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

and weeks and even = : va
,ears In the study E.T |
Ind the development -
~ their game. We
AVE had Walter
travis aa hcadliner
for those who have
,tken the utmost
rains hut he has had
sayeral lieutenants
Who have made their va
mark and brought TO lILLII
tro golfers Of America JOHN q ANDERSON.
no lesson thatlperseverance and study
will bring compensat!ng results In this
as we. AZ IN all other games The player
whom | have In mind at present Is known
@ a. the golfers OF the land as one
g., the keenest students OF the game that
-1!s country has ever produced. william
& Fownes Of the Oakmont Country Club
u TittshurE But | would not have you
,n,sundcrstand me by thinking that Mr..
r,vnee did no, have any natural ability
IN PLAYING this game OF golf. but rather
saw that do not think he would have
had anywhere near the measure OF success
which has attended his efforts II he had
-eued A. 40 hundreds Of players. simply
n natural ability alone. Many golfers
a, Ekwanok during the recent champion
ship session said they preferred to watch
Fovres play rather than any or the
mat when he met with a difficulty ne
apnroa ched II with the students attitude
rather than a hit or miss manner when
another crack player might take. II was
raIt n the shot was attended with goon
results that they were ful'Y deserved
and II the play turned out badly II was
because Of the faultlness Of commission
and no, the SIN Of omission. the latter
applviug to the planning preparatory TO
49, suot II Is well known axiom that
- golfer will think once or twice
before the shot is made he will seldom
have to think In regretful manner
af,erward Fownes Is the one golfer In
America who has taken this creed 10 hearI
and abides by It's truth.
In 1910 Fownos won the amateur cham-
r.onship title OF tho United states. soon
after he wrote a few opinions when ne
rad concerning the playing OF the game.
HIS remarks about the selection or the
clubs, the manner of practice the deter
mining OF a style of play and other incl
dental facts made a strong impression on
those who were strong on the theoretcai
side OF the game That these statements
we're not nero words has been plainly
,,ablished on each and every occasion
where Fownes has been contestant
F0Waes moro than any other player hc-
counted for the downfall Of Walter j.
Travis when the latter was IN his prime
standpoint, the theoretical standpoint. the
STANDPOINT OF course architecture and that
~ inanite analysis. HIS style or play
therefore deserves more than a minimum
Il explanation.
The erectator who starts out with
Townes is disappointed AT first with the
style Of driving because IL gives curious
feeling OF uncertainty. There seems 10 be
kink loose somewhere. and Just what u
Il becomes a mystery. The feet are firmly
PLANTED on the ground with the ball In
ne midway between. The driver II
brought back IN an arm sweep notnnt
being hurried The hands are held fairly
high when the club heal Is furihest back
and there is perceptble raising on th'
left toe II is in the downward swish tina
the feeling arises that the shot Is not go
ing to be a cool one. The reason. 80 Ia
as can determine. Is that most players
have a punch or somewhat extra smaci
when the club head meets the ball. II Il
d rcrent I'm Fowncs's case. His stroke Il
- free from an extra bit OF cxertion an'
IS 80 perfectly timed that the spectato
misses the final tug at the moment or I'm
I4ct, and then before he realizes II IN
hall Is sailing down the course an
Fown's's club head is swinging through
the air and finishing with the shaft mid
way between the neck and shoulder. VIII
the hands raised on level with the viso
AZ his cap. This is perfect timing OF
sort seldom seen. and in itself speak
volumes for the time and patience spen
n acquiring such degree or ski
F0vncs in his swing has a certain "uplift
which can be detected In the swings O
very few golfers, and this style OF pla
gives a ball that flies straight down tn
course on almost every occasion.
Perhaps II might be well 20 compare IN
gone ~ Chick Evans in certain particu
lars with that OF Mr.. Fownes becaus
they both have had sucn wonderful sue
Uss and have achieved their results
wcwhi' different ways. Evans relic
e. distance among other elements upo
'Nn 'h.ngs IN particular namely, IN
strength with which no hits the ball an
'rr use Of his feet and arms Strange a
p may seem, the manner in which golfs
controls his feet while driving Is one yer
important circumstance I'm this game.
remember playing with Evans again'
Harold II. Hilton and Michael Scott q
Sandwich and they both remarked this
Evans manPuvred his feet TO better nc
vantage than any player they had eve
t'en. Raising up too far on the left &c
may cause player to lose sight OF the ba
and so spoil the stroke, or II may caui
him "a partly lose his balance and so hay
l.C course OF the ball DETECTED Agar
& may be possible TO keep the left IL
too sim, and often this will cause bad
played stroke But Evans has the corr
'auuu down 10 fine point and shifts h
feet on the backward and the downwai
swing with pretty precautlon whiC
ugs fine results. Tho open champlc
. the country, Walter Hagln. general
las bis left foot facing the hole, or al lea
n" point toward which the ball is e,
Je''ot 10 travel. He implants his foot
-" beginning, however. and does n
wr'.a - any more than Is actually niece
ttry But Evans. playing on his rig
i.H' makes good use of the power whit
can Dec obtained from the left and then
TIE d inward swing shifts the angle
'rl' the left toe is pointing toward Il
JOY. II Is an intricate. delicate motto
and Evans surpasses all others IN III
!",. eo' while Fownes will be concerns
with the uplift OF the club In drvii
ANS with he throwing out that right ar
- ms and thus having his right should
f.'Nv through In forcihle style. The
.r" Few golfers who hit "A ball harder tn
a''. Evans, and no one who can nit HI
500 Sow ana vet carry 40 far Technical
20 fault can be found with Evans
other his drive or his iron play UP
hs putting green In the drive proper I
'IN head Is carried back with a mott
'n'f'' apld and the momentum increa'
og'il order from the moment that I
.r.l hsp NJ ha I'd eurNe