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Golf Publication in America NO 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 ....... Entered as Becond-class matter September 14, 1H97, at tin- post office at New York N Y I under the Act »f March .), 1IW. GOLF is published monthly at 286 Fifth Avenue, New York, N. Y., by Golf, Incorporated, and is entered at the Post Office in New York as second-class matter. The subscription price is three dollars per year, single copies twenty-five cents. Postage 'ree in the United State* and its possessions and in Canada; other foreign countries a dollar extra Contriliu- ions on approval must be accompanied by sufficient postage to insure their return if rejected. v y \y y y Modern Golf Architecture ^f If you are contemplating laying out a new golf course, or having your present course reconstructed, or bunkered, according to modern ideas, consult me first. I have made a special study of MODERN GOLF ARCHITECTURE and have a very accurate knowledge of all the leading foreign golf courses. My wide experience in this country and abroad has taught me to design scientifically and to construct economically. {$ Correspondence solicited. Address ARTHUR G. LOCKWOOD - i Care of "Golf" 286 Fifth Avenue, New York i 1 : 1 ISO In answering advertisements please mention GOLF Just What You Want for Home, Hotel or Club House A Beautiful, Large Art-Print (12^ by 15^ inches) Colored by Hand of the Mas- terful Verse by David R, Forgan with Decorative Design as Shown Below. is a science-ttje stub^of a lifetime, in you mau^exlpust^purself but ^-•> T is a contest, a buel or a melee, calling -for courage, siliU, strategy anb self-control. is a test of temper, a trial ofijonor, areuealer of character. 5 affbrbs a chance to plau tVjc man, anb act the^cntTcman. meaqs^oing into ^obs j close to nature, jresl) air. exercise, a sp^ amau, oft^c mental cobiDebSjjenuiije re- creation of the tireb tissues. is a cure fbr care-an antibote to J iucfubes companionsljip uiitl) jricnbs.sot intercourse. opp ortunitj^ pr courtes^.kinbUne&s bitto at) opponent. It promotes not onl^phjjsicaf KealtK but moral force. s/j~asin-*j Cc- y<r*-Ws<zv*J Ttiiti verm' nrnI titisiKri i»r»i rupyriirhteil by T.L. Mmlnay, and n whatever may be made without permimiion t mm the puhlitiherB, Clou, (imhuin A Scully, Inc., N.Y.C SENT POST-PAID TO ANY ADDRESS FOR ONLY $2 Make Checks or Money-Orders Payable to GOLF, Inc. Address: GOLF 28G FIFTH AVENUE NEW YORK CITY Monel-Vaile ET that compound word into your mind. It will keep your hand out of your pocket a great deal in future. After ten years, experimenting with all kinds of metals I rind JfrConel metal to be absolutely perfect for producing the Vaile putter, the best putter in the world. All other metals have defects. Hand forgings vary too much. Castings are too brittle. Malleable iron is too soft. Monel Metal alone stands every test. By means of it I am able to produce a rustless putter of non-corrodible met- al, perfect in balance, grip of theball.and in scientific construction,and absolutely without variation—which I was, before this time, unable t*> d°- Read what James Braid has to say: To I1. A. VAII.K, ESQ., Dear Sir—I have been using your patent putter and am putting very well with it. * * * The prin- ciple from a scientific point of view is certainly right, and I have no doubt that any player who suffers from bad direction will find this a valuable Club, Yours very truly. JAMES BRAID. George Duncan, the famous Scotch professional, used the Vaile putter when lie defeated J. II. Taylor, live times open champion of Great Britain, at Lee-on-Solent, thereby making golf history, as this was absolutely the first time a center-shafted dub had been used in first-class golf. Duncan putted brilliantly with it, and bis work on the green contributed materially t<> his great win. The price of this re- markable new head is $1.75, and if, after using one, you find that there is a word of exaggera- tion in what I say, put it up tn me. The Monel-Vaile Putter This new putfer reduces one's anxiety on the green to )engtn; as ;t js practically perfect for direction. This is only the beginning of what tXConel metal is going to do for the golfer. When, in i<;oX, 1 announced in London that I intended "to knock the pimple off the golf ball," there was a big smile; then, for six months, a furious controversy. Where are they now—the pimple and the smile? Now, I am going to make another interesting announcement. Moncl metal is going to prove a revelation and work a revolution in golf club construction. It is going to he the most popular revolution that ever "happened along." It will make the golfer enjoy his game more at less cost than before. In the meantime please remember that putting" is half the game, and unless you are perfectly satisfied with your putting—which you should not be-—write to the I'.AYONXE CASTING CO., Bayonne, N. J., for the MONEL-VAILE PUTTER 1 call it the "Monel-Vaile," for without Moncl metal this dub, Ihc best putter made, would not have been available for golfers as i! now is. Also we are producing a new Moncl metal club, called, to distinguish it, "The Vim." If you are starting golf this one dub, although a solid regulation head, will provide you with all you need for some time, for it really is live clubs in one. 11 you are already playing and are not doing well with your driver, brassie, driving- iron or cleek, get this club-head. You will never use a cleek again if you do. Send $1.75 for the new "Vim" head, get it shafted to your taste, and you will he surprised at the rapid improvement in your game. This is a straight golf club without any mechanical device, but it is all we claim. It is the greatest innovation in golf that has taken place in years. You will never suffer from lack of confidence in your iron- play if you use this club. P A V All E Author of "Modern Golf, l'lic Soul of Golf," "The New Golf," "Mow to Learn Golf," etc. Send orders fur these nczv Moncl-Vailc club-heads to BAYONNE CASTING CO. : : Bayonne, N. J. The New "Vim"—Five Clubs in One The Great War had come. We had sent to the And finally the winning to a conviction of the only front a corps of trained writers—Arthur Ruhl, basis of a peace that can make future Great Wars Frederick Palmer, Henry Beech Needham, Perce- impossible. ... val Gibbon—who were filling the pages of Collier's with vivid first-hand pictures of war as it is. All this not told abstractly but through a brilliant story of real human beings, pivoting round the de- And yet—there was something more. lightful, endearing, tragic "Mr. Britling." Not the shell-torn terrain, the clash of aeroplanes, So we brought " Mr. Britling" to America as a the mud and squalor of trenches, the trains of Collier serial. wounded .... but something more intimate to each of us. The effect of this war on the souls of As a Collier serial and now in book form, " Mr. people, people like ourselves, in the quiet towns Britling" is the year's sensation, hailed in England and countrysides of Europe. How was it changing and America as the one big imaginative work created their feelings toward themselves, toward their fel- by the Great War.
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