GOLF

Taranaki Daily News, Volume LIII, Issue 300, 13 May 1911, Page 7

GOLF

The Ngamotu Club plays a mixed foursomes match this afternoon for prizes donated by the president (Mr. A. Standish). It is expected that over forty players will take part. Mr. Morshea'd has also donated a prize for competition. The professional coach, Mr. MrCormick, has been coaching on the Taralma links during the .week. On Monday he goes to Ngamotu for a fortnight and then returns to Taralma to complete his coaching there. His next engagement will be at Inglewood, where he remains for a fortnight. At Rye, on March 28, Oxford avenged thsir unexpected defeat in last year's inter-'Varsity golf match. Twelve months ago the Oxonians were warm favorites, and Cambridge won by five games to three. On tne present occasion the Light Blues were generally expected to triumph, and for a considerable time all went well with them. At the end of the;morning round five of their representatives held a lead, and one was all even. Only two were down. By excellent golf, however, the Dark Blues gradually! rfecovered in the afternoon their lost gJofaid, until the last putt of the day last green gave the victory by 5' ti> 3.

ffNew York "Golf says that the idea «f'training baseball players on golf has been ! looked on as a joke by many folks for many years, and yet. the Philadelphia Americans are in a fair way to convert the baseball world to the merits of golf. When the veteran division of Connie Melt's /Philadelphia team went to Hot Swings, Va., last spring, for their early spring training, they were all urged to take up golf. And take it up they did—players, managers, and scribes. And they piayeil it vigorously as long as they renra'iiled at; that resort. When they mWed''On" f ;ti6 ''Atlanta they continued the p'racl'le'e.''Every time it was possible to Stldal 'a 'minute from practice most of the ! players started for the course of the Atlanta Athletic Club at East Lake. And there was some high old golf played. It did not take long to develop some grftrid players. Harry Davis, captain of tKe'-'team, became wonderfully adept. Charles Bender, the Indian pitcher, was a ' shark at the game. Eddie Collins caught on fast, and so did the rest. ' Then the training season ended, and everybody forgot that the ''Athletics had framed on golf," until the great team, led by the resourceful Cornelius McGilli cu'ddy" (a good golfer himself, by the way), won the world's baseball championship. Then the baseball world woke up ii,iid gqtf stock boomed, '['his year the Philadelphia team will carry more golf clubs ; than baseball bats to Hot Springs, Vn„ and will play steadily. When they moVb'ph to Savannah they will take thciP clubs with them and* play there „i)„„fii'' " r J also, '" Cither baseball teams are taking up the game, and there is not a major league club at present that does not number its good golfers. Thus far none of them havje, shown any amazing proficiency at the game, but they are ''coming on." ''A Stratford player is credited with haying killed a pheasant that was Hying qvev the golf links while he was playing. wTille'l'a,' HHwko'g Bay player is stated tq.'haye killed a running hare with a gpjf bkll.' The Masterton Golf Club has A' bc-t'ter record still. Last season one of the. players drove a ball up the "Summit.," whjcli. killed a skylark that happened tp be flying across the direction of tnc.ball. Of course it wasn't done intentionally.