Four years ago this month one George Combes, putting on the 18th green of the Dyker Beach Park Municipal Golf Course in Brooklyn, N. Y., was struck in the eye by a ball driven from the fourth tee by one Edward Applestein. Last week, agreeing with Golfer Combes's contention that the City of New York "created a hazardous condition when it placed the fourth tee and the 18th green too close together," a jury awarded him $10,000 of the city's money for the loss of his eye.
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