The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1936-09-25
GOLF

GOLF
Fore" I'm teed up and here
come. Driving around the downs
with one club, which recalls the pas
ture called Peggy" played by boys
about twenty years ago. The bal
was a stick about as big asa broom
handle, six inches long, pointed or
both ends. 1t was laid across an
other ball or Peggy" with one enc
on the ground, the other tilted up II
the air. An ordinary broom handle
or hickory sapling was the club used
to hit the point end of the Peggy
which lifted it into the air. A quick
swing caught the Peggy and drove II
seventy-five to one hundred yards
where it often ''pegged" or stuck Ut
in the ground. 1t was not unusual
for one of them to land on Mr.
"Chal's" COW.
This pastime golf game Peggy
is not unlike the first golf or "kolf''
"a variation of hockey played on
ice by the Dutch. 1t Is thought the
game was carried to Scotland about
1900 and early in 1900 it is recorded
that James 1 and Charles I were golf
enthusiasts. Golf still is the ma
tional game of Scotland and the royal
sport of Britain. 1t came to the
United States by the way of Canada
where the Royal Montreal Club was
organized in 1873. The st. Andrews
Golf Club in New York, the first in
the United States, was organized in
November 1888, but there were few
if any public links before 1900. 1t
changed his ways of living and doing
business and gave his wife a new
name-"golf widow"
First it was the children's game;
then an old mans game; then the
tired business mans game and now
it appears to be returning to the
youth of the country. 1t is called
the scientific game. Really, it is
everybody's game.
Probably, the most progressive
club ON the peninsula is the Talbot
Country Club in Easton. On Labor
Day Billy Shannahan, Talbot's lead
ing golfer lost the Eastern Shore
championship to Joe Schiller, crack
Salisbury player. Those participant
ing are still talking about the won
derful reception they received while
visiting the Talbot Club. Last week
the 10th Annual battle was on at
Garden City, Long Island, for the
Amateur Championsip of the United
States. 1t is difficult to think about
C h m p ons without mentioning
Bobby Jones, Glenna Collett. Terry
Dunlap and Walter Hagen, who visit
ed a number of Peninsula courses
several years ago.
Clubs can be had at almost any
price one desires to pay. Some of
the players still prefer the apple or
thornwood head with hickory or
Lakewood shaft. Most of the young
players prefer the newer steel shaft
ed club. Why a course has nine
holes or eighteen holes is called an
official round has not been answered
up to this time but it is certain that
the game cultivates courtesy, pa
thence, body control, and gives walk
ing exercise.
Back in 1880 miniature or Tom
Thumb Golf gave the youngsters
their real start in golf and although
we do not hear much about it there
has been a decided revival in this
town lot game this summer. Within
the next several weeks a most inter-
esting and unique game of golf will
be played on the Belmont course near
Preston. Two golfers with regular
clubs and two archers using bows
and arrows will compete in a game
of archery golf.
Golf is an excellent game for grow
ing young people.
Books: Golf for Young Players
Glenna Collect; Golf-Cotton; Down
the Fairway-Jones and Keller; Cut
Your Score-Largner; A New Way
to Better Golf-Morrison.
Next Week: Football.
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