Free trader-journal and Ottawa fair dealer. (Ottawa, Ill.) 1920-1927, 1922-08-09
BATTLE WITH CLUBS,
TOES AND TONGUES.
FOR CADDY H0NORS.
GOLF CLUB SEES RARE TouRNA.
MENT CLOSED WITH CHAMPION.
SHIP OF CLUB LUGGeRS THE
STAkE-GARlANp WEARS THE
GARLANDS.

This is the story oi a solf battle IL
Which golf ctiquetto soft word and
perfect demeauor are two vital ad
ju1rts # the great Scotch game. yod
MoN nsufeth not,
The principals were C@ddies and tn
hgftlc was for supremacy of the sack
Ia gins department in regular tour
r&mcnt to determine which of the
tmdscrs VAS the best man On the
" ast Side links. The match WAS
played on the caddieS' own course, Il
ttree.hClcd affair q about 600 yard 3,
in length in a far on corner, where
no obtrusions OF club members wou1
interfere with the "raStle" for the
championship.
James Garland, descendant of per-
city good descendants OF over there
wps the ultimate victor BcrtO Mick
els, scion OF q wcll.kuown CZecho-SlO.
vakia family Of recent arrival in TIE
good old t. :. A.. was the runner up.
In spite OF his handicap OF not beigg
able to understand Bcrto's vitriolic
verbal attacks when that yOuugster
resOrted TO his native tongue 10 huri
rctorts 1t his MISUNDERSTANDING az
tagonist, Garlaud COPIED The grapes
in a thirty-SiX hcle finale by a three
and one score.
Berto's cheCk-Slay Uutbursts failed
to rile Garland foc no less a reason
than h couldn't tell but that hi,
,Ntrthy little foe was praying TO hs
vf,lg f,,s ONT IN, Tot NJ
life and wasn't swearing at him
Garlands bedamned spoken toward
Berto were easily understood by the
emmy. Berto-s &C. ,ZZZZCKlI mean
nothing TO Garland so. naturally. Gar
and was fighting under a very. yer.
iePious handicap. Only his Gaelic an
restry stood him in good stead against
he Check prOtCce of st. Andrew $ and
brought him home the bacon--twc
brand now balls. all paid for ard
everything. Berto for being the run
ler-up copied one nicely painted per
'ectly round ball that never before
had had its tissue paper covering re |
moved
But getting back To golf etiquette |
md its dire absence during the tour !
ley. On the tees there was notice
lble rivalry OF such extent that play |
IRIS and fans rooted loud and yoeifet
}usly for themselves and their favor |
ties. On the fairways conversation
reached such It point that nov ana
hen & casual onlooker from the locke |
rooms decided that as golfers the cad
lies were showing good form with
their tongues and voices. On I'll /
green's spirited mouthfests intertered
with the puts, but that made no dir
terence. The bah eventually caught
up With the elusive little hole-in.the- !
ground and fell in
When someone slipped up on a
stroke by forgetting to call the right
core the conflict preached the pOiht
Of young riot which would gradually
,alm down again. only to break on
anew when someone else was caught
In the act of Judging stroke or two
TO keep down his medal score. There
was no cheating. Too many sharpl
eyes We're on hand just to prevent that
one thing The preponderance being
against the snitchcr. he was called
IUltuN ttu anu III no Stltit tti MS ~
his indiscretions.
While accusations Of "crOokng
tcrookiug is "A caddy term for forget
ting at convenient intervals strokes
either muffed entirely or dubbed) were
common. the judges are thoroughly
convinced there was no cheating. 1t
just couldn't be done before that moo
of excited youths. each anxious to win
the skirmish for club honOrs,
The finals being thirty six holc
bee meant that the three-holc
course had to be trayersed twelve
times Because Of the long journey
and the fatiguing strain Of swattin2
the pill the caddieS had caddies TO
caddy for them.
The four main bouts wound UP as
follows
First Round.
Steve VCchalik whipped John
Mychino, 6--4; Joe Nochalik walloped
Steve Scolic. up in twenty-one holes
Berto Michels Won from Oscar Kow.
mig. and 4 Leonard ChevaIier cop
peri from Nike Terglfowskf 81 Jue
Drsiut 1pfpatpd Vic IovouoVtek II