New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-05-02
Intervale Boy Can Prob.
ably Hold Own Among
American Amateurs.
KIRKBY IS ANOTHER
DISTANCE GETTER
Rice Inclined To Be Bearish 0,
Reports of Proves Of Pa.
cific Coast Golfer.
BY GRANTLAND RICE.

by OhA4N Il LAND HllE
II. Chandler Egan has come out via
a statement that young Davis, FRA
the Pacifc's rim, is the longest drYi,,
amateur in America. Possibly-but y,
doubt il. Against either amateur q,
professional well take q chance q,
young Jesse Guilford, the Siege Ca
Of Intervale.
Guilford obtains the most terrf.
carry 10 a tee shot that We have eva,
seen, not even barring the prodigioe,
swipes of Ted Ray, the far-smash. Z,
Briton. He Is a young man Of En-.
traordinary physical mould and pOva,
brawny but evidently quite supple
heavy-sinewed, but supplied with iss
whip" and "crack" and snap" Tia,
make for ususual distance. And hi
has the most natural swing, one no,
restricted by form in any way, tha,
we have ever seen. Il begins at oss
heel and circles 20 the other.
For both consistency aud length q.
best man with the wood around Ia
Metropolitan district is Oswald Klrs.
by, Metropolitan and New Jeney
champion. The Englewood golfer, tai
and slendprly built, has excessive
grace as well as unusual power in bis
wallop from the tee. His back swim,
is quite a bit faster than the averzgs
golfer could manage without a jsfs
or a hitch at the top, but Kirkby hu
so moulded this rapid fire sweep tia.
ne keeps il under fine control aud n
perfect rhythm.
Kirkby and Ouimet are abos.
equally good with the wood. n
Ouimet is a bit steadier In eomDeti.
tions it is because he plays more golf.
but normally there is very little 70
choose between the two. Both have
the Batting Eye Of ScoSia's Pastins
to a fine degree, although Ouimet ha,
a slight edge at playing a b,aais
shot from a fairly close lie-a shs.
at which he has no superior in Amer
lea. 1t was this shot that put Ouimei
in front of Bill Fownes at the thirty
sixth hole at Ekwanok, a long brsssis
to the green from fairly close lie
where the Pittsburgh star was unabl'
to get home.
Max Marston and Jim Hyde are ",
others from the New York distrie
who get fine distance and who hay'
developed a powerful sweep that
also mixed with unusual grace.
For combined accuracy and dis
lance there isn't any one with an!
edge on Chick Evans. The Chicsg
star added twenty yards to his dis
lance last spring, according TO Jer.
! Travers, and this spring be has adde
another fifteen, according TO Know
ton (Snake) Ames.
Evans has a more upright swing tina
either Kirkby or 0uimet. He come
in with a quicker, harder snap tina
either, combined with a greater 2
deeper dip of the right shoulder. whic
backs up each blow to the limit.
At the top of the swing Evans
hands are probably or inches highe
in proportion, than Kirkby's or 0ui
NETS hands are at the crest. Evan
comes close to the Vardon swing o.
the drive, while Kirkby and ouime
employ a cross between Vardon an
J. II. Taylor, or between Evans an
Jack McDermott, neither upright no
fiat in an extreme way.
kNlCh ENduS, lOE uAs weight gu
height, gets more power into his swim
than any golfer in America, amateg
or pro. In addition to his drives b
plays his full iron shots a prodigiog
distance, largely through perfect timinI
and the dip of that right shoulds
which gets in back of a shot and there
by puts that much additional fore
into the punch.
There have been many causes a.
tributed to Jerry Travers's uneertail
wood work-comparatively uncertain
when the rest of his game is eonsle
ered-but the direct cause is simpn
this-Jerry starts out with a fiat swim
and near the top changes it into an up
right one. That is, in place OF keep
ing his hands only a trife above shoul
der as they come in the fiat swing, ~
suddenly lifts them, causing a decide
break or hitch in the rhythm.
At Baltusrol in June New York goli
ers especially will have the opportuni
ties of their golfng existence TO stud
every variety of shot extant. A wonn
derful lot of good can be obtained y
this way if golfers will only watch II
details of shots made by Nardon, Ray
Ouimet and others in place OF OIL
watching for distance and direction
Close observation upon the play Of IN
best will furnish many good workin
hint that might be well employed laN
on in play or practice.