Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-07-26
Beginners Luck
The Story ola Tery Bad Golfer.
but a 7,ue Sportsman.
BY TALBERT JOssELYN
Pictures by Feg Murray.
TALBERT .JOssELYN
Pictures by Feg Murray.

LID Gilead Wetherby the worst
golfer +. irview had Nobody could
q come within 20 strokes a dozen
\ l-st balls or two broken clubs of
b. ing IS bad as old Giead.
And old Gilead didn't care.
At the ege CT CO. after 40 years of manu-
featuring stoves, he had been shunted by rela-
ttves into his doctors Office. The doctor MA
shaken his head. He had said, stop work
and play"
PLAY what" asked old Gilead.
Golf" said the doctor.
GOOD heeyenS!" said old Gilead For 40
years he h d manufactured stoves. Good, SUD
stantiaI stoves and he had thought of nothing
else
Golf" repeated the doctor. "or lilies on
the chcSt.'
Old Gi.ead took the golf. Thereafter he
daily plodded around the Fairvicw course, look
ing ike a rcuni-shouldered old mud turtle that
had been snatc.:ed from summing itself on a
log and p.ump-d into puS-fcurs. OF the gene
of golf he knew no more than the turtle. Just
plodded around the course solely because ne
didn't want Ii les on his chest.
So, on an afternoon as on other afternoons,
he plodded playing, as became the logic OF
things, with man who was the next woist
player at F-irview. -hit-whack
other hole done, thank goodness
What holes this ahead? Oh. that darn
short one Lose a het full of balls down in
that ravinc or in that brush beyond. A hum
bred and twcnty yards. Gimme that WOOD
stick buddy
Swish-ha -k-clump-plunk.
Yes PUNK PUNK. into the cup.
Old Gilead Wetherby had made O hole-n-
The gods that engineer such events see TO II
that the actors and spectators are commenSu-
rate with tn. deed Just quitting the green
whereon the Wctherby ball chose to do It's dis
appearing act were the champion Of the club
and the club crab.
THE champion had essayed to play the hole
according to golfing E4oyle, bu: his technic
was q little too finely drawn. and sour five
was the smrn ring result. TIE crab on his
pert had skidded a shot over the green into
the nearest thicket where It remained hidden
from mortal kenning and poking The two of
them now stood on the edge Of the greensward
calling down walls of wrath upon the architect
OF the course and asking how any poor So
and-so Of a player could hope 10 score on any
such -and-Such kind Of q hole.
So sta nding and dcclaiming they witnessed
old Gilead Wetherby back The tee beyond
the ravine. go through his Oldham stiff back
swing: saw the ball come heavy-footed and
Sidewise through the air; saw 1t drop and
bounce like a block of wood saw it fall into
the hole.
"Jophry!" cried the champion. "a hole-in-
one!'
I Great Judus" hammered the crab. "see who
n Is that's done it! Ooh, that old dolt! And
he gets hole-in-one."
At the same time that Gilead Wetherby had
been making his swing two players had been
approaching the tee from behind him. One was
q tall young man in hoot-owl glasses the other
stout and middle-aged, with russell face. They
were witnesses of the wetherby single shot and
reacted in accordance with their characters.
"Champagne!" shouted he of the russell face,
running up "Hole-in- and champagne for
all hands," His tone underwent change. We'll,
anyhow drinks all around
The tafl young man of the glasses vigorously
shock the Wetherby hand.
Marvellous hole-in-one And what thatTl
pay eli at! You'll get one Of those little hole-in-
one statues at the club and box Of golf balls
and O case of ginger ale and sweater and. :.
Now just let me get things straight in my
head as to all the things that q hole-in -one
shot pays Hmmm" The statistical young
mans brow became corrugated in deep thought.
All this while the Farview golfing champion
was pumping UP and down and crying WON
derful. wonderful! I've heard all about EN- read
all about em, but this is the first enc ever
actually saw Hole-in-on boy!'
It was here that certain amount of c0mpre-
hension began to show itself on the face Of
Giiead Wetherby. He threw back his head and
snOrted.
Huh. Is that what all the u .llering il frI :?
4 All did to hit it a lick and it fell into me
tin can. told you golf was q fool game"
The russet-faced man beloved: do you
mean to say you don't know what hole -one
means? And then you 60 ahead and have the
luck to get one"
The statistical young man had ~ now I'M
rolled his brain chart.
"An you'll have to do now Is to finish the
game and turn IN your attested score. Then
you will get the statue and the golf balls and
the ginger ale. And youn get safety razor