INDIGNANT GOLFERS.

Dominion, Volume 2, Issue 616, 20 September 1909, Page 8

INDIGNANT GOLFERS.

Golfers arc indignant at the statement mode by' Sir James Barr at the meeting of-the Bri« tish Medical Association at Belfastj that "golf, bowls, : and curling are gomes which seem -to be essentially associated with substantial oaths and Scotch whisky." ' They were games, ;he remarked, which "might be reserved, for.eldcrlv gentlemen with, not .too much reserve energy. ■Wo ("Daily Mail") have received the -: f6l- ■ I lowing opinions on "Sir James Barr's'statement from officials of the clubs mentioned S Koyal Liverpool; Tloylake.— Have .nothing to say about the.statement,, which,;is ridiculous on the face of it. ••' ■'.. -■ . . ■;. Royal St. Davids,'Harleoh.—Wo do not know from what club the speaker'derives .'"his.experience. It, is not true here. What , is his homo gree,n? ' .. ' ■- - Hyth6.—l do-not agroo with the statement, but consider that golf brings out all the finer points of character—vis., unselfishness, ncncrosity, self-rclianco-in adversity. Golt . im- , proves the tomper, induces self-restraint and self-respect, and therefore . reduces drinking habits. •...'. • . ■'■■■.'.' . Buxton and Manchester.—My experience as secretary of tho Buxton Club for several years, and formerly of the Manchester.■'■Clnb,- boith with largo momborships,'does not.confirm Sir James Burr's opinion. Golfers wishing 'to become proficient must learn perfect self-control, and certainly must be'abstemious.' ' ' ; ' ; North- Shoro (Blackpool).—Considering . th« great number of golfers on out links,'the receipts for excisable liquors belie Sir Robert Barr's statement. As to oaths, he must hav<! been in bad company. My opinion is that thoro arono grounds for. tho statement., ■■"■:•. Soaford.—Th* association of oaths and'whiskj with golf is an absurd statement. '. St. game of golf, eo faf from encouraging the nso of oaths.and whiskj' does exactly the reverse, as no man can us< either tho oho or the othor and play the cami as it should be played. I am surprised at Sa Eobert Barr's remarks, and nigrot his'experA enoe. ■ ' . •■...■■ , .