FEBKUABT 4, 1920 PAGE 7 St Valentine's Tournament n .. i . i t ' () tell me truly,. Connor, 0 tell me, Connor Black, Sow will it rain, you think, again, Or will the clouds roll bacJc?" -Oh! man, I canna tell ye, 1 surely canna tell; But if it doesna rain again We'll have a long dry spell." Thus replied the well-known sage to our tearful and poetic entreaties. Un expectedly, he made no mention of St. Valentine, or St. Swithin, or the ground hog, or the moon, or the present admin istration. He contented himself with the delphic utterance above. Therefore, 0 Golfers, we cannot give you the encouragement we had hoped. When ' Connor goes back on us there is something wrong in the State of Pine hurst. ' We have to report merely that the Six teenth Annual St. Valentine's Tourna ment got under way on Monday last, but at the present writing has come to a standstill. Old J. Pluvius is on the job. Owing to the delay in consequence a double-header may be run on Friday in order to complete the program. The entries this year are not so large as last. One hundred and forty-seven have entered the fray. No doubt many of the brethren are compelled to remain at home, and possibly in bed, with the prevailing indisposition. Mop day morning on the links proved to be a sort of a freeze-out to all except James Barber. He appeared at the Club House with the pockets of his sweater bulging mysteriously. Investigation by revenue agents disclosed two nice hot baked potatoes tucked away in each pocket. Mr. Barber explained that these potatoes would keep warm all around the links and were most admir ably adapted for keeping his hands Avarm and his courage high. 'Twas not ever thus! Who would have thought in days gone by. of resorting to such a base expedient and substitute! For what they are worth, we append below the best scpres made Monday in the Qualifying Round. It is amazing to note in this list the absence of such well-It nown names as R. C. Shannon, AT THE CAROLINA Jock Bowker and Donald Parson. It was the chilly weather, no doufyt. No F. S. Danforth 40 39 79 2 Allan Lard 44 41 85 H. G. Phillips 41 44 85 C. F. Watson, Jr. 41 44 85 L. G. Spindler 42 46 88 F. II. Gates 43 45 88 J. D. Chapman 43 45 88 J. D. Armstrong 43 46 89 2 L. A. Hamilton ' 45 44 89 S. C. Allison 43 47 90 M. B. Stevenson 44 46 90 F. N. Close 43 47 90 2 J. A. Du Puy 48 43 97 C. B. Fownes 46 45 91 G. M. Howard 45 46 91 2 R. E. Lincoln 43 48 91 2 Joe Hotchkiss 47 45 92 2 J. I. Melanson 47 45 92 2 P. B. O'Brien 45 47 92 2 I. R. Bier 44 48 92 2 H. C. Fownes 44 49 93 F. H. Mahan 48 .45 93 2 S. H. Patterson 45 48 93 C. K. Teter 45 49 94 2 G. F. Keating 49 45 94 Thos. Hooker 44 50 94 2 C. H. Lay 46 49 95 2 R. G. Bigelow 49 46 95 2 C. L. Becker 47 48 95 2 A. M. Reed 47 48 95 2 R. Buchanan 48 47 95 2 Unless otherwise noted the score was made on Course Number 3. THE SAD GOLF NUT Hoffman, Mr. and Mrs. T. E., Newark, N. J. Ilomans, Mr. Sheppard, Sr., New York, N. Y. Houston, Mr. Buchanan, New York, N. Y. Kimball, Mrs. F. H., Bath, Maine. Kimball, Miss Priscilla, Bath, Maine. Lowe, Mr. and Mrs. F. E., Montpelier, Vt. Mattheys, Mr. J., New York, N. Y. McGregory, Mr. Malcolm, Detroit, Mich. Milam, Miss Blanche, Washington, D. C. Perkins, Mr. and Mrs. L. H., Meriden, Conn. Pratt, Mr. Geo. H., Jr., Hartford, Conn. Runebough, Mrs. H. T., Cleveland, Ohio. Salm, Count Otto, New York, N. Y. The golf bug has a sad face. He is plainly out of sorts. Something is the matter with him. He has just come from the doctor's office where he has undergone a thorough physical examin ation. He is sore and depressed, but not from what the doctor found, but from what he refused to find. "You are all right," said the learned physician. "You are as sound as a nut.'' That was a little joke the golf bug did not enjoy. "Are you sure that I am in first-class condition?" he asked. "Absolutely." "Is my blood pressure normal f" "Perfect." "Heart regular?" "Heart O. K." "Lungs clear?" "As a bell." "Liver in good working order?" "SpTendid." ' ' Kidneys functioning properly ? ' ' "Yes." "No trace of neuritis?" "Not a bit." "Am I not bordering on a nervous breakdown?" "See no indication of it." "I'm sorry." "Sorry, man, what for?" "I thought sure you'd dig up some good excuse for me to go south for the winter. Now I'll have to be honest and say that I'm going to Pinehurst, N. C. simply because I want to play golf." Edgar Guest in The Detroit Free Press. & Jr $ wis- to wsw ''. In if PERFECT concentration and a true ball aret largely responsible for your besT strokes. If your game is'unac countably hard to improve, Try One of the New U.S. Golf Balls U.S. Royal, U.S.Revere, U.S. Floater. You'll find a size or weight just fitted to your game. They are made to suit different requirements. 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