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THE SUN, NEWBERRY, S. C„ APRIL 23, 1943 Grantland Bice TT IS always interesting to get an 1 angle from a top expert. Maj. Robert Tyre Jones, now busy on his job at Mitchel Field with the army flight command, has an angle that is worth considering when it comes to golf. It concerns the abolition of par— par for any hole or par for any course. “That word par," the major told me, “has done more damage than any thing else in any game. It has broken the duffer’s or the average golfer’s spirit, haunted his dreams and spoiled a good part of his pleasure. It has even tangled up the nerves of the stars. And it really means nothing at all. “What par means to Byron Nel son, Craig Wood, Ben Hogan or Sam my Snead is something entirely dif ferent from what it means to the average player, the mass that make up the game. An Illustration “Here’s an example. The average golfer walks to the first tee, on a 440-yard hole, where he sees par four inscribed on the card. He knows he can’t get home in two strokes. He is beaten before he starts. He takes a six and his whole round is spoiled. “On that same hole Snead, Nel son, Hogan and others are home with a drive and a six or seven iron. On a 500-yard hole, a hard par five for many players, they are home with a drive and an iron. “The point is that the great mass of golfers are playing against cer tain fixed figures set for the few stars. These figures are far out of reach, where the 90 per cent are concerned. Yet they keep on bat tling against impossible situations. “Did you ever hear of par in foot ball? Or baseball? Or tennis? Or boxing? Bill Tilden never had any par at which to shoot. He was jus* out to beat his opponent. The Mental Switch “Golf,” Major Jones continued, “should be a game for fun or recrea tion and exercise. It should have no other purpose for the millions wh» play it. The contest should never be against any par, but against your opponent or your oppo nents. Suppose you take a six on the first hole? What difference does that make if your opponent takes a seven, and you win it? “Take the case of the 95, or the 100 or the 110 shooters. They face 18 holes, each hole marked its set par. So in the main they are fac ing 18 objectives that are largely beyond their ability. As a result, they finish with tangled nerves and low morale. They have missed most of the fun which the game should bring them. “In my opinion, there should be no par figures planted on any hole, or on any score card. This would help to bring about the mental switch needed, to bring more fun back to the game. They could then go out and battle with their oppo nents, with the wind and the sand, with the rough and the ponds, with no mocking ghosts of par following them around the course.” Craig Wood, Open champion, backs up this viewpoint. What Is Par? “What is par, anyway?” Wood asked me. “I’ve seen Jimmy Thom son get home with a drive and a six iron on a hole 540 yards in length. So far as distance goes, that hole is an easy par four for a Thom son, a Snead or other big hitters. But it is a tough par five for the 90 per cent. Or take that eighth hole at Oakmont. It is around 265 yards, labeled a par three. That’s the target the average golfer faces. It doesn’t make sense. “So let’s all forget about par, a figure that means nothing to the expert and makes the great major ity miserable. Let’s bring back the fun and recreation that belong to golf, including the six or seven-mile tramp in the open which older men now need. Let’s make it a game of player against player—and not a game against the score card.” To all of which your correspond ent subscribes 100 per cent, with the backing of some 2,000,000 or more hackers, who have been har assed by this will-o’-the-wisp from a midnight swamp. Nothing is more heartbreaking to the average duffer than his battle against a cold, inflexible par. He can’t hope to match it—all he can do is play and perhaps swear. New Prizes Miami recently came back to join Los Angeles in another type of mod ern golf. The first two prizes were a pound of coffee and two pounds of sugar. Big entry list. Why not? We may have a world series where the winners and losers may split 60- 40 for a few barrels of turnips and cabbage. Even spinach. The main idea is to keep the ball rolling, whatever the prize ahead. Why not put in Whirlaway and Al- sab for a ton of hay? Chicken and Rice—Fine Favorite for Easter (See Recipes Below) Easter Essentials How differently you will plan your Easter dinner this year I You may have to forget many of the tradi tional foods and use only what your ration points will allow you—or what you can obtain at the grocer’s. Many of you in former times had baked ham or leg of lamb, but per haps this year it may be chicken, or whatever ra tion points will allow. So, get out your ration points and put on your thinking caps, la dies, and see what we can have to make this dinner a success. Markets throughout the country will have different meats available for your selection. A lot will depend upon how well you have saved your points to splurge on this occasion. If you plan chicken, stretch it with rice as we do in this recipe: *Fricassee of CLdcken. (Serves 6 to 8) 4-pound chicken ^4 cup flour 3 tablespoons chicken fat 2 teaspoons salt Paprika 3(4 cups boiling water Freshly boiled rice Clean chicken and cut into serving portions. Dredge with flour and brown in fat. Add seasonings and boiling water to half cover. Sim mer, closely covered, until tender, about IMs to 3 hours. If desired, place in oven to brown slightly after tender, and serve with boiled rice. Some of you will perhaps be fortunate enough to obtain lamb. If you cannot obtain a leg of lamb, a shoulder cut will be nice to serve with this barbe cue sauce: Lamb Shoulder, Barbecued. 4 pounds shoulder of lamb 1 medium onion 14 cup chili sauce 1 teaspoon salt 14 teaspoon pepper Dash of cayenne 1 tablespoon vinegar 1 cup water Mix onion, chili sauce, seasonings With vinegar and water. Pour over lamb which has been wiped with a damp cloth and place in pan with tightly fitting cover. Cover. Bake at 350 degrees for 314 hours. *Orange and Greens Salad. (Serves 8) 4 cups coarsely shredded greens (lettuce, endive, watercress.) 14 cup sliced, stuffed green olives 14 cup diced orange sections 14 cup chopped green pepper 14 cup salad oil 4 tablespoons lemon juice 14 teaspoon salt 14 teaspoon celery seed 14 teaspoon Worcestershire sauce Combine salad greens with or anges, olives, green pepper. Mix salad oil, lemon juice and season ings. Just before serving toss light ly together, mixing well together. Lynn Says: How to Save Ration Points: If your old recipes call for tomato juice, tomato soup and other canned tomatoes, substitute brown gravy. In most cases, it will work quits well. Substitute fresh fruits for canned and dried fruits in des serts and buy heavily of citrus fruits. Serve them sectioned or sliced. Use seasonal fruits gen erously, as applesauce and rhu barb. Store any excess water from cooked vegetables, and have it well covered when stored. Use in soups, gravies and stews. When cookie recipes call for dried fruits, omit them or use them sparingly. Omit chili sauce, catsup and chow chow from menus. Use them for seasoning foods such as meat when cooking or for sand wiches when necessary. Lynn Chambers’ Point-Saving Menus Fresh Grapefruit Juice •Fricassee of Chicken With Rice Cauliflower, Fresh Broccoli Platter Garnished With Lemon Wedges •Orange and Greens Salad •Combread •Rhubarb Upside-Down Cake •Recipes Given •Corn Bread. 2 cups yellow corn meal 2 cups sweet milk 4 teaspoons baking powder 3 tablespoons bacon drippings or shortening 1 tablespoon sugar 144 teaspoon salt 1 egg Mix dry ingredients together. Beat egg, add milk and bacon drippings to it, then blend into dry ingredi ents. Pour into a well-greased shal low pan which has been heated. Bake in a 425 degree oven for 30 minutes. An upside-down cake would make a lovely closing to an Easter dinner. What to make it with? There are several items, first of which is rhubarb — fresh and strawberry- colored. You could use apples, if you like, or fruit cock tail which does not take as many points as other canned fruits. •Rhubarb Upside-Down Cake. (Serves 8) 4 cups cut rhubarb 1 cup sugar 1% cups sifted flour 2 teaspoons baking powder !4 teaspoon salt cup shortening 1 cup sugar 2 eggs !4 teaspoon almond extract 14 teaspoon vanilla extract V4 cup milk Cook rhubarb over low heat until juice begins to run. Add sugar and mix well. Simmer about 10 minutes and pour into a greased cake pan. Sift flour, baking powder and salt to gether. Cream shortening, add sug ar, and beat until fluffy. Add egg yolks and flavorings and beat thor oughly. Beat egg whites until stiff but not dry and fold into mixture. Pour over rhubarb and bake in a moderate oven (350 degrees) 40 to 50 minutes. Loosen cake from sides of pan and turn onto platter. If you desire a simpler dessert, try these: Lemon Sponge Cups. (Serves 6) 2 tablespoons butter 94 cup sugar 4 tablespoons all-purpose flour 94 teaspoon salt 5 tablespoons lemon juice 1 tablespoon grated lemon rind 3 eggs, separated 194 cups milk Cream butter, add sugar, flour, salt, lemon juice and rind. Add well- beaten egg yolks which have been mixed with milk. Fold in stiffly beaten egg whites. Pour into greased custard cups. Set in a pan of hot water and bake at 350 de grees for 45 minutes. Cool and un mold. Table Decorations If your food is simpler this year, don’t feel that your table need lack festivity suitable for the Easter oc casion. In many of your gardens daffodils or jonquils and tulips will be out—ready and waiting to do their nicest for your Easter dinner. An effective centerpiece can be made from as few as a half dozen daffodils with their own green fo liage in a shallow bowl. Have ta ble accessories harmonize with this color scheme by using a pale yellow or white cloth with napkins. If your taste—or your garden runs to tulips, try deep red tulips with white snapdragons. Lynn Chambers welcomes you to submit your household queries to her problem clinic. Send your letters to her at Western Newspaper Union, 210 South Desplaines Street, Chicago, Illinois. Don’t forget to enclose a stamped, self-addressed envelope for your reply. Released by Western Newspaper Union. IMPROVED UNIFORM INTERNATIONAL UNDAYI chool Lesson By HAROLD L. LUNDQUIST. D. D. Of Th« Moody Bible< Institute of Chicago* (Released by Western Newspaper Union.) O' Lesson for April 25 Lesson subjects and Scripture texts se lected and copyrighted by International Council of Religious Education; used by permission. THE RISEN LORD LESSON TEXT—John 20:1-17. GOLDEN TEXT—He Is risen.—Mark 16:8. “Christ is living! My people shall know it. I shall preach about it again and again until they believe as I do.” So exclaimed Dr. Dale of London when the glory of Christ’s resurrection laid hold of him as never before. There began that day the custom of singing an Easter hymn in his church every Sunday morning. Easter has come again, and it ought to make us glad to recall the resurrection power of Christianity in the midst of the world’s awful sorrow and death. Easter should mean more to us than ever this year, if we believe in Christ. If we do not, why not rid ourselves of the dark garments of unbelief, and put on the bright and beautiful garment of faith in a living Christ. Let us be clad in His righteousness. The first Easter Sunday had scarce ly dawned when the faithful Mary came to the tomb. Finding the stone rolled away from its entrance she ran to find Peter and John. What they came and saw, and what—or rather who—she remained and saw, make up our interesting lesson. I. Peter and John Saw the Empty Tomb (w. 1-10). Peter, though he had denied his Lord, was not sent away by his brethren. They knew his true heart, and evidently the gentle and loving John had taken him to his home. Mary knew where to find him. What a tender incidental indication of the Christian spirit of the brethren of Peter. John and Peter ran to the tomb. The unusual news so stirred them that John the younger did not think to await the slower steps of Peter. He came first, but when he did he only looked in. Peter had no hesi tation, but went right in. What he found there was most significant. Here was twofold evidence that the body of our Lord had not been stolen. The burial clothes were there. They had not been carried off by a thief. Nor had they been snatched aside by a deceiver. They lay in order. There off to one side, carefully folded, was the head cov ering. Je^us was gone, but He had left in all the dignity and majesty of a triumphant Lord. What they saw caused John to be lieve. It appears (v. 9) that they had not yet understood the clear teachings of the Old Testament re garding the death and resurrection of Christ. They were slow to be lieve. Let not any in our day, with its greater light, fail to believe. Peter and John came and saw— and then “they went away again unto their own home.” And so they missed tieeing Christ Himself. H. Mary Met the Risen Christ (vv. 11-17). The tears of Mary were the genu ine expression of a devoted heart, but they were nevertheless mistaken tears. The question of the angel re veals that fact. Why weep because His body was gone, when that was the very thing which should give her joy? Why weep over a dead Christ when He was alive? How often our discernment Is dimmed by tears and our judgment warped by sorrow. We look on the wrong side of our circumstances and see only a tangle of threads and blurred colors. On the other side God is weaving a pattern of beauty and blessing, which will be our joy through all eternity. Why not re member that now? Blinded with tears and troubled in heart, Mary did not even recognize the Lord when He spoke to her. But our Lord looking into her soul and knowing that it was her very love for- Him which made it hard for her to think of anything but His death, gave to this true-hearted woman the privilege of first seeing Him after His resurrection. As He spoke her name, she knew Him. We recall that Jesus Him self had said that He was the Good Shepherd who “calleth his own sheep by name” (John 10:3-14). He knows your name and mine, fellow Christian, and one day we too shall hear His voice even as Mary did on that day. She believed and worshiped. Let us follow her example this Easter day. There is a danger that the observ ance of Easter may lose its real significance in the empty inciden tals which the world would have us believe make the day. It is a holi day. There is thought of new clothes, of formal church attendance, of fam ily gatherings, of flowers and feast ing. They are all right in their prop er place. But let us be sure that no adult fails to meet the risen Christ today, and let us be sure that the smallest child knows that this is more than the day of bunnies and candy eggs. They will rejoice in the knowledge that a victorious Christ lives to give them eternal life. Let us really “keep the feast” this year, purging out the leaven of hypocrisy and dead works, and re membering Christ (see I Cor. 5:7, 8). YOUR small daughter will love 1 making her own bed with this charming embroidery on the spread. It’s a dainty old-fashioned 5 r 4r* r y •J U X2 i IMEl Loved Bi^ Not Lost He—Have you ever loved and lost? She—No, the jury awarded me $10,000 heart balm. Frightful “irhat’s that ugly insignia on the side of the bomber?” “Sh-h-h-h. That’s the commanding officer looking out of a port hole.” Don’t They? Teacher (to new pupil)—Do you know the alphabet? What letter comes after A? New Pupil—All of them. Sad Conclusion “Henry, honey, I’m to be in our club’s amateur theatricals. What do you think people will say when they see me in tights?” “They’ll probably say I married you for your money.” A milkman, inducted into the army, wrote £ack home from camp: “Bessie, I sure do like this army life. It’s nice to lie abed every morning until five- thirty.” Seat of Learning The lad was dull at school you see; His dad took thin gs to heart. He took the lad across his knee And there he made him smart! Time Changes Things Visitor (in defense plant)—Look at that youngster, the one with the cropped hair, the cigarette and trousers on. It’s hard to tell whether it’s a boy or girl. War Worker—She’s a girl and she’s my daughter. Visitor—My dear sir, do forgive me. I would never have been so outspoken if I had known you were her father. War Worker—I’m not her father, I’m her mother. Half of World Doesn’t Knoiv What Other Thinks A commercial traveler put up for the night at a small country inn. In the breakfast room the following morning he was asked by the landlord how he had en joyed the comet playing in the next bedroom during the night. “Enjoyed it!” was the reply. “I should think not, indeed! Why, I spent half the night pounding on the wall to make that comet play er stop.” “I’m afraid there’s been a mis understanding,” said the landlord, stiffly. “The comet player told me that the person in the next room applauded so heartily that he played every piece he knew five times over.” doll, complete with pantalettes, hoop skirt and bonnet. Use gaj colors. • • • Pattern 7480 contains a transfer patten of a 13»/ 2 by 16% inch motif and 12 smallei motifs; stitches; color schemes; list ol materials needed. Due to an unusually large demand and current war conditions, slightly more time is required in filling orders for a few of the most popular pattern numbers. Send your order to: Sewing Circle Needlecraft Dept. 82 Eighth Ave. New York Enclose 15 cents (plus one cent to cover cost of mailing) for Pattern No Name Address All Weathers on Tap The army air forces are building an all-weather room at Wright Field, Ohio. 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