Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1915-05-07

I, is inst about now that the business
man and the profc ssional student begin
"a think about the clubs the" VIII use
the coming summer, writes John An
farson in the New York Sun. It has
,sconoe habit and bad one at that,
to buy all ones new clubs In the
springtime ! suppose that 1t is be
cause there is actual need in the case
Of some, but the majority put in sup
pIy because they are attracted ny the
new design. Great disadvantages come
with a 100 hasty selection of golf clubs.
ores clubs are to be personal lriehus
and the better set one can Set 'he
more he will like the game ana 'he
better he VIII play it.
: am inclined TO doubt very mHcn II
there is a golfer in the country VINO IS
uerfectly satisfied with his entlre set
of clubs Personally ! know that l
have been looking for pair OF WOODEN
clubs and a midron for over nNe years
and cannot seem to find Just the thihs.
T mentioned this to a well known pro
fessional the other day and ne toio me
that he grabbed hold or every il'ulio
he saw. for he was in tho seiI-sai
Might There is something uhcahhs
IN the selection of set OF clubs. anu
no who can get eight or nine CLUBS
none OF which he would swap TOT an
other, is a rare man. Even .he
professionals play win ciuns
tbey acknowledge in some instances
~. 10 he lust what they want. J. RI.
aylor once had a cleek stoleh, SO ne
told me and for three years ne le' a.
a loss in regard to strokes 1s s.,,,h.
that club III the case OF eoia 49,. aro
s;li.ri1v does not breed contempt,
49, r,,ber the longer the service me
,oora invaluable do they become. ~.
80 bannens with only d rev ciubs.
others never seem to be qu,'e P''. le,.
This is especially true IN me "a ~
nmtters. more putters are ooueht IMAM
ali the other clubs put together.
So,r why should we avoid heavy pur-
cbaseS Of clubs in the spring? In the
spring we have lost all sense OF soihns
touch and we have not got the Ieel
os which we were so proud the proceed
ing autumn. And in addition our swing
is not the same, we don't balance the
club in the same way. true II IS that
We NAV be only a trifie out or the way,
IN, that is what makes us get a club
v.hich ;e iust that much "off" and later
brings lack OF commence 'o ~
the putter, although it seems at first
sight that that is the simplest or thehi
select, for with that club the balance
must be in harmony with the players
touch 1t is impossible to make two
clubs exactly alike and no two people
are exactly alike. In this respect there
is cause for rejoicing. for otherwise
clubs would be made OF certain same
ness which would cause more trouple
than the present output.
The mashfe is another hard club to
decide on, and particularly in the
spring Then the new-fangled ideas
have full sway and with never
moves after the ball strikes" club the
PLAYER goes out to the links. and, sure
| enough on his first two or three trials
| and perhaps the firs' two or three
| weeks the club is all that was claimed
| for it and his approaches fall dead But
| has ii not occurred to many of YOU that
| this is due to the softness of the
ground more than to anything else:
| Right here l might say that l believe
| it is a poor practice to have the pro-
] fessional make the final decision as to