Snapshots of Players on the Golf Lin
A hull roposo.s on n too;
A Kolfor drives with norvo,
Then IooUh to hoo tlio Hplioro ihwrllii'
A piiruhollc ciirvo.
lie IdokH In vain; against tlio sky
No iiiIhhIIo iIooh lio hoc,
Anil this Ih why: The hall Is Mill
HopoHlnt,' on tlio tec.
KDWAKIJ A. (JUI)AIIV.
It, was Hobble Hums who wrote:
Tlio hi-Ht lalil HclionicH o' inloo an' moil,
Ciiiik art alcy.
Hut this doesn't apply to tlio Country Hub,
which has built a beautiful club house, laid out
a magnificent eighty-acre golfing -mi isi ami ac
quired a menibership of over 1200, with as ninny
more on the waiting list, in a length of time
that, to the slow-going, methodical
Scotchman must seem plieuomenally
uluivl Tlio nliiiist 1 1 f flu ni'oii-cl ors
Iiave been carried out. and that with- VT
out. a hitch in the proceedings. Their
best liopes have been realized. The
principal object to be attained by the
club now is a high degree of skill on
the part of its players, and even this is
being acquired with most, gratifying
alacrity. It is not impossible that
the Omaha Country club may wrest
TUB KNOCKER AT
TUB COUNTRY
CLUI1.
n
II. LAWKIE
MISS HHLLE DHWKV.
I lie championship from the
effete east and give the
Scots pointers on 1 heir own
game.
Picked men from the
club have already engaged
in contest with golfers of
local fame in cities of Ihe
middle west and have in
variably emerged with hon
ors, and scarcely a week
passes that a score on the
home links is not lowered.
Win) UmfH about upon Hip links
My caddie.
Of other things Hum KoltlnK thinks
My cmlilli'.
Who breaks iny claim la careless play.
Then hides Iho fractured sticks nwny,
Ami Iohoh fourteen balls a day
My cmlillo.
II. I.AW1UB.
riiiht
One I'liimot be too careful in ilia vhlir liolf to use the
club. It is true that the chief difference between the cuius is
their names, but this difucult, may be obviated by having the
name branded into the shank of the implement, thus obviating
ktlie necessity 01 carrying u
magnifying glass. II is in
correct to suppose that, there
is absolutely no difference
the medium mushy and the
convex-back niashy. To the
laity, now, these sticks are
identical, but to the profes
sional, even with an un
aided eye, there is a world
of difference. Sometimes
even an amateur can detect
it. It consists in the fact
that the convex-back mashy
has a convex back, while
the medium mashy has a
straight or tint back. It is
true that the face and not
the back of the club comes
in contact wit h t he ball, but
Ihe back has to be there be
cause it's an impossibility
to make a club-head with
only one side, as it is to
make a sheet of writimr
oiiarles t. kountzb. paper with only one side.
BbPp . ...
ARTHUR 1. (it'M)U.
So there are certain exi
gencies of the game wherein it
is proper to use the medium
mashy and not the convex
back mashy. and vice versa.
For a long approach out of a
bad lie the former must be
used; for a shorter approach
out of a less vicious lie, the
latter. In the following
touchy bit of verse .Mr. Lowe
points out the dire conse
quences of improper discrim
ination in the use of clubs:
llo premised well, illil Toinmle C.reon.
Ho wore the proper suit;
Ills clubs were perfectly correct,
Ills cniMy ban n bate.
Hat ho has fallen now from (-race,
Ills haughty manners meek
lie nsfil his lotting niashy when
He shi:ubl have useil his cleek.
WILSON II. I.OWH.
The material topography
of the Country club golf links
is eminently suited to the pur
nose. The surface is smooth
and rolling; the number of nai ural hazards is not great, but this
is an advantage rather than a disadvantage, as it is a well
known fact that too many hazards tend to dishearten a new
player. As the members acquire more skill, the number of
hazards can be increased artificially.
It would be impossible t. find a more beautiful eighty-acre
tract within an hour's ride
of Omaha. There is not a
tree or shrub upon it, and it
has a tough, firm sod of line
old blue grass, which, being
close-mowed, niaKes an ideal
putting green, with very lit
tle labor. Zigzagging
through it is a great gulch,
with gently sloping sides,
which lends a ''hazardous
tone" to the cour.se. makes a
picturesque landscape and
adds interest to the game.
The links are divided
into two courses. One, a six
hole course, ;s for the women
members and beginners..
This is a particularly level
bit of ground, comparatively
free of hazards and hunkers.
The other is a nine-hole
course for the men ami ex
perts. Several professionals
who have seen these links
say that, considering their age, they are in excellent condition.
She throws tho turf Into the air
Shu Is no doubt a charmer,
Hut 'cause, she plows tho ground so well,
They dubbed this lass "Tho Farmer."
WILLIAM J. FOYE.
i
miis. AitTiirn v c.uior.
GILHERT M. HITCHCOCK.
A golfing course is not a potato
patch remember that, tyro. It. is
not intended to be cultivated. Try
to rid yourself of the hallucination
that the implement you wield is a
hoe, and that it improves the up
pi a ranee and utility of the green
to scoop it out here and there.
Agriculture is till right in its way,
but golf is another thing.
la Scotland ho'd golfed It a few,
While breezes nnd zophyrlets blew,
Hat hero la tho west
Ho's not at his best,
I "or tempests to him are qulto new.
SAM I1UHNS.
More will be said
about the language of
the game further on,
but for the present the
following glossary of
golfing words and
phrases will be found
useful :
Agriculture The
apparent object of all
beginners.
Hag A receptacle
Mat the
a (limn' oi ( jn s.
H. T. LBMIST. MUS, WILSON H. LOWH.
Omaha Country Club
I'liiiliiuiiiiilix Inl.on -.in'
t it 1 1 fm- l'l '
I.iiiiN II. Iloolu let..
A I'HBTTY COUNKR IN COUNTRY CLUD HOC-E COLLECTION OF
MRS, HARRY LYMAN, NBE DICKINSON'.
STEIN'S I1Y
W. I). HANKER.
A "OAIiLERY" WATCHING A MATCII CAME OF GOLI
for clubs, used in lieu of a
shawl strap, because more
expensive and less con
venient. Hall A gutta percha
sphere which is the best in
the market and which splits
at the equator, near the
third hole.
Hugler Driver A driver
with the handle broken off.
Caddie -A freckle-faced
boy who follows you around
the course, giggles at, your
foozles and charges you in
cents for it.
Cleek (necessary) A
critical - moment club for
short drives through the
green.
Club An implement
used for striking the ball,
chielly remarkable for its
sameness of form. (See
variety of nomenclature and
mid-iron).
Driver (necessary) A bat for playing golf.
Fluking (See schlafling).
Foozle A funny atuni. on the green, never made when one
is alone.
(loose-neck putting cleek A crooked implement for knock
ing a curved ball.
(lolf A pretext
for bringing persons
into the fresh air.
Heretic One
who does not plav
golf.
Hole A tin
lined aperture so
charged with elec
tricity as to repel
the ball.
Mashy Same as
cleek save that it,
has a red handle.
(See cleek).
Mid-iron Same
as cleek; may be
used interchange
ably with any of
the following: Urns
sey, mid-spoon, driv
ing iron, centra-ject
mashy, lofting iron.
c o n c a v e lofting frank t. Hamilton.
cleek, niblick, driv
ing niashy, gun metal putter, medium niashy, convex-back
niashy, etc.
Niblick A hump-backed -tool, with a very Scotchy name,
made to sell to beginners.
Schlalling A good Scotch
word which may be used in
discriminately and means
nothing. (Set? fluking).
Tee A kopje.
T 1 1 ree h u n (I red -y a rd I ri ve
The reverse of foozle. (See
foozle).
All clubs not otherwise
designated are unnecessary.
Tho boy Blood oa tho putting (-round,
Ills shoes wero full of feet
Ho worked for 1! cents a round,
To buy his bread and meat.
THE CADDIE.
The club house is situated
about four miles northwest of
the business center
of the city, and a
street car lino
runs by the door.
The general ef
fect of the archi
tecture, both exter
ior and interior, is
mediaeval. There
seems to be a dis
position to get
back to the lodges
of the old Scotch a visitor from council rluffs.
lift
barons of the seventeenth cen
tury. In the broad, low roof
ami spacious veranda there is a
hint at the quaint Queen Anne
style, though the builder says it
is not a pure example of this
type.
Inside is a decided tendency
to the Flemish and (lot hie, the
most impressive feature of the
large "social room" being, per
haps, a broad-mouthed llreplace,
forming an ingle-nook. All the
trimmings and decorations are
in keeping with this spirit. Over
the doors, ami standing out from
the walls here and there are
"trophies of the chase" heads
W I-
Ml S M E M S-IIANH.
of deer, moose and coyotes. Oil
the outer doors are heavy bras;
knockers of the most antique
pat tern.
lie plays a wretched name -
Of foo.lfs none makes sure,
Hal by a Inrm majority
lie's a rct'iiKiilzcil authority
Oa Kolllui; and lis lore.
TOM DAVIS.
llo fractujea every rule,
Yet none thero bo to scotT,
For ho has crammed his beetling brow
With Lnn(uai;o of tho Links, and now
Ho speoks tho purest (lolf.
ARTHUR I'. (JUIOU.
Golf has a language the
same as mathematics and medi
cine. A physician couldn't de
scribe a disorder intelligently to
one of his profession without
using certain so-called technical
terms, and if he undertook to do
so he would be put down as an
imposter and pretender. The
language, therefore, is the first
criterion by which a doctor is
judged by his fellow prescrip
tion writers. It is the pass
word to the medical councils, the
open sesame to golf circles.
If you wouid train with golfers, talk golf, and talk
L'olfers talk it. It. makes no difference what the subject is.
E. A. Cudahy is quite a favorite among the caddies. 'I he
other day in a spirited match the great, packer was being bested
slightly, when his loyal little armor bearer coached him some
thing as follows:
George C. Is "golf" pro
nounced koff or gollph? Yes.
H. W. No, you can't knock
a highland tliug with a niblick,
and "Scotch highball" is not
necessarily a golfing term.
"I mailo tho round la Blxty strokes,"
Tho duffer Bald. "Fl fl!"
His friend replied, "That sounds to mo
Much llko a 'suppy lie,' "
FRED HAMILTON.
FRANK J. HASKELL.
it. as
Talk
Gertrude Kountze
holds the woman championship.
She has a record for some long
drives in the six-hole course.
The spectators are referred
iw tin i iiu tiiii t)
Ono cannot lush und play (jood koU;
A dozen drinks of booz'll
llo Hiiro to maku ono miss tho ball,
And that Is called a "foozle."
T. It. KIMUALL.
WILLIAM J. FOYE.