The Washington herald., 1922-06-16
Continued from Yesterday.

Continued from Yesterday.
%, there are golf professionals
are there? What do they dor
They teach golf"
which is the best of them?"
SANDY McHoots won both Brit
ish and American open events last
year"
Wire him to come here at once"
But McHoots is in Inverlochty
in Scotland"
Never mind. Get him; tell him
to name his own terms. When is
the amateur championship"
7 think it is on September IL
this year"
tember IL. win amateur champion
ship"
L stared at him in amazement,
but he was not looking at me.
Got that?' he said. rSeptember
thir- o. I was forgetting. Add
September IL. corner wheat. Sep
tember IS, marry Amelia"
Marry Amelia" I echoed. moist
ening my pencil.
Where do you play this-what's
its name-golf~'
There are clubs all, over the
country. i belong to the wisss-
hicky Glen"
That a good placer
Very good
Arrange today for my becoming
a member
Sandy McHoots arrived in due
course, and was shown into the pri-
. vate office.
Mr.. McHootsT" said Vincent
Jopp.
''1Iphm.' said the open champion.
II have sent for you. Mr.. Nc
HOots. because / hear that you are
the greatest living exponent of
this game OF golf"
Aye" said the champion, cor
daily. Il am that"
Il wish you to teach me the
game. am already a few days
behind schedule. owing to the delay
Incident upon your crossing the At
lantic, so let us start at once.
Name a few of the most important
points in connection with the game.
Ny secretary will makes notes of
them, and win memorize them. In
this way we shall save time. Now.
what is the most important thing
TO remember when playing golf?'
Keep your held still"
"a simple task"
Ma sac simple as 1t sounds"
Nonsense said Vincent Jopp.
curtly. IF I decide to keep my
head still, shall keep it still. What
neNt?'
Keep yer ee on the ba'."
Tt shall be attended to. And the
next?"
"Dinna press"
Il won't. And. to resume?"
Nr. McHoots ran through a dozen
% the basic rules. and took them
down in Shorthand Vincent Jopp
studied the list.
Very good. Easier than. had
supposed. On the first tee at wiss-
ahicky Glen at II sharp tomorrow.
Mr.. NcHonts. Hi Your
Sir said
Go out and buy me a set OF
clubs. a red Jacket. a cloth cap. a
pair of spiked shoes and a ball"
zone balI?'
certainly. What need is there
Of rnore-'
TT sometimes happens" ex-
planned. that a player who is
learning the game fails to hit his
hall straight. and then he often
loses IL IN the rough at the side of
the fairway."
Absurd" said Vincent Jopp. IF
I set out to drive my hall straight
shall drive II straight. Good
morning. Mr.. McHOots. You will
excuse me now. am busy cor
nN-'ng Woven Textiles"
Golf is. IN its essence. a simple
game. You laugh in a sharp. bitter.
barking manner when ! say this.
hUt, nevertheless. il is true. Where
tNe average man goes wrong Is In
TaEing the game difficult for him
s"lf. Observe the nonplayer. the
man who walks round with you for
the sake Of the fresh air.
He will hole out with a single
rarefree flick Of his umbrella the
twenty-foOt putt over which you
would ponder and hesitate for a
frll minute before sending Il right
OF the line Put a driver in His
10 nds and he pastes the ball into
the next county without thought
II is only when he takes to the
game in earnest that he becomes
sclf-conscious and anxious and
tops his shots, even as you and 7.
A man who could retain through