Evening star., 1921-04-10

| noying," goes on Old Hickory. IF
| Dowd. with his absurd contraption OF
| mirrors and canvas pockets and his
fool book knowledge, to beat me. I'm
afraid he's going TO do it. though,
Torchy. And if he does 1 shall never
hear the last of it. You know? He'll
be in here three times week. to go
over the details and rub it in. He'll
offer to give me strokes He'll gloat
| over me. tell me about his con-
founded method of attic instruction.
and make an Internal nuisance of
| himself"
wondsr sut sT he says soud That sheulf4s ts f
can play the game and you can't.
But maybe you can remember"
No" says Old Hickory. Not with
| out Neill Ross at my elbow"
What the matter. then" sug--
gests, with hirin' him to go around
| and coach you?"
| a match"
well" says I. scratchin' my ear.
| some way"
"Eh?" says he. starin' at me- Yes.
there should. And by fhe great
| hinged huckleberry, know of no one
moro capable Of discovering that
":se2@ Mss" sssa .ays YOU say; Mr.. El,ins. all
I know about GOLF
You don't need to know a thing
about the game" says he. Simply
suggest a way for me to make Neili
Ross invisible while I'm playing this
match
"oh. ism that ALL" says L Well.
Til think it up between now and
lunch time.
You got to kid 'em along. you know.
That's always my line when Old
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| worker. Course, I didn't see how I
was goin' to be any help to him this
time. Too bad I couldn't. If he lost
this match the Hon. Matt was going
to be a pest. and with this notion
that he couldn't play unless he had
Old Hickory was licked before he
started.
| BEGUN. wonderin' il this Ross per-
son was small enough to be con-
cealed in an diversified golf bag. Or
if Mr.. Ellins couldn't be equipped
with a wireless phone outfit and get
his coachin' that way. You know
how you'll get to chewin' over a
proposition and dig up foolish
thoughts like that. And then. while
I'm watchin' one of the lady stenogs
hammer out a record from dicta-
phone cylinder. l stumbles on this
brilliant idea.
"Why, sure" says I, and streaks
right into the private Office.
"Clear OUT snorts Old Hickory;
lookin' up from lot Of papers and
wavin' me away. Il haven't time to
see SOUL.
But I've got it. Mr.. Ellins." says I.
''Eh?" says he. Got what?
And then I proceeds to sketch out
my scheme.
"Shrieking eureka says he. bang
in his fist enthusiastic on the desk.
"T believe you have found a way. And
n if YOU have, you agile-brained young
rascal. you shall have every dollar
can pry out of Matt Dowd. 1'know OF
nothing in the o. S. g. A. rules 10 pre-.
vent my. adopting your scheme; Get
Neil Ross on the phone and ask him
to come right down here"
Well. the Scotchman had never
heard Of such a plan. Of course. but
after scratehin' his ,fas head he decided
Mind you. Mr.. Ellins". he adds.
, "whoever does it must carry the bag.
too for you're allowed to take advice
during a game only from your cad
die
| THAT'S all right" says Old Hickory.
"Ill have a bicycle fitted to carry the
clubs as well. Now get busy. Neill.
and don't forget to put 1t all in
every word.
'.vurra weel sor-r-r." says Ross.
And by Friday afternoon he had
everything ready and we went up to
the sporting goods department for
try-out It seemed to work like a
charm. and Old Hickory actually
Let ANTI Dowd have his books"
says he. Il prefer to buy brains. when
must. in the original package" And
he mods at me.
But say. you should have seer. the
look on the face of the Hon. Matt
when we shows up at the first tee
the next afternoon. First he stares
at me. and then at the overloaded BIZ
cycle.
"Wha-whats all this. Ellins?" he
"Caddie and equipment" says Old
Hickory, fishin' out his driver and
takin' q few practice swings.
HUH" says Dowd. eyein' the out
At suspicious. Looks like mounted
machine gun. Or are you going to
take moving pictures Of yourself
being beaten to a frazzleT
Don't worry about that. says Old
Hickory "r suppose you'll admit that
I'm quite within my rights if I choose
to have Torchy act as my caddie."
"Oh, I suppose So" says he.
"And under the rules" goes on Old
Hickory, ''he is permitted to offer me
such advice as I need at any time.
That's understood, is it?'
'Oh. Of course" says Dowd peevish.
Let's get on with the game. man. Ill
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