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...final chapter, "Experiences in America," obviously transcribed from a careful diary, "gives greetings" to Tolley's U. S. friends and, though somewhat overspattered with the first person singular, should help the book sell. Tolley's countrymen may feel that this chapter smacks of the alibi for its author's repeated failures abroad; the U. S. friends will find its humor well-meant but embarrassingly weak...
...Golfer Tolley, behemoth of Britain, open champion of France, onetime amateur champion of England, captain of the lately defeated British Walker Cup team, has, like many another sport notable, thriftily put his prominence to account. A book bearing Tolley's name on its spine has appeared in U. S. book stalls...
...straight-armed, full-swinging British method and will not appeal greatly to Americans, who now favor the curt backswing with a short-shafted, large-headed club. In the U. S. there is not as much distinction between a "swung" wooden shot and a "hit" iron shot as Tolley makes...
...colossal tee-shots, neglecting the rest of their game. Americans, intent upon complete mastery of whatever they take up, hold themselves in to "an old man's game" off the tees and "evoke admiration by their daring and skilful shots up to the flag." Americans take golf intensely, says Tolley; they spend more time and money on it, have orthodox professional stylists after whom to model their games. Not so the English. To them it is only a game, to be played...
...Tolley humor is, in fact, a notable disappointment. Since he first hove into the public eye, Tolley has been touted as a merry, garrulous, quip-cracking links-wit. Tales are told of his Oxford days when, in postprandial exuberance, he would harangue a blithe gathering in his rooms upon his years of study at the science of propelling a spheroid. He would then tee a ball on the carpet and drive it smashing through a closet panel. Another feat was to loft balls from the lawn of University College to the sward of Queen's College over the walls...