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...Like duffer golf and taking alarm clocks apart, steelheading is insidious. Once a fisherman has felt the steelhead's gentle tap, has socked him and missed, he will never give...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Sport: Midwinter Mania | 1/31/1944 | See Source »

Airmen were still gaping at the most dramatic proof yet that the helicopter, still strictly a military aircraft, may indeed become the duffer's joy, safe and easy...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: AIR: Thirty Hours | 11/8/1943 | See Source »

...vigor is almost overwhelming. He was catcher on his varsity baseball team, is a good fisherman, hunts with the sportsman's single-barreled shotgun, golfs with the natural American combination of a he-man's long drive and a duffer's inability to break...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: How to Become President | 4/26/1943 | See Source »

...golfers have stayed away from the links in large numbers since gas rationing began. Last week they were urged to resume play by no less an authority than Manpower Commissioner Paul V. McNutt. Surprised to learn that many golfers feared golfing would be considered unpatriotic, Duffer McNutt (hundred-and-eighties) told Ed. Dudley, president of the Professional Golfers' Association: "If country clubs can provide horse-drawn vehicles to get their players to the courses or if the people can reach them by public conveyances, there is no reason why they should not play in their spare time." At least...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Sport: With Niblick and Spade | 4/5/1943 | See Source »

...golfers last week began to tee off for a new season, there were new patterns in both tournament and duffer play...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Sport: With Niblick and Spade | 4/5/1943 | See Source »

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