Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1915-06-28

golfers s.,ii probably can take pot shots in
torr,. 40. =, some time to come-maybe until
new mark ''s w
.t.,ny Many hazards also have been added
s.li Snis year wicked one has been in
Nelsied into the home green. n ia on
s,lt sne lSlt running diagonany and Ia de-
,,an.e seu 10 catch erring drives All re-
"'e that II Is doing its duty.
There Is a spring attached to the elbow
ot every golfer as he puts. In the case
OF the expert who feels annoyed ~ his
score measures out Of the 7Os. tho spring
~ attached TO his motor neurones and his
klhesthetic nerves are well creased. His
good putting is due to his sense Of touch.
IN other words, and IL he pulls Oft an
extra good putt he is said TO be suffering
from kinesthesla.
But In the case of the poor soul who
tees up at the 18th, with a score well over
the century mark, the aforementioned
spring seems to be just plain attached
TO his ribs, and it's not a very delicately
tempered spring at that AS witness:
On the tenth. in the finals Of the Lynne
wood Hail tournament, last week at the
Huntington Valley Club Marston rolled a
long putt down hill into the hole from the
edge of the green for a two after Travcrs.
10 feet away, had pushed his ball just
hard enough uphill to cup out in par
three, Two onlookers were much i'm
pressed and, after the match, came back
to see IL such putting really could be
done" The one taking the downhill shot
dubbed his first for fear he would hit too
hard and then proceeded TO roll the ball
across the green into a trap. The one
coming up hill determined to hole out,
went two of the IS feet on his first putt
and eight more on his second. Both are
average golfers, but II took many trials
before the shots were holed out in ones.
They both now feel that there are putters
and putters,
A local golfer who has an airily un.
limited handicap and boasts of II, evened
things UP with an opponent the other
day on the seventh green over the Hunt
ingdon Valley course. He had done the
first four holes impartially in sevens ana
was three down, But he took the next
three in par Crossing the road for the
eighth, there was noticeable that slightly
hysterical run in his laughter and a doml-
neerlng tone in his commands to his
caddy which betray all golfers who have
been moderated and who feel that they
are coming into their own. And when a
perfect drive fitted sweet and true from
his wood on the eighth he quite cried out
for Joy. He quickstepped to the perfect
lie of his ball and, as he glanced back
at the tee hazily distant he felt that
der tag had arrived indeed. He grew
eloquent.
What setting for my next" he said.
| "Oerheud the beautiful blue sky, behind
me the woods, and nothing before me but
a sloplng stretch OF green and the flag"
"And the purling brook" softly crooned
! the other, who had taken four to lay
his ball beside the first
| The first golfer, at top Of his swing.
heard the whisper. A tremor shook his
frame. Topped ball. splash, into the creek
at his feet.
"Ah, yes. the brook" he said silently
and grimly onward went the game.
Jerry Travers Is said not to have swung
| on a ball and missed or taken up the
sod behind ball for three-inoh shot
since the days when he used to play
| around in his backyard and holed out
his ball by hitting a tree. Many buffers
who swing on the ball and fracture rib
without touching the thing are said to
be slightly envious of Travers little
weakness in being able to get off a
! straight ball and true about every time
he tries his hand.