Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1915-10-07

SHOULDERS AND WRISTS TURN
EASILY IN PERFECT GOLF SWING
Action is Unconscious, However, But is Important
Factor-Mrs Vanderbeck Regans Farnum Cup.
Some of Plays at Country Club
Bv JOHN ALBERT scorT

II you follow the line OF the back
swing as Il has been described, you
VIII find (without any attempt on your
part to accomplish ~ that as the hands
swing backward and upward. and the
body turns in response TO this swing. the
shoulders, besides going down and up,
respectively, are rotating as we'll As
the Indicated motions continue-without
the least effort to get the hands around
the body-the hands will be stopped when
they have reached point about the
height of the right ear, the club shaft will
drop into the position shown In the pho
tographs by n sharp bending down Of
the wrists, and the wrists only. This
wrist motion-and Il is the wrist action
OF the golf stroke-has been prepared
for all the time you were swinging back,
IL you followed the line indicated and
did not allow the least change to take
place In the position of the hands on
the grip of the club. The left wrist was
turning over all the time (you did not
try to turn ~, and was being prepared
for this quick drop into position. 1t is
this drop of the wrists, without slacken-
Ing the grip or giving way anywhere,
that sets the tension for the down stroke.
1t is the percussion cap which fires the
loaded gun.
Remember clearly that there has been
no conscious turning over OF the left
wrist in going back. It was the position
Of the left wrist in the grip that, follow
ing the line of the back swing, made this
action involuntary, and hence, natural
If you have swung the hands straight
back. and have kept the left elbow from
bending more than was absolutely neces-
sary to take off undue strain and have
allowed the body to twist to the right to
the proper degree, then, when you drop
the club into position with the wrists, It
will just miss the back of the head, and
Will finally come to rest almost touching
the back OF the neck, close TO the base of
the skull. It is a good idea. in practic-
ing this movement. to let the shaft touch
the neck, in order TO know that the club
is on the right track. When swinging
freely in this manner, the club head can
be seen out of the corner of the left
eye, surely an indication that there is
nothing stiff about II, nor anything me-
chanical.
Now. note carefully. you have not car
ried the hands around the body a single
inch by any independent movement of
their own. They have been simply swung
backward and upward-it was the twist
ing or turning of the body at the hips and
the rotating motion of the shoulders that
have taken the hands to a place that al
lowed the club shaft TO be dropped by
the wrists to its correct position. In no
other way can the club be swung directly
TO this position.
isn't It indeed a lovely day?" quoth
Mrs. Vanderbeck yesterday, as she tucked
her good iron-bound putter back into her
bag and bowingly took into her arms once
more the Mary Thayer Farnum Cup. But
most Of those gathered about the home
green could see nothing bright in the day,
only the dull clouds, the bitter fog and the
riotous scores. Mrs. Vanderbeck showed
yesterday without the shadow of a doubt
that she is champion woman golfer of the
country, and her win tops off the most
glorious season of successes that any
player has had in many a decade.
When she tweaked forth the last toppJ
tutt yesterday and tucked II into her tee.
trophy toque, Mrs. Vanderbeck completed
series of victories never duplicated
She had only lost two matches all sea-
son, and both to Mrs. Barlow, her ancient
and honorable rival.
The Sc she had yesterday is to a woman
golfer what 76 is to the masculine player
just about the best-in either case. But