GOLF THE BOOK OF A TMOLAS ANO CHUCKLES THE FAMOUS GOLF CARTOONS BY PublisKed by P. F. VOLLAND CO. MEW YORK CHI C A G O TOnONTO Copyright, 1916 P. P. VoLLAND & Co. Chicago, III. (All rights reserved) FORE! To the Scoffers, the Duffers, and the Golfers, this book is dedicated. IT is to these three classes that I am indebted for the material contained in this book. Of these three classes, I might say the greatest is the duffer. He is the salt and substance of the golf course. He is the source of more cartoons than any other class. He is human. He is funny. He makes my business good. He is the inspiration. I Vv-as once a scoffer myself and I believe I understand the emotions and feelings of him. Now I am with the great and unsilent majority, the duffer, where I expect to remain for some time to come. Some day I hope to be a golfer, but that is not important. I prefer the association of duffers. I prefer the thoughts of a duffer, because I believe in my cartoons of him I can reach the majority who make up the golf world. I do not have to exaggerate, I do not have to imagine. One need only to observe and draw only the real happenings, repeat the actual sayings, and depict true expressions. Hence the Golf Cartoon. Then came the publisher. He claimed the golf cartoons could be best perpetuated in book form. Also a wider circulation. There are several hundred thousand golfers in our country and we figured that if each would but why be mercenary? Hence the Book. THEY'RE OFF WHY GOLF IS GOLF OH rJO - f H You ARE SIX TO HERE - fvlOT SHOOTIMS SIX - 1 Your strokss At-WKfS Keep tab Oio VouR STROKES AwD <3ue&s AT Your OyJKl L£ARkJ To LAUGM HEaOTIUT AT AU. THe SCOTCH HIALECT SToRiei IF YOO Dow T Ll^bUP OPPiWC»JT ISfJ'T L-OOKiMts CWJOY H^ARlMli RELATE MOW YoU I^l D HINTS FOR THOSE ABOUT TO TAKE. UP GOLF FOR GOLFERS ONLY |F I ,5iNK This Pott I lu Be 9g FOR The MV Fifl&"f SCORE IF YOU TAKE UP GOLF YOU'LL NEVER BE SATISFIED WITH YOUR SCORE HARD To Vl^^uRb A IT'S HARD TO AROUSE A GOLFER'S INTEREST IN ANYTHING BUT GOLF WHAT A GOLFER LEAVES BEHIND HIM THE MENTAL HAZAJID THE. NiNeTeeNnrPi i . «i ti a . v ■ ONE OF The. M03T IS THE ONE 'HAT 2X»0 OR. MORE Y«RC>i AND APPEARS I To BE DE JECTtt) J R)R. Hl5 UACK OF ■Dl^TAsMCe - COMPL£Tecy»'/ Some Players iEEiv^ To pLtASORE FR6tv\ QoLF AfJii Besides 6Po>L The _FUM FOR (H£ OTHERi THE DRIVER THE NIBLICK THE PUTTER OMCCINAWHIL6 YOUR OeALEf* WILL PALM OFf= ON YOO ^ BACL-r«AT eEHAV/E<3 LIK^r T"H(* I BEFORE AND AFTER KB Hah!! The. acewe om The umks AS You Thimk (T v5hould Be ONE DA NUT!) Ah wotsa Matter widJaI I HAOOA FLftG AT LA ST Hots OLD 80'^- Th6. HOi-e AMD (SAMe m il f fl\9m To HOLD OE FLAG \ r/1 "TbBAr But Th»5 T^He 3CeM& AS IT VJSOALCY ijJ HOLING A MASfflE SHOT HINT TO GOLF CAP MANUFACTURER'S THE FIRST TEE THE SECOND TEE THE THIRD TEE THE FOURTH TEE THE FIFTH TEE THE SEVENTH TEE THE EIGHTH TEE THE NINTH TEE THE NINE-AND-A-HALF TEE WHEN FRIEND WIFE ACCOMPANIES F. H. ON A FOURSOME A PUBLIC COURSE ON A SUNDAY MORNING MM WHAT DO YOU SAY TO YOURSELF WHEN YOU LOSE A GOLF BALL? PERSONAL INTEREST "THE GR\f» OF A weTEMM VAJSLU Your husband wow Tl-ie MATCH- AiviSJ The silver COP - I COME UP LIKE This - ALL MV^ MUSCUE The croe Don't This hat is a'^ful Chic - it sives ME SOCH YOUTHFUL / X NOTc THE DEEP MTEREST HE TAKES IN HER AFFAIRS. THE WIFE HAS TO STAND FOR AN AWFUL LOT OF GOLF LOOI-C OTTO HE CLOUDS ARE BReAK'I^JS - IT IS eojMG To Cl-Eft' uP- IHIS CA^J'T LAST LOWS BE- SIDES ITS FlNf FOR The IVe. ^6.610 '6m 0PT(M1ST(C THEV "JILL -TRftMP AROUlOU rM ^OSSV CLOTHES AfJI A 'POURlkJG ■RAiu - akjo mot a CHAUCe RjR. THE >SU»J "To eoER. 5H(Mi; IT MAV HA^/e ROCK AtjC Golfer eageb. to SHOOT HIS brassie BeCAU66 HS rsally BELiev/ED He HAS A GOOD CHAWCe. OF MAKI.vjG a Two OM A SIX HOLE Toe This BOY HAS The Braisj of a GF^DWJfJ PERSOlvJ - HE. tS Too lfJTe.LL16eMT To CADDV IF A CADDV PRAi se,s HIS eMPLOVeR's JJRlv/e - HE IS CALLED ANJ WTELLeCTUAL GIAMT HERMAU- I'US. A HUMCH That 1 CAM So OUT To The Solf COvJR^e ArJD JHOOY ThG Record full of HOLES- I FseL iM Me MEM, JUPPOiED To HAU6 SOUNfD Business Juds- MEM. ^uDDEWlY ATTACK-ED WITH UJILD ' HALLUCfxJATloUS LiH-E- This A GOLFER IS A NATURAL BORN OPTIMIST THOUGHT He HAD TOOK. OP eiocF- THE FINISHING TOUCH IN THE MAKING OF A GOLFER THINGS THAT REALLY HAPPEN ON THE GOLF LINKS And whbn wG REACHED ThC f^tiS: you LI srfN- MORAL: GET THE OTHER FELLOW'S SCORE FIRST !hJ LlKl To BE IN TVllS WRETCHED ,7 PREDICAMEMT. . Rolling imto 7^115 TRftP LITTLE BALL ' 50 There ! " "GOODMESS ME ! IT MAS TAKer-J Mt£ SI=VeK S.TRQKeS> To ReACM Tm& iSReEN BUT IT MATTERS NOT ^ THAT UMCtRTAINTY' IS The charm OF aoLF " > IVMSSED A TVjo FOOT Putt ' " THE NON-USE OF PROFANITY LEADS TO BETTER GOLF "— TAFT SreP PERSON'LY DARN THAT POOL ball! STAY THeRe rOR ALL OF j^;^ BONNie BRI6R. I3USM EH-HEH. ^TicuJ OUR HOMoR The. •PaotnjER ujho has CHECtreO You UP OM VbuR 5C<5RE. BOT MA5 iN SuS- PiCiOKJ That You ars (SoimG To Differ l*>JHeW HE HOLE FROM TOU UJHO IS LITTLI MS A Fiwe L0ro6 URIUE YOO C?HAAJCE To MAKE" SOME GOLF PARTNERS WE HAVE MET □ □□□□□□□□□□□□□□□ □ □□□□□□□□□□□□aai:A □ □□□□□ Q □ Qi3a®-©@so- □ □□□□□QODO'daDDigti □ □□□EiDp'oDnnDDDa g □ E]0 0QmaijnnDoooa TmE GERMAM TRe>JCHES WAVE MOTHlrJC OrJ THIS DEPARTMENT STORE GOLF WHY SOME MEN ARE HAVING A HARD TIME FINDING THEIR CLUBS C He&R OLD BOY,' 1 JUST VXE-ftRD THE BOSS S He Wfts <,0(MC, TO SHei-Lftc OS To-Mi&m Arm I CP, AFTER. A HARD DAY LisTe»j.- iHi5 GUV That o^-JS ME IS Just 6£<3iNrvjiN6 - STICK AROUND AND 5E£ Th f PUN •■ H TouCHeo me' Hoi! me Jl»5T Tick-led The Top of mv head'' " HE TeeD ME UP AGAIN - HE'S MuTT£R.ING SOMETHING 7b Himself ■ i C/^N T t^AKE IT OUT But I DON T Think iTs Nice ' whoa! The old fool hit The ground TWO F££T 6ACK of Mb' Oh". Just HERE HiM CURAE'- IS The Voorst Gosh, hes GoiNc; To use AM IRON. HE 3WS TneV5 iajRonG with his driver" Ow.' HE T0PP6P ME awful!' -J. l/UST LOOK AT That Gash IN Mr head! ftND SENDING Through IMI.S GRA3S N E>y6RTHlMG " HEY Big stiff. PET OFF Ca».^ t do GOLF - YA. Big stiff.'" • ME ALMO-ST kiulEO rv\F HE £>iD 1 HoDe t-te DON T |-|nD ME ' Oh - .- ivsv HSAD' ■ Oh Cool) N'GH T t Ht see5 ME • OH ! Mr Poor head -CH. SAi' UJHAS5A- M(\T Te c ! ! , \nhassamat, rneKE HE Goes AND 6£^T3 ME Of^ ToP OF mV head AGAIM Jos' FoO That i m J The 6i<; STiFf: ME LOOKS AvNFUl D15C0UR- ased ' ■(Jooor. HE'S crP SOME Nice LITTLE CADOV vA/ii_i Find me AND TY^eAT .' ME Nice I HOPE MORE ADVENTURES OF A LOST GOLF BALL 1 •TA^os that stratng^ttr ' Mother, dear Look; he Koow5 «-»S Ainfc he <^tieer 7 'IRut they closed tKe *^ club, 6o he H<9S no ^lace to go, yoa see " lAS.!^ "^y ovA/o don't talK wild; he's ^/our PatKer. dearest cKild" T>Io i>\s<^^ 'p'^ ^ htiT> to * ' roarr, That IS ujhy he is Con^n^^g home " J^e s my Fa+'Ker Wo &UC h thioQ ; F<3ther died au/ofy last Spring" father didn't die, you dub, Rxther joi>>ea a. gplfio^ c(ub " [[iss him he won't bite vou child- I , All thervT Solring gUv^S looK wild." The /?'cfo,re3 are outS- ^ Loud cn'S of '^^'^^f'^ THE STRANGER IF YOU DISCOVER HIS HOBBY THE REST IS EASY WHO GETS THE MOST FUN OUT OF GOLF ? THE PUBLIC LINKS ARE OPEN TO ALL COMERS FURTHER ADVENTURES OF A LITTLE GOLF BALL IF GOLF WERE PLAYED LIKE KELLY YOO MAKE A 'PReTTY DRlwe STRAIGHT — Awt> MCWT Golf PuKVea •PRETTV FAIR AFTePt ALU' Yoo FiiuD rauR ofo Thi6 BRlrJK OF a CHfKSM A^jt Your Caodv Cacls Vour, ATreKfTfONJ To A 3TREA^^ AT Tue ^oxTo^-* Thereof IUTCmD To BRA^Sie VouR ►jeyT .«H«T ClEAM ACR03S BV This TiM6. The CAOOY wjIlL BB lauShikjs so hard ibu WILL CHA3E HIM T& THa CLUBnaL/^e THUi ENDttvlfe The (3AMC THE THIRTEENTH HOLE AT FOX HILLS HOW TO OBTAIN A GOLF BUG'S GOAT IN THE WINTER TIME ONE OF THE SADDEST SIGHTS IN THE WORLD unfc L ILL FM '/OUT WHO'S RespoNsietej OR this!. THE MAW WHO Missec> rne ctue 'bus A GOLF NUT IN WINTER QUARTERS