The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1908-07-12
LONG DIS TANCE
DRIVES IN GOLF
Fascination Of Getting Away a
Scresmer from the
Tee.

Golfers in their calmer moments.
when talking over and discussing the
various phases OF the game. have often
been heard to declare there is nothing
to be gained by long driving; that the
few extra yards off the tee has no
especial advantage, provided the other
fellow keeps on the course; that they
always aim to keep straight, etc. Take
that with grain OF salt,for in actual
conflict those so-talled ''down-the-
alley disciples are usually the very
ones who try the hardest to get dis
lance.
There is a fascination In getting away
the screaming tee shot. It presents a
thrill of satisfaction rarely impaired
by any other shot in the bag. Philos-
ophy cannot teach the much coveted
art of long driving. and II the knack
of propelling golf ball to a rela-
lively fair distance at every stroke Of
the club could be impaired either to
the learner or the trained golfer by
reading the theories OF those players
who have established an admitted rep-
utation for long driving, the art would
probably lose at least half its enchant-
ment. &
The ardor to learn would be
'quenched. and no golfer, whether q
long or short driver, would perturb his
waking and sleeping moments by de-
vising methods of self-perfection in
the most attractive Of all golfing Jac-
complishments.
Dcnelts OF Long Drives.
Aside from the extra distance gained
in actual yards. there Is the Temporal
mental advantage that must ever be
conceded the far driver. To begin
with, the swiper, OF course. provided he
uses his head, can scarcely fail 70
profit by the good as we'll as sthe bad
shots OF his opponent.
How often on windy day does Il
happen that golfer finds himself!
puzzled as to what club to use for his
second shot. The long player, whose
vance OF the other, is enabled to watch
scomplacently his opponent and await
developments. If the othera fell low takes
his brassey and goes hey ond the green
into trouble, 1t is thenlong drivers cue
to err on the safe side by taking y q
club that Is more apt to land him q
Etrifle short rather than over.
AS headwork wins and loses more
matches than the mere ply 81 cal side.
1T is obvious that a great d cal Is to
be gained by closely watching the re-
loeOlEllIlS 5ellOTlH 10o
to play the odd. There Is. however. a
different side, but one hardly worth
considering by the ayerag &c mat Oh p lay
or. Across the water, Harry Hilton,
when ut his best, had the reputation of
being able to spare a shot. espec hlly
with play club. 4, IL
He has been known to take a brassey
fora approach that any ord mary man
would take an iron. The result would
be the same. for, Hilton had o way OF
ssparing the, shot. An opponent. see-
Ing this, Is apt to be mtsled into taking
a wrong club, but such cases are COM
!paratlyely remote, chiefly for the rea-
son that there are few go fersS capabl e
of bringing off successfully a spared
shot With either driver or brassey,8 "a
VIII Anderson ana the Cleek.
Several years ago Will NJ And erson,
who has been national and Western
open champion on a numb Of coca
sions fonndSit impossible to get salts.
factory results with the oleek. and for
a time he spared his brassey whenever
a cleek distance was required, and, let
1t also be added got exec Fent results,
But then Anderson could do almost
anything within reason with his Scl uhs,
and 1t was not long be fore he oYercame
his aversion to the eleek In Tact be- 4
,cnrne so proficient with II that he FREE
iauently called It hi fayorite 3club
Nh But ITO get If back to long drt IN 81.
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