New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-01-30
Stray Shot ~ Moro Is
Considered As a Rub
of Green.
PHILIPPINE COURSE
JUST 4 BIT SPORTY
Letter Describes Delights and
Difficulties of the Ancient
Game as Played in Jolo.
Il, FRED HAW THORNE.

I; does not take much 20 make nero
o. a golfer in Tins country II he re
turns 70 the clubhouse with story OF
having r,aoc q hole in q single stroke
,rrovidinC his witnesses are OF inc
reliable KIND. he Is surrounded ny
crowd Of his fellow players. pStted on
Tho back toasted I'm naif a dozen DIFF
yerert brands o. Scotch and gets MS
nan,c y, the newspapers. And rightly
SO. perhaps ....
There are other ways OF acquiring
lame on the links I'm this country.
PLAYING n ball ont Of tree. wad'ne
through water 20 make a shot out OF
troubie. hitting bird on the wing
even being chased by morose OLD
COW over pasture fence al these are
GOOD for notoricty, publicity and
certain distinction above the ordinary
mortal. 8,
But what would you say if friend
invited YOU 90 play round on the
links. while a. the same time he non
,halantly packed a .45-callbre Colt IN
his holster and handed an army
Springfield 20 his cadoy 10 tole d.
Wouldnt you lose some Of your enthu.
sRsr, for the royal and ancient spor' d.
Yet those are the conditions under
WhlC1 ali EOiI matches A-t go '-
.he course OF tho Zulu Golf Club, on
Tho island OF Jolo. IN the Philippines
ynd the Jelo golfer considers he mas
Ma s. moor afternoons sport # ms
ce6dv doesn't return with at least one
Novo's head IN the bag
This is no midwinter golfing dream
but story vouched for 6y re- 'Soie
narsons Golfers. meet Dr.. Rlchard VI.
,lsrk secretary OF the Zulu Golf CLUB:
and his brother. George ;. CLARK o.
s1N s. Johns Place. Brooklyn.
Last week we received let'ef ron
.be BROOKLYN branch OF the CLARK IAN
Iv. inclosing two photographs SEM .!
bis brother i'm the island OF Jolo. Uhe
~ ,be nrirts shows DR.. Clark. MAJOR
Cbanrnan. Of the United states Army
.rd eve other golfers playing on the
ri, course. There are also TWO ma
I've caddies and lots of mountains N
- nic.i,re. The other photograph
.boU-s 3 silver cup won by Or. CLARK IN
-, tournament on the Zulu course.
In connection with the photographs
NJ Clarl's letter recounts the expert
o,c.s OF his brother on the Far Eastern
links Coro pasture pool the game =
called down there. coro ne"",' >
Cow" but let Mr.. Clark tell u IN MS
own way: uho.ocrsrb
r 10 Zriu Golf course. located on the
,sland Of Jolo. in the Philippine group.
Vou SEQ in this picture practicaiiy me
.,,;re white population OF the island
ad tbev deserve great cre0lt lor lne
oood york they have undertaken IN
Fo,;1c out a course in such remote
spot =, p;ob.rd " CLARK
sccretarv OF the club, writes tnai
~ course AZ present is Y holes ana
ia, each wear they add two more. As
vou will notice. the turf mas py no
means reached the quality OF our up
to.date ones. but its SURROUNDINGS Lar
surpass ours. -. .bo,. carry
45.cslibre Colts and have gun carriers
\ with Springhelds, to escor1 .'V nr'
| around the course, as the MoroS are on
n .be rampage most Of the time. IL j.
embodied i'm the rules OF the course
mo. one is allowed 20 I'LL the MORO
In lead before proceeding: II one
doesn't get the drop hrst, ne never
Dyoceeds anv further as the Moros al
the nav about Sc apiece for the the,
d,be hut Golf bags are cheap. me
1os.er are handmade on the island ana
arc sold for about 30 cents Ooll pe's
can he bought for 81 apiece.
"Caddies are both plenuiul ann
cbeap. and they don't wear enough
clothes 20 get away with any gun
balls. ,iorsbin Of
-he club this year with score u
,nic,urc % cup inclosed), medal. lhey
iron take the best eight ana nght ];
ont 81 match. The game - mckhahleu
ous . me nool 1Coro being cow
~ a. but not least, Il the player
5.,r;r, tho game pots a Moro, ne is
Li;,,o1 20 have his head sent into the
fort for Identification. Some game
"a disciple. GEORGE s. CLAIM
- ,,ame' indeed. We can imagine
snmr.or,e returning from r"un'
o,d Gathering on the clubhouse NeIaIge
80 d;scues the ups and downs OF IN,
Itch Had il not been for that III
30 orcon on the sixth. where HGV
80 ,o. hat Moro. after getting nlce,iS
,. 90 nat trap" SAYS Jones, i VouiI
~. he.,rd that hole and that "ouiu
is,n gwen as the match.
"Yor'r- az wrong. Jones reH"rNs
er,,.b Don't YOU remember on the
.6ird. ,1e. % was gong 20 pu1D o., az
,hsf dstto threw his barong ana ialo
zoe styn,.c9 would nave sunk Una, ina
,,,t4 -- 81 four. sure &c you're awe;
vbicb would have given ne the hole ana
made II % up instead Of one.
Although Mr. Clark neglected 70 Say
:. 40 supposi.ion is that IN coro
,ss.,irc pooi the players make tneir
hefs psfore starting on rorno as 70
low many heads they Will WIN oy'
The game affords so many interesting
betting propositions!