he will never nIav a course
like This again that he will o,,it the
game first But the next day. pIayino
his own easv course he srdJeniy
misses the thrill which came frorn
nIavinp one shot correctly beyond such
an avsiancbe ~ trouble ard at The
first chance he RETURNS again To tackle
better showing. " '' ~ MANI q
-, sta Soier. even ine averaee
takes pride in a we'll framed cbamnion.
ship course. If he belongs to an easy
course ne tells the name OF his golf
ciup III most humoie tone. But III ne Is
menoer OF some ciuo claiming cham
pionsnip course-sucn as Baitusrol. Car
gent ely, Myopia. or Brookhne-though