Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1915-10-27
GOLFERS! TO MAKE SURE HIT
CLOSE EYES BEFORE SWINGING
Strike Blindly at Photograph of Ball and There Is No
Chance of Missing So Says Professor Hohnhut,
After Experiment-Local Notes

Professor Hans Hecher Hohnhut Of
small Western college, claims his latest
theory came to him just like that-which
means all of a sudden-like. Which is the
way all bright ideas come into the world.
The only way to hit golf ball. says the
professor as the result of his just-com-
pleted scientific research work on the sub
ject, is to close both eyes and soundly
strike the photograph he has of the ball.
BY this method the golfer will never miss
the pill.
The professors theory and the above
diagram will be clear II the reader will
perform the following simple experiment
Place one forefnger at any distance
form the nose and then hold the other
foreinger about 10 or Il inches away
Glue the eyes of the nearer finger, al
lowing the further finger to come in range.
The experimenter will have the Illusion
of seeing three fingers. Now, then, apply
this to the golf ball.
THE average player" says Professor
Hohnhut, who is a rabid golfer and knows
all about it, "levels a stony eye at the golf
ball which he addresses. He has an in
tense feeling of antagonism for the ball,
and as a result, his look is very cold and
frigid. Aha! now it comes out. Cold, you
know, contracts. Naturally, therefore, the
point of binocular fixation contracts, be-
cause the golfers stare is so cold. AS 1t
contracts, an image just as real as the
actual ball, rises, ghost-like. out of the
pill, and the golfer now sees two balls. AS
he gazes at this new image, there is an
illusion OF the real ball spreading out and
forming two balls, and the real ball dis
appears. So that the player now sees
three balls. Hoping to hit one of the
three, all Of which look real, the golfer
aims for the one in the middle, hits 1t a
brutal wallop, and then looks down to lnd
the real ball yawning in a tired way right
where he left it on the kickoff.
"P" in the diagram represents the ball
to be addressed. The lines from the eyes
TO "P" are the lines of vision, which,
being frigid, contract and seem to raise
the ball off the ground to point "P,"
which is only an image Of the real ball.
The point of binocular fixation is now on
"P" and the ball "P" seems to spread
to "PA" and "PB" and "P', the real
ball. disappears. The player sees only
"P," "PA" and "PE," all of which are
some inches above the real ball and are
mere vapor, mist, smoke This smoke
is what the player hits. believing he is
hitting the real ball.
Does every player have this illusion?"
the Professor was politely asked.
yes" answered the learned psychol-
ogist, unless his VISION Is de1ectVe.'
"Then is 1t only players with defective
vision that can hit golf ball." queried
the ignorant one.
Exactly" replied Professor Hohnhut,
but have discovered a way by which
even the player with good eyesight can
hit the ball. If he closes the left eye,
PA will disappear. If he closes the
right eye also, the image 'PB' will dis
appear. There is now only one image
left, which is p the photograph OF the
original ball At this the player should
strike and he will hit the real ball Just
beyond as a result, for the golfer, 1