Lae @AnAaDIAN XXI No. 12 MARCH — 1936 OFFICIAL ORGAN ee Bobby Jones’ Comeback Page 19 Lhe ‘*BANTAM’’ SINGER 66 99 The latest from ENGLAND in the LIGHT CAR field Singer & Co. Ltd., were England’s pioneers in the light car world with the famous Singer “Junior”—a car which gained an unrivalled reputation for satisfactory performance and re- liability. Once again the Singer is in the forefront of modern design with this “Bantam” model. See them at our show room—they are unique in their class and will give unequalled service and satisfaction. All models are specially constructed for Canadian conditions. ..- FORTY (40) MILES TO THE GALLON ... When you buy a “Bantam” you buy years of troublefree motoring in a car that is well aheadof its time in design and construction ... Prices from $849.00. BRITISH MOTOR AGENCIES LTD. 22 SHEPPARD STREET TORONTO 2 CanaDIAN GOLFER — March, 1936 WILLCOX’S QUEEN OF WINTER RESORTS Canadian Golfer AIKEN,S.C. ‘ MARCH ° 1936 offers ARTICLES The Unfailing Sign—Editorial 3 Tracing a Golf Swing to A Family Tradition 5 By H. R. Pickens, Jr. A Bundle of Energy : 6 By Bruce Boreham A Rampartof the R.C.G.A. Structure 7 Go South, Young Golfers, Go South 8 By Stu Keate Feminine Fashion ‘Fore-Casts” 9 A SMALL English type Inn Those Very Eloquent Golfing Hands : 10 : ne - rs By H. R. Pickens, Jr. catering to the élite of the golf, polo and Be Brave in the Bunkers set. 11 e = Ontario Golf Ready to Go Forward 12 sporting world, more of a club than Looking Forward and Backward .. 13 Prominent Canadians Succumb to Bermuda’s Lure 14 & 15 a hotel. Thumbnail Sketches and Personalities ae 16 By Ralph H.Reville The North and South Championship 17 By A. Linde Fowler A Doubles Team Who Double in Sport 18 Where Did Bobby Jones Lose His Master Touch 19 By P. A. Vaile Quebec Golf Fixtures for 1936 san PINES INN SOUTHERN PINES e NORTH CAROLINA MayEa3s0tt,h Qu—e. St. Andrews Invitation Tournament, St. Andrews June 6th — SPRING OPEN CHAMPIONSHIP — 36 HOLES MEDAL PLAY-ILESMERE GOLFandC.C. y June 10th — Field Day, Mount Royal Golf Club (Third Annual Invitation Tournament andplay for June 20th — Duke of Kent Trophy, Kent Golf Club, Quebec. June 24th — Field Day, Rivermead Golf Club, Ottawa. June 27th — INTERSECTIONAL MATCHES (]) Laval, (2) Sum- merlea, (3) Senneville, (4) Grovehill. July 3-5th — METROPOLITAN TROPHY COMPETITION, Bea- consfield Golf Club. July sth — P. Q. MIXED FOURSOME CHAMPIONSHIP, Whitlock Golf Club. July 11th — “Joseph R. Colby Memorial Field Day,’’ Sherbrooke Country Club. July 18th — Manoir Richelieu Invitation Tournament, Murray Bay. July 22nd — Field Day, Elm Ridge Country Club. July 25th — QUEBEC OPEN CHAMPIONSHIP — 86 Holes MEDAL PLAY, Laval sur le Lac. July 29th — Field Day, Royal Montreal Golf Club. August ist — Grand’Mere Invitation Tournament, Grand’Mere Golf Club. Aug. 3-8th — INTERPROVINCIAL MATCHES — CANADIAN AMATEUR, Winnipeg, Man. August 4th — QUEBEC SENIOR’S CHAMPIONSHIP, Summerlea Golf Club. August 5th — Field Day, Ottawa Hunt & Golf Club, Ottawa. This famoushotel, offers everything you ever Augusstt, 1152th ——FHiaenldiDcaayp, CMto.mpeBtriutnioo,n,C. 11C”. and Over — Grovebil ® : : x0 < Country Club. dreamed a vacation should hold. Situated in the August 21-86rd ra QUEBEC AMATEUR CHAMPIONSHIP — . : = MATCH PLAY — Marlborough Golf and C. C. ie te sandhills and the beautiful city August 26th — Field Day, Senneville Country Club. ot Southern Pines. August 27-29th — Sept. nity aoe FATHER & SON CHAMPIONSHIP, Kana- waki Golf Club. RIDING TENNIS Sept.sth-—QUEBEC JUNIOR CHAMPIONSHIP, HAMPSTEAD POLO GOLF SHOOTING Sept. 6-7th — Seigniory Invitation Tournament, Montebello, RACING GY HAN Sept. 9th — Pield Der Rar ors Golf Club, Ottawa. MK Sept. 11th — Phoenix Trophy mpetion. A Sept. 16th — Field Day, Country Club of Mtl. or oo ~ee Invitation Tournament, St. Margarets olf and C. C. St. Jerome Inv. Tournament date ? HEATON I. TREADWAY > Mana ger Val Morin Inv. Tournament date ? er i Canapian Gotrer — March, 1936 @ EDITORIAL CANADIAN the unfailing signs ETHERor not you believe in signs GOLFER really does not make much differ- Published Monthly Since 1915. ence. The fact of the matter is, one must suppose, that Official Organ Official Organ there are bona fide and bo- gus signs, but to know just where to start believing in Royal Canadian Province of Quebec this connection requires more Colf Association Golf Association than an ordinarily discerning reason this bit of Editorial, person. For that Canadian Senior Women’s Monrteal Professional so-called, will not be an attempt to guide the belief of anyone in the acceptance of omens Colf Association Golfers’ Alliance and auguries. However thereis one sign, and only one, which we will here assert as un- Editor Head Office: failing. H. R. Pickens ‘Jr. 1434 ST. CATHERINEST. Associate Editors MONTREAL PEAKINGof signs generally there is a Ralph H. Reville MA. 8939 S subject for scathing satire when one Stuart Keate contemplates how over-stocked the world is Jack Cameron Toronto Offices in what amountsto little more than sheer su- General Manager 57 QUEEN STREET WEST perstition. It would take several volumes to W. D. Taylor WA. 3105 recount thegreatissues of history which have been decided by the authenticity or deceit of ADVISORY BOARD some perfectly absurd sign. MR. ALFRED COLLYER MR. C. ROSS SOMERVILLE MR. GEO. H. FORSTER Past President U. S. Champion 1982 Past President me, VEN to-day the African native is pret- R.C.G.A. R.C.G.A. MR. STANLEY THOMPSON MR. VERNON G. CARDY MR. GEO. L. ROBINSON ty keen about his Voodoo signs, but Golf Architect Montreal Sportman Executive R.C.G.A. only a few years ago Halley’s old red comet MR. EARLE O. TURNER MR. L. W. BARKER MR. E. C. GOULD sent a shiver through a good manycivilized Maritime Executive Past President P.Q.G.A. Past President of R.C.G.A. people with the fear that the end of the Officals of the Royal Caniadan Golf world was nigh. In more common place mat- Association ters like the weather or the seasons, an old President < - - - - - - : --- R. Jacob, K.C. Vice-President ------- ---- - J. I. Rankin sea captain’s “‘rheumatise” or a ground-hog Secretary-Treasurer - -- ----- : - B. L. Anderson shadow”’ signifies a good deal to some folks. Yet we Canadians have a sign which comes Executive Committee annually as the harbinger of King Winter’s Weer. ChavitOmie sa omic ees ere) fame = British Columbia O. S. Leigh-Spencer - : ---- : - -- - Alberta decline which for its certainty has ground- Major J. H. Warren . - - = : -- - : - Saskatchewan hogs, their shadows, and all other mythical Justice J. E. Adamson --- - - : : -- Manitoba signals beaten “10 and 8.” F. G. Hoblitizel - --- - ------- Ontario G. L. Robinson -------- : - -- - Ontario I’ SEEMSthat some people can anticipate J. R. Thompson : - : - ------ New Brunswick A. N. Jones - -- --- - : - . - - Nova Scotia spring thaws as muchas a monthahead “As the “Official Organ” of the Royal Canadian Golf Association, this of time without even the aid of an almanac. publication carries authoritative notices and articles in regard to the activities of the Association in all other respects the R.C.G.A. is, of course, It is like a seventh sense—something akin to not responsible for the contents nor for the opinions of writers.” the urge which calls the fowls of the air when it is time to go South or return north. Label it instinct if you will, but it surely exists! The only reason that it is not more noticed houses, or a changein the layout of “that old sixteenth,” you are witnes- rests probably on the fact that the event is sing the first phase of the omen. But to finally consummate the sign so far preceeded by the prophecy that the you must find your golfing Dad, Sister or Brother quietly humming a two are seldom connected. tune as he or she swings a favourite club in the den, basement, or hall- way. Then it is you know,that you havereceived the sign. S INTIMATED this omen has to do P ERHAPS you, yourself, feel a deep-seated yearning to handle a with the fading of w inter, and all you club about this time of year. In that case you know two things to have to do to not e it is to listen to and be a certainty. First, you are suffering from an incurable disease known watch your golfing frie nds about this time as “Golfitis.” Secondly, a previously unrealized and entirely innate of the year. (watch your own actionsif you psychic quality within you is shouting “Just a little longer now! The are a golfer). When talk begins to range grass will be green again pretty soon. Praises be, Spring is almost here!” about golf clubs, improvements to club Here you have the prophecy and now you knowthe unfailing signs. 4 CaNaDIAN GOLFER — March, 1936 PINE FOREST INN, sumMerviLle, souTH CAROLINA A virgin forest of Long Leaf Pine in the midst of which reposes the Pine Forest Inn. A glittering jewel of southern charm, unique, histor- ical yet modern, the famous hotel’s environmentreflects memories of the visits of Teddy Roosevelt and William Howard Taft. Amongst majestic pines, Spanish moss and flowering shrubs on the winding walks, breathing in the perfume of the Azaleas and Japonicas. 200 Rooms & Bath. 50 Acres of Forest and Garden. Mineral Water from our own Wells S. JOHN LITTLEGREEN, Golf: Twenty seven Holes, playable all Year. 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