Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1922-07-28
BY FREDERIC I. HAsKIN

Settlements can thus be made after
each. hole is played out, and no book
keeping is necessary.
Advocates Of auction golf claim
many virtues for it aside from its
speculative feature. They say that it
tend ITO make players more conservas
tive Ind decidedly more careful in
their play, Is a splendid test Of nerves
n at, the same time calls frequently
for brilliant and spectacular golf.
One who has not yet tried the new
game isinclined to agree with this, at
least In SO far as the nerve test part
of. it goes. Think Of the ordeal It
would be to haveSto watch your part
ner take four or five strokes to get
out, of a bunker when you have a
I doubled and redoubled contract! Con-
slider the effort it would require to
partner missed a putt that a me
armed blind mar could have made!
And surely steady nerves would be
necessary to get down. the long one
to save your. contract after your part
ner had dubbed a shot or two and
thrown away your opportunity for
an ca " win. n
In criticism of auction golf it may
be said that Vt is no game for Satur-
days, Sundays and holidays when the
course Is crowded., for obviously It
will tend to make the play slow.
Rather 1t Is a, game to be essayed o.
days when you can have the links to
yourselves, and to be started in the
early morning with many long hour.
of daylight before you.
There are two other new golf games
that hold out interesting possibilities
One is the mo Alibi'| and the other
is The Singer" The former was
invented for the benefit of those play
ers-and in number they are as the
sands in the bunkeB-who are always
able to explain every defeat by the
one shot that went wrong-the topped
drive. h ball out Of bounds, the one
that caromed into the water hazard,
the asy putt that trimmed the cup,
ct cetera. The No Alibi form Of COM
petition is designed to eliminate all
such post mortems, for in such a con-
test each player is permitted to replay
In the course of the round any four
shorts with which he is not satisfied.
It is only required that the decision
to try the unsatisfactory shot over
again be made before the next shot
has been played.
The Singer is the exact opposite
of the No Albi and Is the game to be
played with your ancient enemy who
always has all the breaks" for under
It's rules each player has the right to
require his opponent to replay a spec
It is what might be termed an adapt.
alton of the principle Of the recall OF
officials or judicial decisions. When
your opponent chips out from of the
green, or negotiates an unusually diff
ficult putt. or whales out a record.
breaking drive, all you have to do to
get even with him is to grin malic.
iously and request him to play the
shot over again and demonstrate that
he knew what he was doing the first
time. OF course he will have his 'op.
portunity for revenge and viii, gel
back at you sooner or later. The only
difference will be that he will seek t.
deprive you Of the advantage to which
you are entitled by reason Of q per.
fectly brilliant shot, while you have
been trying merely to protect yourself
against his uncanny. luck.
ANSWERS 10 QUESTIONS.
@. Why was Christy Matthewson
called Big Six? E. MS.
A.. He was 10 named for q New
York chapter Of the Biographies
union. This No.. 6 was so promipen,
in labor affairs that popular Chrs..sy
|Natthewson. was also called Big SIX
g. What people eat the hearties,
breakfast, the French, the English, OF
the Americana r. I.
Al. The French a. a rule eat moth
Ing until midday except q roll with q
cup of chocolate upon arising; The
English have a heartier breakfast
but even this the average American
and Canadian would consderS meager
On this continent fruit. cereal, egg,
or meat, some kind of bread ana cot.
feS, ID a usual breakfast,
@. Why Will cement set under va.
ter? W.sD.
A The hardening o. cement ii dIe
chiefly ito the decomposition Of conn
pounds Of lime upon the addition OF
water. resulting In. the formation 81
tcalciufh hydrntes which on crystai.
lization binds together the other solid
ingredients. The initial setting III due
principally to the decomposition 81
the aiuminatss, while the finals hard.
ening depends more upon the actor