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GANADIAN GVOatLFmEyR Official Organ Royal Canadian Golf Association; Official Organ Ladies Canadian Golf Union; Official Organ Rules of Golf Committee Published Monthly Ralph H. Reville, Editor. W. H. Webling, Associate Editor

Mr, George S. Lyon, Toronto; Mr. J. T. Clark, Toronto; Mr. G. Brophey, Ottawa; Mr, T. Black, Montreal; Mr. W. M. Reekie, New York, N.Y.; Mr. Brice 8S. Evans, Boston; Contribating Editors Ladies’ Golf Section edited by Florence b. Harvey Subscription Price. Three Dollars a Year. Wntered at Post Office as Second Class Matter Editorial and Business Office. Brantford. Canada. Toronto Office: Queen City Chambers, 32 Chureh St. H. EB. Smallpeice. Representative

The Import- The next two orthree months will witness the annual meetings ance of Annual of the majority of the golf clubs in Canada Meetings. Too often these annual meetings are overlooked by the average member who is content to leave the conduet of the club to the few enthusiasts who can always be depended upon to be present Such an indifferent attitude is neither fair to the Board of Directors, to the individual memberorto the club as a whole The most successful golf organizations in the Dominion are those wher the annual meetings are well attended; where a keen interest is taken in elect Ing capable men for the chief offices and where the programme for the coming season is thoroughly and intelligently discussed. _ Don’t be an absentee at your club’s annual this year. Make a point to be there and encourage the Directors by your presence and aid with you advice, The annual meeting is the first shot from the tee. See to it that in 1915 your elub gets off to a good ‘‘drive.”’ If you do it will mean a successful season—plus, both for yon and yours.

“Sport as Im- A despatch from New York recently stated that apparent!) portant as Guns throughout the country the public mind is undergoing a change at the Front.’’ with regard to the status of sports during the period of wai stress. It is not so long ago that a wave ofself-denial, inspired by patriotism, threatened a complete abandonment of athletics. ‘This followed

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the entry of the United States into war and on every hand sport-governi bodies decided that it was inadvisable to continue sports. With second thoug! the pendulum has begun to swing the other way. Pronouncements from vy: ious bodies indicate that sport is to be regarded as an essential to war prepa tion as well as a necessary relaxation from the serious problems which confro the nation. However, the resumption of sport is being brought about with seve: anomalies. Most striking is the fact that whereas amateur bodies were insis ent that sport be abandoned just before the draft was put into effeet, }) fessional sports went on in their accustomed way. Nowconditions are versed. Amateur sport bids fair to pick up the reins just where they w: dropped, but professional sport is encountering difficulties. Surgeon-General, Wim. C. Gorgas, chief of the medical forees of the Unit States, comes out with an especially strong pronouncement in favourof t| continuance of sports. He maintains that future generations will benfit to remarkable degree by the physical training and out-door life and athlet indulged in bysoldiers, and he concludes a notable contribution to the sub) with this very forceful pronouncement :— ‘‘The football teams, basketball teams, boxing, cross-country hikes, golf games, t ‘‘improve the health, and all other forms of diverting and body-building sports, ar: ‘“important as the very funs at the Front.’’

The Re-Instate-}3y virtually a unanimous vote (there was only one dissent: ment of Sergt. voice,) the United States Golf Association at its annual im Ouimet. ing in Philadelphia, January 25th, adopted a resolution instating Mr. Francis Ouimet as an amateur. And the| G. A. honoured itself and honoured the game in taking this action. In the United States the ‘‘professionalizing’’ of the former natio champion, and the vanquisher of Vardon and Ray, in the memorable ‘‘1 encounter for the Open championship in 1913, because he had taken up sale of sporting goods, created intense feeling—a feeling which at one t! threatened a serious cleavage between East and West. Rather strang: relate, although Mr. Ouimet is an Hasterner, the Western golfers champio: his cause almost to a man, whilst the Easterners either supported the A ciation or were moreorless apathetic. Under the rules of the Royal and Ancient of St. Andrews, the selling sporting goods by an amateur player is not banned, but inasmuch as U.S. G. A., the governing body of golf in the States had legislated tha player must not capitalise his skill in the game with the thinly veiled ob of promoting the sale of golf or other sporting goods, golfers general): Canada, although of course not deeply interested in the controversy, \ undoubtedly inclined to endorse the ruling of the U.S. G. A. which has at times and in al) places, shown a disposition to uphold the best traditions o| game and to treat with marked courtesy the most important rulings and a cisions of St. Andrews. i But when Mr. Ouimet, like so many of the leading athletes of the St so splendidly and willingly answered the call of country, gave up a luera! business and joined the National Army, the question of his amateur stand ; could not for a moment be ealled into question. He has shown hims« } patriot in the highest sense of the term and amateur golf is proud to wel him back to her ranks; is proud to think that the amateur champion of Fr: (he wonthe title in 1914—thelast time it was played for,) will soon be av - in France. It will be as Sergeant Ouimet that he will return to the lan: ‘ } his former golfing triumphs, followed by the good wishes of the golfers 0! whole Anglo-Saxon world. {

ee } To repeat, the U.S. G. A. has honoureditself in re-instating to the wo: t /- ' February, 1918. CANADIAN GOLFER 521 amateur ranks one of the finest exponents of the game in the long annals ot the Royal and Ancient. “Somewhere in France’’ are Capt. ‘‘Larry Jenkins,’’ amateur champion of Great Britain, Capt. Robert Maxwell, amateur champion 1903 and 1909 and hundreds of other British golfers of repute and renown, And Sergeant Ouimet will worthily represent, with many more of his golfing compatriots not forgetting scores of Canadians, the ‘‘American’’ end of the ‘‘game of games’? in the ‘‘greatest game of all.’’ Make no mistake about that

“In New York city a club has been started exclusively for golfers. The others insisted on it.’’—Punch.

“Sport is good and golf is good, and if Britain put them both away, for ever, we should knowthat she is no longer what she was, or deserved to be —‘Sporting and Dramatie.’’

“It is a sound thing to say that the body should be kept absolutely still when the player is putting in spite of the examples of a few geniuses who ar laws unto themselves. It is enough for the arms to swing the elub baek and forward,’’—Vardon on Putting. Sir Thomas White, Minister of Finance has Jeff to spend a well earned holiday in California, where it is hoped that golfing and life in the open an will completely restore him to health Sir Thomas the past few months ha worked almost day and night and his doctors have ordered a complete rest —and no one will begrudge the Finance Minister this respite from the cares of his responsible office. The position of ‘‘Chancellor of the Exchequer

these war times is possibly the most arduous position in the Cabinet SS The well known house of Spalding has every reason to be proud of its splendid record in this war of wars. A son of the founder of the house, the late Mr, A. G. Spalding, died gallantly fighting for Great Britain in rane and now Mr, Albert Spalding, the son of Mr. J. W. Spalding of New York Wh the present President of the firm is serving as Ist Lieutenant in the Aviation ma | Section, Ainerican Expeditionary Forces in France. Lieut. Spalding is one of \) the world’s greatest violinists and gave up engagements aggregating som $35 000 to enter the Flying Corps. This is patriotism of the very highest order but then the name of Spalding for half a century or more now, has stood for all that is truest and best in sporting and business cireles in the United States Great Britain and Canada. The juniors have proved themselves worthy sons of worthysires. Hi i

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Sir F. E. Smith, the Attorney-General of Great Britain, who has be: delighting Toronto, Montreal and Ottawa audiences with his brilliant speeche is a very enthusiastic golfer. He is a member of the well known Coombe H Club in Surrey.

The golfing season is now in full swing in British Columbia. Alber too, will soon be getting into the game again, to be followed by Ontario ai the Maritime Provinces. Quebec, generally speaking, is the last of the D minion golfing centres to open its courses for regular play..

7 ve 4 Mr. Topping is a well known Americangolfer, and the mention of his nai says ‘‘Golf Illustrated,’’ has evoked many smiles and deerepit jests. It is ni generally known, however,that he is related on the paternal side to the Hooke and on the other wing to the Slicers, two other celebrated clans whose lineag details occupy many pages in the ‘‘Almanae de Golfa.’’

a m ‘ There is generally a silver lining to every cloud—a recompenseforeve: seeming evil. The discomforts of the heavy snowfalls experienced almos everywhere in Canada this winter, should make for splendid greens and fai greens the coming season. There has been no thawing and ‘‘freezing 1 again,’’ which generally means winter-killed greens, the bete noir of the gree: keeper and Green Committee. The blanket of snow which has coveredlin! everywhere is a perfect protection against frost and sun alike.

Apropos of the much discussed weather question, our New York corr pondent sends in the following :— “President Wilson, seeking relief from his great responsibilities, has probably |! closer to the links, this winter, than any other Washingtonian. Several times limousine ‘has swayed as dangerously as an ice boat in carrying him to and from t course, while the secret service men’s opinion of winter golf is unfit for publication. party of Canadians stopping at a New York hotel managed to make a shopping tour skates, while just two contenders appeared for the annual New York cross country ma over the Piping Rock and Nassau courses. That couple lost count of their strokes, g off the course and finally quit in disgust, so no prize was awarded. Not since the paleontological period of the world’s history has the grass had such a rest and been protected; it ought to result in extra fine turf, unless spring weather is unusual. \ York indoor schools in consequence may have the largest season ever, although so m players are out of range in camps. If anything like present conditions obtain m longer, the stampede of golfers when terra firma again comes into view will beat the 1 on the old time ‘‘Bloody Monday’’ nights at Harvard.’’

‘ The annual report of the North American Life, which appears elsewh in this issue, makes splendid reading, alike for policy-holder and sharehold As “‘Solid as the Continent,’’ is the pround boast of this splendidly manag: companyand the figures for 1917 bear out this slogan in a most convince! manner. Total new business of nearly $13,000,000 ; total assurance in force over $65,000,000 ; a cash income of $3,000,000 odd andassets of over $17,000,0 are ‘‘big’’ figures even in these days of colossal totals. One of the 1 interesting features of the annual meeting was a most comprehensive and a! address from the President, Mr. L. Goldman, who like so many heads ot large financial institutions, is a warm believer in golf and all out-door spo Mr. Goldman in his address took occasion to animadvert on the entrance the United States into this world’s war. ‘‘Such a unity of moral power 4 natural force by which right and might are irresistibly combined, cannot be beneficial to the future civilization of the world for between us we establish for all time to come on an invincible foundation, the dominance the great principles of peace, liberty and justice.’? Admirable sentiine admirably expressed. OLFER §2¢ February, 1918, GANADIAN G After reading the “Cana Mr. C. A. Wastell, Parkstone, Dorset, England: “ golfing mene who in ee dian Golfer’ with muchpleasure I pass it over to a ho enjoy them very much sends the copies on to some Canadian soldiers w indeed.”’ ‘‘6 >\- -\ d First thing we knowthe prehistoric Scotch shepherd with his crook and polished stone, will have to take a back seat to the “‘Heathen Chinee,”’ when it comes to the claim for the honourof the origin of golf. A member of a Chicago club has discovered a piece of tapestry from China in which the man in the left hand corner seems to have a golf club in his lap and a bag of clubs resew bling the old wooden-faced clubs used in Scotland a hundred years ago, Th picture is five hundred years old.

The passing away of Mr. John Taylor, a ‘“‘father of Montreal golf,’’ at the ripe old age of 84, has been quickly followed by the death of Colonel Sweny an outstanding figure in Toronto golfing circles—a veteran of the Indian Mutiny, who would have been 81 next month. Canadian golfdom had no mors prominent players than these two representative men of the chief cities of Canada. Golf owes to them a great deal of its vogue and high standing in this country. Their memories will long be cherished on covrse and in elnb house.

“Golf is a fine gamefor at least one section of army work, and that is range Judgment. The average good golfer, after one glance, ean tell you almost to a step a 145 or 150-yard range. He must knowdistances in order to play the shot properly, and the man who misjudges the distance in golf is sure to pay the penalty. This range in golf goes up to 500 yards, and the distances up to 500 yards are valuable things to knowin trench warfare. A man who has played a lot of golf could stand in afirst line trench and tell, almost to thi yard, just how far the enemy’s trenches were away, up to 200 yards yas Exchange.

This ‘‘cold dip”’ has not confined itself altogether to the North. A correspondent from New Orleans writes:—‘‘ Relatively, the weather has been quite as bad in the South. When it hasn’t snowed here, cold rains have upset golf schedules beyond all remembrance. Here is a recent item from a New Orleans paper :—‘‘Contestants over icy links at Andubon yesterday greeted a glass water cooler at the 16th tee, frozen solid. It served as an incentive to hustle them towards the 19th hole. And a ‘‘ Canadian Golfer’’ subscriber writes from Jamaica:—‘‘We are having a temperature around the 40's. This ma) not seem cold to you, but here it is keenly felt as we are Jacking in all the necessary equipment for combatting weather conditions flirting near the freez ing point.’’

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The Originof Golf By Sir W. G. Simpson SHEPHERDtending his sheep would often chance upon a round pebh and, having his crook in his hand, would strike it away; for it is as i: evitable that a man with a stick in his hand should aim a blowat an loose object lying in his path as that he should breathe. Over pastures gree: this led to nothing; but once on a time a certain shepherd, feeding his she on a links, perhaps that of St. Andrew’s, rolled one of these stones into rabbit scrape. ‘““Marry,’’ quoth he, “I could not do that if I tried,’’ a thought whic nerved him to the attempt. But a man cannot long persevere alone in anyai duous undertaking, so Mr. Shepherd hailed another, who was hard by, to wii ness his endeavour. ‘‘That is easy,’’ said the friend, and, trying, failed. Th: nowsearched the grass for the roundest stones, and having deepenedthe ra! bit scrape so that the stones might not jump out of it. they set themselves to practice putting. The stronger but less skillful shepherd, finding himself worsted at t! amusement, protested that it was a fairer test of skill to play for the hole fro) a considerable distance. With this arranged, the game was found to be muc more varied and interesting. The sheep having meanwhile strayed, the she; herds had to go after them. This proving an exceedingly irksome interruption, they hit upon the i genuous device of making a circular course of holes, which enabled them 1 play and herd at the same time. These holes being now manyand far apa it became necessary to mark their whereabouts, which was easily done | means of a tag of wool from a sheep attached to a stick, a primitive kind « flag, still used on many greens, almost in its original form.

The Seniors’ Golf Association The “Father” of the U.S. Organization Writes Encouragingly M: Horace L. Hotchkiss, the Honourary President and ‘‘Father’’ oft Seniors’ Golf Association of the United States, writes the Editor fro Rye, N. Y.:— ‘*Your interesting magazine shows a sustained interest in our noble gameof golf, during these war times we need every assistance to keep up the enthusiasm of those A e have not goneto the Front that they may havestrength and courageto live up to.the ua ponsibilities of providing the sinews of war. We all know that the hours passed on links build up a man mentally and physically. We ‘“We are all interested in your plans to organize the Canadian Seniors’ Golf Asso . tion and look forward to the successful consummation of your efforts in that direct | aie Mr. Baker, C.V.O., President of the Royal Montreal, is well fitted to lead and organize t ae eligible golfers in Canada and would be entitled to be called the ‘‘Founder’’ of i Association. If I can be of service, please call upon me.’’

|| Ballad of the Links ae FE ' ie Whenthe ice is on the river and the snowis on the links, 2 z Life is hardly worththe living, so the sighing golfer thinks; a Menmaystill go on debating in the vaulted halls of state, it ce Menmaystill nurse old ambitions and keep trying to be great, | But the golfersees the sunlight only through poor little chinks hia Whentheice is on the river and the snowis on the links.

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n a n Vol. III, N CANADIAN GOLFER 526 November 4th, 1873, the treal Golf Club eameinto bi The following is the minu the meeting convened fo1

purpose: At a meeting held in t] fice of Messrs. Sidey Bros Common Street, Montrea November4, 1873, presided by Alex: De nnistoun, Esq was proposed by W. M. Rai Esq., seconded by Dass Esq, that those present themselves into a golf clu be called Montreal Golf‘ A lease of ground fora ¢ was procured on Flet« Field, a large common 0! north-east slope of Mount k and here nine holes wer out. There were no golf tects in those days, dema) and receiving fees equal vear’s salary, possibly of s of the men who started Mentreal Club. There w: a professional from one | the continent to the Golf was in the making America. Little though Montreal pioneers of fort years ago that the gam«¢ were instituting was in g years, as the history of calculated, to sweep the try from sea to sea, that 1 to number it devotees b hundreds of thousands and hundreds of mlilions of « yes hundredsof nitions, be invested in the golf and golf elubs of the cont Those pioneer nine holes laid out on Fletcher’s Bi the members themselves trifling cost. The mem)‘ was restricted to twent There was no attempt to an expe nsive elub hous bun! go in for extensive or trapping. The main was to provide a golf cou nth a sort, to enable the e to play in an adopted cou the national gameof Scot eal first golfing View on the Beaconsfield Golf Course, Montr And that that was sown on Flet« February, 191 8. CANADIAN GOLFER 527 Field forty odd years ago has grown into the gigantic per- ennial that to-day flourishes clear aeross a continent. ; The history of this pioneer colfing club of the Americas is absorbingly interesting and well worthy of chronicling in detail, but only one or two out- standing incidents can here be recorded. In April, 1881, there arrived in Montreal, one William Davis. a professional golfer from the celebrated Hnglish Club, Hoy lake, the home of John Ball. a G J imes ‘itis amatenr The 9t reen, Outremont Golf Club, Montreal earn See ae oolft oA Messrs. I G. McAlpine and John Davies putting, celebrities. He had been en- gaged by Mr. Sidey, oneof the original promoters of the Mon- | treal Club, then in Scotland, to come out to the Canadian Metropolis there to assume the duties of instructor to the devotees of the Royal and An cient Game. Thus Davis was the first pro to come to this continent and therefore migh very well he dubbed the ‘‘ Golf- ing Columbus.”’ It was not till ten years later, namely in 1891, that the nited States received its first baptism of professional golf. When Johnny Cuthbert ean A green on the Whitlock Golf l ver from “‘ Auld Tam’’ Morris’ inks Hudson Heights, P. Q. shop to teach the game there. It was related of Cuthbert that while on the way from the ste . amr in New York. clubs in hand, (as What true golfer Would ent rust such treasures to ‘i un appreciative stranger) that he was taken for a new Speci es of street entertainer. History i s silent as to whether New Yorkers thought he was a bag pipe player with a new lan gled set of *““skirls,’’ a sword “dancer or a sword swallower. Unfortunately both Davis in d Cuthbert missed the oppor- tunity of a life time the tra in view of Whgi'preemeancdqouuisrevdo.gue the game Country Club, St. Lambert, Montreal. Both found The players are Messrs, A. S. Hill, G. G. French ‘er New golfing environment W. &E. Short, and R. W. Elliott.

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uncongenial and both returned to their native countries after one season though Davis subsequently came baek to Montreal in 1889 and eventually y to the States and laid out the first course of the well known Shinnecock H Club, one of the pioneer clubs of the U.S. The year 1884 was a memorable one in the Montreal Club’s history, as that year by the gracious consent of Queen Victoria, the prefix ‘‘Royal’’ \ granted to the club. The only other Royal club to this day in Canada is t| of the ‘‘ Royal Ottawa,’’ an honour conferred by King George in May, 1912 Many happy days were spent by the members of the Montreal Club Fletcher’s Field, but in 1895 it was found imperative, owing to largely creased membership to secure morespacious links and the present fine prop: of the club was acquired at Dixie. The formal opening of the club house to place, March 7th, 1897, and of the course, May 15th, 1897. To-day the pren club of the continent still proudly maintains its premier position in Cana Its ist of members comprises the ‘‘ Who’s Who’’ of Montreal. As Mr. John Reid of Yonkers is knownas the ‘‘Father of Golf’’ in United States, so the late Mr. Dennistoun should be given the appellatio: the ‘‘Father of Golf’’ in America. He, Mr. J. G. Sidey and Mr. D. D. Si it were most active in the organizing of the Montreal Club. He was elected first President, retaining that honour in unbroken succession from 1873 (Ne) 1890, a unique record in itself. Retiring to his native land, he died in the c iN of Edinburgh. In 1913 a graceful tribute was paid to this notable golt ok pioneer when the C. P. R. changed the nameof its station at Dixie from G Me Links’’ to ‘‘Dennistoun.”’ (To Be Continued) rf NOW THAT DA D DON’T NEED HIS GOLF CLUBS You CAN Saw oFF FoR SNOWBALLS THe CLUB HEAD USE GOLF GALLS U SE THE REST FoR Tre CORE

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Mississauga Golf Club

Well Known Toronto Organization Has a Very Satisfactory Year. Mr. G. A. Morrow Re-elected President HE Mississauga Golf Club held its annual meeting in the Committee I Room at the King Hdward Hotel, Toronto, on Saturday, the 26th of January and the members present had the pleasure of listening to a very satisfactory report indeed. The Financial Statement showed total receipts of $27,456. the annual fees amounting to $12,935; House account revenue, $10,336; green fees, 4450; locker rentals, $559 and a special assessment of $2,270. In the expenditure column the greens and grounds upkeep account- ed for $5.656 and House account and salaries to $17,638, The club has the very substantial sum in assets of $114,000, which shows a very handsome surplus over liabilities. The membership both in the ladies and men sec- tions of the club showed an inerease during the year, the totals nowbeing: Men, resident, 273; non- resident, 7. Ladies, resi- dent, 170, non- resident, 6; Juniors 6; Honourary, 3. Total membership, 465. The following are ex- tracts from the annual re- port of the President, Mr. G. A. Morrow:— ‘*Whilst the statement may be considered to be a satis- factory one, the Directors are of the opinion that the present Annual Fees are insufficient to maintain the club up to the standard of service desired by the members. ‘ I The Board recommend an in- crease in the Annual Fees and a By-Law to that effect will be submitted to you for your Mr. G. A. Morrow, prominent Toronto Financier, A approval. : , re-elected President of Mississauga. The club has now twenty- (Photo, Gritish and Colonial Pre eight gentlemen and five ladies on Active Service, whose fees are remitted to them Many returned soldiers were entertained by the members at the club; it hoped that members will continue to take advantage of this privilege. ; The club received from the Hydro Electric Commission $2,500 00 as purchase price for the section of the property which was taken over by them; $1,000.00 of this sum was applied on the reduction of the mortgage indebtedness of the club, and the balance has been expended on permanent improvements. It was found necessary to make a new green (No. 6) owing to the encroachment by the Hydro Commission at that part of the course. In addition to the work, other important improvements were made on the grounds, including the re-seeding of several of the gree the protection of the river-banks, the completion of two bridges over the river, and the erection of a storm sh About fou a elter. r cres of ground were tilled and vegetables grown, with the result that the 529

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house was provided with vegetables throughout the season, and 125 bags of potato¢ on the market. It is intended that this work be further developed during next seas: It is gratifying to be able to repor t that the Toronto-Hamilton highwayhas bee: pleted. With co-operation of the Municipal Couneil, the club, and certain local res the road leading from Port Credit to the club house has been partially repaired. This which was begun in November, will be completed in the Spring and the road put ir : condition before the season opens. The Directors have pleasure in testifying to the zeal with which the Secretar F. W. Kennedy, and staff employed under him discharged their duties during the se The Board of Directors for 1918 wereelected as follows :—President ; G. A. Morrow; Vice-President, Mr. G. M. Kelley; Directors: Messrs. [. 2 Hamilton, A. R. Capreol, Chas. Boothe, E. A. Langmuir, J. F. Hollis, J. M Lowndes and G. T. Pepall; Captain, H. 8S. Reid; Vice-Captain, W. R. Ho s The Committees for the year are :— , Green Committee—J. F. Hollis, (Chairman,) H. 8S. Reid, J. H. For { Robert Wherry and J. F. Snetsinger. House Committee—J. Mont. Lowndes, (Chairman,) J. B. MeKe: C. W. Rous, Wm. Radcliffe and D. C. Haig. This is a very strong Board indeed and spells success for 1918 season much work was done on the course and the energetic Green Comm this season intends to see that Mississauga greens and fairgreens are bro right up to concert pitch. Mississauga is particularly fortunate in having in the Presidential ( again this year Mr. G. A. Morrow, one of the leading financiers of Tor whofinds time from his multitudinous activities to play golf and generally after the welfare of Mississauga with its beautiful course and artistic house, which make it one of the most desirable golfing properties in Dominion. Mr. Morrowhas recently been madean officer of the Order of the bi Ympire, for services rendered as Director of Aviation for the Dominio well deserved honour. His financial career started when a very young man in the offices o Central Loan and Saving Company. In turn he becameassistant secreta the company, secretary, assistant manager, and finally Vice-President position he still occupies. But his ramifications in the field of finance have by no means bee fined to the Central Loan and Savings Company. Heis to-dayalso Pres of the Imperial Life Assurance Company, Vice-President of the Dominio: curities Corporation, a director of the Imperial Guarantee and Accident | pany, a director of the Toronto Electric Company, a director of the W: Assurance Company, a director of the Mississippi River Power Compan, a director of the British American Assurance Company. And all this place before Mr. Morrow had reached forty. In fact, it was only about months ago that his age reached the two-score mark. But busy and all as he was with his various financial interests, not prevent him from accepting a year ago, free of remuneration, the pos of Director of Aviation for the Dominion when it was pressed upon him ! Imperial authorities. And to the duties appertaining to this onerous pos Mr. Morrow devotes the main burden of his time. Under his directio! aviation camps at Borden, Armour Heights and Leaside were constructed equipped. And nowhe has oversight of all the purchasing of the va equipment and supplies necessary for the army: of aviators that are ~

trained in the Dominion for overseas service. e o Mr. Morrowkeeps himself physically fit by playing golf in summe) e curling in winter. The members of Mississauga are indeed fortunate a taining him as President for another year. ‘The club owes much ofits su

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Niagar a Falls, N.Y.

Opens This Season a Superb Golf Course, Laid Out by Nichol Thompson of Hamilton. Links Have Many Distinctive Features [AGARA Falls, N. Y., for many years, was known only as the principal headquarters of tourists, who came from all parts of this continent and the continents and isles of the world, to see ‘‘The HFalls.’’ The town was moreorless a cluster of hotels and curio shops. But the past two decades orso, the harnessing of the great water-falls, and the genera tion of hundreds of thousands of horse powerof electrical energy, has resulted in a tremendous industrial awakening and the Niagara Falls of to-day is a very important manufacturing centre indeed, with a wonderful array of up-to-date factories and industries of a most varied character. In such an important and ever increasing wealthy community it was only natural that golf should find ardent devotees and for years the Royal and Ancient has been played, the Niagara Falls Country Club having a respectable links and many enthusiastic members.

Charming club house of the new golf course at Niagara Falls, N.Y. On a clear day from the verandahs, Toronto, 40 miles distant, can be seen ‘*silhouetted against the sky.’’

For some time now however, the club has outgrown its present quarters and it has been felt that a club house and course more commensurate with the ‘apid growth of the community was a necessity. And the golfing enthusiast in Niagara Falls has had this need ‘‘taken ‘are of”? in a most enviable manner. On the beautiful Niagara Palls—Lewiston Boulevard, some five miles of a perfect spin fromthe city, the Lewiston Heights Co. and the Mountain View Development Company werefortunate, a couple of years ago to purchase a farm of over 200 acres, running on both sides of the Boulevard. Quite an historical farm too, because it was here that the forces of the United States that were pitted against General Brock in the Battle of Queenston Heights in 1812 were entrenched. Hereit was on the escarpment overlooking the Niagara River that the Block House known as Fort Gray was situated. (Now reserved as a park for the public.) Here it was that many brave men went to their death in a strugglethat happily is now only a memory, with the harsh feelings engendered, completely obliterated and extinguished in a lasting ‘‘Entente Cordiale’’ hetween the two great branches of the Anglo-Saxon peoples. The Development Companies in securing for choice residential sites this 531 wid

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| | 532 CANADIAN GOLFER Vol. III, i historical and beautiful old property, which had been in the possession o! family for a century or more, wisely decided to devote a generous portio the acreage to golfing purposes, and the Niagara Falls Country Club, mai whose members were interested in the Development Company, naturally s so favourable an opportunity to acquire one of the finest inland golfing on the continent. And this is how it was done. The Mountain View Dey ment Company which purchased the ground for the golf course fron , i Lewiston Heights Co., has built the, links and is building the elub hous ei this Spring rents the property to the Niagara Falls Country Club (which leave its present club grounds,) the rental to be paid by giving to the y chasers of ten shares of stock of the Mountain View Development Com} a life membership, and by keeping up the property, paying running exp oa and paying interest on any amount that the club property has develop: costs, until such time as sufficient memberships are obtained to wipe 01 indebtedness by life membe rships. This stock not only carries life membership to the Steam ownel wiil carry it to future owners provided they are acceptable to the Cou Club as members, and if not provisions will have to be made to procure ac able members to take the stock, or the club can take it up itself. So Mountain View Development Company will continue to exist simply holding company or trustee, so as to be able to transfer stock on its bi ete., and the Niagara Falls Country Club will be to all intents and pur; the real club. Incidentally it will be of interest to mention that more than 70 41 life memberships have been taken up, several of them in Buffalo and surro : ing cities and over $200,000 worth of lots have been sold by the Develop ; Company, adjoining the golf course. In the years to come, this locality undoubtedly be the choice restrictive residential section of Niagara | Already many handsome residene* are under construction, or have beet ; tracted for. ; With that thoroughness which characterizes everything that ow cousins to the south of us displayin all undertakings, they havingsecured ug a splendid golfing site, the next step was to lay out an eighteen hole c : worthy in every way of the ideal situation and environment. And right here a very great compliment was paid to Canada, becaus: Directors after careful consideration, decided to entrust the work to Thompson of Hamilton and they have every reason to feel thoroughly sa t ¥, with their choice. ‘ A late day in last Autumn, accompanied by the Hamilton expert an Alfred W. Gray, Seeretary-Treasurer of the Development Company, who devoted much valuable time to the whole project, to the lasting benefit interests concerned, the Editor of the ‘‘Canadian Golfer’’ had the very | pleasure of inspecting Thompson’s handiwork and was more than sur} 7 I and satisfied with the remarkable results he has accomplished. He was given a free hand by the Niagara Falls officials, both as 1° 4 design and expenditure, and he has succeeded in converting what was on 4 ordinary farm property, plus an exceptional environment, into a golf c of championship calibre, with several holes of a most distinctive chara:

holes that have the ear-marks of great originality, not to say genius, and t i

have called forth the unstinted praise of many experts. g Mr. H. S. Colt, the great English golf architect is the authority fo statement that, ‘‘the only means whereby an attractive piece of ground be turned into a satisfactory golf course, is to work to the natural feat the site in question.’’ And his Hamilton confrere has evidently taken 1 , his text in his very successful treatment of the links of Lewiston. = The total length of the course is the excellent one of 6,235 yards E | 3.015. yards; In, 3,220 yards. t

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There are two one shot holes in the first nime—195 yards and 165 yards Two also coming home—150 yards and 115 yards. here are four holes going out and four coming in of over 400 yards. The longest hole is the 12th—9525 yards. The ‘‘balance”’ all through is well nigh perfect. Nowhere is the medium player badly punished, nor the serateh man unduly favoured, but at every hole golf, and good golf has to be played to secure par figures. No chance here for indifferent play to be rewarded. The course demands the best shots in the bag and long, medium and short hotes alike must be played with confidence and firmness, oy there will be an omimous mounting of the figures on the score card. Here are the distances to be negotiated :—Jst, 410 yards; 2nd, 435 yards; 3rd, 195 yards; 4th, 265 yards; 5th, 345 yards; 6th, 425 yards; 7th, 165 yards; 8th, 450 yards, 9th, 275 yards; 10th, 450 yards; lith, 380 yards; 12th, 525 yards; 13th, 150 yards; 14th, 345 yards; 15th, 425 yards; 16th, 115 yards; 17th, 380 yards; 18th, 450 yards. Total first nine, 3,015 yards; total second nine, 3,220 yards. Grand total, 6,235 yards. There is not a semblance of a bad ‘un in the whole 18, but several holes es- pecially call for comment. Take for instance, No. 4. This is a wonderful hole of 265 yards with a ‘‘rib- bon’’ green. Well named ribbon because the green is 30 feet wide by 90 feet long, stiffly trapped on either side. Here is quite a distinetive novelty in greens, which is certain to be copied on other courses. It has very much to commend it. No, 5 is a testing hole with a generous green cleverly bunkered. At the back of the green is a drop to the boulevard helow and woe betide an over-approach. _ Crossing the boulevard is No. 6, pos- sibly the best hole on the course. An irreproachable dog’s-leg and most ‘‘ap- proachable’’ if the tee-shot is placed right. Nicol Thompson, of Hamilton, the Otherwise it spells trouble with a very clever golf architect responsible Dig ser? : for the notable new links at No. 7 is a short hole of 165 yards eeeTOs ee along the bank of the Niagara River, where the architect has very cleverly untilized for traps, some of the trenches used by the U.S. soldiers over a hun dred years ago. A charming bit of history woven, (who shall say unappro priately?) into the playing by Moderns of a Royal and Ancient game Once again the highwayis crossed to reach No. 9, which is played along the roadside to a beautiful green back of the club honuse—an excellent ending to the ontward nine. Right here it might be mentioned that the greens at Niagara average 85 feet in diameter, One of the outstanding holes coming in is No. 12—a 525-yarder grand)) bunkered, The long swatter has his opportunity here, but the hole has to be Played along the straight and narrowpath, as a shot off the line either to the "ight or left is deservedly punished. Then No, 16, a hole of 115 yards only, but with a twin green that Galls for a perfectly placed tee shot. There are many world-famous short holes and the ‘ixteenth at Niagara Falls is worthy to rank with the best of them.

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The 17th is notable for a reproduction along the fairgreen of the fan and formidable ‘‘Principal’s Nose,’’ of blessed Scottish tradition, whilst 18th, ‘‘back to the club house’’ is a splendid 450 yard wind-up of a course t/ is skilfully trapped; admirably laid out, with green and fairgreen that alrea give abundant promise of excellence above the ordinary, a eredit alike the clever Canadian architect who has given of his very best in planning ey: detail and solving manydifficulties which at one time seemed almost insup: able and the energetic Board of Directors which placed such confidence him and which has the intense satisfaction of knowing that that confide: was more than justified and deserved in every particular. A noticeable feature of the links is the clever way in which the architect has broken the monotony of otherwise a rather flat ‘“‘lay-out’’ by the generous placing throughout of grassy mounds of every size and description. Ty and shrubs too have been planted lavishly alongside green and fairgreen ; whenall come to fruition the Niagara links will be a thing of beauty and a forever. “The courseis the thing’’—of course, and Nicol Thompson has seen t that the Niagara Falls golfers have one of the best links in the whole Stat: New York, but an up-to-date club house is also an important factor now-a-d in the rounding off of a successful golf and Country organization. And } too, the Directors have madealiberal, but wise expenditure of money. ~The new home of the members, costing some $60,000, is a most attract and artistic two storey building, situated most commandingly at the junct\ of the Niagara Falls—Lewiston Bouleyard and the new avenuebuilt along escarpment, called Mountain View Drive, upon which the most select resice: sites are located. The main portion of the club house is approximately feet by 45 feet, with large verandahs facing towards the Niagara River Lake Ontario. Connected with the building is a wing for men’s and lad lockers, showers, ete., the ladies’ lockers being on the second floor. On the second floor of the main building are a numberofsleeping rox so as to accommodate 15 or 20 guests and a ladies’ rest room connected the ladies’ locker room. Every facility has been provided for the comfort and enjoyment o' members and the charming club house will undoubtedly be the social cent! Niagara Falls and places contiguous toit. The view from the spacious verandahs is one of the most beautiful in peninsula. To the left is the Niagara River with Lewiston clustering a! its steep banks. Then a ravishing sweep of farm and fruit lands and ! Ontario beyond, whilst on a clear day, Toronto, forty miles away, can be silhouetted against the sky. A more delightful location for a golf course and golf club house does exist, and he’d be a poor prophet who would not predict that in the yea! come the Niagara Falls links were destined to rank among the most attra: and sought after, by golfers for a radius of many, many miles on both sid the border. It is expected the club house will be opened April the Ist and the « early in the summer. Both events will be notable in the annals of gol! are sure to be attended by prominent devotees of the game both fron States and Canada. The officers of this most interesting golfing and country club organi lare:—Frank A. Dudley, President; R. V. Rose, First Vice-President ; Pa Schoellkopf, Second Vice-President; Thomas M. Uptegraff, Secretary; I! A. Smith, Treasurer. Governors:—Frank A, Dudley, R. V. Rose, Henry 4 Smith, C. ©. Egbert, Paul A. Schoellkopf, George F. Nye, Thomas M. | eraff, L. BE. Saunders, Dr. W. L. Wilson. The President, Mr. Dudley, Canadians will be interested to kno President of the United Hotels Company of America, which is the hol i! February, 1918. CANADIAN GOLFER 535

Companyfor a chain of hotels, including the Royal Connaught, Hamilton and whieh will also shortly assume control of the King Edward Hotel, Toronto Mr, Dudley, who is in partnership with Mr. A, W. Gray, previously referred to in this article, is one of the prominent men of New York State and is widely known in financial and golfing cireles. He forms another notable ‘‘link’ in the growing and important interests of the two countries. Here’s all success and al) good Juck to our sporting golfing Allies of Niagara Falls, N.Y. “They ve got the course; they’ve got the club and they’ve got the players too.”’

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Golfing Parliamentarians More Prominent M.P.’s Are Added to the List M‘ W. A. Buchanan, M.P., Lethbridge, writes under date of Fel 4th :-—

‘*T note with interest your article concerning the members of the House ( 1 mons who were addicted to golf. You have overlooked two of the keenest players of t F. F. Pardee, M.P. for West Lambton and Hon, A. K. MacLean of Halifax. It worth while remarking that the Hon. James A. Calder is a very enthusiastic devote: game, “It might be of interest to you to knowthat Lethbridge golfers enjoyed som: class games during the first week of the New Year. There was no snowonthe groun the weather was very mild. Conditions for golf were just about as ideal as at an in the Fall or early Spring.’’ The ‘‘Canadian Golfer,”’ in itS Januaryissue stated, it will be remem) that the list of Parliamentary golfers therein presented was probably complete. The additions so kindly sent in by the popular Unionist me for Lethbridge greatly strengthen the list. Golfers generally will be ver) to knowthat the virile Minister of Immigration and Colonisation and members for West Lambton and Halifax, also belong to the clan. By the way, that item in reference to the playing of golf in Leth) the first week of the New Year, makes envious reading for Central Ca golfers, who were during that period be-snowed and be-zeroed to the First thing we know Lethbridge—a Ja Pinehurst—will be on the map winter resort for golfers.

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HE Captain of a well known Toronto golf club, in a very inter letter asking the co-operation of the ‘‘Canadian Golfer,’’ the ‘“‘app! ing’’ season in ‘‘driving’’ home the great necessity of observingthe on all Canadiancourses, tritely says :— ‘« «Short Putts’ are more useful than ‘long driving,’ and I think you should ma! ‘rule’ to put in a paragraph in that department of your paper every month cove! prevailing sins of non-rule observing golfers. (?) Selfishness is the basis of all the t and no selfish man can be a good sportsman. ‘‘T have one more suggestion, which is that the Directors of all clubs make duty to carefully observe the rules themselves. They are often the chief sinners, insist that the men they play with must ‘‘Play the Game.’’ If ten good men (hi the elub,) would do this, the comfort of golf would surely be increased.’’ An excellent suggestion. Starting with the March number, a paraii rule (although as a matter of fact they are all that,) will be featured month in ‘‘Short Putts.’ ,

Golf Ty en Mf iCnoutdnea s, fowres om WAall STYtwraneeet A Unique Course Near the Heart of the Great City

Tis Editor of the ‘‘Canadian Golfer,’’ during a recent visit to New York, had the pleasure of renewing an old acquaintance with Mr. Bdmund Jaques, formerly musical instructor of the Ontario School for the Blind, now organist of the historic St. Panl’s Chapel, situated on Broadway and Fulton Street, at the head of the Financial District-—the wonderful old Colonial building (the most famousecclesiastical edifice on the continent,) where George Washington once worshipped, nownestling midst the mighty ‘‘sky-serapers,”’ dwarfed, but still dignified with the dignity of age and association. The Chapel is replete with monument and tablet of Royal Governors and celebrities | of pre-revolutionary times, with its beautiful old pulpit, adorned all these years with the Prince of Wales plumes, and—but all this is another intensely interesting story, and this is a story of a ‘‘Royal and Ancient’? game of a different character. Mr. Jaques, some f>ive years ago, owi. ng to a break-down ’in health f” rom i| overwork, was advised by his doctor to take up the game of golf and through the good offices of his vicar, Dr. Geer, who was a memberof the Governors’ Istand Golf Club, had the rare honour of being included among the civilians (there are only a dozen orso of them) whoare given the privileges of this most unique golf club possibly, in the world. Cosily chatting in the comfortable music and choir room of the old chapel with the roar of the great city sifting into the sacred edifice, bringing the omnipresent work-a-day world rather rudely across the musings and memories of the past, Mr. Jaques suddenly exclaimed: ‘‘How would you like to see a golf course only ten minutes or so from here?’’ This seemed such an utter impossibility, that the remark was at first treated as a joke, but it was a very sober truth indeed, as was shortly to be demonstrated. A quick journey through old Bowling Green and other historie portions of down-town New York soon brought the South Ferry into, view and then armed with passports, a trip across the Hast River in a Government boat with ' sentries on guard, and khaki everywhere in evidence, and Governors’ Island Was reached. This is the headquarters for the Regular Anny of the New York district. Here is the Commandant’s house and houses by the dozen for the } Colonels and Majors and Captains. Here are hundreds of clean cut American soldiers coming and going—in fact a military centre pulsating with war time activity. But most wonderful of all, On the beautifully kept parade ground is located a golf links. And it is no miniature course either. The nine holes have the yery excellent length of 2,855 yards, made up as follows:—No. 1, 3830 yards; No. 2, 445 yards; No. 3, 525 yards; No. 4, 340 yards; No. 5, 315 yards; No. 6, 830 yards; No, 7, 125 yards; No. 8, 245 yards; No. 9, 200 yards. The parof the course is 36 and bogey 40, but the best of plus players find diffieulty in securing either of these figures because the course is “‘bunkered”’ as no other course in the world. Forinstance, on the 3rd hole, the second shot 18 Over the corner of a dry, grass grown moat and if by chance your ball goes 1 into it the play is against the smooth stone wall of the fort, so that the ball will hii carom onto the green just at the edge of the moat. This is only a sample of VA the terrors that beset an ill-played shot. Fa The following extracts from the local rules will perhaps give a better idea j of the many troubles to be encountered on this golf course within a ‘‘drive and | “pproach’’ almost of the hub of New York. I Tf a ball lie within two club Jengths of any telegraph or other posb building, tree o1 bush, cannon or cannon balls, the wall south of the quartermaster warehouse, the band Stand, the bridge in the moat, the wall of the moat (if the ball lies inside any part of the \ 537 538 CANADIAN GOLFER Vol. III, No. 10

moat,) the outer or inner side of the powder magazine fence, the fence of the tennis co in any ditch (including the drain in the moat,) except the sunken road in front ot second and seventh greens, or on any paved road or paved walk, it may be lifted dropped without penalty not more than two club lengths from such obstruction, road or ditch, but not nearer the hole. If a ball lie within the conecreted area south of the quartermaster warehouse, wit the revetted approaghes to Fort Jay, or in any other place that is unplayable due t vertical obstruction not a hazard, it may be lifted and dropped outside such place as n as possible within two club lengths of that part where it entered, with a loss of one str When playing in the moat or through the green for the third hole or in the ro ground back of the brick row the ball may be teed. The course, this fairly decent day in January was partly eovered with and snow, but it did not prevent the two golf enthusiasts walking ove: and thoroughly enjoying the superb view to be obtained even in wintertin —a view that cannot be paralleled in the world. Past the island flows thi Kast River, alive this particular afternoon with transports and tugs a1 camouflaged liners and craft of all description. The Statue of Liberty Brooklyn Bridge are plainly to be seen, but most wonderful ofall, are | nearby towering buildings of lower New York which almost seemto cast tli shadowover green and fairgreen. The upkeep of the courseis all that can be desired, as it is under Ary control and the greens rank with the best in the Metropolitan District. The membership of the club is almost entirely composed of Army office: many of whomare very excellent and enthusiastic players, although, as | viously mentioned, there are a few fortunate civilian associate members, \\ not only find enjoymentin golfing on this unique course in the verycore 0! great city but in the good fellowship and congenial atmosphere of Corbin I! the attractive military club house presided over byits genial Irish Sergean! Happy golfer he, who a memberof this interesting golf club, can in sweltering days of summer, leave the congested and heat-laden narrowstr of the hub of the New World and in ten minutes time enjoy the inestima delight of an interesting roundof golf, to the accompaniment of cooling br and charming environment, in full view of the mighty metropolis which sating with life and activity, is playing such a major part to-day in the wo) fight for Liberty and Right. Fortunate too, the New York visitor, who is vouchsafed the pleasur playing overthese links at the foot of the financial centre of the contine:

A happy man or womanis a better thing to find than a five-pound | He or she is a radiating focus of good will. Their entrance into a room though another candle were lighted—Robert Louis Stevenson.

“The Golf Ball’’ The Ideal The Real : Si a ear I haven’t much use for that })sncd What joy to watch that gay little ball little bail, Wending its wingless flight Sneaking away in disgrace ; Far into space with a swerving grace, opp’d from the tee—youwill | And a bird-like pinion’d might. see ; Then will it rest, upon the crest, It make for some treacherous BP ‘ Of a soft, smooth grassy lie; There like a snide, it will seeretl) ng ie , Tho’ you search, in the same old Pill your brassey true, will follow thro’ 1j)) 9° eaddie new, will find it fo To the green, andits ‘‘nest’’ near by. At a price, on some future day. W. H. WEBIJNY

“The Winter of Our Discontent”

A Golf Fiend, However, Has Made Feeding the Furnace a Pleasure This Winter

A Letter from the Balkans ‘Boroten MeWatt, the well known Good Juck to him and I hope that lots professional, writing Mr. Walter of others will follow his example. J J. Travis, from ‘‘Somewherein hear that some of the U.S. troops have the Balkans,’’ says :-— been over the top and paid the Tun a al See by a Canadian paperthat I re- visit. J hope that they will do well felve quite often that the pros are busy and cover themselves with glory. Of playing for funds for the Red Cross. te Course golf will be about finished up course | came in for a good deal of kid ‘ere just now owing to the winter. ding about Uncle Sam’s army, until Have also noticed in the papers that they came into the war, It has all Francis Ouimet is in the U. S. army. ceased now. ” 539 Newsfrom Great Britain

Interesting Items of the Royal and Ancient from Overseas: Miss May Foster, a well known play- eleek, and a putt, and at the sixte er at Wimbledon, Prinee’s and Mitcham he nearly holed his tee shot. The a Ladies’ Golf Clubs has been married to teurs won, after all, on the last 2 Lt. Norman E. Bartlett, R.F.A., young- The best-ball score of the four men est son of Sir Herbert Bartlett, Bt. D7, 3 Me se ' ' ais 7 a American naval officers from Miss May Leitch, one of the well destroyers are taking up golf ent! known members of a famous golfing jiastically over here. One of the family, has been doing splendid workat on the top of the cliffs overlooking the Croydon Tospital) and has been sea, which they patronise, were so **Menuioned in Despatches.’’ She is what neglected but they have now }y perhaps the finest left-handed lady put into first-class condition; the » golfer in the world and has won many has been cut and the greens have | trophies. Sheis a sister of Miss Cecelia rolled as never before. Caddies | Leitch, the British and French cham- _been attracted from distant parts pion, couraged by the generosity of the A icans. The club house is a most Amongst the prominent golfers re- turesque old castle, built in 1636 cently mentioned in despatches, are :— course is a ninehole affair with p! Lieut. C. O. Hezlett, runner-up in the of hazards, but the Americans can 1914 championship, Major Ballingall, on an eighteen hole course byvisi D.S.0., South African Amateur cham- another links some five miles from | pion; Capt. Brodie, V.C., Col. H. S. base. Bush (in the winning team in the Army ate * pA Golf Tournament) ; Lieut.-Gen. the Ear] ‘*Golfing’’ this month under the of Cavan, Lieut.-Col. R. I. Collins, R. tion ‘‘An All—in Family,’’ pays Berks Regt., and Brig.-Gen. I. P. Pug- following tribute to one of the gisberg, C.M.G., R.E. known golfing families in Great ae AS tain:—‘The magnificent warreco! Mr. R. BE. Howard tells this story of the Jenkins group of players trai what he considers the most remarkable Troon, is again made the topic o! match ever played:—Just before the by the news that Lieut. L. R. G. Je Open Championship at Sandwich in M.G.C., has been severely wou 1911 Mr, H. W. Beveridge and Mr. The four brothers, all plus playe: Robert Harris engaged in a four-ball listed as privates in the Cameron | match against Vardon and Dunean. It landers when hostilitiescommenced was a practice round. And what prac- in due course they all won commis tice! The amateurs, who received a Second-Lieut. P, G, Jenkins, Can start of two holes, had a best-ball score Highlanders, who was runner-t) of 28 to the turn, where they were 5 up. the Irish Open Championship in So far so good; but more wonderful fell in France on April 9th last. | things were to come. The tenth and W.H.G. Jenkins, H.L.1., is statio: eleventh holes were halved, so that Mr. Egypt. Capt. J. L. G. Jenkins Beveridge and Mr. Harris led by five eron Highlanders, the holder o holes with 7 to play. They did the next Amateur Championship, and Lie five holes in 4, 4, 4, 4, 3, which repre- R. G. Jenkins have both been awa sented faultless golf. And they lost the Military Cross, and both have the Jot! Vardon and Dunean did 3, 3, been wounded, As the ladies 0! 3, 38, 2, and squared. Vardon secured family are engaged on war wor! that very long fourteenth in 3 with a the elder Jenkins is also doing 1h drive, a brassie, and a putt. Duncan we think the Jenkin’s have dom had the fifteenth in 3 with a drive, a well for their King and Country 540 February, 1918. CANADIAN GOLFER o5d41

The casualties amongst golfers) as Barbour Challenge Cup of Belfast, has among other sports unfortunately con- been wounded a second time. tinnes. Capt. W. Fotheringham, M.C., ‘ \ 6 R.A.M.C., the well known Scottish golf- In a friendly mateh at Mid Surrey er, who won the Dundee ‘‘ Evening during the Xmas holidays between J Telegraph’ Trophy in 192, is official- H. Taylor and George Dunean, the for ly reported wounded, mer won. The meteoric Duncan is now Lieut, George Spencer of the London in the Flying Corps and has not had regiment has paid the supreme sacrifice. He was only 31 years of age, but was a much time to devote to golf recent) golfer of more than ordinary promise. A Winchester boy, he played in the The general indications are that golf Amateur Championship when only 20 will be played much more entensively and sprang into fame by defeating the this season than Jast. The returned ex-amateur champion, Capt Maxwell in soldiers alone will make for busy links, the second round at Hoylake in 1906. Manufacturers of golf balls and elubs [lis victory by 2 and 1 over the famous have already about all the orders they Scottish Internationalist caused a sen- can handle, although they are in much sation. So great was thestrain that it better Shape now to turn out goods was said Mr. Spencer could hardly than a year or so ago. Many of the speak at the finish, yet he played the best club makers have been invalided putts that won the match (those at the out of the service and will be able to 16th and 17th holes) with the utmost take up their old work at the bench confidence. Mr. Spencer was a mem- again, ber of the Royal Blackheath, Sunning- dale, and Mid-Surrey Clubs. Some of Writing from his Swiss environmen! his drives were terrific, and it is on Capt. C. K. Hutchinson, so long a pr record that at least he drovethe present soner in Germany, says lie las with liom 17th green at Sunningdale, a stroke 15 officers and 150 men He is im which, to those who knowthe course, charge of the games and sports The will convey some idea of his ability. gallant captain deseribes the odd little When the war broke out he turned to golf course he contrived af Clunsthal, the sterner game with just the same en- sixty yards by eighty, adding: ‘‘You thusiasm that had characterised his would have laughed if you had seen ie golf, cutting the grass with a pair of nail Capt. Ivor Elias of the R. F. C., hold- scissors. [t gave an enormous amount er of the Rhymney Valley Champion- of amusement to see fifty people trying ship, is in hospital recovering from his to play at once, and reminded one of wounds,” the trenches at their livehest Cant Capt. Tl. li. Boyd, Black Wateh, re- Hutchison was runner-up in the Ama ported killed, was a memberof the St. teur Championship in 1909, and won the Andrews and Mitcham and once won coveted St, George’s Cup in 1903 and the Queen’s Jubilee Vase. 1910. He was third in the last Amateur Lieut. I. ©. Carson, holder of the Championship played (1914

He Got Back! A Pacifie coast player found this Wel! satisfied as to the identity of couplet on the back of the tag when he the author, he posted the following on received a shipment of new clubs by the door of a certain locker express: OF all sad words the pen can utter, ‘*Par sadder words are these, | wot, "he saddest are, ‘I am no putter.’ ’’ ‘IT can’t play any club I’ve got.’’’

The 39th Annual Brantford Golf and Country Club Holds Successful Yearly Meeting al oe 39th Annual Meeting of the Nicol Thompson, to take up next seaso: Brantford Golf and Country Club the new No. 7, 8 and 9. No. 4, 5 and 6 was held on Friday evening, Feb- greens would be left till the last. 1) ruary 8th, in the Board of Trade rooms, work was an expensive one, but Temple Building. results would be one of the best 9 | There was a large and representative courses in Ontario and the outlay wo attendance of members and keen in- make for improved golf and the increas terest was taken in the proceedings. ed enjoyment generally of the players Mr. Logan Waterous, who has been Mr. Gordon Searfe, Chairman of a most energetic President during the House Committee reported on the « past year, giving freely of his valuable house and its successful managen time and attention to the wants and the past season. needs of the club, occupied the chair, Under the new systemof electing and in an apt speech, referred to the rectors three of the 1917 Board drop salient features of the past season’s out and their successors were eli activities. for three years, the ballot resulting In the absence of Mr. Geo. D. Heyd, follows: — Mr. Gordon Caudwell, \| the Treasurer, Mr. C. L. Laing readthe S. A, Jones, K.C. and Mr. C. J. Wat annual financial statements showing a Mr. D. S. Large was elected Capt satisfactory revenue for the year of by acclamation. He has been \ $4,975, the chief item of which was the President of the club and adirecto: membership fees of $3,119. The assets many years and he will be a wo of the club after writing off a liberal successor to Mr. Webling. Mr. ( amount for depreciation are $20,928. Laing was elected auditor. The annual report of the Captain, A general discussion took pla Mr. W. Hastings Webling, was particu- reference to the erection of a new larly interesting. All competitions house, plans for which were sli during the past season had been keenly calling for an expenditure of contested and in addition most enjoy- $25,000. The consenus of opinion able home and home matches had been ever was that this project should 1 played with Lakeview, Galt and Simcoe. undertaken until after the termin Muchto the regret of the whole club of the war. Mr. Webling positively declined to By a unanimous vote, the Rey again accept the nomination for the Williams of Paris, one of the o Captaincy. For three years now he golfers in Canada waselected an has filled the position in a most zealous ourary memberof the club. Mr tnd suecessful manner. On motion of liams, although over 80 years o! Mr. Ralph H. Reville, seconded by Mr. has been an out-of-town memb: W.S. Brewster, K.C., he was accorded several years and plays during th a very hearty vote of thanks for his son quite frequently. report. Both speakers paid a well de- Following the example of golf served tribute to the admirable manner throughout the country, it was di in which he had performed his duties to raise the fees the fiscal year during his extended tenure of office. for men, women and juniors. Mr. A. 8S. Towers, Chairman of the The meeting altogether was 0! Green Committee gave the details of the the most successful in the long h improvements to the course during the of the club, which is the fourth « past season. The splendid new No. 1 golf organization on the continent green and bunkers had been completed ing from 1879, although the game and the major part of the work on the played in Brantford even before ‘! new No. 2 and No. 3 had been done. date, viz: in 1873, but not as an organ It was the intention of the architect ized club. 542 The Science of Driving

Edward Ray Says the Mashie Is a Very Important Club, but If You Do Not Get a Good Drive You Can’t Play Your Mashie By Francis Ouimet

"Ee: average golfer invariably will in the rough or some sort of hazard consider that driving is the simp- As a boy, it was my misfortune to be lest part in the game. To him it rather small and light, but maybe it is, probably, but the rank beginner will was not a drawback after all, but a find it ever so much easier than any blessing in disguise. Owing to my size other stroke he attempts. and physique it was impossible for me In the first place, the ball is teed up, to drive a ball any great distance and | and the desire of : cannot remember the playeris to hit og 7 a single opponent it just as far as he [ could outdrive can, regardless of Hach year, in con direction. [ amre- junction with the ferring to the no- interscholastie vice. He does not championship, a — ease up the least aviv Ing contest bit, and takes as was held. J] enter hard a swing as ed this competion his museles. will religiously for the allow. He slugs three years, al at the ball for all though IT knew | he is worth, eulti- could not win it vating a coarse, My reason for do unrestrained and Ing sO was merely awkward swing, to see just how which hinders his much farther the advancement in other boys could playing iron shots. hit than myself

The drive should | remember dis be analyzed and tinetly once of hit played just as ting three shots carefully as the you were allowed other strokes. three drives—as Golfers who have pertectly as [ have trouble playing ever hit a drive, ‘ wooden elubs ACNE! May Bele would do much outdriven by about \ better if they went * forty yards, But, } about it easily and where the winner | got rid of the idea had driven one | that the ball must Edward Ray, open champion, 1912 ball two hundred ' be murdered to go the world’s longest driver. and forty yards I 4 great distance. There is absolutely and topped his other two, my drives no advantage to be gained by slugging. were all nicely bunched at the two hun Slugging generally interferes with ac- dred yard mark Without trying to curacy, Howcan a person be accurate pass myself bouquets, J consider this Who swings wildly at the ball? It in- sort of driving of far more value than } terferes also with distance. getting one terrific drive only once in Once out of ten tries, a player may awhile. As it is now, I can easily stay i put all the powerat his command in a_ with or outdrive the boys who made me bit] drive and sendthe ball a long way, but look sick when I played as a schoolboy. i _ the other nine times, it is floundering When I first began to play the game, : — 543 1) ea n o 44 CANADIAN GOLFER Vol. III, No

1 devoted as mueh of my time as pos- tion occasionally, a shot of this sible to Jearning the art of wooden usually spells disaster. clubs. At the time, | had no particular The second attribute is length o: reason for fuyoring one department of tance. Nowadays this is necess; play more than cnother, unless perhaps Everygolfer should get as far as he p if was the pleasure one natura!ly gets sibly can, because distance is on in applying the woodto the ball. There golf’s greatest requirements. Dista) is a certain thrill in making a well tim- must be obtained easily and not ed wooden elub shot that is hard to brute foree. One should play explain, and we all lke it. There is within his own limits, and should 1 no other shot that gives so satisfied a try to do anything he knows is feeling, though I must admit a weli possible. Far better it is to dri played iron to the pin gives nearly as ‘ball for one hundred and fifty ya much satisfaction. straight than it is to drive two hundr A good putt is a mighty important and fifty crooked. factor in any match, and sois a decent The third is the ability to place | iron shot. However, think it over care- ball consistently on any piece of fa fully and you will realize that nine out way. Ability to do this relieves in of ten times a goodiron shot has follow- Strain in playing a second because { ed after a splendid shot from the tee. approach to the hole has been i A few years ago some leading pro- somewhat easier.”’ fessionals were discussing the merits of the different shots. The expert mashie The best tip I knowof in drivin: player thought the mashie was the most to relax and grip the clubeasily. important shot in the bag. Another { think the person just starting chap, who could wield a putter with play, or the person who wants to telling effect, praised putting to the prove his drive, would do well to skies, howeasy he ean swing his driverrat Big ‘‘Ted’’ Ray listened silently to than taking one powerful swipe at the arguments for awhile and finally ball. said: One of the secrets of driving is « “Yes, the mashie is a yery important and the benefits that ean be de. club and so is the putter. But, gentle- from swinging the drivereasily men, if you do not get a good drive you, many. First, it enables the play: do not have the chance of playing the develop a swing that will act the mashie nor the opportunity of putting.”’ all of the time instead of some 0! Ray himself is a prodigious swatter time. Good form is essential. /\ —probably the longest in the world. help, too, his accuracy, which is There is much truth in this statement terribly diffienlt after all when of his. will play within himself and allo) One does not necessarily need to hit opponent to capture the big-hit a ball for astoundingly long distances honours. Then, too, it is easier to to be a success from the tee. He must the shot which produces not onl) have two, and possibly three, essentials curacy but distance as well. I do | to balanee his game from the tee. First, a well timed drive has more pow of all, he must be aceurate. JT mean by its flight than one that has been ki this, he should be able to hit consistent- ed off its tee with brute force. | : ly at least eight out of every ten shots name manyother benefits, but it h: and keep them on the fairway. A wild seems necessary since these ar drive is useless, and, with but an execep- most important.—‘‘ Golfers’ Magaz

Veteran of Indian Mutiny

And Son of Veteran of the Battle of Waterloo. Demise of Colonel G. A. Sweny, Three Times President of the Royal Canadian Golf Association N January 27th another of the A very good player, he figured on num outstanding golfing figures of the erous Inter-Provincial matches and was Dominion passed away when the everywhere immensely popular Ile death took place at his residence, filled the Presidency of the Toronto ‘“‘Rohallion,’’ 170 St. George Street, Golf Club a great number of years, only Toronto, in his 81st year, of Colonel resigning in 1915 when he was mac George Augustus Sweny, a veteran of Honourary President of the club, a posi the Indian Mutiny. Not only in the’ tion he oeeupied at the time of his colf world will the death, and ex-ol demise of the Col- ficio a member ot onel be sincerely the Board, an un mourned, but in usual compliment amateur sporting richly deserved cireles generally, The Toronto Goll because during his Club owes a great residence in Can- deal of its com ada of over thirty manding position years, he had given to him during the his support and past three decade encouragement to and he will be every branch al- greatly missed and most of healthful mourned by th out-door activities. whole club. Until Upon three oe- an aceident ined casions, 1898, 1901 pacitated him 4 and 1909, Colonel few years ago, he Sweny had oceu- was constantly to pied the premier be seen on thi golfing position of links heartily en the Dominion — joying his favo that of President ite recreation of the Royal Can- Col. Sweny was adian Golf Asso- born March 25th ciation, an honour 1837 His fathe which no other was Major John golfer has so many Portrait by Leatherdale, Toronto Paget Sweny of mes had accord- The late Col. G. A. Sweny, Honourary President the Wing's Dra ed him. He has of the Toronto Golf Club and three times goon Guards, and also been Presi- President of R. C. G,. A. the senior survis dent of the Amateur Athletic Associa- ing officer of his regiment at the battle tion; the Argouaut Rowing Club, and of Waterloo Col Sweny entered the Canadian Association of Amateur Christ’s College, Cambridge, intending Oarsmen, to take holy orders but the Indian His active association with the Tor- Mutiny breaking out before he had re onto Golf Club however, is perhaps the ceived his degree, he obtained a com outstanding feature of his athletic mission as Wnsign in the 4th King’s career. Col. Sweny played golf before Own Royal Regiment, and proceeded to he came out to this country in 1885 India. where two of his brothers wer and choosing Toronto as his home, al- serving most immediately identified himself As a regimental officer he held the with the Premier golf club of Ontario. position of adjutant intrepreter and

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546 CANADIAN GOLFER Vol. III, No. 1 musketry instructor, and on_ field Governors of Upper Canada Colleg service with a flying column, he was and was Treasurer of the Onta appointed staff officer during the final Branch of the Patriotic Fund at stages of the mutiny. Later he served time of the Boer War. Since that t in the Abyssinian Campaign as A. D. C. he had held various offices in the P to General W. Wilby, and subsequently riotic and Red Cross Soeieties, includ was Selected by Lord Napier of Mag- ing that of Chairman of the Cou dala as staff officer on the line of and Vice-President for Ontario.

Annual Meeting of the United Siates Golf Association T the Annual Meeting of the Unit- Dr. Walter 8. Harban of the Colun ed States Golf Association, held Country Club, Washington, D. C., in Philadelphia, January 25th, it Mr. Sterling S. Edmunds, St. li was decided not to revive the champion. Country Club; Secretary, Mr. How ships in 1918 although there was some Fk. Whitney, Nassau Country ‘| protest against this action. Treasurer, Mortimer N. Buckner, | Reports showed that the present den City Golf Club. The Exec membership of the association is 450 Committee: Mr. Frank E. Miller clubs. The Patriotie Liberty Tourna- Elm Club; Mr. J. F. Byers, Alleg! ment, July 4th last realized $85,000 for Country Club; Mr. Asa P. French, ‘ the Red Cross. nut Hill Golf Club; Mr. W. P. Ste Secretary Whitney reported that 135 Audubon Golf Club. clubs have furnished the names of mem- The resolution re-instating Serg -bers who have entered the service of Ouimet as an amateur came as a the United States, with a total to date of 4,250 golfers. When all the clubs plete surprise, as his friends had have replied the Roll of Honourwill be anticipated any action being tak published. A lengthy letter was read from The following ticket was elected Charles B. Macdonald, which urge: automatically: President, Mr. Fred S. association to make no departures

Wheeler of Apawamis; Vice-Presidents, the Rules of St. Andrews. a News From Uni ed Stat es Special Correspondence to “Canadian Golfer’ from “Runner-up” Foxhill’s members are trembling lest How hard is the ground frozen they lose their course through war. The Well, the dog owned by a elub steward building of the government hospital, died this week and he ‘phoned to a containing 3,000 beds, on Staten Island, nearby farmer to bury his pet. Said nearly hit them. Now, 5,000 homes of farmer started the job but broke his shipbuilders, costing $15,000,000, are pick and shovel, whereupon he demand to be seattered through four square ed double the original price which was miles of contigious territory. refused. The only way the burial finally was accomplished was by blast As previously noted, effort will be ing with part of a stick of dynamite made to reinstate the Tri-State matches which happened to be left behind by a for the Leslie Cup and the schoolboy contractor who had been blowing out honour events, while more tournaments tree stumps. are likely, but that is all. Golfing of- ficials do not think tennis champion- Golfers generally have never been ships will be restored, despite the re- strong for the daylight saving stunt, commendation of the National Execu- considering it merely an academic idea tive Committee which must be ratified promoted by faddists with leisure to by the delegates at the annual meeting burn, but in face of war extremities, before it is binding, nor are they moved a change has come over their notions. by the recent change of heart in college It has been hard for some of them to athletic cireles. While baseball, not believe that everybody would go by being an amateur sport, falls in a dif- the new arrangement because what a ferent category, golfers generally are sad mess the jumble of Eastern and incensed by the disregard for proprie- Central time has proved to strangers ties and even decencies shown byleague visiting in Cleveland and other Middle magnates in preparing their schedules West cities. Furthermore, they have as usual. not been able to figure how the cows m -% 3K could be speeded up an hour for the _On the eve of the country-wide Asso- morning milking, not to mention other “lation meetings it can be said positive- similar things. Elaving been told that ly that there will be no more echampion- the change would draw places nearer ships, Juniors excepted, than were run together, making Liverpool five instead off last year. The situation has not of six hours from New York, they figure changed appreciably since the whole at that rate Newark should not be more ground was gone over in this column. than a drive and a putt from Gotham ‘Ix weeks ago, although several wise- and Philadelphia an easy stretch, “eres are talking in print as if one ob- scarcely nine holes away. Still, they Jeet of the Honour Roll, nowbeing col- are a little credulous as to the relief leeted by the United States Association that will be brought tired golfers at Was to stave off title fixtures. Not at the end of the day, simply by turning all. No ulterior motive lurks in that the hand of the clock ahead. Theysus- canvass, which I forecasted a week pect that antemeridian or no-antemeri ahead of the formal announcement. dian, in many cases it will only bring Owever, it is true that the publication another’s hour’s wear to the velvety of the list will showclosely how hard green sward that unfortunately cannot a eee have been hit to date be rolled up and carted away for re me fee Reporting the number of novation like a floor covering. Ask vemhers who have joined the colors Horace Cook of Trenton, carpet trade oF Ames Bpblic an accurate notion champion; he knows. Alas, the night- ted Nie 0 peace, Waiting hawks, like the early worms and the mean ee ing these years, have al- poor, are always on hand. It doubt- me an unknown quantity. less wil] save a little coal for manufae 547

548 CANADIAN GOLFER Vol. III, N turing plants, but limiting fuel saving but never before has a finished co to the hot period of the year seems like miles away, been bought by a bo: conserving ice in the good old winter at anything like such a price, w! time when everybody has congealed seasoned links adjoins his hostelry dampness to burn, just as they have having the same corporate own: lately had coal to freeze. But think Lannin golfs and has every confid of gaining a whole hour, sixty golden in the future of the sport. minutes or 360 auriferous seconds to * OK ¢ coax the cultivation of garden sas in Elastic skirt bands, used by fen the country club plot, or your own back players while driving, especial! yard? windy days, may soon lose thei 7aN AS aR Wisconsin, the experimental labora- as khaki puttees are being mac tory of this country in politics, twice their use in sport. 4 y

% mF lately invaded the problem realm of 7 7 sport, although luckily the badgerstate Pardon a few musings over¢! has no golfing La Follette. The com- nouncement that Captain Are} monweaith decided to build two public Reid and Miss Margaret Behr ar courses in the Peninsula State Park in gaged to be married. Capt. Ri the northern summer resort section. the second son of the late John The next thing should be a national the father of Americangolf, whil course in Glacier Park. About the Behr is Max Behr’s sister, Edit sametimethe city of Milwaukee agreed “*Golf Illustrated. What a wad o! to turn over entirely to women the talk there will be between the two public course at Lake Park which fur- ilies. Capt. Reid is none othe nishes another proof that the suffra- the boyish Archie Reid of a few gettes are coming strong. ago. Our golfing life is soon strewn with titles. Jack and Ji Joseph Lannin did something unpre- Bill and George whom we kui cedented, last week, when he bought easy terms of familiarity have |b the semi-publie Salisbury Plains course, or are about to become digni five miles from his GardenCity hostelry There is George, genial soul, jo!! at a round price. According to the panion, hedged about with the a newspaperstory, the property cost him ity of a Captain, whichisolates more than $300,000, which amount, he is approached it mustbe in however, should be taken with a lib- wontedly abject way as we ar eral pinch of salt. Planting Camp civilians and heatitular person Mills almost opposite the course, which there is Colonel Bill. Forme! ended in the elub’s license being can- could slap him on the back w1 celled, upset the plans of the original punity and take liberties in comm promoters, else the~land would have on his foibles. Nowthe hand th been closely held. Of course, Lannin, him between his shoulder bla who is as keen as a briar (he beganlife raised intuitively in a salute as a bellhop) hasn’t invested a couple priate to his martial mien. The | of hundred thousand dollars or so with- of jocular sareasmis silenced any out the notion that he can clean up as down the roster of one’s frien he did with the Red Sox and in the When the war is over and old \ stock market. While he primarily se- taking his scenery and proper' cured the course for his hotel patrons, the world stage, these players w!! that tells only part of the story. Event- mingle with the audience. ually, he will make it a links, publie in Majors and Captains will be as the widest sense. ‘Transportation there as autumnal leaves that st is limited, which constitutes the only brooks in Vallombrosa.’’ Unt serious drawback. Scores of hotels each day, some new facet will |! have developed courses from wild land strange light in our eyes. Demis e of . Ir. Jeffery Hale

President of the London Hunt and Country Club, and Prominent in All Walks of Life

IDINGS of the passing away the Bank and its chentele IIe was | quite suddenly, at London, on early marked as a coming man by the Tuesday, February 12th, of Mr. Head Office and preferments came Jeffery Hale, caused genuine grief to fast. A managership at Strathroy was numerous friends throughout Ontario followed by a promotion to Paris and and the East. Very few men had a then came the managerial chair at sueh larger acquaintance; very few had en- important centres as Ottawa, Brant deared themselves in such a marked ford, and finally London, where he degree, to so many, among all classes, rounded out a more than ordinary st in the towns and cities, in which he had ful and successful career in the Bank’s resided, during a service, retiring Wi long and honourable 1914 to earn a well banking eareer, ex- BF icserveu rest from tending over a period the eares oft ote of 40 years and more extending over a per Only a short time iod of four decades previous to his de- In the various cit mise he was pursuing ies and towns in his usual activities which he resided, he apparently in his was an outstanding accustomed vigorous figure im { the fina health. Contracting cial, social and ama a cold however, bron- teur athletie eirele chial-pneumonia de of the place Ile too veloped and after a was a4 very earnest brief illness he slept churehman and al peacefully away at Wwayet contributed the family residence, iberally fo evel Waterloo St. London orth: CAUSE \ Mr. Hale, who was only recently re erelse and an inten elected’ President o lover of the out-ol the London Hunt ané oor life he was al Country Club, was : vay a very keen iInember of a wel edestrian and dail known Enelish fam iw to it that he had

ily which came to thie mint oO} a ; Quehbes Mamnanyy yyeeaarrs 2ht:h'e3:L°ondon HeuffnteryanHdaeC,ounPtrreysidCenltub of /p0UiF lmiele wa walk to hi! ago, where the mem- eredit, at least In hers were prominent in the social, busi- his younger days he played cricket and hess and philanthropic life of the vicin tennis,but for some ent Cars now ity. He was born on his father’s had found golf the most desirable reé Scigneury, near the ancient Capital, his laxation [i never aspired to great boyhood days being spent in Kingston proficiency, but thoroughly enjoyed a where he was edueated. friendly game and it was always a de After a short mercantile training in light to have him either for a partne)

« Montreal business house he entered or an opponent Ile Wa at all times the Service of the Bank of Commerce. on the links as elsewhere, so. eminently In this prominent financial institution fair and courteous © Spent the majorportion of his active In London his activities were many life and gave unstintingly of the best [le was for several years a dircetor of that was in him, in the interests of both the Western Fair Association, wher 549 550 CANADIAN GOLFER Vol. TIT, No. 1 his business acumen and sound know- leave to come home veryshortly ledge of agricultural conditions were In 1916, owing to the fact that { simply invaluable. It was with the soh was overseas, Mr. and Mrs. I) greatest reluctance that owing to a went to England, where threesisters 0} lengthy absence in England his resig- Mr. Hale are living, the Misses Ha nation was accepted from the Board. in London, England and Mrs. Tennant He also took a keen interest in the wife of a Suffolk vicar. While t} Board of Health, of which he was a for several months they both too member. He served too on the direct- most active part m Canadian war 1 orate of the London District Agricul- in London, England. tural Society. The funeral on Monday, Febr Last year he gave muchtime and at- llth, at St. Paul’s Cathedral, was a tention as President, to the affairs of markable tribute of the love and regard the London Hunt and Country Club. in which Mr. Hale was heldnot on! The eliih last season, it will be remem- the residents of London, but by repre bered opened a splendid new 18 hole sentative men from other cities colf course and altogether it was a thronged the Cathedral. very busy year for Mr. Hale and his The impressive service was conducted Board of Directors. His re-election by by His Lordship, the Bishop of Huro acclamation, to the Presidential chair, assisted by Canon Tueker and 0 a few weeks ago was an honourdeser- clergy. ved in every sense of the word. The floral offerings were beaut An active member of St. Paul’s and numerous, including a large wreat Cathedral, he was keenly interested in of roses and narcissus from the ex church and welfare movements. The tive and members of the London Jini charitable objects which he assisted. and Country Club, and a beautiful without allowing his name tobe dis- low from the Bank of Commerce. closed were legion. Possessed of a most charming Mrs. Hale, previous to her marriage sonality, which made warmfriends was Miss Louisa Campbell, daughter of him everywhere; with a ready wit the late Mr. Duncan Campbell of Sim- a fund of wholesome reminiscence, : coe, a very prominent financial man of dote and story, Mr. Hale was al that town, who had many and varied the most gracious of hosts and interests throughout Ontario. Mrs. genial and entertaining of compa) Becher of ‘‘Thornwood,’’ London, is a He had travelled much and knew sister—mother of Lt.-Col, Becher and andaffairs in Canada, as it is give Dr. Becher who gave their lives for to know, and it was alwaysanin! King and Country. tual pleasure and delight to be The only son, Major George Hale, a him. graduate of McGill, went overseas in The world is all the poorer fo 1915 with the 18th Battalion as Medi- passing. He will be sadly misse: cal Officer and is at present attached alone by the members of the part! to the Kitchener Hospital at Brighton, ly devoted familycircle, but by fr England. many and loyal throughout th: An only daughter is Mrs. G. Hensley, minion who have very much in wife of Mr. Hensley, manager of the hearts to-day, the loved ones w! Bank of Montreal, Edmonton, who ar- left. rived in Londonon the Sundayprevious “Of a truth, the elements so to the funeral. A cable from Major Hale in him that Nature might stand | received states that he hopes to obtain sayto all the world: ‘This wasa 1!

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Mrs. Hurd (Miss Dorothy Campbell) Plays in Great Form at Pinehurst (Special Correspondence ‘* Canadian Golfer,”’ Pinehurst, Feb. 9th)

S is her right and custom, Mrs. Mrs. Hurd’s medal card was A dorothy Campbell Hurd took the Out 535.5, 4.6.5. 5.6:5—46 gold medal‘and recorded the low- In 00,6, 5.65. 6.6.6—48 Q4 est medal sco re in the qualifying round She has literally hundreds of golfing of the Twelfth Annual trophies to her credit St. Valentine’s Golf She was winner of the Tournament for Wo- British Ladies’ Cham men, which took place plonship 1909 and 1911 this week at the Pine- runner-up 1908 and a hurst Country Club, semi-finalist 1904, 1905 Without any prelimin- and 1906. Won Seot4 aries she cracked out a tish championship 1905 4 over the number one 1906, 1908; runner-up course, showing that 1907, 1909. Won Amer she is still traveling in ican championship 1909 her old style. This is and 1910; Canadian the best done by any championship 1910, 191] woman at Pinehurst and 1912: Western this year by a large Pennsylvania Cham iargin, and is one bet- plonship 1914. She is ter than her own win- the only lady golfer ning score last year. who has won the triple Second place was crown of the British, held by Miss Gertrude American and Canadian Thurston of W. Hamp- championships fon who also happens Kor a period ot two to have held the same position or three years she was last year in a resident of Hamilton this tournament with and played a great deal 101, She finished three strokes ahead Or the eourses oF On of Mrs. ' tario and Quebec. Most J. D. Chapman, the Greenwich skilful of players, most player who delightful of compan- lost last year to Mrs ions on the links, she is Hurd in the semi-final everywhere universally round. Mrs. Paul Star- popular rett finished in the same Hosts of Canadian class with 106. golfing friends will he _ In the play off for delighted to hear that 'ournament honours, Mrs, Hurd, whose home Mrs. Hurd continued is now in Pittsburgh, is in splendid form, event- this season again play ally winning A CHAMPION OF CHAMPIONS out in ing such superb golf. the finals from Mrs. Dorothy Campbell Hurd, most Mrs. J. There is no more finish- ). Armstrong of noted of women golfers, formerly Buf- of Hamilton. ed or graceful lady ex- falo, N. Y., by the de- “iSlvé margin ponent of the game in of seven and six. Mrs. the world Her short work is especial hee Bogart of Elizabeth, N. J., won ly of the most deadly deseription ifesati nrgophy in the second division, de- quite up to the best standard of the Mrs. G M. Ho “Own player ward, a well very best men players Her pitch shots of Halifax, Nova S to the green are a pure delight and her by three cotia, and one, putting generally extremely steady a o

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Several Changes in Canada This Season

KORGE Cumming of Toronto, Murray, the Kanawaki crack G who is in Jamaica for the second meeting with a big suecess in hi season with the Lingunan Club, of there. This teaching the game | Kingston, reports a very busy time ter is a gran’ thing and is woi there. There are a large number of every encouragement, alike fro visitors to the island this winter. Cum- standpoint of the individual, th: ming will be returning home nowin a and the pros. month or son. Wm. Gunn, for the past fou H. W. Eve, for five years the popular professional of the well know: pro of the London Hunt, arrived in wood Golf Club, Winnipeg, has « Victoria on February Ist to take over to come Hast, and has accepted his important duties’ there with the tion with the Brantford Golf and Victoria Club at Oak Bay. This posi- try Club, duties to start Ap) tion is one of the most important from Gunn is a splendid all-round pro! a professional standpoint in Canada. al. He served his apprentice H. S. Foley is the professional this five years with the well know: season at the Halifax Golf Club, his burgh firm of J. and A, Dicks: appointment just having been announ- is a skilled club-maker. As an ced. Je was born in that city 21 years tor he ranks very high and has ago and when a boy eaddied at the this winter of the winter sclioo! Halifax Club. He early showed. pro- Kort Garry Hotel, Winnipeg. ficiency in the game and in 1912 when a first elass knowledge of the | fifteen years of age, won the Caddies’ of a golf course and altogeth Championship Cup. For two years he thoroughly equipped golfer of| was assistant to M. I". Conwayat Hali- Scottish type. fax and then filled a similar position Jim Barnes, winner of the with D. Spittal, late of the Scarborough Open last year, is up to his ol Golf Club. Seeking further experience, again. The Palma Celia pro last season he was in the States filling broke the record at his cours with great satisfaction to all concemed, 75, beating Walter Hagen’s old ) the position of pro and ¢lub-maker of a single stroke. Not content w the Race Brook Country Club, Orange, Barnes went out again last w: Conn, A capital player and instructor, took five strokes off his new sco Foley’s return to Halifax and Canada was out in 34 and back in 36 fo) is a decided addition to the professional 70, The Palma Ceia course (} ranks here, He should do much for is 6,400 yards long and very Halifax golf, which requires the most acct D. Spittal, last season with the Sear- of playing. The facet that nol borough Golf Club, among whose mem- pros last winter made bette bers he was very popular, has joined shows that if is a hard links the colours. A strapping, fine fellow, on, he will be a worthy addition to the Bob McDonald of Jaeksony) many golfers at the Front. erly of Buffalo, with Gil Nicho W. M. Freeman, the Lambton expert York went down to Belleair, I is conducting a most successful winter the 20th and played a four-b school again in Toronto at Katon’s De- with Alex, and George Smith partment store, assisted from time to a fine exhibition and close al! time by his brother Frank of Rosedale. The Smith brothers got the The pros are kept very busy from morn winning the first two holes bu till eve and a large number of new lead again at the ninth. Com players will be available for member- Nichols and MeDonald had » ship in the various Toronto Clubs the good holes in turns and won bh coming season. In Montreal Albert one. 552

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R. Bryee S. Evans, the Boston made it impossible for him to be connected with his business. M correspondent of the ‘‘ Canadian “‘The Executive Committee of the | S Golfer,’’ who the beginning of G. A. doubtless realized that the present February was called to Ottawa by the “an execellent time for them to further th: sudden and lamented death of his interests with the golfing world in g and still to relieve themselves of the 1 father-in-law, Mr. W. H. A. Fraser, sibility of admitting that they were to } writes from the Capital :— in declaring Mr. Ouimet ineligible in the f ‘“This time I am up here in khaki, as I place. Had they been sincere in their e: deavour they would have declared that M have passed my examinations for the flying Ouimet was an amateur in good standing | section of the Aviation Service, and am now awaiting call to some training school, most simply announcing tne result of thei leaving out the fact that his joining probably Ithaca, N. Y. where I will be sta- my had anything to do with his re-instat« tioned for some eight weeks and then, if Ar ment whatsoever. successful, be sent down to the ground train- -‘The singular part of the whole pro ing school. By the way Jesse Guilford is to ings and the item that compels Mr. 0) met report at Ithaca the 16th inst. and we ought and golfers in general to be suspicio to be well represented in the golf line. their decision was that no mentionotf “‘T am writing you expressing the senti- H. Sullivan, Jr., was made when the ments of Francis Ouimet and the majority was passed that Mr. Ouimet was to | ot golfers of Boston and vicinity in connec- amateur again. Mr. Sullivan is a ver tion with the re-instatement of Mr. Ouimet by ished golfer, not perhaps of the Ouimet the U. S. G. A. but equal to give a very good accol The United States Golf Association in their himself with the very best. Whenth: recent annual meeting in N. Y. expressed cutive Committee put their heads t through the action of their executive commit- and found by deep deliberation that tee their decision to reinstate Francis Ouimet Ouimet in forming the firm of Ou to good amateur standing. However the Sullivan wouldsell such articles as goli wording of their announcement has not been balls, shoes, articles of clothing, skat« accepted gracefully by the golfing world in derclothing, ties, snowshoes, rubbercoat general, or by Mr. Ouimet himself. The de- and in that manner thus debar himfron cision of the executive committee was based interpretation of the Amateur Simon on the fact that in entering the United States they included his partner, Mr. J. H. 8 Army Service, Mr. Ouimet automatically sev- Jr., and Mr. Paul Tewksbury. Mr. ered all business connections with the firm, of bury some time ago was reinstated. Ouimet & Sullivan of which he was a mem- If then the Executive Committee w ber. : cere in their ambitions why did they ‘“‘The fly in the ointment that is covered clude Mr. Sullivan in their edict? over by the action of the Executive Commit- Mr. Sullivan has attempted to of! tee, seems to lie in the fact that should this services to the U. S. Government, but war terminate in a few months or at any count of faulty eyesight was rejected time, in fact, and Mr. Ouimet should return ‘“‘What the golfers all over the cow to the active duties of his firm, which he has Mr. Ouimet as a participant want t announced his intention of doing, then he tain is just this: Is this recent actio: would then violate the wording of the re-in- Hxecutive Committee going to be r statement and be liable to the same ineligi- just as soon as this popular play: bility that he has suffered unjustly for the back to attend to the managing of past few years. The decision is so construct: business or not? If they really ed that the only reason for his climb back make him (Mr. Ouimet) permanently to the good graces of those who declared him why not come right out and say so ineligible is due to the fact that he has the same time include Mr. Sullivan entered service and that thus entering he has clean a bill as his club-mate?’’

Why, Indeed?

Old King Cole, was a merry old soul, He never heard of the wonder! A merry old soul was he; Or the alibis there brought 1 But he never sat at the Nineteenth Hole Old King Cole was a merryold s In a golfers’ fanning bee; Whyshouldn’t he have bin’ 554 February, 1918.

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Golf in Florida W. P. Seeley Wins January Tournament at Belleair, Florida ELLEAIR, Florida, February 1st to weaken and Seeley won five holes —With the playing of the Annual a vow. The match ended at the foi January Tournament which ter- teenth when Rolfe put his second sli minated last week with a vietory for into the railroad tracks in an impossih W. Parker Seeley of Brooklawn, the place to play out of. Seeley’s marg golf season at Belleair was swung wide of sietory was five andfour. open. Never has there been a tourna- In the second division R. 8. Porter o ment played at this time of the year DGaltusrol defeated W. L. Allen of Ph where so much interest was shown. In adelphia by 4 and 3. all, over a hundredstarters teed up for H. A. Wrenn of New York defeat: the qualifying round and nearly all of L. Brown of Oakmont in the thi them returned cards. Only three six- flight by one up in thirty-seven hol teens were provided for but when the C. W. Rhodes of Cambridge Spring Committee saw the large field they de- defeated H. H. Rackhamof Chicago cided to add another flight. the fourth flight by 5 and 4. The fight for supremacy in the first sixteen brought out some very good The honour of getting the medal | golf and there were quite a few sur- the low qualifying score went to |) prises. Seeley and R. T. Rolfe of Chi- ©. H. Gardner of Providence when cago were the survivors and carried a defeated Seeley in the play-off of | large gallery on Fridayin the thirty- tie on last Saturday. On the first « six hole final. Rolfe; who was not Seeley and Gardner turned in ecards supposed to measure up to the standard 77, but in the play-off Seeley sho of his opponent, carried the Connecticut the strain of a hard week’s work : votfer along at a fast clip in the morn- could do no better than 86 while ing round andat one time threatenedto rival registered a 79, Gardner wor make a runaway match out ofit as he first match in the tournament but was four up. Seeley got all but one of eliminated in the second round by |} these holes back before the players re- ton Preston of Mansfield, Ohio, tired to luncheon. Jt was a fine exhi- furnished the surprise of the tow bition for the first nine holes in the’ ment by his high elass golf on this afternoon, but at this point Rolfe began casion.

A Four-Footed Gaddie at Pinehurst

Cdire,isis Bodo yon der Weissen- behind his: owner at the tee, points burg, lately of the police force of ball in its flight, follows it into Stuttgart, Germany, has been woodlands, announces its speedy brought to Pinehurst by Mr. J. V. Hall, covery by joyful barks and Sti of New York, and was exhibited by guard over it until his master ar! his ownerat the Sandhill Fair the other Mr. Hall says he hasn’t lost a day. Bodo does everything that a well- through losing his ball since Bodo trained police dog can be reasonably dertook to caddie for hin. expected to attend to. He traces the One trouble at the outset was footsteps of a fleeing ‘‘criminal,’’ Bodoinsisted on picking up the ba scents his way unerringly through a his master’s opponent, but afte: crowd, takes a ten foot fence on the U.S. G. A. rules had been careful! way as a matter of course and, over- plained to him and he had been g taking his quarry, pins him to the the scent of both balls in the m ground in the most approved fashion. this difficulty ended and he now| Bodo had been at Pinehurst only a up outsiders’ balls only. Bodo ! few days when he succumbedto envir- no less than fourteen of these 11 onment and took up golf. He stands round, the other day. 556 February, 1918. CANADIAN GOLFER 557

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The King of Glubs J you like this driver of mine? “Yell just like it weel, Sir; [ eu Well, [ rather fancy it myself, I make a better,’’ said Auld Wulli call it the ‘‘King of Clubs.’’ For he pocketed the six shillings [ han it is of a royal breed—none of your him. machine-made cantraptions, ground out Six shillings!—that was all. Hi by the hundreds, but the produet of one and mind and soul had toiled in man’s hand and brain and soul—‘ Auld for hours together and produced Wullie’’ MacPherson made it for me. driver like this—andall forsix s} I can see him now in his little shop, ings! Yet that was all he would tal examining block after block, until at The personality of this old profes last he finds one just to his liking, out sional and club-maker goes furt! of which to saw and shape up the head than his golf elub. It abides with of this driver of mine. I can hear Early in the war his only son, Duncai him humming ‘‘Blue Bells’’ as his old was one of the first to fall in hands move lovinglyoverits smoothing trenches. When I last saw my surface. The song ceases a little, and friend he was bowed down with so: his honest, keen old eye runs critically row. along the shaft. It is a work of joy “‘T maun bide a wee,’’ hesaid, ‘‘bu with him—the joy that only the artist it canna be varra lang noo. | ma knows. be wi’ ma laddie.’’ This letter Memory of his own golfing days in ceived last night, tells me that fat the past, and visions of what the elub and. son are now together — “A! may do in the future pass through his the lift.’’ mind. It is no light thing to this old In her hour of triumphlet Eng! man—the making of this driver of know that the sufferings of this mine. ‘‘J maun do ma best,’’ he says. father were vicarious. It is ‘‘Bonnie Doon’’ he is humming now. There is a tinge of sadness; for This ‘‘King of Clubs’’ of mine the work will soon be done—the artist said before, is of a royal breed. would fain lingera little. its making went something hones! At last it is finished, and as ‘‘Auld sturdy and kindly, andaside fron Wullie’’ holds it up to the light, great intrinsic value it is a pric ‘Bonnie Doon’’ gives place to ‘‘The memento of ‘‘Auld Wully”’ Campbells are Coming, Oh Ho! Oh Pherson. Ho ” The Seot, in ‘‘ American Goll!

The Men of Lens We are God’ trustees for those brave Then awake, Canadians! show y: men, men, Like our defenders at Lens! Whobattle for us at Lens; Line on the side of righteousness And are we true to our sacred trust Like they are doing at Lens; As they are true at Lens? For God is ealling from factio1 Are we playing the real man’s game, strife, Or is it the dirty political game, To a vaster vista, a larger life, A nobler dream, heroic and fre: Changing our birthright into a shame, Cast off your shackles from sea Betraying those men at Lens? And stand with the men at Li WILFRED CAMP

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Interesting Happenings in Canada, Great Britain and United States

Wm. Dagleish, for many years pro- which he had ordered, and with a ery fessional of the Hammond Club, In- of anguish, his good wife began ripping dianna, has joined the Canadian Expe- off the lid with a hatchet. Small won ditionary Forces and is nowin training der! for tacked on the cover was a ecard in Toronto. bearing these words: oo > © ** Bill Inside.’’ Mr. Justice Duff, Central Appeal 6 @ Judge, whois giving such masterly de- The ‘‘Toronto Star,’’ in paying tri cisions in connection with the adminis- bute to Mr. H. H. Williams, the ehiel tration of the Military Act is an enthus- organizer of the campaign which last iastic golfer —a member month raised the sum of the Royal Ottawa of over $3,000,000 in Golf Club. aid of the Toronto and © © ®& York County Patriotic The total House Re- Hund, says: “Mr ceipts of the Royal Williams is a member Montreal Golf Club the of several clubs where past year were $17,047, his courtesy and genial not $7,024 as published ity make him generally in the January issue. liked. One of his many © ® ¢ friends the other lay The photo on this spoke of him us page is that of Miss Broek’s Monument,’ Stella Sullivan of Lake because of his having St., Brighton, Mass., heen selected to sucees ( member of a prominent the Mr. Broek in Irish family (her moth- many offices We is er was a Burke,) who is fond of golf and motor engaged to be married ing, a Conservative 1 to Sergeant Francis politics, he is Anglican Ouimet, ex-open and in religion and is an es amateur U.S. champion teemed Ireemason 4s who is certainly playing well as a member of the in luek these days. He Miss Stella Sullivan, of Boston, Ordnge Order.’”’ has recently been given Sergeant Ouimet’s fiancee, o % ¢ his ‘‘stripes’’ in the The fuel regulations Army; has been re-instated in the ama- issued by the Government in reference teur ranks by the U.S. G. A. and now to club houses does not effect golf clubs Js about to marry the very charming to any appreciable extent. The order young lady whois smilingly looking reads: ‘‘During the months of February at you now. The year 1918 is certainly and March, 1918, no golf, country, yacht 4 record one for Sergeant Francis. canoe or hunt clubs shall remain open, o © except on Wednesdays and Saturdays Theytell a story of a certain profes On the other days of the week the coal sional who like many others rejoiced in consumption at such clubs shall be res the name of Willie. Unfortunately tricted to the quantity necessary to William was in the habit of going off prevent damage through freezing.’’ on frequent sprees, and on one oceasion In Ontario and the Maritime Pro he was gone for a full week, during vinees, hardly without exception, all which time his household had no word golf club houses have been closed this Provinee of Quebee trom him. During his absence there winter, In the arrived a large box containing shafts, several clubs will be inconvenienced by

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the order. The West and British Co- Messrs. A. T. Reid, W. A. Kemp an lumbia, where golf club houses are other well known Toronto golfers ar generally kept open the year round, among the many Canadians visitins are not included in the new regulations. Southern resorts. © Oo Oo © © & A well known English firm recently The Mississauga Golf Club, Toronto shipped 500 dozen golf balls to this is such a popular week-end resort that country, but the boat they were on was great difficulty is found in providing submarined. Some of the ‘‘floaters’’ accommodation in the club house fo however may yet ‘‘bob up serenely the many members and their out-o} from below.’’ town guests. This year arrangements © © will be madefor extra accommodatio) The public links in Chicago played to in the way of additional rooms. ‘capacity houses’’ Jast season. Taking o Oo each starter as an individual player, A despatch from Montreal has this 364,491 persons played over the 18 and to say of a former well known mem): 9 hole course at Jackson Park and the of the Hamilton Golf Club and a men 18 hole course at Marquette Park, Chi- ber of the Royal Montreal :— cago. There was an average of 576 ““Mr. A. D. Braithwaite, Assistant Gen: players a day at these courses during Manager of the Bank of Montreal) has 1 the playing season. signed his post, after a long and honoural service’ in the field of Canadian banking. \ o © ® Braithwaite’s career with the bank dat Special interest attached to the open- back about forty years, and before advan ing of the new Victoria Golf Club-course to the position of Assistant General Manag at Riverside, Cal., last month when for he had filled a number of important post including the managership of the Toro: the first time grass greens were used in branch and the Superintendency of Onta Southern California. The new nine branches. The war has laid a heavy hand holes were laid out by Walter Fovargue, Mr. Braithwaite’s family circle. Two so in-law, Capt. Guy Drummond and Capt. Tr the former Chicago professional. The bull Warren, made the supreme sacrifice course now measures 6,320 yards. Fif- France, while a daughter was lost in the s teen of the greens are of grass.— ing of the Lusitania, Mr. Braithwait: ‘‘American Golfer.’’ This is the elub health has been indifferent, and recent!) of which Davie Black of Rivermead, returned trom a lengthy trip to Japan.’’ Ottawa is the professional during the eo > ©

‘ winter, Miss Florence L. Harveycalls att: © © © tion to the fact that ‘‘The French |. In a well written appreciation of Mr. any of the Trenches,’’? which was pt Thomas Findley, quite recently appoint- lished in the January issue of | ed General Manager of the Massey- ‘*Canadian Golfer’’ is from the co; Harris Manufacturing Company, the righted book, ‘‘The White Road biggest manufacturing institution in Verdun,”’ by that delightfully cult Canada, who has reached the top of patriot, Miss Kathleen Burke, wh the ladder in his 47th year, ‘‘McLean’s war activities are so well known Magazine’’ says:— Canada, where she has lectured mm ‘“‘Beyond the confines of the Massey- than once in the larger cities. \ Harris offices in King Street, Thomas Findley Burke by the wayhas just been deco) is known on account of his prominent con- ed by the King, being made Comman nection with the Y.M.C.A. and the Presby- terian Church. And out on the links at of the Order of the British Emp Lambton he is counted as a real golfer. An She has two decorations from admirable quality of loyalty to old friends French Government—the French “‘! is shown in Mr, Hindley’s constant support Cross War Medal’’ and the ‘‘Go! of theY.M.C.A. It was at the Y.M.C.A. night school in the early nineties that he received Palms.’’ From Serbia she has rece! his accountant’s training, and it was the the order of St. Sava and Miserco Y.M.C.A. which provided him as a young man (the former makes her a Knight of with his first friendships and associations in Sava.) She only last week arrived the city. Later, he gave the Y.M.C.A. the benefit of his support when it needed the aid New York on a return visit to of a srtong man.’’ country. February, 1918. CANADIAN GOLFER 461

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A despatch from Revelstoke, B. C., mize. The faet that the Ottawa Goy l"ebruary 14th, states that Nels Nelson, ernment is negotiating with Washing broke the Canadian record for ski ton in regard to the daylight saving jumping there by six inches. He made system is an indication that Canada will a jump of 161 feet, which in the vern- give it a trial in conjunction with the acular, is ‘‘some jump.”’ United States. ® e a © © @ Golfers generally from a selfish and Golf on a half million dollaxy cours every other standpoint will strongly en- by Long Island Sound, in a elub, the dorse the proposed Government legis- initiation fee to which will be $1,000 lation in regard to daylight saving. As is in process of being made possible to the ‘‘Toronto Globe’’ very trenchantly New Yorkers and others with country points out the benefit of an extra hour residences at Sasco Hill, near Fairfield of daylight and out-of-doors enjoyment and Southport, in Connecticut. lo in the evening ought to appeal specially enable the Fairfield Country Club to to men and women who work in stores charge so large an entrance fee, Con and factories. In the summer months necticut laws have to be changed and a the sunlight thus gained after working bill has been fayorably reported to the would not be lost in the mornings. The State Legislature by the committee on sun wouldstill be the earliest riser. In incorporations, The promoters of the addition to giving moretime for recrea- elub have leased from the town of Fan tion, the plan would result in an ap- field 2.500 feet of shore property, facing preciable saving in artificial light. Long IJsland Sonnd, the lease to run Householders would be money in poc- two hundred years, on conditions that ket and no interest would suffer at a 1.900 feet be thrown open as a publie time when even gas and electrical con- park and the other 600 feet be used fot cerns are urging consumers to econo-club purposes. 562 CANADIAN GOLFER Vol. III, No.

Merion Golf Chib, Philadelphia has Sweeney’s 168—certainly magnific: a wonderful record, having contributed golf, no fewer than 400 of its members to © © & the WarService of the United States. It is with the greatest regret th © Oo © the ‘“‘Canadian Golfer’’ records tl The Women’s Golf Association of sudden death in Ottawa of Mr. W. Hi Philadelphia at its annual meeting on A. Fraser, one of the most prominet January 24th, decided to play the regu- business men of the Capital and alea lar schedule of events the coming sea- ing member of the Royal Ottawa Go son. No prizes other than medals will Club. Myr. Fraser was father of th be awarded however and an entrance late gallant Lieut Alex. G. Fraser, Di fee of $1 will be charged at each tourn- rector of the Royal Canadian Golf As ament, siciation and champion of the Roya © © © Ottawa Golf Club. An appreciatio: Miss May MacLeod Moore, writing of this notable ‘‘golfer and gentleman from London to the will appear in t} ‘Saturday Night,’’ Marchissue. last week, has a most © © © interesting article on The “‘‘eut-a-cord “Canadian W omen campaign has bee Who Drive the inaugurated by t¢) Wounded.’’ Among Fuel Administrato the nine prominent otf New England dis women whose photos trict and the Mass appearin this article chusetts Golf Assi and who are so gal- ciation are urgingit lantly doing their bit members to go 111 issathat-cor> ‘' Mrs: the woods and put Sweeney, a daughter cord to their cred of the late Hon. C. E. And they are dou Pooley of Victoria, ib too. The me B.C., and wife’ of bers of the Conco: Major Sweeney of Country Club ha Vancouver, who was already 125 cords a in the original 72nd counted for. Battalion and is now ® © in France with the Don’t forget

Canadian Railway send in the report troops. Mrs. Sweeney Mrs. Sweeney (Miss Violet Pooley,) who . sri s reetil is gallantly doing her bit in the Canadian your annual me will be remembered Army Service Corps in London. please, Mr. Sec: as champion lady tary. Keep your ec! golfer of Western Canada.’’ Mrs. in toueh with the golfing world and 1 Sweeney, it might be mentioned was golfing world with your elnb. not only champion of the West, but was © ¢ well known on the courses in Great With splendid newgolf links at N Britain and in 1913 had the very great gara Falls, N.Y. to be opened up t! honour to her eredit of going to the season; the wonderful course at Han semi-final in the British Championship. ton and half a dozen or more nota! She also captured in 1911 two prizes in greens in Toronto, there promises to the Welsh Championship. Perhaps a big golfing touring vogue the coi) her greatest triumph however was in year East and West, through the ‘‘g 1913, when in the ‘“‘Golf Illustrated’’ den of Ontario.’? The completion Gold Cup Competition at Burhill, Wal- the new highway betweenthecities ton-on-Thames, she almost won the Hamilton and Toronto is anotherfac! trophy from Miss Cecil Leitch, present of importance. Happythe golfer, British Champion, who beat her by only has the ‘‘machine’’ and the time one stroke in 36 holes , 167 to Mrs. visit the courses enumerated. February, 1918. CANADIAN GOLFER 563

Mr. Cosmos J. Shurley, a well known manufacturer of Galt and Toronto, died in Galt, February 7th after a long ill- ness, aged eighty-three years. Mr. Shurley reached Galt in 1874, and en- tered into partnership with J. C. Deit- rich in the saw business. He was also President of the Shurley-Derrett Com- pany of Toronto, and a Past President of the Galt and Waterloo Golf Club in which he took a great interest. There survive one daughter, Mrs. R. H. Dick- son of Galt, and three sons—Messrs. R. REFINEMENT K. Toronto; T. F., of St. Catharines, and Dr. M. C. Shurley, of Santiago, OU will be proud to California. motor your friends o ¢ © out to the golf course, or Nicol Thompson, the Hamilton pro the Country Club in this and golf architect, was a visitor last elegant Ford Sedan. At month to Southern Pines, North Caro- all seasons it is cosy and lina, and writes the ‘‘Canadian Golfer’’ comfortable. most enthusiastically in reference to that resort andits splendid 18 hole golf course He thinks the lay-out of the Ford Motor Company links admirable in every respect and of Canada, Limited, Ford, Ont. strongly advises Canadians who are

looking for an ideal climate in Marck and April, good hotel accommodation and ideal Southern hospitality, to visit The poet has wisely said ‘Of him who Southern Pines during the next two or in the love of nature, holds communion three months. He will in the Mare! with her visible forms, she speaks a issue Give some impressions ofthis ideal various language.’’ And what is golf resort which is rapidly coming to the but a happy co-ordination of the laws ‘ront as one of the most popular and of nature with the human being’? Is desirable in the Southland. golf a scientific test of musele, a study of skill, or is it a product of a healthy © Oo © love for everything that is lovely, clean, Mr. S. P. Jermain, who was recently beantifnl and magnificient in this won eleeted one the Directors of the West- derful world of ours? Alvin R ern Golf Association, is the ‘‘Father Springer, in ’’Golfers’ Magazine.”’ of Municipal Links’’ in Toledo and has .. ° done much for the game in the United States. He is known to Canadian golf- Mr. George S Lyon, the amateur ers through his delightful articles in champion, a couple of weeks ago, with this magazine on Municipal golf. Mr. a number of other Toronto curlers was Jermain thinks, and rightly so too, that on a week’s tour in Western Ontario very city of any size should provide In Waterloo he met Mr. Seagram on the publie facilities for playing golf. He ice. He is the President of the Grand has done yeoman service in the States River Golf Club, Kitchener and he got e on behalf of the Royal and Ancient Mr. Lyon to promise the coming season

o Same, both from a private and public in company with his son, Seymour, to standpoint, and ranks high and deser- play in exhibition Red Cross matches vedly so in the golfing counsels of our at Kitchener and Galt. These events

Allie a s over the Border. The W.G. A should witness high class golf and in honoured itself in honouring Mr. Jer- cidentally be the means of raising a an with a place on its Board. goodly sum for patriotic purposes.

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Its the poorest kind of policy to at eight has gone round the co starve your greens or fairgreens. A the Country Club. Doing a cow parsimonious policy the coming season hours work after his lunch at in buyingsuitable seed for the upkeep the Mormon leader finds time to of your course spells disaster and the another round of golf at the Co expenditure of hundreds of dollars in Club. ‘*T have taken up the the future to remedy a short sighted said President Smith, ‘‘for policy. Buy all the seed you ean af- | believe it is a wonderful outdoo1 ford, but buyit from firms who have and I will admit it has a ase) made a study that of golf turf spice. | and golf seed. believe Read the ad- gam vertising ¢o- any lumns of this fe 1 issue and you 2100 will find the right firms to Ha consult. Their now experts are big < always at the | your disposal States so don’t trust not off to your loeal arrang dealer unless tereoll he represents sport a well known coming seed firm. son © © ® othe 1 Sir Frank are Baillie, who thei has recently rowing had Knight- hall hood conferr- footba ed upon him peti has been one Stucel of the most alum) active fig- are ures in the H Canadian take production of 1etio war mater- . lals. He is*a \ most enthus- Photo, British and Colonial Press from | iastic golfer Another Golfing Knight, Sir Frank Baillie, KC.B.E., on HE Stal mona member of Lambton Golf Club, President of 12+] Aeroplanes Ltd., Toronto. the game his ‘The principal recreation and pleasure. ern Lawn Tennis Association ® © ¢ nual meeting here to-night One of the late converts to golf is resume all of its championsh\| Joseph F. Smith, President of the this summer, several of which | Chureh of Jesus Christ of Latter Day cancelled because of the war. Saints, better known as the Mormons. President Smith is seventy-nine years Flight Lieutenant Douglas old, but every morning he boards his Ellis, son of Mr. M. C. Ellis o machine at Lion House, his home in Ellis & Co., and who lived at Salt Lake City, and before breakfa st Avenue, Toronto, has been ki

February, 1918. CANADIAN GOLFER r HO flying aecident in England. He col Mrs. Gordon Southam, widow of the lided with an American aviator while in late Major Gordon Southam of Hamil the alr, the cable Says. The accident ton, who died gallantly fighting at the took place in Hertfordshire Lieut. Kront, is leaving shortly for Franc Bllis went over last November with the A.S. C., and transferred to the R. F. C Bobbie Jones of Atlantic, Ga., 1s a fine He was a member of a well known golfer at 15, and John R. Towle is still Toronto golfing family. a tough nut to erack at mateh play at 74, and he is only one out of hundreds Vernon Castle. who met death last of men of his years who are getting a week while flying, voluntarily gave up world of happiness and benefit out of his fortune-making occupation in the the game United States to enter the most hazard @ © « ous branch of the service when Britain Mr. G. Heintzman of the Lambton called to her sons. A fine type of a Golf Club. who is a visitor at Palm clean eut Englishman, he was fond of Beach Florida has been playing all out-door sports, including golf. vood golf there In the South Florida ©. O ¢ championship last week he went to the It was announced on Feb. 16th that finals which shows the high elas final arrangements had been made by) eis putting up Nhe event wa the United Hotel Companies of America won by ‘40-Hole’ Fairbanks of Denver to take over the King Edward Hotel Toronto. The price paid was about By an almost unanimous vote, thi $1,500,000. Mr. Dudley, the President United States National Lawn ‘Tennis

he is President of the Niagara Falls Association decided at its annual meet N. Y. Golf Club) in an interview stated ing in New York, February loth, to it was the intention of his company to resume Championship tournaments, the nake the King Edward the finest hotel proceeds to be turned over to the Wat in Canada and the social centre ot Department Commission on Traimme loronto. Forty-four new rooms will Camp Activities he added. Col. W. S. Dinnick of Toi ® © @ onto, also a well known golfer, was as J. D. Standish, Jr... of Detroit, won sociated with Mr. Dudley in makingthe the medal in the qualifying round o final financial arrangements the annual St. Valentine tournament a Pinehurst, January 29th, leading the (+) At the annual meeting of the Chicago field of 109 contestant In bs se) Distriet Golf Association last month, Norman Maxwell finished second in 77 to. the following resolution was passed and Ivan Des Bosse of Quebec qualified ordered to be printed in placard and the third sixteen If Metealfe Shaw pamphlet form. The placards will be Toronto Hunt Club, and A. G. Nort] ulletined in every club house and the way, Lambton (Toronto) made th pamphlet sent to every golfer in the fourth and John | siall loronto \ssociation: Hunt, the fifth sixteen ‘* Resolved by the officers, directors and ommittee chairmen here assembled, repre enting 35 golf clubs in the Chicago District A despatel from London Keb, loth Golf Association, that in our future dealings savs the toll among Britain’s best ath th the boys we will hold in first considera letes who have fallen in the Var con tion the moral responsibility of our relations Among the name mentioned th these boys as the future custodians to tinues Hom our generations must leave for safé are: Lieut. R. lL. Sale, killed, who was a est eeping the institutions of this republic fine ericketer, and one of the b “That we recognize our serious duty by smateur golfers in Warwickshire, Cap ample and precept to build up in cha , previously reported cter and morals. the boys with whom we tain G. B. Crole to be ‘omlate when playing golf and that this missing. but now stated officially ty resting individually upon every man a prisoner of war 1D German hands 10 employs a caddie, to do unto his caddie 3 and represented Oxford at golf in 191 ‘Ss he would do unto his own son, is the also got his Rugby blue Nost dignified, solemn, and far reaching re 1914. and ing st ridge onsibility of golf in America to-day play again Camb

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Mr. Charles Magee, a former Presi- players, golfers, baseball players and dent of the Bank of Ottawa, was found representatives of almost every othe: dead in his office in Ottawa on Monday sport, winter and summer played i1 February 4th. He was a memberof Canada. the Royal Ottawa Golf Club of long © © standing. Nowit is the great and only Charlie © © & Chaplin who is singing the praises ot Charles Steele, one of the firm of golf. He is only a recent convert to J.P. Morgan & Co., is an ardent golfer the game. He ought with care to bi and he thinks all men engaged in big able to buy a few re-mades once and business affairs should play the game awhile during the season. so as to keep themselves in good phy- © o & sical condition. As never before, Southern cities ar © © © featuring sport champions, professionals London Sporting Life’’ states that and amateurs as magnets for tourists the athletic elub connected with the Tampa Publicity agents this week sent London Canadian Medical Services out this statement: ‘‘The Merchants staff has much to do with the high Association has joined with the Boar morale of the Canadian troops and is of Trade and the golf club to bring one of the ‘‘most live forces of its kind’’ James M. Barnes here again to tal in England. The membership of the charge of the local links. Merchant club ineludes well known Canadian feel that in going after the golfers sportsmen from British Columbia to they are reaching aclass of tourists th Nova Scotia; footballers, cricketers, will spend a good deal of money a1 basketball players, curlers, hockey improve general conditions here.’’

The Late t “*Golonel”’ Ball

HE St. Mungo Manu- viz: the well known and I facturing Co, Ltd., of presentative firms of Glasgow, Seotland, Hineston Smith Arms ( who have the largest and Winnipeg, Greenshie most up-to-date golf ball Ltd., Victoria Square, M: factory in the world, will treal, Tisdall’s Ltd., \ have on the Canadian mar- couver and the Harold ket the coming season their Wilson Co., Ltd., Toro: latest golf ball. the new have already arranged “Dimple Colonel.’’ A grand large shipments of the | ball, worthy in every sense “*Dimple,’’ the ‘‘Plus ‘ of the word to belong to onel’’ and other makes the celebrated family of ‘‘Colonels,’’ so the St. Mungo balls. There will well known and popular on everygolf no fear of any shortage this seaso! course throughout the world. The Commencing with the March is new‘‘Dimple’’ is the last word in balls of the ‘‘Canadian Golfer,’’ full p with a superb flight and a very long advertisements will explain more ! carry—a ball too that will take any the various enviable features of amount of punishment and retain its ‘*Colonel’’ Balls. spherical shape. It is sure of a tre- It is satisfactory to note that mendous vogue throughout the Do- minion where the ‘‘Colonel’’ every- St. Mungo’s newbusiness, the ma where is the synonym for honest worth of Eraser Rubbers—a trade forn é and unexcelled value. It is satisfac- controlled almost entirely by the ; tory to knowthat the wholesale selling mans—is also meeting with great }

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‘*Good Luck and Au Revoir”

Miss Florence L. Harvey, Well Known Golfer and Golf Writer Goes Overseas for Active War Work T has been well known to the ‘‘Can having taken both parents from her, I adian Golfer’’ and to many personal the ex-champion recently found herselt friends, that ever since the start of free to engage in the war activities at the war, Miss Florence lL. Harvey of the Front, she so longed to undertake, Hamilton, ex-lady champion of Canada and ere this shght appreciation appears and editress of this magazine, was she will have gone overseas to partici extremely anxious, like so many of her pate in the strenuous, but wonderful

IN HAPPY PRE-WAR DAYS A famous group of lady champions “snapped” in front of the Lambton Golf Club, Toronto } Everyone of these women experts are now active in war work, Upper row—reading from left to | : right, Miss Harrison, winner of Irish championship 1910, 1911 and 1912; Miss Pooley (Mrs. Sweeney ) Winner of Western championship. Lower Row, Miss Dodd (Mrs, Macbeth) Canadian champion; Miss Florence Harvey, Cz ampion 1903 and 1904 and Miss Ravenseroft (Mrs, I ell) former 1 British champion 1912, American, 1918 and French, 1912 | j noble golfing sisters in Great Britain, humane work which has been so near | to actively participate in the exacting to her heart these three years and more ! work at one of the many theatres of Readers of the ‘‘Canadian Golfer } the great struggle, where back of the will recall that Miss Harvey felt very 4 firing line, hundreds of women have keenly the death of her golfing friend earned imperishable fame. Miss Madge Neill Fraser, the well Owing to family ties however, Miss known Internationalist, who gave up | Harvey was prevented from putting her life early in the war for stricken | . . . . ’ al ‘ > this laudable ambition into force. The Serbia. In her memory, by a personal i | loving care of a devoted father and canvass and through the medium of | ) nother, absolutely forbade it. Now this magazine, she raised a fund | however, by the dispensation of Pro- amounting to several thousands of dol videnee, harsh as that may seem, in lars, amongst the golfers of Canada, |

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with which money several beds in the player was largely responsible for t| =. . 7 Scottish Hospitals and an ambulance British experts comingto this count) were endowed. Miss Harvey spent and participating in the events, a months of her busy life travelling though knowingtull well, what the throughout Canada in connection with sult, almost of a certainty would bi this and other patriotie work. In addition to her notable showino Recently she wrote the Editor: in the Canadian Premier Tournaments ‘*You will be -interested to know that- I Miss Harvey has played on many [1 have volunteered as ‘a chauffeur for the Scot lish Hospitals, and asked to be sent to Ser ternational teams, both in Great Brita | bia. Ever since Miss Neill Fraser’s death I the United States and Canada and 1} | have longed as you know, to go and do hei victories and trophies without num D¢ work, but as long as my mother needed me to her credit. 1 could not think of going.’’ She too has invaded the realm And on Feb. 12th came the message: golfing literature with marked success “Just a line in great haste. Got my over- seas orders to-day. Sail next week.Good luck She has been a constant contributor and Au Revoir.’ the leading golfing magazines of t! And so anether splendid woman has United States and for over two years taken up the noble work laid down by edited the Ladies’ section of the ‘‘Cai one who made the great sacrifice, not adian Golfer’’ with much acceptance in vain. She is looked upon in golfingcircles For many years now Miss Harvey this continent, as quite one ofthe le: has been one of the outstanding golfing ing authorities of the game and lhe figures of the Dominion. technical articles are everywhere co. She early showed great proficiency ceded a very high place indeed. in the game and as far back as 1903 The Canadian Ladies’ Golf Union won her first Canadian championship, another monument to her indetatigalh defeating Miss Marlor of Montreal over interest in the Royal and Ancient. S| the Royal Montreal course by 2 and 1. was the founder of this very useful o In 1904 she repeated at Toronto, win- ganization and as Honourary Secreta ning from Miss MeAnulty 3 and 1. If for many years has given simply inva it had not been for the advent of the uable time and attention to the wor crack British lady golfers to this coun- Her departure overseas on such try in 1911 and 1913 she would have splendid mission will be very keen had two more championships to her felt indeed in Canadian golfing circ credit as in both these years she was which are for the time being, bereft runner-up to the formidable British their leading lady player, and from o champions, Miss Dorothy Campbell end of the Dominion to the other, ai (now Mrs. Hurd) and Miss Muriel Dodd from many friends too in the Uniti (now Mrs. Macbeth) .who still retains States, will come in a swelling chor the Canadian championship, the event of the heartiest description, to use | not having been played for since 1913. own bright farewell words: Hard luek, yes, but the plueky Canadian ‘“*Good Lueck and Au Revoir

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HEN the ball hes anywhere the hole. The right elbow well in to within thirty yards from the the side. hole, off the green, we are This left elbow ean be used as an contronted with one of the most im- adjustment to the shot. If the ball is portant and delicate of shots, for the pulled, move the elbow to the right player who is able always to place his or if sliced, to the left. Take the club ball within a five-foot circle of the hole back with the left hand, wrist and from this distance, is indeed one to be fore-arm very taut. To do this, th feeared. wrists bend a little but as you would It is generally called the chip-shot bend a spring, no flabbiness. and in the works published by the This movement is on the line of great authorities of golf, it is almost flight and varies according to the dis totally ignored, although there are tance from the holes. At the end ot probably more foozles in attempting the back-swing, make a distinct pause this shot than in any other department much more pronounced than the on of the game. It can be made with al- recommended for the full iron shots most any iron club. Personally, I use the head absolutely still for at least a the mashie, or if the ball must be pitch- second after the completion of the shot ed over a trap, the mashie-niblick Take the club well through with th: I play the shot almost exactly as | left hand, close to the ground by bend play an approach putt. The right ing the wrists back and also swing foot is well advanced and on alineat ing the arms. This movement mus right angles to the line to the hole. not be spared and must be done in The left toe is pointing toward the swift and snappy manner. hole. The ball should be about three Keep your head still inches inside the left heel. I use the and eye on the ball. interlocking grip (the little finger of the right hand between the first and When the hole is placed close to thi second fingers of the left) in order to edge of the green and the ball is jus bring the hands as close together as off the edge, it may be within four o possible. If you find the overlapping five yards of the hole, this is one 0 grip more comfortable, it is about the most delicate shots of the game equally efficient. Take a very firm To take out some of the delica grip with the left fingers and the left play as above, but stand in front hand may grasp the shaft more around the ball. This allows one to use co! to the left or natural position, depart- siderable snap in the stroke, and t! ing from the iron-clad rule of the backspin that results from coming dow: longer shots, where the knuckles of on the ball in this manner, will preve! the left hand must be visible. the ball from running past the hol: The left elbow should be well away even at this short distance. “* Ame! from the body and pointing toward can Golfer.’

‘‘T here Ain’t Nothin’ T o It’’

HEREis a ‘‘silly season’’ in golf golf ball flies too far,’’ claiming t! I as in all other sports, and this is one of these new creations was capal the ‘‘silly season,’’ for rumours of being driven 350 yards or mor of new balls, possessing extraordinary Underthe most favourable conditi carrying properties. there are several standard makes ‘The Globe,’’ Toronto, a week or so balls which a prodigious swatter ago had a verysensational article along been knownto ‘‘shoot’’ that dista these lines, under the heading, ‘‘ New and even farther, but the ball has 570

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to be produced which will carry that safely discounted this season. as well as distance or anywhere near it, day in in seasons gone by. In the brief but and day out, no matter who the man classic words of the Hon. Mr. Pope, behind the elub. The player who can once replying to a four hour caustic average 225 to 240 yards with any make criticism of the administration of his of ball is still to be counted as in the Department of Railways and Canals, long-driving class. All rumours about by Sir Richard Cartwright in the House a newball capable of converting a 200 of Commons, ‘‘There Ain’t Nothin’ to yard driver into a 350 yarder ean be Li

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Ottawa Wins the Governor General's Curling Prize of 1918 TTAWA, Feb. 15.—To the Ottawa Ottawa O Curling Club goes the Governor T. J. Baker, skip .... Serra neerechciits 16 General’s curling prize of the year 1918. After an exciting final Montreal West played here this afternoon on the ice Wires s AeAVILOT AR KIDS cyrsevevssciscecargoants ino of the Rideau Curling Club, Ottawa de By ends: feated the Montreal West Club’s repre Ottawar: ..11222102200000100011—16 sentatives by a majority of eight shots. Montr’l W. 00000050021212011100—16 The seore was 37 to 29, Ottawa being eight up on one rink and tieing their Totals: Ottawa 37; Montreal West 29 opponents on the other. Ottawa played Majority for Ottawa, 8 shots. a superb game from start to finish, and it was fortunate that they did so, as Montreal West proved somewhat of a < LI surprise. Ordinarily the Governor- General’s final, which is for a silver cup presented by his Excellency, the Governor-General, takes place at the Rideau Hall Rink. It was to have been played there this year, but owing to the death at the Government House Thurs day of the late Sir Cecil Spring-Rice, it was transferred to the Rideau Curl ing Club. It was thus shorn of some of the usual features but his Excellence) the Duke of Devonshire was represent- ed by Captain Bilkley Johnson and HOTEL LENOX Captain Kenyon Slaney, and the former North Street at Delaware Avenue at the conclusion of play formally hand BUFFALO, N. Y. A modern, fireproof and distinctive hotel ed the Governor’s cup over to the vie of 250 all outside vooms. Ideally tocated torious Ottawa rinks. The scores: Excels in equipment, cuisine and service Operated on the Buropean Plan with the Ottawa following rates: Koom with privilege of bath $1.50 per day Dips EH. ELutchisons Skip: .i...s.-s--.0%-. 21 Room with private bath $2.00 - up Two rooms with private bath $4.00 i ap Montreal West May we Send With onv Compliments a “Guide of Buffalo and Niagara Talls?” Demme Ran lin SKIP ..cess.ccsticceseseeseee 13 Take Elmwood Ave, Car to North Street, or Write for Special Taxicab Arrangement By ends :— “Par from a Big City’s Noise, Close to a Big City’s Business” Ottawa ...... 103011311022010300110—2 C. A. MINER, Managing Director Montr’] W. 010200000300201021001—1:

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CAPON HEATON & CO., LTD., Hazlewell Rubber Mills, Stirchley, Birmingham, England Rubber Manufacturers of 82 years standing, Za ZL Z Principal Contents for January, 1918 Poem, “Merely a Yearn’”’ 3 GRANTLAND RICHI Editorial, “Importance of Annual Meetings’; “The Re-instatement of Sergt, Ouimet” 519 Short Putts é > 521 The Seniors’ Golf Association MR. HORACE L, HOTCHKISS “Golf in Canada’ THE EDITOR 52 Mississauga Golf Club * ' 529-5 New Golf Links, Niagara Falls, N. Y. . THE EDITOR 3531 Poem, “He Slee in Flanders” MR. ROBERT J. C, STEAD Golfing Parliamentarians MR. BUCHANAN, M.P Golf Ten Minutes from Wall Street THE EDITOR 537 Cartoon, “The Winter of our Discontent.’ Z ; News from Great Britain ai 540 Annual Meeting Br an tford Golf Club “The Science of D 2” 5 SERGT. FRANCIS OUIMET54 Veteran of Indian Mu tiny—Colonel Sweny THE EDITOR 545 RUNNER-UP 517 News from United States 3 5 Former Canadian Champion—Mrs. Dorotby Campbell Hurd Among the Professionals Re-instatement of Sergt. Ouimet MR. BRICE s. EV ANS . In and Round the Club House § x ; “Good Luck and Au Kevoir’’—Miss Harvey goes Overseas

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MARCH “9 to 30—Pinehurst United North 4 to 9—Pineburst Spring ‘Tournament South Open Championship 11 to 15—Palm Beach. Championship cf APRIL Palm Beach. 1 to 6—Pinehurst. United North 23 to 28 Pinehurst United North and South Amateur Championshi] South Championship for Women 16 to 20--Pinehurst Mid-Apri Pow ment