. St. Nicholas [serial] . E COMPACT ON BOARD THE MAYFLOWER dug into, and Indian baskets filled with ears ofcorn were a welcome surprise, the finding ofwhich was to them another evidence of a specialProvidence in their behalf. These they tookaway for planting in the spring, paying the In-dians in full some six months later. Their timelimit having expired, they returned to the was now gravely debated whether to settle insome spot out on the cape where there was goodwater, and the possibility that crops and fish inplenty would come in the spring. As it was decided, however, to make a fart


. St. Nicholas [serial] . E COMPACT ON BOARD THE MAYFLOWER dug into, and Indian baskets filled with ears ofcorn were a welcome surprise, the finding ofwhich was to them another evidence of a specialProvidence in their behalf. These they tookaway for planting in the spring, paying the In-dians in full some six months later. Their timelimit having expired, they returned to the was now gravely debated whether to settle insome spot out on the cape where there was goodwater, and the possibility that crops and fish inplenty would come in the spring. As it was decided, however, to make a farthersearch for a better landing-place, the shallop nowbeing ready, a third expedition started out onthe sixth of December. What befell the shallopunder sail and oars with its seventeen explorersduring their weeks cruise, and how they finallychose the site for their plantation, makesanother chapter in the narrative of this famousvoyage of the Mayflower, one of the great eventsin the founding of our United States of GOLF FACTS FORYOUNG PLAYERS By FRANCIS OUIMET North and South Champion I KNOW there isgreat risk that Ishall be misunder-stood, but I want tostate at the outsetof this story that driving is one of the most impor-tant shots for youngsters to master when they takeup golf, even though most championships havebeen won by approaching and putting. The fear Ihave in making this statement is that I shall en-courage that fatal tendency which all golfers findit necessary to curb—the tendency to slug the ballin order to get distance. The results of suchpressing are always discouraging. Happily forgolf, there is a vast difference between driving, orusing the wood, and in hitting the ball with sheerstrength. It seems to me that the reason for young play-ers making every efTort to master driving is mostapparent. As time passes, the long drivers areforging to the front. Last year rfagen, Barnes,and Herron were at the top in amateur and pro-fessional ranks. A study of their


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