The Washington herald., 1918-01-17
GOLFING HELPS
RANGE FINDING
Game Of Putting and Drives
Fits in Good In One
Branch Of Army.
ny GRANTLAND RICE.
Merely n Yarn.

Merely q Yarn.
When you arise at a. m.
To start the long days grind;
When YOU have finished all the jobs
The 3. c. has in mind;
By the time you have had six lectures
And the drills that you can't cut,
There's not much time for the good
game
That goes with the six-foot putt.
There's not much time for the .mashie
Or the brassie's stirring clout:
/ sometimes wonder how the old game
looks
And what 1t is all about.
When you have done this thing and
that
From dawn to 10 p. m:
When you have run a program through
One day can hardly stem:
When you have finished up a day
With worn and weary soul,
There's not much time for the good
old game
That goes with the nineteenth hole.
There's not much. time for the mashie
Or the brassie's stirring whiz;
l often wonder how the old game
looks .
And just what a putter is,
Golf and Range Finding.
Which recalls the circumstance
that golf is a fine game for at least
one section of army work. and that
is range judgment.
The average good golfer, after one
glance. can tell almost to a step a
AS or 15o-yard range. He must
know distances in order to play the
hot properly. and the man who mis-
Judges the distance in golf is sure
o pay the penalty.
This range in golf goes up TO
800 yards. and the distances up to
500 yards are valuable things to
know in trench warfare. A man who
has played a lot of golf could stand
in a first line trench and tell. al
most to the yard. just how far the
enemy's trenches were away. up to
200 yards.
More French Spirit.
The spirit of France seems to be
imbedded in the ball-playing soul
Of Nap LajOie. the eminent French
man.
Lajoie was dropped from the ma
jof league roll, after twenty years
service, a year ago. In place OF
quitting and losing heart, he started
out at the age of Al to work his
way under the Big Tent again. He
led the International League by such
wide margin that no one gave
him a close argument. Forty-one
is a trifie to the sere in baseball.
but it isn't old enough e keep La
joie from starting back-starting
just as he did twenty-one years ago,
when he left Fall River for Phila-
delphia.
The City of Slug.
Some one has developed a debate as
to which city has known the hardest
slugging ball players.
The vote was given TO Detroit, with
Cobb and Crawford leading. But we'll
string with Philadelphia, with Lajoie,
Delehsnty, Sam Thompson, Harry
Davis and a few more. Lajoie, De-
lehapty, Thompson and Davis ware
all terrific hitters, with Delehanty'
leading the fold, probably the great
est slugger that ever lived.
Figure up the total output and
you'll find Philadelphia well in the
lead as the City OF Slug-not TO forget
]. Franklin Baker when he was in
his home-run prime.
Soldiers Scoring.
Two soldier football teams were re-
Gently playing at Southern camp.
The battle had been a terrific one,
with the stretcher-bearers busy.
Neither side had scored a touch
down. but as another man was car
ried off the field one of the soldiers
remarked: well. that ties it up at
twelve and twelve"
Twelve and twelve" said another
soldier; ''Where do you get that"
well, we've knocked out twelve of
them and they've knocked out twelve
of u.s. replied the first speaker.
Jess Willard. according to rumor,
will turn over his championship. just
as Jeffries did. And Jess, just as JEFF
fries did, will observe the lure Of
golden nuggets and return just in time
TO receive 1t under the right ear. A
champion can retire unbeaten. but We
can't recall one who ever did.