Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1916-11-02
One Leg Furnished Support to
The Game For Warrior Golf

LONDON, Nov. "A remarkable ex-
hibition of golf, under extreme handi-
cap, was recently shown at the Sun
bridge Park course during a foursome
in which the leading English profess
sionals were the contestants. Prev
ious to the match in which Edward
Ray and James Braid were opposed by
Harry Vardon and J. H. Taylor, in
play for the benefit of the Lord
Kitchener National Memorial Fund,
Ernest Jones, balancing himself on
one leg, repeatedly drove the ball for
distances well over 200 yards.
Jones, who was the professional of
tie Chislehurst club, had recently re-
turned from the firing line where he
had lost his right leg at the knee. 1t
was generally assumed that his golf
ing days were over. Immediately he
was out of the hospital, however,
Jones was back on the links.
In the khaki uniform of large cor
poral and on crutches he made his
way to the tee from which Vardon and
the others were later to drive and
gave one of the most remarkable ex-
hibitions the golfing world has ever
seen. Balancing on his left leg, Jones
drove his first ball straight as the
flight of an arrow 235 yards down the
course. Not one ball, but dozen, all
flying as far and as true as the first.
And never once did he lose his bal
ance. All the rhythm and timing OF
the perfect professional swing were
there, and many amazed golfers dis
covered that form" is really the
thing after all, whether you are stand
ing on two legs or one.
Jones naively remarked that he
hoped to do much better after he gets
an artificial leg fitted. So far he has
only been able to make So on his
home course.
The spectators also witnessed some
wonderful play in the foursome which
followed. The match demonstrated
that whatever may be its other yicis-
STUDIES war has not taken a single
ounce from the tremendous smash Of
Ray, nor has it dulled in the slightest
degree the keen edge Of Vardon's won
derful machine-like play These two
masters of golf fought out wonder
full match Warden made IS, ten
strokes under the standard for the
course, but Ray was a miracle man
that afternoon. The witchery of his
niblick play finally set at naught the
wizardry of Vardon's wods and irons,
and he rounded out the eighteen holes
with sc. Braid and Taylor were
more or less eclipsed and it is no
ordinary golfing contest when players
of their type can be all but forgotten.
The foursome had not moved be-
yond the third hole when the big gal :.
lery, which included a host of Ameri-
cans, began to realize that what they
really were to see was a duel between
Ray and Vardon. Yet Braid and Tayl-
or were playing magnificent golf all
the way through. Taylor was a trife
by a sore hand and had
most of the bad luck in the match.
Rraid did some remarkable putting.
He was constantly down in three or
four, but Vardon or Ray were always
On hand to halve the hole and share
tie honors. Once Braid sank 80 foot
put for two, but Ray with an air of
supreme carelessness ran one down
from fifteen feet away and took
similar score.
The driving was always wonderful.
Taylor and Braid were seldom more
than couple of yards apart. Vardon
generally was ten yards in advance of
these two, but Ray, little off in di-
rection, always had from ten to twenty
yards the best of the commanding
from the tee. 1t was foursome is
which it took to win and often
times two. Ray made a on a Asa
yard hole after driving well into the
rough.