Rensselaer Semi-Weekly Republican, Volume 40, Number 40, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 24 January 1908 — FREAK PLAYS IN ROYAL GAME. [ARTICLE]

FREAK PLAYS IN ROYAL GAME.

Records on Golf Grounds Very Much Out of the Ordinary. On one occasion a player handicapped himself to the extent of playing -anils shots with one leg held up, and the only crumb of satisfaction that some people can get out of the story is that the mftn missed nearly every shot and lost his wager. Also, J who has not heard of men trying to play with,one eye covered up, others who have had but one club against the full set used by their opponents, and others who have agreed to put with nothing but their umbrellas? On one occasion a golfer played a round with a champagne bottle against a man who had all his clubs, and it is a sad thing to know that it is on record that the man with the champagne bottle won! There are said to be various Scots who have driven balls oft the face of expensive watches without at the same time driving the faces off the watches, and an American variation of this forth of golf freakishness, as practiced with much success on one occasion, was to drive a bail off the top of,a hen’s egg, which had been dented 'at. one end to make it hold the ball, but not otherwise damaged.