The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1914-10-26

same results, only with a far longer bail
due to lower flight and consequent
longer run. These two players stand out
above most OF the other golfers In the
country as being opponents OF perfect
timing, each in hts own separate style.
When we come to tho iron play there
Is not much 70 choose between Evans and
Fownes. The former will always have
slight advantage because he gets the
longer ball and in n wind would fare
better But in the manner OF playing the
shots which are not extraordinary there
Is very little to choose Fownes carries
his club back further than does Evans.
but so he does with all his clubs But
when the ball is met the similarity q
play Is marked. Fownes on the down
ward stroke delivers 1t with arms well
extended. As soon as tho bail Is hit
tho club head does not rise up at once.
but follows straight through. For per
haps two or three inches the club head
Is not over an inch or so from the turf.
Then the impetus gained causes the club
to go through. Very few players acquire
this result without long sieges Of study
and practice The ball gets a full Inn
pact that sends II on Its way up into
the air and when II falls II falls dead.
Evans has a crispy way OF hitting the
ball. Like Fownes he stands With his
feet very close together. In fact for shots
not over a hundred yards Evans stands
with his heels almost touching the left
toe facing the hole and the right foot be-
ing placed almost but not quite. at a
right angie This means that he will not
sway when he makes the strokes with hts
arms or wrists. and II 10 the acme Of per
lection In iron play. Both players take
turf, but not in abundant quantities.
Both Fownes and Evans hit the ball so
that a certain amount OF underspin is
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umes might be written, think, about
this feeling the stroke. for II means so
much. Oftentimes when playing with
or watching Evans 7 have been struck
with the notion that he seems TO have the
power 10 feel the way for the ball toward
the green. This is true mainly In the
short mashie shots, where the hook and
slice seem 10 be at the tip ends Of the
players fingers and TO be brought into
play at will II you will watch Evans
at a short hole. one which Is surrounded
by bunkers and traps. you will see him
play with a delcacy of touch which Is
lacking in most golfers. His swing Itself
gives a good direction and the only Trims
which he has 20 concentrate on is tins
amount OF force necessary 10 get the ball
on the green Surely one OF the greatest
players OF poling history was lost wher
solfdom bequeathed TO Evans a curiou;
In contrasting Fownes and Evans or
the putting green the odds are all In favor
OF the Pittsburg player. Here too th'
former champion has mapped out system
and n style which IL a bit different from
most golfers. To begin with his putter II
on the longish side. being as lengthy al
Evsnss m.diron, for example. But II Is {
perfectly weighted club. as indeed are al
OF Fownes's weapons and the club Is 81
balanced that 1, Is necessary 10 hold II a
tho very end 10 get the best results
| Careful to an extreme. keen to size vi
the putting surface. Fownes stands for
moment at the back OF the bail and gaze
! on the pathway 20 the h lie. Then he take
| his star.ce we'll over the bail, his hands hell
/ we'll In toward his body. His hackwar'
! swing IL slow and smooth. running parable
| 20 the ground the ball Is hit firmly. tn
wrists perrorming the work, with tho en-
| phasls falling on the right The folloI
| through does not differ from his iro
shots TO any extent FOR the club hea
reaches after In straight line
Enough has been written abou. Evans
! putting to warrant passing the matte
over with Just a word Evans does nc
follow out the beliefs OF the best player
In the game. who agree that the hea
should be well over the bail and that IN
feet should be fairly close together. A
times he has tried this method, hut neve
for a long enough period OF time TO 81
really acquainted, and 30 he has Oily
dallled from ono method to another unit
his putting stance has become an outcat
| among outcasts. Like many another gOlft
he will learn that the club cannot MAX
the big difference but that tho player WI
Is n good putter will be such. no matte
what ne puts with. The player who put
we'll and who has his favorite putter take
away from him will not do such GOO
work, perhaps, but he will do better tina
~ he keeps tho same club and changes h
stance To sum up. therefore, we FIR
that Fownes has the science OF tim!r
down to its best. that he has gained
good part OF his quality golf from carr!
ing out theories which he has had ar
proved, and that for this reason we may e.
poet to see him In the forefront OF Amer
can golf for many years TO come. III Il
time ever arrives when stiffened muscl
cause a length shortage in iron club pl'
all that will be necessary for Mr.. Fownes
do will be TO take his spoon out OF q
. bog. Far better than any other golf
l. In the land Fownes Yields the spoon, al
, lust so long as ne can hit his right ar
: up to the level Of his visor cap he W
, have no need to worry about a decline
, his game. Evans may some day get ?
OF that putting bugaboo and then the
a will be golhng fireworks a-plenty'