Bisbee daily review., 1914-03-22

the point where felt reasonably con. fdent Of hitting the ball. But to stand up there and do it with an elderly person looking on was a different matter. lt is a feeling which almost any golfer will have the first time he tries to hit ball before some person or persons with whom he has not been iu contact previously. I can remember dcubtinE that I should hit the ball at all, hence my agreeable surprise in getting away what, for me, was a good ball
 Evidently the gentleman, who was not an especially good player himself. was satisfied with the shot, for he was kind enough to invite me to play with him. instead of merely carrying his clubs. He let me play with his club. too. That was the beginning of my caddying career"
 Continuing to caddie at the Country club, Ouimets enthusiasm for golf in. creased with his years During the summer of 1900 he states he was on the links every moment the he could spare until school opened, fin Septem- Der. after which he caddied or played every afternoon and Saturdays until the close of the playing season.
 Somewhere along about this time, :" continues the champion, "I had most trying experience. My brother Vii. frid, who. being older. had become bet ted posted on the technical side of the game, advised me to change my swing. had been using what was more or less of a baseball stroke. a half swing that seemed to be all right SO far as accuracy went, but was not especially productive in the mat ter of distance. Milfrid's advice struck me as being sensible. Almost any golfer. young or old. thinks we'll of advise that bids fair to lengthen his game
 At any rate I altered my swing, taking the club back much further. For the succeeding two months I dis covered that my game. instead of i'm proving was getting worse. The old time accuracy was missing. More than that, a good many golf balls also soon became missing. as in playing on my old standing grounds-the pas ture in back of the house. seemed to have the unhappy faculty of getting them off the line into the swamp, where to find the ball was like looking for a needle in a haystack.
 Being quite disgusted. l tried to go back to my old style, only to find that 1t was impossible. Here was, indeed, a dilemma. On thinking 1t over there were only two conclusions to reach. One was that to become at all accu- rate in either the old style or new meant to make up my mind to use one of them permanently and then simply to keep on practicing in the hope that accuracy would come. The other was that even though the new style had impaired my old game, at the same time 1t was plain to be seen that in the long run it probably would be the better style of the two. In. der the circumstances there was only one thing 10 do. and that was to con tinue with the longer swing.
 Perhaps then l did not realize the full significance of the choice. dc now. Had I kept on with the old swing the result would have advanced to a certain proficiency so far a' accuracy goes. but my game woulC have been suited and lacking in thu variety of shots which not only bet [ ters the standard of play, but whicl gives all the more personal satisfac B ton to the player. lt was possibly b two months after l took brothers ad vice that I began to notice a gradua ] improvement. began to hit the bal b with the same certainty as of old and Q to my delight. found that the bal 9 travelled farther than I ever had beel 8 able to hit 1t before, and also witt ' less expenditure of effort. At frs 5 the added distance was at the expens
 of direction, but 1t was not long be B fore my control over the new swim l. became nearly as good as of old"