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Presidential Golf

(Copyright, 1891, Ne,o York Tribune Inc. J

Presidential Golf
Chevy Chass-Apri.
standing on the first tee of the Chevy Club only short
M SPIN from the White House. decided that Harding and
the o Henry Fletcher Under Secretary State were to take on
your alert correspondent Ring Lardner Of Great Neck
L. IT, in fourbal heavy downpur had been followed bv
gray threatening skies and a blustery wind
II believe another coming" some one remarked
stop Wv ~ why ''ou'u " ram
neee we had as heard before that when President Harding decided
i'"''er OF ram storm most unimportant
The the back tee triae over 400 wards n ,n
with the rainsoaked yielding little or no run to the ball
drive 100 yards down course
yards short OF the two puts nett
him ~ p ~
The President square stance for every sbotvbb is 70 ~
MS toes were on lne his feet fairly we'll on
line midway between the Almost the same stance in fact ~
that employed by Champion "Chick" Evans
Placing direction distance the President m content
use only hreequarter swing making no effort at an time to kin
What is the Presidents game?
95 s e' s"s D'"ea
10 many an average golf
cent of them between 95 who take
LOU than there are who play steadily below
Ills best shot is what the game
short mashie nbl pitch requires COM
plee and muscular ~
AT the short fourth hoe after missing his President
found himself facing pitch brook to the green The
ban was lying badly in path bereft of would
hardly have appealed to Barnes after the
shot, high pitch without quve the ball eight feet from h
cup and sank his putt for g. winning the hole
On three called upon to n1av +bs sh
came through nicely without semblanc
naked eye. - ~ " ~
Another noticeable game was an utter lack Of b
of thick wet grass ~ ~ yang ''S l."
From here put his second shot into a bunker
Hard luck remarked the lie was very bad"
NO. he sad "it was just miserable had no excuse
No matter high wind would ~
ms tee shot his approach he continued any idea
all against him. he care and as much e
as the chances We're still And the
him at
drive and fine approach by Fletcher timely aid from tho pre
dent squared the match at the ninth of best ball and
added Trdner bo1noa
us the lead at the long eighth ~
On the homeward evident around the 6h h
that the delayed verge of breaking b+ +o
on the Presidents that hurried along
90 lar as ne was concerned the shining from
blue indigo And he maintained his even unburrcd -
when began to fall For all that h is NJ % + ~ ; pace
course as ne steps and promptly hits without anv extrs
hourishes. - '' 'AV'"
The President the type pue as that emploved m
Chck Evans, affair with two steel nrono No.
that this would keep him out of British championship didn't seem to p
upon ms nerves lie rstcas putter good stye and finn
definite touch that the His main fault was t.
dency body ahead of his hands and - ~ was en
prevalent OF all gong faults the result Of
inward attention to outside interests that beyond the plane Of
golf swing - ~ w.
you can get good line through of golf AS
SOU ]poser has few equals More important golf swing it
was interesting to find that the President regular human benc
hard fighter and sound sane
of had dignity without nretense ~ ~ @
frndness of that cultivated or forced Ia
sportsman who take the game it comes 6rr -
unwaverng eye are hardly the comnonent nar ~ Jaw
doesn't expect to become America but be knows
the world has discovered that recreation and
IS as necessary sound bod" as food and een
He will But we never saw br nil; @ H.
oa IN any bunker before he had safely And we have
hunch that you will find him farway of the time ~
though he doesn't after drives And he win
nave to go quite distance before he sportsman to team
with than Henry p Fletcher Under Secretary State who also
tc be golfer of no nconsiderabe merit ~ p's
Dyer and Lou Hamilton siwanoy Golfer Leads
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