New-York tribune., 1912-08-26
HILTON TALKS OF CLUBS
Golf Champion Likes the oh
SpIiCed Shaft Best.
READY TO DEFEND HIS Tfrl.
Will Garry Old Style Brasr.
and Spoon in Champion.
ship Matches.

According to II. II. Hilton. the Rr,.-
who will soon be defending his vr,.-
States Golf Association title at Whes,..
comparatively little credit is given :.
ones clubs for improvement in 49,
Nine times out of ten the ball gets N
the praise. Oddly enough. out Of y.
mass of inventions the two ideas vs..
may be said to have a strong bear,.
upon the make and shape Of present.s,'
clubs both emanated frCm players ~.
fashioned a club with a view to improv,,
their own game. Across the water Hem,
Lamb invented the bulger, while n.
socketless iron club head was the idea q
Frank Fairlie
II was back in about 1859 that the bul,.,
form of head first made its appearanc.
and IL is generally conceded that thl, /,
the parent club of the present-day shor
round head. While il may be true thai,
large percentage Of the weapons found
the club makers shops are devoid OF s,y
suspicion OF bulge in the face, II Is IIkA
wise noticeable that nearly every clvs
one picks up has the face OF the head !,
front Of the shaft. Prior to the appes,
ance Of the bulger, the face Of the Gin.
head was always behind the line OF IN.
shaft, and in commenting on that Hil,or
says that the introduction OF the bulge
stamp Of club is the only material cham.
which has taken place In the make ana
shape of wooden clubs In the last thiru
years.
To carry the analysis further Hilton
says: why We use socket clubs in plac.
of spliced clubs is mainly for the resso,
that the club maker decided this ouss.
tion for u.s. He found that by the aH n
machinery il was much simpler mats.
for him TO bind the shaft and IN. h.,s
together by means of the socket scr.v
principle, and, having found this out h.
was not at all likely TO revert to IN.
old and comparatively laborious metboS
OF splicing the shaft and the head to
gether. Had IL not been for the introdue.
tion Of the rubber cored ball 1t Is Out.
probable that the socket club would has.
had a short reign, as | cannot quit.
imagine the present delicate examples Of
the club makers art withstanding ,y
long the concussion OF the old solid ball
There are still a number Of PLAYERS VIA
remain faithful to the old clubs put 10
gether on the spliced principle, and, per.
sOnally, ! think they are wise, as it's
much the more stable principle Of the tv,
and is much more serviceab Bile for han
work through the green. In the bags q
nearly all first class players Is 10 b
found at least one club in which th
shaft is spliced to the head
Personally. 7 have never come acres
a socket brassie with which could psr
with the slightest degree Of conndens
as I have found that occasionally one k
apt 10 play sppsllingly bad shots With
them, due to the club head not coulrs
through when attempting To take tEi
and In consequence | still remain faith.
full to the old stamp OF club and VII use
1t for heavy work through the coure, and
both my short brassie and spoon. which
have the shaft spliced to the head"
The foregoing must furnish food soi
reflection for those who have had Il.
good fortune to follow Hilton round ths
links. Unquestionably, the best shot IL
his bag is the brassie or spoon to tie
green. His direction with either OF the.
weapons in his hands is wellnigh ne
chanical. and he often goes through :
days play without once using a cleek
driving iron.
II has been claimed that few solssr
realize to what extent putting figures 3
round of the links. Take, for instanc
a score OF 20. considered good anywhen
and stop TO think that eighteen greens
will call for nearly % per cent OF h
strokes, allowing the usual two TO greer
Jack McDermott, the national open tts
holder. as young as he is, sized IL up cor
rectly when he remarked early In the sea
son. III my putting is all right I'll
there when the bell rings"
Take any class player. either professor
al or amateur. II he is In a putting moo
confidently playing for the cup and ss''
ting few long ones down, his score VIII
quite easily get inside the IS mentionsa
possibly as low as 70 or Il. on the o''S
hand. when a golfer loses his conndeno
on the greens he rarely plays his lohse'
shots with his accustomed accuracy wv
times a few careless puts worry him aiD
the first thing he knows his drives oesn
to lose their sting and his whole sa'n'
becomes slovenly.
Rumor has IL that "kickers manu-
cap will be one of the new features 10 Wv
Seniors Handicap at Apawsmis the !"
ter part of next month. An AFFAIR OF W.
kind may meet with the approval OF INV.
in search of variety as we'll as o'ne.
feeling that they can judge the'r "
ability better than the tournament 0'-
mittee In this form OF competition s0r
crs arr usually allowed to fix tneir W.
handicaps.
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