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THEPOPULARFOUR-BALLMATCH.
Lastlythereisthe"four-ball"match,
inwhichfourplayers,eachplayinghisown
ball,play,twoagainsttwo,thebestball
ofeachcouple.Thereareshort-sighted
andmisguidedindividualswhorailagainst
four-ballmatches.Possiblyithasbeen
theirfatetoplaybehindamatch,inwhich
theplayersorsomeofthemwerehigh-
handicapmen,withnosenseofdecency,
oroftheproprietiesandetiquetteofthe.
game.Hencetheymadenoeffortto
avoiddelay,talkedmuch,walkedslowly,
playedeachstrokeouttothebitterend,
whethernecessaryornot,ateveryhole,
andgenerallykepteverybodybehindthem
waiting,whenperhapstheweatherwas
coldandabittereastwindwasblowing.
Thesekindofmen,withnoregard-for
playersbehindthem,shouldnot,ofcourse,
beallowedeventoexist,exceptona
desertisland,andamongmenoftheir
ownkidney.
Itwasfromsomefar-away,newly-made
linkswheresuchmen,possibly,hailfrom,
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Golf
DescriptionBy Sir Henry Seton-Karr, C.M.G. ... Harold Hilton [and others].
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