Douglas daily dispatch., 1927-03-02
Too Much Depends On the Caddy
by JAMES ]. MONTAGUE

too many bad breaks when you could
do so much better.
"I3e careful drivin' off here. That
creek fools you. You think you can
4 drive into it, but you can't, You'Il be
| lucky if you get half way there, with
all the dew there is on the fairway
this morning. You don't get no roll
when the course has got dew onto it,
!. Yell, didn't know you were going
to lam it out so hard, or / would have
i told you to try to drive over the, creek,
like them pros does. How did I know
you were going to hit it just right
That don't happen with beginners like
/ you once in thousand years.
ooh no, there amt no hope Of gettin
the ball There's a lot of water in
that creek, and it's awful swift. The
best thing to Go is to drop another
and play three. Try TO get over this
time, ard youll be just ready for a
pitch to The green on the next. [
thought 50. into the creek again. The
tnopble with you is you're pressin' ali
the time. Now Jim Barnes
All right won't say no more about
Jin Barnes, but l thought when l
know just how he plays all his shots
you'd be glad to have me tell you and
then you wouldn't have to take les
sons or nothing. Maybe you'd better
drop the next ball right on the edge
| Of the creek. Then if you keep you're
head down you'll prob'ly get over,
although I seen a man stand right
/ by. it one time and drive six balls
into it, and the things he said would
have made my parents stop my cad
dyin' if they'd of heard them.
"WeIl, if was you I'd pick up on
this hole and try to forget it. You've
had nine on par three, and that's
/ too many, DONE you think so? Try
your luck on the next one. There
( ain't no bunkers nor creeks nor any
thing on it, and you ought to make
pretty good score--for you, of
! course. I seen Jim All right, I
won't say nothin more about him, but
there's the guy who can play the game
/; all right
"The mashie? Why it's in the bag
! amt it? Well, I only took it out for
a coupla a practice swings, and I put
it right back again-sure I did. I'll
so back an look for it if you say So,
ibut TIL bet yuh a nickel l didn't leave
! it on the fairway. Well, that does
look like it. [ guess you dropped it
out of the bag when you took it off me
while back. I know 1 never left it
there
"You amt goin' to play no more?
Aw keep on goin'. You ain't so rotten
! as you think you are, honest you amt.
There's three or four members that is
as bad as you are, and when they
! start out they so right on, even if
they do lose a few balls If you ever
expect to play like Jim I mean if
| you ever expect to play the game good
you gotta go out by yourself with a
good caddy like me and do lota
praeticin That's the only way. I've
learned the game to nearly all the good
players in the club. They say Tin a
little Pro, and some of EN- give me
as much as a dollar tip after I've
1 showed them how to cut their score
down.
/ "Nothin dom on half a dollar,
Mister. was ready to carry eighteen
an it ain't my fault if you quit on me-
A dollars the regular price. Say amt
| you goin' to give me no tip, after all
+ done to improve your game. Well
i that's what I get for bein' a Kid I
/ suppose. IF I was a man you dassen't
treat me that way"
/ (Copyright 1927, Bell Syndicate, Tnc)