The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1930-03-26
MAKER OF SIX ACES
, ASSERTS ACCURACY
COUNTS But LITTLE
!
! Wallace F. Baker, Texas Rail-
!! road Executive, Regarded
z as Best Qualified
, USES ASPADE MASHIE CLUB
! Texan Says Good Golfer, Be-
cause Of Direction, More
! NJ Likely to Hole Out
ASPADE MASHIEC CLUB

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there is M chance in $500 Of COM
plotting q straight flush hand In poker
with q one-card draw. Lloyds Of
London quotes odds Of 10000 to / on
! golfers chance to register a hole-in-
one.
Regardles Of the odds against him.
!. Wallace F. Baker, Katy railroad x
ecutive here, has scored six ''aces"
during the past four and a half years.
Prior to that he played Is years with
out scoring q hole-in-one. And this
Is the way Baker sizes 1t all up:
"A hole-in-one Is 10 per cent ac-
curacy and 80 per cent luck"
His estimate may as well be accept
ed. He has the scores to qualify him
as somewhat of an expert in the mat
ter.
Ten per cent for accuracy Is con-
ceded to the good golfer" Baker says,
because he drives his ball in the d.
rection OF the hole. On the short
holes he Is more likely to hole out
than the dub"
Has 'Notches ON Gun"
For four years Baker has carried
an ordinary leather golf bag IN which
was q small metal disc, designed and
placed on 1t by Francis Schneider, pro-
~fessional at Brookhollow Country
club, Dallas. Bakers first hole-in-
one ~ recorded on the disc. -Four
other faces" were recorded, filling out
the disc. A new one Is being pre-
DAKER'S HALF DOZEN
Sept, II, 1SzS, No. !, Parsons,
Kan, Country club, 2l3 yards.
Feb. u, 1S2e, No. 4, Brookhollows
Dallas. Tex, les yardA
March u, 1875, No. ., Brookhol.
low, Dallas Tex, $50 yards.
June ., 1Sz6, No. 3. Brookhollows
DallAaI Tex, 150 yards.
May =, 1871, No. 3, Brookhollows
DallaA Tex, 15o yards.
Jan. =, 1914, No. II, River Oaks
Houston, Tex, III.
pared for Bakers bag to make room
for the sixth notch on his gun" and
any others that may follow.
Three Of Bakers "aces' have been
\ recorded on the eighth hole Of his
l home course. Brookhollow. The hole
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three, but not m easy three hole. A
lake looms before the player at the
tee and traps yawn at the sides and
rear o. the green. No. 3 Is considered
easy for the good player but . pit Of
trouble to the dub. Fifteen 'aces'
have been made there In the seven
! and . half years existence Of Brook
hollow.
Baker invariably selects his spade
mAshie when playing the eighth hole
1t 1rookhollow. His reason Is evil
dent. -Four Of his holes-in-one have
been recorded with the club, three at
Brookhollow and ono at River Oaks
IN Houston. He worships the stick
and believes some day he may give
It the same treatment Tex Rickard
gave hat Nelson's boxing gloves and
preserve the club for postertty. First.
however, he wants to get all the
holee-in-one possible out Of the club
before retiring Il 20 q glass case In
the DrUokhollow trophy room.
Six Strokes at Eighth
On one occasion Baker and two
other club members of q threesome
turned In = card for No. 8 that is
looked upon as unique In golf records.
The eighth hole score read: Tom
Newaome, q birdie 2: George Dexter,
par 3; Wallace Baker. hole-in-one,
totaliug six strokes for the three play
ers N q par three hole.
When Baker recorded his first "ace'
ut Brookhollow he was awarded
. case Of ginger ale and . pair Of
shoes as prizes for the achievement.
Before the ginger ale had vanished
from his ice box or the shoes had
been broken In, he scored another
Sace's at No. 8. With the recording
Of his third h~ole-in-oue q few weeks
later he was able to divide his stock
Of ginger ale and shoes with his IA
vorite caddy and at the same time
satisfy the thirst of fellow club menu
hers at the nineteenth hole.