Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1930-10-04

Just remember. Mr.. Jones. that I was once as bad
as you'll"
Well he looked at me a minute and he tried to force
a grin
But I knew the way he trembled that he knew he
couldn't win;
I could hear his heart a-thumptng and his brow was
bathed in sweat
For he knew I had his number as a golfer men forget;
Don't be nervous. champ" I told him. brace your
self and be a man
! viii be as easy on you as a great opponent can"
III.
I'm upset by all these people" said Sir Robert with
q tear:
That I'll miss the ball when driving is an ever
Just forget that they are watching" I implore him
with a smile,
Concentrate on golfing rhythm; try to cultivate a
style"
Pale and quivering he thanked me. then he reached
and took a club
And he took a stance renaindful OF q public golf
course dub:
Tell me. mister" he beseeched me. when you think
I'm doing wrong
Ill appreciate suggestions from you as we 20 along"
Then he took a swing prodigious that had power and
10 spare
But the ball was unmolested; he had simply famed
the airl
Jones was seven off the tee, sir, and the ball that he
had hit
Was a feeble Texas Lacquer and It landed in a pit:
He was helpless with his niblick as he thrashed and
whitfield about.
So to end the strain and torture ! just let him throw
it out!
Tee it up right i'll the Fairway, Jones' I said, and
take a SOCK"
But he topped 1t and lost yardage when the pellet
hit a rock.
whats that make me?" he inquired, now quite furious
and mad;
Twelve. I told hin and he answered. We'll, for me
that isn't bad"
Where are you?" he next inquired as he struck while
But hadn't nerve to tell him. for my ball was III
the cup
he took sixteen on the first hole; I had made a nifty
Lack Of rythm was his trouble and he had no golfing
grace,
On the second he vas feeble and his ball went in
a lake
II vas inches from the pin and knew a : was what
I'd take;
Playing three beside the water he next missed the
blooming ball
And was five far off the fairvay up against a stony
wall:
Don't let my fine game upset you I implored him,
please be cool
And remember can't help it If I'm just a golfing
fool
Then III took 4 nashie- niblick. gave a hard resound-
ing sock,
Missed the bali again completely. sunk the diyot and
a rock!
Jones was twenty 70 the second; ! had basged a
lovely duece:
As he staggered to the third tee Bobby nuttered.
What's the use?"
Here 7 gave him some suggestions on the way that
he should stand
And thew helped him for his next drive was for
Jonesey rather grand.
It went almost thirty yards. sir. fully twenty 10 INC
air,
Giving him a lot Of courage that he needed then and
there.
Slicing sent his second zoomlng lar INTO a ieiu p
wheat.
And IN hs third the distance vas about eleven feet;
II was there up and left him as he gave a piercing
scream,
That aroused me. mores the pity, from the Golfers
Sweetest Dream.
Try II Some Night
Tom Thumb bridge is the latest. You play Il IN the
kitchenette under arc lights and keep the score on the
back of a postage stamp.
The Ara Khan l. to sell his race horses. He Is down
10 his last fifty million. they say on the continent
People who are contributing to the fund FOR a con-
ISOLATION cup for Sir Thomas Upton can only hope that
his halyards will hold out until he gets It.
Add SMILES. Shaking like a museum piece as Henry
Ford approaches.
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