The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1917-02-12

Ana my tmc ma com" ~ lh-'.
When my final shot s. spun
And nay closing putt !s past
When my tim" hhS come 10 lie,
A. ] take my endless nap,
Let me ind my fina! lie
In some bunker, pit az trap.
Dig me no grave hy the green
When old Death has come ono lp,
! could never rest sorru"
Near the pin or flag or cup
Wh'n my henrt has done IT, bit,
And my soul f. ont 20 roam.
Drop mo down into some pit
Where I'll always feel at home.
on The green ! would not %"
Where expert puts and ptarT,
For the plac" Is strange TO mo
And know not of It's ways
When at last my soul is canned,
Back Al HOuc let me abide.
Drop my body In the sand
with a nhliclS nt my side.
"Of what use" asks an editorial Hight,
could Mexico hc 10 the United states
Here IL one ideal use, requiring not even
the essence Of temporal consideration
suppose at the end Of each baseball sea
son every major and minor league PLAYER
and club owner was sent into the most
intricate part of Mexico 10 remain there
uuil tho middle of April' Suppo~e all this
winter chatter about strikes. salary cuts.
/ holdouts aud the rest Of It, was hurled
| broadcast upon the Mexican air, there Ia
! scatter and fade OUT Wouldn't this make
/ Il Nur II cnnuusAt worth while Mexico,
| under these conditions would be more
valuable than gold mine.
New Scoring.
There IS more TO golf than merely hit.
/ ting tho ball We know of one golfer
who limits himself, A. he quotes It. It,
three foul words n round. II he car
finish round without using over one o
these. he starts his journey next day
ill'd with clation--not that nc MAY gct
70 tG-hut that II Fate should persist II
.lg worst he has then no less than fiv,
highly profanc Calculations left viii
which To- meet the emergency. There
many a kink and many n wrinkle TO tn,
old Scotch game.
Which reminds one that the Great zlu
and few other hardy athletes might
adopt this same system In regard 10 thet'
conversations with umpires. And " th'
limit at three Is too small II might b'
raised to seven or eight or ten or twelve
One Reason.
Dear S,r-lou may. OF you may not
have wondered why Tex Rickard is no
keen for Darcy 90 meet Mishe or Battlni
1.oVinSky The answer Ia simple enough
Tex is smart enough to know that eithc
NislCc or IoylnSky would ram Darcy
dome off In ubou, Ave rounds ~
wouldn't have n chance, And as the aver
npe priIrfight promoter figures, and no
far OF the line, that the fight public u
composed largely of hoos. Darcy Is get
ting away with II. II they we're waitlnl
to match Darcy against Carpenter he
, cause he was the best man IN sight, VIII
not take tho next best man and piCl
, Miskc' The answer Is y cinch
ONE WHO KNOWS.
Two or three days ago the Boston Re
SoN were just scutiling tho Dodgers 10
the fourth time In five starts And her
In few DAYS more another batch of ha
players are heading south Time seem
To pick up additional speed every ycal
There was n day when II was long spa
between tho last game and the sprln
, trip. Now one has merely time to yaw
l and turn over between the two interval,
A declaration ~ war and actual comba
. bnre not always one and the same thinI
\ Anywhere from s to II heavyweight,
-. have declared war on Willard, but III
|. tmassIye Kanssn has persisted In lcadin
life peaceful enough to draw thrc
rousing cheers from W, ], Bryan or Hen
, ~ Ford.
Some time ago" comments n 7 r
you desired TO know the inner mesnin
Of the word courage This Is simpl
enough, The true test of courage is n
fising TO tip except under those exceed
ing rarely conditions when n tip II q,
tnally merltcd And this doesn't includ
hat check boys OF taxi drivers. who oul
never qualify under the above code"
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