The sun., 1910-05-22
THE SCHENECTADY PUTTER.
Spirited Ile6cnee sT an American lnnoSatiSn
WhArh the British Rar Prem ths IAnhs.


. TO rHE RpIruR oF THK sUN-Sir" Your
cable report from England this morning
say- that the rules Of golf committee u ~
Andrews has leHizlated against the use OF
7 The so-raiied Schenectady puiteT, or The
/ puitsr With the shaft running TO the middle
I of the head. aud that the tniie 81 States Golf
| Association has been asked ~ adopt the
same ruling
/ This IN a matter which Affects more Than
q hundred thousand members % golf clubs
In this country. 10 say nothing Of the vast
army Of unaitachs,l. and II h 10 be hoped
that the United states Will not he 20 foolish
a. 10 follow In the footsteps " the conserva-
| tive British WhO never like TO recognize
| good thing Il Il OF gin iss % this side Of the
Atlantic. especially Il Wr beat them out Of .
B British championship with II, a. Travis did
4 with ihis sane puitrr In 1919.
/ We are not stick IA the muda like the
/ British. u the Schenectady putter vail do
better work than the old style. or Il any per
son can design q club that will do better work
/ than our present clubs. IL, us have the best
tools for the Job by all means WHY did not
the British bar Tho rubber cored ball. which
drove 90 much further than the guilty. Why
did they allOW the DreadnOught driver?
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marked that they had not the face 10 rule
them out. In all branches Of sport the man
Who can improve the game IL held a. q bene-
factor except In England, where they hate
progress of any kind when Il beats them a.
their own games
The British would like us 20 race in the
old style mgRers for the Americas cup
because they md they cannot design yachts
that are equal to the American models.
They fought against the sliding seat in the
rowing she'll against the pneumatic tire on
the bicycle. and against the peep sight on
the rife They fight everything new that
beats them
IL isa fundamental principle In all games
that the individual player can use any tools
he pleasea. provided he does not force his
opponen, TO change his game If the inno-
walton IL a good thing every one will use Il
10 IL Is not a good thing Tho player whO
adopts II handicRps himself In billiards
/ YOU must Use standard table. balls and
pOckets because your opponent uses them
but you can use a cue siK feet long II You
Ike or that weighs iWent y-fOur ounces. and
I YOU ran play without chalkinE Il u you
think that IL any advantage.
J In shooting you can use any kind of q
I
the same mark and At the same traps "a
your opponents They do not care whether
you shoot With q pump or q double barrel.
with q choke bore or smooth. With ten
gauge or twelve, with an ounce Of shOt or
one and a half ounces. with black or smoke
less powder. II you can demonstrate that
your gun and load are perfect the whole
world Will adOpt them.
/ ks. in volf AoFt rannnt gkanga - Al
Of the cups or the position ~ tho disks on
the tees. but you can use any Kind Of hall.
even the old guilty n YOU fancy II You
can put me ball on tee two lnches high N
you want to. or you csn play II oG the grass.
You are perfectly a. liberty 10 drive With
putter or a mashie. and 10 Uut with q
driver NJ q nihlick Demonstrate that your
style u the be-t ever and :he whole EOlhnR
world will copy Il II YOU can do better
work by taking the head NJ the club IN
your hand and hitting ihe hall with the shaft
No ono will stop YOU ~ long ~ Won don't lie
down and use the club ltl = a billiard cue
| There are men whO insist that there i no
such long hall a. that driven with a club
that has the lead on the face. hut Others do
not agree The superiority " any paricu-
| lar make oi club over all others for all nla,.
ers has never been proved The perfect
model Tor = golf club Is still to he found
| n We do not experiment We shall never
! reach n
I II the Schenectady putter n q better
put'sr than any other iis use should be unit
versally recommended by the governing
associations. whose business Il h 10 pro-
mote the game not 10 bold t back lfn
s not - good ~ the ordinary putter and
hurts tho players game Il Will klll itssaf
without legislation u Il n really the hest
/ putter, by all means let NJ have Il
While the British are leRi-latinR aEainst
modern ideas In clubs on the ground that
they are not In conformity with the tradi-
'ions ~ tho game. Why dOnt they 20 hack
10 the mudhooks that were built By For
gahS. rAiricL McEvan. white. Robinson.
| Mcdonald and Ferguson' How came they
70 permit the substitution of the modern
mashie for the short spoon? What right
have We 10 use a niblckY How dare Ve
/ put me whip In the shaft OF a driver bslov
/ the handle instead oi jJsi above the headl
| PeFhap@ they allow these things because
| they are British ideas. whereas the Sche-
/ neCtady putter Il American and cost them a
championship. and II makes them weary 10
think that an American can design q club
that will beat them a. their own game
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! Fox HILLS GOLE CLuR. May ~