The Washington times., 1921-02-22

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The game was to decide the most
laggardly goofer in the works. Bill
won the title. but Grin won the goof-
ing fisticuffs. odds are even, as Skill
let Finn buzzcd when he trippcd over
his own shadow.
Bill is satisfied with having lost on
the links. but Griff won't leave of
raggin' him about 1t. Every day they
pour tea and indignation up at the
City Club. Grin whining away at Bill
and Bill crying for him to drop dead
or something else convenient.
Conversation At BLOOD HEAT.
The bantering back and forth has
almost reached the breaking point
and Bill is about to hand Grin his
passports.
81 hope that train to Tampa runs
into the Gulf of Mexico and stays
there" confided Bill this morning. as
he tried for the eleventh time to make
his cigar stay lit.
."Griff would make a good golfer
said Bill, as he stuck a couple OF
burned matches into his pocket and
fiicked the cigar ashes over his vest,
'if he'd forget that he isn't playing
ba ball with a lot of rough neck dia-
mond athletes.
"Grinf doesn't seem to remember
that the first qualification for bccom-
ing proficient on the golf links Is
that Of being a gentleman.
He has played baseball for about
sixty years. and in baseball you have
to scrap your way through every inch
of the victory. A ball player resorts
to all sorts of trickery and chicanery
to gain a point, and Grin undignifies
the goofing pastime by bringing that
spirit on to the course.
I'm goof we are all gentlemen, vests
or no vests, and that kind of tactics
Is not necessary in order to distin-
guish yourself with the brassie and
the niblick.
"why, do you know what saw
Griff do in our championship match
the other day?
DROVE BALL TO HAlIFAX.
"The rest of us were playing right
in the fairway and Grff had pulled a
shot away over in the rough. The
other boys weren't watching him, but
I was peekins out of the corner of my
eye. He took a deep swing a the ball
and made the longest shot l ever saw.
off a tee or any other place.
"Grir gave the caddie his club and
walked about ten feet in the direction
Of his drive and stopped down and
picked up the rubber tee that you are
only supposed to use in driving of
with. No telling how many times
that afternoon he did that in the mid
die of a hole when nona of us saw
him!
Now Grin didn't mean 90 undignify
the game by taking this little adyan-
tage when none of us were looking.
He wouldn't do that for a fresh cigar.
He's Just SO used to playing in n game
where you take everything you can
possibly get that he just naturally
couldn't help putting something over
on us when we weren't looking. That'r
the reason they call him tho Old Fox.
He's always up to something cute,
BEST At SUMNER GOLF.
"I can lick Griffith at summer golf,
but at winter golf he's got a little
something on me, because | can't get
around good over the ice and snow.
I'm always breaking through the
crust or losing my footing or some
thing. but at summer golf / can stop
him cold
When shown Mr.. Prices scurrilous
remarks Grinf hit the air like a toy
balloon. At the time he was engaged
In a game of tiddleywinks up at Mrs.
City's Club. but he desisted long
enough to air his views on Bill Price
as a goofer.
"why, Bill never could beat me at
golf or anything else. I'm poison to
him the minute | walk into the game
He might as well fold up like a
morning glory as try to beat me at
golf. billiards, baseball, or penny
ante.
ALL FULL Or SCIENCE.
lacks that finished playing which
marks an expert in any sort OF com.
petition. His stance liz bum, his
stroke his .preposterous, his syntax IL
poor, and his rebuttals are limp.
"Bill's an awfully nice fellow and
with the right kind OF tutoring he
might make something out of himself
some day but he's got to shed a lot
! OF his amateur ways and groom him.