Perth Amboy evening news., 1922-08-31

ting down his puts, but he was ex-
tremely well pleased with himself
as he stood on the fourth tee and
prepared to get off another slash
ing drive.
We'll" he said in all seriousness,
Il have mastered the long game,
hut L see that I'll have to give a
little attention now to the hon
clubs!"
Needless to say he did not there
upon whale another long drive.
Whom the gods of golf love Il ey
chasten, and that young ma was
duly chastened before he learned
this difference between luck and skill
in a well-hit golf shot. Today the
golf courses OF the world are COW
cred with men who mourn the
years they lost-the years of youths
suppleness and resiliency, when the
eyes were keen, and when there
were no such things as junipy
nerves, atrophied muscles and stiff
fened Joints.
Future for Professionals
Second OF the reasons why the
younger generation is taking to golf
is that it now holds out substantial
rewards to those who make d pro-
fession out of it. Walter Hagen will
probably make $500 0 this year as
a result of his having won the Brit
ish Open Championship. He and
Joe Kirkwood, the Australian cham
pion. have teamed up to play ex-
hibltion games and have practically
all their time booked for months
ahead. They get a minimum of $500
a day for these games, and while
there is nothing about that to make
Jack Dempsey give up prize-tightng
it runs into a tidy sum in the course
OF u year. Kirkwood is a past
ter of trick shots and he and Hagen
make a combination that IS hard to
beat as a drawing card.
Gene SaraZen will cash in on his
success in like degree. He is in
great demand for exhibition games
already, and in October he and Haz
gen are matched in a contest Tor
what is termed the worlds cham
pionship hal will yield a big cash
prize to the winner and be Well
worth while even for the loser. AS
an illustration of how success n golf
may be capitalized it may be noied
that a western promoter offered
Bobby Jones $4,000 to play a series
of exhibition games with Sarazen.
OF course Bobby declined the offer,
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thought of abandoning this amateur
status, but at least he has the salts
faction of knowing what he can do
in case the mortgage is about to be
foreclosed on the old homestead, or
| some similar emergency arises.
However, the professional does
not have to be one of the topnotch-
ers III order to make money. These
who stand even fairly well as play
ers and as teachers are in demand
and have no trouble in securing po-
s!tions that will net them from
$500 to $50 0 or 5000 0 a year,
including their fees as instructors
and their profits on the sale of balls,
clubs golf bags and other equip
ment of the game.
Every boy who becomes a caddy
speedily is enamoured of the game
and begins playing as soon IS he
can get possession of an old club or
two. Nine times out ten he decides
that he would rather play golf than
do anything else he can think of,
and when he realizes that he can get
real money for playing it the only
thing that can stop him from becom-
ing a professional is utter inability
to master the game.
So, it is not surprising that the
oldsters are no longer permitted to
look upon golf as their game, and
they are fortunate that the sport
il such that they can not be crowded
out entirely. Youth may win the
championships, but it can never ac-
quire a monopoly of the pleasure
and benefits to be derived from the
game.
Besides, golf Is a game tina. ono
a man has taken II UP and learEe ed
it's thrills and ~tasclnations. he will
never quit it until ne finds himself
in that last great bunker from which
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