14-YEAR GOLF DUEL
MARATHON MATCH IN ENGLAND, A golf duel that began in 1922 is still being fough on Sir Ernest Wills's nine-hole cuure’u at Littlecole, near Swindon, in England. Victory cun only be claimed when one or the other of the rivals is forced through old age to retire or ‘lies. Locally it is describe.! as a “duel to the death.” I. Very v.ruk since August, 1922, the lv,<> gofici.'. Mi. R. W. < hniubcrkiiiq itliicd l.umei, of Kainsbuiy, and Ml Ge.irge New, Postmaster, of Chilton lolial, have met to contiaiue the match—which is for a silver jug. The postmaster, who is the youngei of the twu, is about 900 up, but hi» opponent, a youngster c.-f 73, is quite unperturbed. “There is plenty of time to catch up,” he says. Until the eventful ownership of the jug is decided, it is held by the player with the best record for the precceding 12 months.
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Wanganui Chronicle, Volume 79, Issue 63, 14 March 1936, Page 4
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15514-YEAR GOLF DUEL Wanganui Chronicle, Volume 79, Issue 63, 14 March 1936, Page 4
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