Golf tradition resists stymie and cup size reform
In this 1925 column Walter Hagen critiques enthusiasts who want to abolish the stymie and enlarge the hole. He argues the stymie rewards skill, not luck, and that larger cups would aid weak putters while increasing luck overall, predicting no change will endure.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Barnes
Long Jim Barnes
Jim
Great Britain
America
Western Golf Association
Duffer
Ell Syndicate
Visit Asheville and George Vanderbilt Hotel Experience
Inviting Asheville vacation brochure touts cool mountain air and scenic dawns. The George Vanderbilt Hotel sits atop Asheville’s highest hill with roof garden views and easy access to nearby shops theaters and golf tennis and swimming at top country clubs.
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Asheville
George Vanderbilt
Agreville
Biltmore Forest
Community church services and schedules listed
A compact roundup of Sunday and midweek worship times across local churches. First Christian Church conducts Bible school, evangelistic meetings, and regular services. St. Mary's offers morning prayer and sermon. First Methodist Protestant and First Baptist schedule sermons and Sunday school. Friends, Wesley Memorial, and Epworth League activities listed with leaders and times. invites all to attend.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
St. Mary’s Church
Protestant Episcopal
W. H. Wheeler
Thompson Orphanage
Charlotte, N. C
First Methodist Protestant
N. Main Street
George R. Brown
Christian Endeavor
Wesley Memorial Methodist Church
Emmett K. McLarty
D. D
B. C. Harmon
First Baptist Church
Lloyd T. Wilson
A. E. Tate
Golf rule query on club touching ground in hazard
A Links Referee explains a 1926 case where a player's clubhead touched the ground while taking a backswing in a soft rut hazard. The ruling: penalty applies for touching ground before striking the ball, with two strokes in medal play and one in match play. The question invites Innis Brown to answer via the sport editor.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Innis Brown
Bell Syndicate
Dr Branson Speaker As Sixth Public Welfare Institute Ends
Chapel Hill Aug 1 The Sixth Public Welfare Institute held jointly by the University School of Public Welfare and the State Board of Charities and Public Welfare closed with an address by Dr E C Branson and examinations on social law and case work. Superintendents of welfare attended the sessions which emphasized training in casework social law and child care. Members praised the program as balanced and practical and resolved thanks to organizers. They plan to return to their counties inspired and better prepared to face welfare problems.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chapel Hill
Public Welfare Institute
University School of Public Welfare
State Board of Charities and Public Welfare
E. C. Branson
Wefare
Roy M. Brown
Lily Mitchell
M. M. Stanley
Durham
Superintendents Association
University School of Welfare
Massapequa Racing Association Seeks Charter
New York Aug 1 AP A petition for incorporation of the Massapequa Racing association seeks to build a plant for 1,000 horses plus a one mile track grandstand and club house about six miles from Freeport Long Island The project aims to restart racing after years of restricted tracks on Long Island with Jamaica Belmont and Aqueduct previously operating Work on the Massapequa plant is set to begin next spring
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New York
Massapequa Racing Association
Freeport
Long Island
New York Racing Commission
Jamaica
Belmont
Aquaduct
Massapequa
Florida
Golf's Everlasting Quest for a Perfect Winner
The article weighs the dominance of top players like Bill Tilden Suzanne Lenglen and golf greats such as Jesse Sweetser Larry Lloyd Chick Evans Bobby Jones and Rudy Knepper. It notes Sweetser's easy Metropolitan Amateur victory followed by a reversal, underscores golf's unpredictable nature and stresses that no golfer can repeat the same game twice due to changing conditions and mental prep.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bill Tilden
Suzanne Lenglen
Jesse Sweetser
East
New York
Larry Lloyd
Greenwich Country Club
Sweetser
Lloyd
Gorm
Chick Evans
Bobby Jones
Evans
Rudy Knepper
Chick
Princeton
Merion
Knepper
Rudy
Hog feeding test shows 1,027 pound gain in 35 days
Farm notes from Elizabeth City report G W Falls saying his county hog feeding project at The Foreman Stock Farm finished a 35 day test with 20 hogs showing a total gain of 1,027 pounds. Falls says a 200 head herd achieving the same rate could net about 600 dollars in a similar period. In Williamston, Martin County plans the county’s largest fair yet with higher premiums for exhibits and nearly doubled premiums for community displays.
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Elizabeth City
North Carolina
G. W. Falls
Pasquotank
Stoc Farm
Williamston
Martin County
T. B. Brandon
Local fairs planned as exhibits for county fair season
A Richmond county farmers party visited the South Carolina experiment station at Florence to study boll weevil control with Farm Agent J L Dove. They then toured the Coker seed farm at Hartsville to inspect plant and seed breeding work. In Haw River August 1 Jersey Day prepared by Alamance breeders.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rockingham
Richmond County
South Carolina
Florence
J. L. Dove
Coker
Hartsville
Haw River
Jersey
Alamance
County Meeting to Feature Prebred Cattle Sale
County will hold an event on August 28 led by W Kerr Scott county agent. The program includes a sale of prebred cattle and four bulls will be given away to promote the better sire movement.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W. Kerr Scott
Special Communication of Numa F. Reid Lodge 344
A Masonic special communication for Numa F. Reid Lodge No 344 A E and A M meets Monday at 7 30 PM Work in Master Mason degree Visiting Masons welcomed J P Williamson W M W E H Herndon Secretary
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Numa F. Reid Lodge
A. E
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Tryon Streets
N. M. Martin
Pattor
J. W. Allred
the Links
DR. Branson
Racing Association
Francis Ouimet
Bryant Electric
N. Wrenn
M. S. Care Enterprise
Thie Ant
Sluggard
Atlantic Bank
Brandon
J. P. Williamson
W. M. W. EH. Herndon
Industrial Electric & Machine Co
Russell St
Walter Crissman
Tucker’s
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Sunshine
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