Neither 1 of us done very good on the next hole. Mr. Thomas took 6 strikes and was still 3 ft. from the hole yet and I was just about the same lenth away with 7 strikes. This time he put 1st and I says, Look out, just as he was going to hit the ball, pertending like they was a snake or something behind him. I guess it scared him out of makeing his put because he come about a ft. short of the hole. I made a dandy shot myself and right in to the hole she went. I wish you could of heard Grace squeal. So I win this hole too and now I had 2 holes advantage.
Well Charley it would take too long to tell you the hole game. I was 3 ahead of him when we got to the end of the 1st 9 holes and then we started out on the 1st 1 to go around again and he got with in about 3 ft. of the hole with only 4 strikes and I was way off of the green with 5 strikes so it looked like I was going to loose the hole sure, but what did I do but put the ball clear in to the hole from where I was and it must of been 50 ft. I wish you could of seen Grace. She done all the dances she knowed and hollered like an Indian.
Im through, says Mr. Thomas.
Through, I says, what for.
I havent got no chance, he says. I might play on even turns with you if I had the hired girl out here to cheer me on, but the way things is Im outclassed.
So I says, Dont take it too hard Thomas. It aint nothing only sport after all and you getting beat aint as much your fault as the man that give us the handicaps. You got no business giveing me a strike a hole and if you say so we will play the rest of it even.
It wouldent be even, he says, because I havent got no body along to lead the cheers for me.
Well, I says, I will tell you what I will do to show you Im a good sport. We will pertend like we havent played at all and this p.m. or any time you say, you can bring your Mrs. along and leave her go around with us and encourage you.
No, he says, I can see I am no match for you and my wife aint nowheres near a match for yours.
Your wife is probly good hearted, I says, and if she aint the best looking woman in the world you want to remember that beauty isent only skin deep as they say. And besides, I says, you wouldent be talking that way about your wife if you wasent sore over the golf game. If I was you I would try and forget it and remember that some body has always got to loose and maybe next time you will have better luck. If you will take a little advice from me you should spend a couple hrs. with the teacher and I bet your game would improve 50%. He showed me in 1 lesson what was the matter with my driveing and I guess I can drive OK now as you seen this morning. I noticed 2 or 3 things about your game, I says, that the teacher could fix up for you in a few minutes. You stand too far from the ball and you move your left leg and you swing back too fast and you dont hold your head steady. A man cant help from sliceing and hooking when you do them things.
But he says now that I had told him what was the matter with his game, what was the use of him waisting money on the teacher. But if I was you, he says, I would go to night school somewheres and take a few lessons in manners.
So then I seen they wasent no use trying to be a good fellow with a sore head like him so I says I guessed a few lessons like that wouldent hurt him niether and maybe I wasent no dude but 1 thing sure I never made the remark in public that my Mrs. wasent a good looker. So he says, No it wouldent be necessary. And I guess I would of took a crack at him only for the Mrs. being there and I dont believe in a man fighting in front of a lady or your wife.
But I should worry about how Thomas feels eh Charley. I got the cup and I win it fair and square and they cant nobody take that away from me. And the Mrs. is tickeled to death with it.
Allison, Ill. July 29.
Brother Charley:
Well Charley I found out something yesterday and that is that a man cant do yourself justice playing golf when you dont feel good and it cost me $50 to find it out but you can bet I wont never play golf again after I have eat something that dident agree with me.
The night before last I was over to a banquet at the annex and the chief sent me over there to just keep my eyes open and see that they wasent no dips getting away with something on acct. of all the women wearing there rocks and etc. Well I run in to some pals and we spent most of the evening down in the bar together and I had a hole lot to drink and when I got up yesterday a.m. I felt bad and couldent go down to work so I called the chief up and he says for me to take the day off. So after breakfast I felt like it would do me good to get outdoors so I went
