Evening star., 1925-11-01

( THE whole world. 1t amounts tC
! that. The loser is to leave Manhooset
! for good. and the winner stays on and
marries Amelia Trivett. We have ar
/ ranged all the details. Rupert Bailey
! will accompany me, acting as the
| other Judge
And you want me to go around
with Jukes?"
"Not round" said Rollo Bingham
| Along"
What is the dlstinction?''
I'VE are not going to play a round.
Only one hole
Sudden death, eh?"
Not so very sudden. It's longish
hole. We start on the first tee here
and hole out in the doorway of the
Hotel Astor in Times Square. \ dis
tance. ! imagine. of about l6 miles. y
| was revolted About that time a
perfect epidemic of freak matches had
broken out in the club, and | had
strongly opposed them from the start.
My face, l imagine. betrayed my dis
gust, Tor Bingham attempted eXtenu.
alton.
ITS the only way" he said. "You
know how Jukes and | are on the
links. We are as level as two men
can be. This, of course. is due TO his
extraordinary luck. Everybody knows
that he is the worlds champion fiuker.
l, on the other hand, invariably have
the worst luck. The consequence is
that in an ordinary round 1t is always
toss-up which OF US wins. The test
we propose Will eliminate luck. After
Is miles of giVe-and-take play, i am
certain--that is to say, the better man
is certain to be ahead. That is what
meant when l said that Otis Jukes
would shortly be leaving Manhooset.
Well, may take 1t that you will con-
sent to act as one of the judgeS?'
After ALL the match was likely to be
historic, and one always feels tempted
to hand ones name down to posterity.
"Very WELL" l said.
Excellent. You will have to keep
a sharp eye on Jukes, l need scarcely
remind you. You will. of course,
carry book of the rules in your
pocket and refer to them when you
wish to refresh your memory. We
start at dayhreak. for If we put it off
till later, the course at the other end
might he somewhat CongeSted when
we reached it, We want TO avoid
publicity as far as possible. Ii l took
IA fun iron down Broadway and hit a
policeman. it would excite remark
at would. | can tell you the exact
remark which il would excite"
We shall take bicycles with US to
minimize the fatigue of covering the
distance Well. | am glad that we
have your cooperation. At daybreak
tomorrow on the first tee, and don't
forget to bring your rules book
x !: X x
THE atmosphere brooding over the
first tee, when reached it on the
following morning, somewhat resem-
bled that of a dueling ground in the
days when these affairs were settled
with rapiers or pistols. Rupert Bailey.
an old friend Of mine. was the only
cheerful member of the party.
They tossed for the honor; and Otis
,Iukes. having won, drove off with a
fine ball that landed we'll down the
course. Rollo Bingham, having teed
up, turned to Rupert Bailey.
'Go down on TO the fairway Of the
seventeenth" he said. Il want you to
mark my ball.
Rupert stared.
THE seventeenth
Il am going 10 take that direction"
said Rollo, pointing C-er the trees.
But that will land your second or
third shot in the sound"
II have provided for that. / have a
lat-bottomed beat moored close by the
sixteenth green. ! shall use a mashie-
niblick and chip my ball aboard, row
across to the other side, ship it ashore
and carry on. ! propose to go across
country as far as Flushing. I think
il will save me a stroke or two
/ gaSped. | had never before realized
the mans cunning. His tactics gave
him a flying start. Otis, who had
driven straight down the course. had
as his objective the highroad, which
adjoins the waste ground beyond the
first green. Once there, he would
play the orthodox game by driving his