Evening star., 1936-05-16

the United States Supreme Court"
WJAsHINGToNIANs who have
w been protesting in the news.
papers lAtelv about the ruthless de-
struction oe Seauty In the city parks
under various relief projects, will read
with sympathy-and alarm-Albert
w. Atwood's article in the current
Saturday Evening Post about what
has happened in the Nations national
parks. These areas for national recre-
alton and for the preservation Of .
primitive state Of nature have been
subject, he says, to smoothing,
rounding, Strengthening. manicuring,
landscaping: and Of suffering from
the attentions generally Of . crop Of
New Deal experts who must find
something to do"
Conceding the value Of certain as
poets Of the Federal spending pro-
gram, such as fre-hghting, he adds
that other aspects have by no means
been so happy In their effect.
In Mesa Verde National Park, for
example, he says. there are now to
be found "brand-new parking spaces.
regular. formal curbstones and an
entrance. or approach. booth to the
headquarters area, all as neatly con-
ventional as large Eastern city
might have"
And Yosemite, he remarks, "has
its dance hall. movies, bear-pit shows,
studios. base ball, golf. swimming pools,
swimming meets. dramatics, taxi serv-
ices. wienie roasts. marshmallow
roasts and barbecues"
TN AN article called What Makes
Fly Caster?" In the current
Esquire, William j. Schaldach dis
cusses the various types of fishing
equipment and the mysterious prefer
ences in which fishermen often
indulge.
why" he asks, docs a man spend
hours at a fishing tackle counter
mulling over a large stock of flies only
to end up by purchasing a scant half
dozen of them? He inspects their
hackles with critical gaze; appraises
the wings in the manner Of q COL
lector studying a rare print. -.
1T seems to be q commonly &C.
cepted opinion that all of this busi-
ness OF fine tackle is pose. an un-
necessary concomitant to the occu-
patton of catching fish. Wouldn't
o IS rod do as well? And how about
the ancient gag concerning the coun.
try boy with his willow pole and can
OF worms, who always catches more
and bigger trout than the fly FISH
erman?
If trout fishing consisted only in
catching trout 1t would be a different
matter. But one has only to see a
skillful performer casting a fly to ap-
preciate that the sport has in 1t the
elements Of an art. And an artist
thinks seriously about his tools"
Fishermen. at least, will understand
how true this Is.
A MOTHER sport scanned in Esquire
- for May Is golf. Under the title
Of ''The Unteachebles," Herb Grams
tells what every pro knows-which is
that there are some people who simply
cannot be taught the game.
Without drawing up list Of hard
and-fast reasons, he notes the impor-
tance Of sense of rhythm. He says:
Most golf experts are fine dancers.
... You will observe much of the
same type of grace in the star golf
ers' dancing and in their workmanship
on the greensward."
Taking the subject up from the
teachers angle he continues: Pros
Of the younger school generally echo
long ago by Horton Smith. Smith said
that the beginning and most dificult
part of golf instruction. from the pro
viewpoint, Is in deciding how much
the pupil can learn-if anything"
Recently, he observes, the Profess
sional Golfers Association. under the
leadership Of George Jacobus. prest-
dent. made efforts to attain uniformity
In the fundamentals Of golf teaching.
The results showed but one thing
plainly, he notes-"that the pros are
uniformly Of the opinion that there
Is no uniform method Of teaching
golf's fundamentals"
A MOTHER discussion Of modern golf
is found in Golfers for this week
under the title of Strong Back Golf"
The author Is o. B. Keeler.
In this piece there Is q complaint
against the mechanization Of the game
by the use of too many clubs. "Yoa
hit the ball-we do the rest" mocE
Mr.. Keeler. "It's the slogan of the
modern clubmakers." He does not
criticize modern players, but contrasts
their equipment with that Of the ia
nous oldsters.
Harry Vardon." he writes, "nan-
aged his six British open champipn-
ships with set Of eight. and Chick
Evans, the American amateur, was ut
the peak of his career with seven"
A whimsical question, which may
in time become a serious one, Is raised
in the current Liberty, in an article
called who Owns Little America"
The author Is Donald Flrthman
Wickets.
Admiral Byrd. observes Mr.. Wickets,
claimed Marie Byrd Land for the
United States in 1929. However, later,
in his work, Discovery" the com.
mander wrote that Antarctica has en-.
tered geography as common domain"
He then discusses Great Britain's
claims to Antarctic possessions, and
comes to the confusion that "Not only
the title Of, but the title to, Little
America and our other Antarctic ter
ritories will be forfeit unless Congress
forthwith takes specific action to as
sert our rights"
He goes on: "Bryd himself records
copper and coal deposits. It may well
be worthwhile to look into the matter
before surrendering our rights BY de.
fault. Alaska was once contemptuous.
ly called Uncle Sans icebox.' An.
tarctica may prove another such ice.
boxl"
from the point at which death found
hina. That point. Of course, was the
highest position attained nv an Annsr.