Americans Are Kapicuy cecoming uon r-nrnusiasts l ill uiiiinini iiii.n - CO Willi UIO Kllllie HUH ore- igm ill a soil ui uiiuciii; iukoki iim. TuTuo devotio. It l.i ii new enthusiasm in life, born of 11 novel ami compelling Inter cat Tlu.se of tin1 former class arc at an ut ter Iojs to comprehend tin- animus or I'm liisclliutlou. Such a one mild once, that "golf Is the placing of lit 1 1 - lulls In littl hides in the most dllllciilt manner I osslble ' 'Unit was live yiars ago. The next vcar, Inlliieiiced by the fact that his alllaticed was a lover of the game, this si oiler learned Id play. Not ii month unci he won one of the big championship events In this country Hut the detllilllnn given hv the linlie Utver was correct. It Is dlfllcult to Imagine a much harder method of molng a small sphere some ion yards anil direct hn; its course Into a hole four Inihes in dliniet r than with the aid of long handled clubs v I th striking fnces hat illy as large as the hall Itself. Of course, toothpicks might he used, hut even they would prove a far easier tool for the beginner to handle. It Is perfectly true, also, that golf Is tin uninteresting name for any save those who understand It to watch. It Is one of the few athletic diversions, In which one unveised In the suhtle Intrlciudcs and dllllciiltlcs cm see no action, no ervc. nothing worth while. Unless n spectator knows all ubiut vhat he Is witnessing, the game look slow nnd unlnti resting to him. So It Is a fact thai no golfer ever took iu the Kiimo becaus,' he was ultra 'ted to It as an onlooker, not In this country, at least. There Is apparently too little "doing" to attract the American sportsman. Invite a base hall player or a tennis devote.- out to the links to watch you no around on -e. and he will scolT at the whole thing. He v 111 have no desire even to trv It. tiolf in a sport or u good game Is to him n parade. Hut once get a club Into the hands of this same doubter, let him net Ills base I'CYi: DUIVIN'O SI'i:"rT)US IN WAKIJ I'hoio by St.UT Artist Inherent In all man kind Is this love of the open air. and due to It Is the popularity ol outdoor sports. There Is added to this in the city dweller a half starved desire for the country for num. and lots of 11. Coif out laiiks all sanies In that it feeds both ap pctlUd. Volt can play base ball with a high board fence ar und you and a brick build lug for a backstop, with heavy teams rumbling by on the paved streets. A tennis court can he outlined practically In any backyard. Hut not so golf. When the 1. Ikl m Kssm m NICHOU.S I.OSKS-Photo hy Staff Artist. ball eye trained on the ball, ami happen by some chance to make one goo I stroke. Ho will watch the "nutty" sailing away through space, farther than ho ever thought of knocking a base ball, and he will start off at a run across the meadows with that samo club, determined to repeat the feat. Tho electric effect on strained nerves, tenso muscles and Intent mind of the llrst fair shot Is Indescribable. Relaxation, relief and thu happiness of satisfaction surge through body and brain, and with them comes an unalterable ambition to continue the motion. So that Is how golf appeals to tho man of other and more actlvo Ruined. Ho laughs It to scorn till he tries It, but having once tasted of Its dllllcultlcs, he realizes that he has found a Kame which for demands on science, skill and steadiness surpasses nil the rest, and he Is an Immediatu convert. However, there Is nnother generation to account for. Half the golfers In the coun try today tiro men of 10 or over. They are not lured by fascinations of a possible future excellence, ami for such they do not strive. They merely play easy, regular golf, and are nevertheless as fond of the Kiune ns tho younger ones. Their devotion nqulrcti n dltfereut explanation. True, It Is the only gninu they can play. Hase ball and tenuis would be far too violent, Hut It Is not that. Their chief reason Is the vital feature of It nil. II is the HiIiik that makes all golfers, good, bad nnd Indifferent alike, swear by the name and remain faith ful to it. It Is the mere pleasure of being In God's out-of-doors, city man leaves his desk and hlcs to tin links ho is really In the country, away from all sound of town, sometimes actually out of sight of any living human and every habitation. He Is close to nature, and that Is the need which of all others he feela most Htrougly, for It Inlluences every de partment of Ids being, phyflcal, mental and spiritual. Kor him who lives all summer at his golf club, of course, this glamour wears iiway. He Is there for tho sport, and for none of Its more Ideal concomitants. Hut the average player comes from town ench time, where he eagerly awaits the coming of a o'clock, tho hour that sets lilm free. Ho hurries to his club, exchanges tho stiff nnd form lilting clothes of conventionality for those of perfect leisure and freedom and carelessness, puts on his shoes wltn rubbor-splked t-oles that never slip, grabs a bunch of golf clubs nnd a handful of balls und Is off. As hu swings away at the llrst tee he gets tho llrst froidi breath of tho dny. When his arms go up with the stroke his lungs expand all they know and whether he makes a foozle or a fancy hot he feels a real king us he chapes olf after his ball. Generally considered an aristocratic and expensive game, the growth and Bpri.ad of golf In this "oiintry, despite that fact, Is most Interesting. Though divers proofs have been ottered to tho contrary, It Is probable that the sport Is of Scotch ori gin. Kngllshmcn Insist that It began In their country, but tho very words "caddy," "tee." "mashle" and others are redolent of Scotland. NirilOhhS, LAWJUK, I'OVK Photo hy Staff Artist. N1011OU.S IN A Hl'NKKU l'hoto by Staff Artist He that as It may. Mure golf was flrsi played, when all clubs were woxlen and the balls were hoisehldo. stuffed tight with feathers. Its growth has been constant am! far more rapid than Its extreme expense al llrst would seem to warrant. Now the time wheu every golf player was u Scotch man niul made bis own clubs has passed und the game is becoming more and more general. Indied, there are only a lew of the old type left. You see theiil now and then In America, such as old Hubert llrald and his brother (''rank, which names stumped on the heads of gcdf clubs tire proudly exhibited by the few amateurs who have grown sulllelently close to the little, long-whiskered, oddly-dressed, horny haiided Siotibmen to receive the hand mini sticks as a memento of their In struetors. tiolf was originally a senshoro game, played on the sands and among the dunes along the coast. Hut wheu It enme to this country tt was soon revolutionized, or rather Americanized. Kor u year or two nil links were tilling the const, hut tho Yankees were quick to discover that thu Inland country offered far more preferable localities. Hazards of a riskiness und dif ficulty that could never he duplicated on a beach were possible and a mere rolling country attainable. So the courses scat tered Inland and since that I line Ingenuity has been tnxed to Its utmost to mnko them whnt they bIioiiIi! ho In every particular. American golfers are extionilsn. Thev lire not satisfied to stop with what th v Icarnod from their foreign teachers, the Scotch. They carry things further. Hazards must bo more dllllcult. bankets more fre quent and more perilous to the game. I'l.iv Is harder and llercer. That Is whv an Ameri can ciiu become expert at golf In such a comparatively short time, tin the couise of the Country (dub at Htilllmore Is one hazard alone which cannot be duplicated in all Great Hrltain. Seventy-live yards fiom one loo is a stone aiiieduel twenty ft et high. That Is an appalling piopiodtlon. Any drive falling to cover it (which Is no easy feat) will strike It and drop to the ground close hy. and then to loft the ball over almost straight up U a trick of great dttllculty. There Is every Inducement to clear the aiiueiluct on tho drive. The spread of tho game to tho west has ben sudden. It was not many years ago when people west of New York considered golf the unattainable, and now these people cnii play It In no matter what cltv of .inv size they chanco to visit. Nebraska fur nishes a good example of this growth. Tliree years ago there was not a golf club In the state. Now there ale eight. And wh n It gets to such a pats that the Hiuall lowin can support a golf course, who can crv "aristocrat" and say that It Is not almost as much u game for tho masses iih ten.ii ever was? A gieat point in favor or golf h that il does not take a lifetime to learn It. and that one run become proficient beginning al almost any time of life previous to the wnne. A star base ball playei s one who was in the game on the t ominous as a child and who followed it cnnstautlv thiough the public hchools ami perhaps cd lege. No boy even as young as l"i veils of age can begin then to play base ball and get good lit the game. Ii tnkis a life time of application. The same Is largely true of tennis, though to a less extent. Hut any Idea that a youth spent In nut -dying nnd subsequent llfo on the links Is necessary for good gulling Is nn error. William llolahlrd, Jr., of th Glenvlew club in Chicago Is 17 years of age anil has playid two years. He Is cham pion of his i tub and litis won high humus in i h.ilnploii-hlp matches In both the cast ami wi st. Walli r 11 I'gaii. runner up in the re cent national cham-pnii-hip louiuameii! win by Mr Tiavls. "ii cnt ( f age and has played but thtee i a is sinking example of whal can be iliuie Willi golf in a shot I linn by xlgoious ap plication can be f und In Omaha. W .1. I 1 1 i ' is not a youth, but is ill the prime of of life. Last jcar he began to play golf. He was eouilaiil to lie game ami practiced be Kiid.leoh begliw In hn ih bill nnd hi It right, and from thai turn nil hi iu prow'iucni l nun chiu-l t.ipld Care an I persistent practice are all that are necc sar then. A Tactful Uotrent Colonel Prank 1 Italdwln. I'liuiili I tilted States lufnutr.il. now scl'tlim III out island pohm'xmIoiih in the far t'aelllc, ami doing splendid sen ice. loo, tells III tin Detroit 1'iee I'n m a mmd ntoi nf a ynun,. Mormon girl's picxcmc of mind Si on few yearx ao. It will bo iccultcd, Cob uel Codv Invited a uuuilicr of forciKo nlllcers In visit lilm al his western ram l and go on a J.itiiil of a thousand miles li. the mobile through the wonderland i f tin herder. motlg those who aeeepted the Imitation were, thin Colonel, now lii neral Mi Klnnon nnd Major Sir St. John Mildmay of the Hrlllsh Grenadier guaids. Colonel Halilwlu, uhnxc tefcired to w,i the escort sent by General Miles to ihe fotelgu ollleers. It was wheu Hearing the end of th tin mmiil miles' (rail ami al a pretty .Mer uiou village In I'tuti, thai a dune wus ghin to Colonel Cody ami his guests. Pretty girls galore were tin re In tin school house, whole the dame was held, and the henuv were the uieiubeis of tin Cody parly, from Ihe ehlel ami his linnet, it guests to Ihe "horse wtunglcrs," and .M 1 1 inn 1 1 bishop. The music wus a inclodeoii, uccoidlnii bugle und violin, ami II was pla.vlim with a villi Ihnt made the feet hustle, while tin "corners were swung" In u way I ha. caused Ihe feminine ili gonils to lly high "In one set," Colonel Halilwlu said "were Cody. Ihe ollleers of On. Greuaillei guards, a .Mi rinon piesldeiit of a 'Mttil.e,' oi county, a sedate elder and a cowboy. "Sir St. .loliii .Mildmay was dancing wllh i pretty girl om r mur the door, while a few llll MfaY-rt'-MMy ""; 'ft 3) KOYK AND IiAU'ltl II WATCH NU'HOM.S DIHVU l'holo hy Slalf Attlsl faMifully. This ytar he quulillcd al Chi cago lu the Western iituateur championship being one of sixteen out of Km entered to do so. Since then he, together with Harry Iiwrle, played llcriiard Nleholls of Boston an eightien-hole match it I the Country club. Tho two Omniums won, and Koyo's Individ ual teoio wiih only one down on thai of the visitor. Nleholls, too, is onu of Hie few men who have defealed Harry Vnrdon, champion of the world. So golf Is not an lmpnsihllity for anyone, us far as prnllclcney In the game gocw. Perfect form Is not lesullnnl only upon twenty years spcnl on the links, as many of the so-culled golf guide books would have people believe. Nor In the game so (II Hi -unit to muster. It Ih very hard at llrst, .ml naturally so. A. t Is player has u square fool of stilnglng to lay against his ball. At least fifteen Inches of a base ball playor'n bat will do the work for lilm. Hut lu golf the striking face of the club is not more than nn Inch or two square, and all cxpeits play bulgois. which means a curved face, ho that there Is Jusl one point on that section of u sphere which which must hit thu ball In order to get Ihe player direction niul distance. Hut nothing m stronger than the en (oiiragement n golfer gels when It does come. It Ih the one game In which a player seems to "get the hang" nil at once. After weeks and months of struggling after form and "eye" and niimi rous other essentials 'wall llowtrs' sat light behind thorn. Sud dunly thu lliltlsh major's fair pat I tier lte.il luted. Hushing crimson, then exeetiled a few fancy steps not down lu the dance, Nwnopcd down und plcki d up u gaiment from which she had beiome iliscnlauglcil, doubtless from loo abiding fiiith In pins nnd Providence. "As quick us a IIiihIi, lln.iigh blushing blood-red, she reached for one of the wall flowers, present! d her lo the dumb founded major niul with u polite 'excuse hid' disappeared through the outer door into the solitude of nature, "It was bright moonlight and she had to hunt for inwr lu some trees quite a dis tance away lo reiiriaugo her toilette, hut she did It with dlspulch. glided back to her place In the dunce, Ihaiiked her tem porary siibslilule und went on wllh Ihe dance with seieue eompohilio of face und more cautious whirl of feel. "The major, however, had mil yet col lected himself rally when Ihe dance eiuleil mid then calling Col I Haldwlu uslde said with enthusiasm: "'I have been u soldli r In India and in Africa, have rnllownl the hounds ucrii-n Iho roughest country, huve seen much or dtsponito danger, hut never, in u iniimeni of Hindi ditiperate danger have I ween a man exhibit such pot feet pieseuce of mini ns did that .Mormon girl. No society bollo "f London or New York rrmld have shown the del Ve that die did ' " I'OYK .MAKKS Till' WINNING SHOT Photo by Slalf Ailpu