i pack mmmat?- PINEHURST ant pleasure is not difficult to obtain. The standard of golf on seaside courses is higher than it is on the inland links, partly because the former are generally longer, narrower and in other ways harder. The golfers play for distance and direction under compulsion at the seaside. They must play a long, straight game or else no game at all worth while. On many inland courses, and on nearly all the less important ones, it makes little or no difference where the ball goes on the drive, provided it does not go out of bounds or in an infrequent bunker. Of course, this does not call for high class golf. A man cannot learn to play good golf on an easy course any more than he can acquire skill as a horseman by riding a rocking horse. The spirit that de mands that even a short and unimportant course shall be kept easy does not help the poor player, discourages the good one and blocks the way to elevating the standard of the game. To a large extent the middle class of players are to blame for this condition. They like well enough to get their tee shots oft' straight and far, but they also want to escape the penalty for failing to do so, which is injurious to their own chances for improvement and is quite unfair to the better players who have learned to play for distance and direction. There are cases where a sliced ball es capes punishment, except for a trifle loss of distance, and there are instances where a pulled tee shot goes free from penalty, both being unfair to the one who goes down the course on the line. It is unfor tunately true that among some clubs of the smaller classes the motto is " Fewer hazards and more ginger ale," which might be humorous but is discouraging. Where this attitude of indifference to the value of hard practice exists, together with a reluctance to accept the benefits of well planned hazards, the standard of golf is bound to be kept at a low level, particularly among players who, although not young, are still far from being beyond their prime and consequently are capable of better things. TOE AIIMWltfTElt HANDICAP (Concluded from page three) Lyon 20 18 10 19 20 96 lloon 20 20 18 19 18 95 Worden 20 20 IS 19 18 95 Church 19 19 18 19 20 95 Illggineon 19 19 19 20 18 95 Heil 19 19 19 20 18 95 Hodgman 20 17 19 20 19 95 Clark 20 20 17 17 20 94 Newcomb 19 19 18 19 1& 94 Cob urn 18 19 20 19 18 94 Culver 19 20 19 18 18 94 Gcrstell 20 18 19 18 19 94 Campbell 18 19 19 18 20 94 Ford 18 19 19 20 18 84 Walker 18 19 19 19 18 93 Waddell 19 19 20 20 15 93 Leahy 20 19 15 19 20 93 Stubener 20 16 18 20 19 93 Spotts 18 20 17 18 20 93 Covert 18 19 18 20 18 93 Sundrobouch 18 19 20 16 20 93 Huseman 16 19 19 19 20 93 Edwards 18 20 18 20 17 93 Billings 19 18 17 13 20 92 Leever 17 20 17 18 20 92 Fox 19 17 20 19 17 92 Grant 19 16 19 19 19 92 Eubank s 17 16 19 20 20 92 Jones 17 18 20 18 18 91 Blunt 18 19 16 19 19 91 Jennings 20 18 18 17 18 91 Blackmer 17 19 18 19 17 90 Irwin 18 20 14 18 20 90 Bitterling 19 17 17 17 20 90 Donnelley 17 18 16 20 19 90 powers 19 18 18 17 16 90 Dreher 19 16 17 20 17 89 A11en 19 18 18 14 19 88 Bruns 20 18 18 17 15 88 Putnam 19 19 17 17 16 88 Clarke 18 19 17 16 18 88 Clark is 19 17 17 16 87- Hinds IS 18 17 17 17 87 Newton 18 17 17 17 18 87 Cook 18 17 19 16 17 87 Nuchols 19 16 16 17 17 85 Timms 17 16 19 19 14 85 Smith 17 18 15 18 16 84 Keleey 16 17 17 17 17 84 Blinn 17 16 19 16 16 84 Andrews 18 18 16 14 17 83 Plum i6 13 i6 19 19 83 Springer 19 18 16 14 15 82 Burns 14 17 15 19 17 82 Martin 19 14 16 18 14 81 Craig 14 17 16 17 17 81 Baldwin 13 18 14 18 17 80 N. B. Below 80 omitted. FRIDAY'S SWEEPSTAKES PROFESSIONALS Gibbs 20 19 20 20 19 98 Phellls 19 20 19 18 20 96 Stevens 19 19 20 18 19 95 Goodrich 20 18 19 20 18 95 Huff 19 19 19 19 18 94 Storr 18 18 19 19 19 93 Gilbert 18 19 19 18 19 93 Henderson 19 20 18 18 18 9i Hawkins 19 19 18 18 16 92 Graham 17 18 19 20 16 90 Squier 19 17 15 20 19 90 Dickey 16 18 17 18 17 86 Daniel 15 14 18 20 18 85 Richards 16 16 19 16 15 82 Doremus 17 16 12 12 15 72 Fisher 16 17 17 17 15 82 STORIES OF THE JLINKS The Sheriff and the Caddie Where Real Ability Is Required One day as Mr. Balfour was going out for a round at St. Andrews he waved genially as he passed to a caddie of his acquaintance, who returned the wave with that nonchalance of the gamin which is said to be next to the ease of a cultivated gentleman. The writer's friend observed: UI see you know Mr. Balfour?" "Ou ay," said the caddie, " us Consairvatives a' kens ane anither." Once upon a time in a northern golfing city the law was administered by a Sher iff of great kindness of heart. lie had a favorite caddie, a sad poacher in his spare hours. This worthy was known on the links by his Christian name alone. One fine day in court the Sheriff sen tenced a poacher, who failed to appear at the bar, to 5 or three months. A warrant was at once made out for the culprit's arrest, the court rose and the Sheriff went to golf. All that afternoon the caddie carried for him. As they drew near the last hole a policeman appeared and seized the body of the caddie. ''My hat ! " cried the Sheriff, "are you the poor chap I sentenced this morning?" It was even so. Sorrowfully the prisoner departed. The Sheriff was heard to murmur : "If I had only known " Then remembering his high legal office he left the remark unfinished. Of the caddie s contempt for lesser callings than the golfer's there are many examples. A professor not Putter, but a Scot of equal eminence was making a very poor show on the green. The caddie eyed him loftily and then sighed : uAy, ay, Professor, ye may be verra fine at themathematics, but it taks a man 0 ' genuine abeelity tae be a gowfer." GOODRICH The METEOR CAM C. WALLET The B. F. Akron, Ohio Gentlemen I am playing the I have played at I am still using It looKs good fo It1 s a dandy bal ISO q 1 OSKALOOSA IA. HERE IT IS Meteor Ball. Least 150 holes It. plenty more. I r c The B.F.Goodrich Co. AKRON, OHIO. THE SUM TOTAL. OF WARM SUNSHINE SOFT SOUTHERN BREEZES And Shredded Whole Wheat IS HEALTH Two Shredded Wheat Biecuits with milk or cream and a little fruit will supply all the energy needed for a half day's work at a cost of five or six cents. Try It for ten mornings and you will feel brighter, stronger and happier. Pinehurst Hotels serve it. 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