Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1914-05-10
QUINTET ADVISES
 GOLF BEGINNERS
Champion Urges Those Who Would Be Experts to
 Study Good Players.
fST. NICHOLASl

taxes part III an lnISTScnOldSllC tOuT- nament. He sees the members come in, go to their, regularly assigned locker, sit down to a luncheon for which they merely sign slip of paper, and do other things with an air of proprietoshiD that has cer- tain fascination. The school boy golfer, too, would be member and enjoy all these privileges. He would like to rub elbows with men of prom thence in the community-for in the golf and country clubs are to be found big men, men of influence in the city, the state, or the country at large.
 Any youth who joins golf or country club and who lays too much stress upon the privilege of merely signing checks fir luncheons and such things, is apt to get bit of a shock when those checks, like chick ems, come home to roost-' They all have to be paid, sooner or later, so, if he is gclfer in moderate financial circumstances, he had better no be overgenerous with either himself. of his friends in the early stages of his club life. This may sound little like preaching, yet it is a fact that club life sometimes has an unfortunate in- fluence upon a young man, especially if he gets started in the wrong way.
 "On the other hand, for the young golfer who is willing to hold modest place in the club, there are host of advantages. There is no denying that in golf he does have the opportunity to mingle with the finest class of peo- pie, intellectually and socially, and, if he is properly observing and discreet ly curious he can learn great deal in several directions, and in particu- lar many things which will improve his game of golf.
 "We know that on the other side
 of the Atlantic it is nothing unusual for even such great professionals as Vardon, Ray, Braid and Taylor to
 spend some of their time watching
 each other play George Duncan,
 perhaps the most brilliant golfer in the world, says unrestrictedly that
 his game is a composite of the styles of such players as those named above There in is his own confession that 1 what he is as a golfer is largely the result of watching the play of the
 masters.
 q can advance no stronger argu- l ment for driving home the idea that | it pays to study the strokes of good players as we'll as to practice to per 1 feet our own. And I think l am ab- l solutely correct in saying that any young golfer who is ambitious tc l learn will always find good golfers l ready to give him the benefit of their
 experience and observations. Right l here is one of the greatest features of the game. The finest players, profes- sionaTs or amateurs, are forever try ing to learn new points, and they
 rarely hesitate to divulge any point | in connection with their own game In other words, while there may bt keen individual rivalries among the | golfers, the greatest rivals may Ire
 quently be seen comparing notes on l the best method for playing different 1 shots.
 l Cnltiyating Good Judgment. l "The more one studies his own
 game, too, the more discerning he be-
 comes in noting the good and bad
 points of some one elses play. As l have said before, there can be great deal learned from watching good
 golfers. A person maX note the stance
 taken by the proficient golfer; how
 much he bends his knees; how he
 holds his head how far back he l carries his club; how he finishes the
 stroke; how he grips his club. l,
 should be boren in mind, though, in
 watching a first class golfer to pick
 up pointers, that what the first class
 golfer may do is not always a good
 method to follow. It might be inn
 possible for the rank and file. Ed | ward Ray is a mighty driver, but | there probably are not great many others who could drive exactly as he
 does and get good results The more l a player observes the more readily will he pick up the point which is | going to help his game ,and cast aside the peculiarly which is not safe to | follow.
 "In suggesting that the young golf CT would be wise in spending some Of his time watching others, rather than playing himself, know 1 am coun- selling something which hardly will appeal to many who delight in play ing. They want the fun of playing
 That is what they are ia the game l for; that is why they are members of club. Yet I can truthfully say that | one of the keenest pleasurers that l
 can have personally is in following a couple of good golfers playing round l It is almost as good as playing an exceptionally fine shot yourself to see
 some one else getsup and hit the ball | exactly as you would wish to see it hit or to do it yourself. You know just how you would feel after making
 shot and you are ementally exhili-
 arated by seeing some one else do it." Indigestion? Can't Feat. No Appetite?