New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1913-02-24
FREAK SHOTS At GOul
Two More Tales "ToId at the
Nineteenth Hole"
A BALL THAT HUNG IN WEI
The Open Sesame to Success
Beginners Should Learn
and Remember.

Many tale has been told At the "nin..
teenth hole where more golf is PLAYED
than on the course. about freak shots.
how a ball was hit so hard that thor,
was driven through it when it struck /,
bush, or how sparrow was killed on the
wing, or how balls have met I'm midair.
but tie latest comes from a player WIN
resides not many miles from New York.
lie tells the tale as follows:
THE wind WIS slightly against us when
we reached The fifteenth hoie, and de-
ID TO put a little extra steam in my
drive | nit a fine ball 50 far as distance
was concerned but II was oil the line
to tine right. and slice that developed
carried the ball well over on 10 the ad.
joining fairway.
There was a big cherry tree which pre-
vented my seeing that r,ly ball was about
10 strike a man who was i'm the act OF
playing the twelfth mole. He was on his
downward swing for a full iron shot at
the time. Ny oall struck mis- CLUB square
" on the face with the result that he
sent my ball flying out Of bounds.
II was only last summer that a Fox
Hills golfer hit his ball out OF the regular
line and it bounded merrly off into a
bush. When he found the elusive sphere
it was safely suspended In cobweb Of
huge proportions and not even strand
of the web was broken.
Perhaps no admon,ion is given the be-
ginner in golf as often as Keep your
eve on the ball" II is the secret of sue.
cess. il a man has any ability at ALL and
TO the novice it is one of the most diff
cult things to learn. j. ~. TAYLOR the
famous British professional classed -
wizard with his iron and mashie play.
attributed his remarkable success 10 the
knack of keeping his eye not only on the
ball but on the spot where II was. even
after he had made his stroke.
The secret of this remarkable haoit j.
sid 10 be due TO the practice he formed
Of stamping down the real or imaginary
divot his club had cut So when Taylor
plays. all divots are replaced and II none
is cut the turf is none the jess touched
with his foot. making n necessary even
after the ball is hit 20 watch where II
has been located.
\ novel te.ins ground mas Oe"n Oullt At
the tenth hole at the Shawnee Country
CluD. and is an Achievements Of which
the club officials are rather proud. The
tee a. abou, 80 feet long ana extends
across the course diagonllly. II has been
fashioned into the side of a riCee and
gives q natural appearance. out in front
there l. diagonal mound extending al
most at right angles from the teens
ground and half way across dc courst.
Thus the removal IF the disks on tie
tee varies the dstance TO tho laza"d
from ls0 to 200 yards. \ cautious PLAYER
who elects TO go round III, hazard makes
his second shot correspondingy difficult
for there is "a trap guardins In green
OF the right which calls for a shot Of
delicacy and accuracy when APPROACHED
from the right
ON III. other hand. the Solter WHO has
nerve enTish To attempt the oia-ol1'
hazard also simplitias his secono 'hoi
The Binnikll River runs TO the leit "
the hole. 50 that TO pveraVo. oach the
green is 10 court disastcr