Category: Poetry

A line o' gowf or two

A man once said to me: “I consider the daily reading of B. L. T.’s column equal to a liberal education in English.” The thought immediately came to me that whatever it was necessary for B. L. T. to do he did well; and as his chief business in life was the writing of English he...

Chapters

1. Part 1

A man once said to me: “I consider the daily reading of B. L. T.’s column equal to a liberal education in English.” The thought immediately came to me that whatever it was neces...

2. Part 2

Far—far as Arcturus—be it from us to dissipate the mist of theory that envelops the so-called royal and undeniably ancient game, or to diminish by one the methods of its madness...

3. Part 3

GOLF. My good Scholar, it is not to be compassed, yet do we see scores of hapless creatures endeavoring the impossible; for it is the way of many teachers of this game to bedevi...

4. Part 4

Those persons who feel sorry for Chick Evans because he can’t putt may like to know that Vardon and Ray, interviewed when they returned to England, agreed that “Evans with his n...

5. Part 5

“War, glory, statecraft, and the Muses Nine No longer charm these golf-mad friends of mine; Wine, skirts, and song have also lost their hold Beside this strange new game that, I...

6. Part 6

After all, the difference between Tweedledum and Tweedledee is more fancied than real. Both of these heroes drive a long ball. It is only when they attempt to translate their pe...

7. Part 7

A golfer in Rockland, Me., has a cat which chases the ball and sits by it until the player arrives. This is interesting chiefly as being the solitary reason for a cat’s existence.

8. Part 8

When lovely woman whacks the pellet, Though fair as Helen’s be her face, Her golfing form (I grieve to tell it) Is very far removed from grace. The way she stands, her every mot...

9. Part 9

Is there another bore comparable with the man who is just learning golf? He bores the friend who was so foolish as to show him the game. He bores the good souls who are kind eno...

10. Part 10

In the accounts of important golf tournaments we read, in every other paragraph, about the terrific strain; and if the winner does not “crack under the strain” he is hailed as a...