Evening Republican, Volume 19, Number 31, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 5 February 1915 — DEVICE TO START GOLF PLAY [ARTICLE]

DEVICE TO START GOLF PLAY

Instrument In Use by Various Clubs Eliminates All Arguments Between Contesting Players.

Arguments over the starting of players is eliminated to a great extent by an Instrument now employed by virtually every golf club in this part of the country. This device is a long piece of pipe mounted at an angle on wooden or steel • legs, the opening being large enough to accommodate a golf ball. The higher end is open, ' while the lower end is plugged, and an opening made near the end, from which one ball may be removed at a time. By being covered all the way down, not one ball can be displaced from the order in which it was inserted into the tube. As players reach the first tee, if they cannot leave at once, they drop an initialed sphere into the tube, and when it comes to the end the owner’s name is called and he, his pair or foursome, tees off. If the owner of a ball is not present when his initials are called, his ball Is placed last in line and he must await its next appearance before he may start. The old system of barber shop precedence is eliminated entirely, for .there can be no question as to the ownership of balls now, with every player having his initials sunken into the gutta percha, and one inclined to "slip one over” by substituting his ball for one ahead of his is balked.