f v'OL. XL The Oldest Golf Publication in America NO. THREE WAR AND GOLF By H. B. MARTIN The Passing of the Cleek By P. A. VAILE Harry Vardon and "Chick" Evans on the Push Shot The Romance of Golf The Mystery of Golf The Ouimet Outrage And Other Special Ftaturet and Editorial Comment Price 25 c. 2° A Year Born 1820 —still going strong. •- i, The Critic: "'APPAREL O*T PROCLAIMS THE MAN.'" The Super Critic: "TRUE THAT'S WHY 'JOHNNIE WALKER' RBD LAREL IS KNOWN AS THE WHISKY OF GOOD TASTE." The '' fjood taste" of "Johnnie Walker" is safeguarded by the famous non-refillable bottle. Every drop of Red Label is over 10 years old before released from bond—the non-refillable bottle does the rest. GUARANTEED SAME QUALITY THROUGHOUT THE WORLD. Agents: WILLIAMS & HUMBERT, 1158 Broadway, NEW YORK. JOHN WALKER A SONS, LTD., WHISKY DISTILLERS. KILMARNOCK, SCOTLAND. THE OLDEST GOLF PUBLICATION IN AMERICA. GOLF ESTABLISHED IN 1894- mi n n ii a. iv n ILIUI in I VV. W. YOUNG, Publisher CONTENTS FOR MARCH, 1917 PAUL: Frontispiece—Interesting Event of the Past Winter 18fi The Passing of the (leek—Hy P. A. Vaile. Illustration from Photograph ........ 137 War and Golf—Hy H. B. Martin, lllu.itrations from Sice tchcs by the Author ........ in The Romance of Golf—Hy Our Own Kxpert. Illustrations from Photographs ........ I 1.5 Caddy—A Poem ........ 152 The Thought Machine—A Story . 158 Harry Vardon on the Push Stroke . 155 "Chick" Evans on the Push Shot ..... 159 "He Was a Sterling Golfer"—An Appreciation of the I .ate Charles B. Macfarlane ...... Mil One-Armed Players ........ Hi I Edward Ray on Putting ....... 162 Jerome D. Travers and One-Club Golf .... 108 Through the Green ........ 165 "The Mystery of Golf" ....... Hi!) Periscopic Peeps ........ "The Fundamental Shot" ....... 178 Editorials: "The Ouimet Outrage" -Golfers' Misdirected /< Power of Public Opinion ...... 175 Golfers' Calendar ........ 1U0 Golfers' Hotel Directory ....... 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