Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1915-07-06

.r,. longest bail I ever drove" said
cleveland as he searched in the
tor a drive in the local champion
~ tournament, was in Switzerland.
n. ball went at least a mile and
half. 80,
..ws had climbed to great height In
't,ns one day when we came out on
she A ~, plateau. I had a golf ball In
% ssni,s, which had picked UP In one
~ ~ yiilaRe shops as curiosity. The
q ~ ..,,on 10 drive II into the scenery at
tenn ", ,sas too strong. I teed II up on
ny lss srow. braced myself with my
.ou .ott.A sboes I'm the ice. took my Alpine
hees 0,, snd swiped the ball into oblivion.
~, iost my balance and began to fol-
nue s,sht down the side Of the mountain
~ nd ball. I tried In vain to stop
sndlne BIZ hooking my stick IN the tough
snow Faster ana raster siiu 'o"aru tre
ssss on the brink.
.,rssrs was a straight drop after that
!, .aors than 1000 feet. My only hope,
Lev was semall sapllng, not much
-. .ban a stump, which was strug-
a,,.s N grow right on the edge. AS I
ssuaroacbed made a desperate attempt
4 hook my stick around the tree. 1 sue
sss5ed. but I swung over the edge.
eThe rest Of the party, far above,
.ho,,tsd 10 hold on, and the guides slowly
LsSa tbsir way toward me. But could
s.si a nunbness coming over me and I
trsy, could not last Soon I fell and I
Sronned and dropped through endless
snace Far below saw even then lake,
ana in that lay my only chance.
SIust then woke UP. I was In my
,tttle bed in a Swiss hotel and the snow
rad come In the window all over me. But
know that ball went mile and half"
"That's nothing" said one Of the gal
pry. tt. But just then the lost ball
vas found and Clevelands record stood.
Cameron Buxton, of Huntington VAL
l,y, believed that the trouble with all
uoor drives Is that the driver raises his
h,sd before the shot gets away. He be-
lleves he has an infalllble remedy when
ne says, keep your head down" II
works without fail on his own game.
After all Is said and done, form is
everything in golf. 1t explains why a
little fellow like Wllfred Reid. the pro-
fessional, can get a phenomenally long
ball on hls drive without seeming to try.
He has almost perfect form
Speaking OF form in golf, George Say
ers professional at tho Merton Club, who
has taught golf since he was 10 years
old, tells n story OF the days when he
tnught'in Scotland.
Mrs. Waldorf Astor was entertaining a
house party, and as is the custom at
such affairs the guests divided their time
between shooting and golf. Mrs. Astor
had never played golf, but she was so
amused and dlsgusted at the form she
faw displayed that she determined to
take up the game. Sayers was called in.
All Mrs. Astor wanted to learn was the
form. And for six weeks she refused to
bit golf ball.
'At the end of that time sne had the
most beautiful strokes have ever seem"
raid Sayers She was a dream to watch.
And when she finally did start playing
around with ball she could play we'll
enough to start in the championships.
But sine would never enter one
in the six weeks taught her I esti-
mate that she swung on nothing 259, 200
times before she actually played with a
hall That is figuring 2 shots minute
and an hour day 1t took patience, but
dia the trick. If had my way 1
would never let any of my pupils nit a
ball at FIRST. But Americans are too anx-
ious for that treatment"
Yesterday was a big day at nearly all
the local clubs. Many hundreds who
remained in town rather than go to the
Ehore spent the day on the links.
The Huntingdon Valley had an Inde-
psndence Day handicap event for men.
There were prizes for the best gross and
net scores in both the morning and
afternoon. The clubhouse was beauti-
fully decorated for the day. There was
dancing all afternoon and in the even
Ing. There was also a fine fireworks
display.
At Old York road also there were many
events, There was a handicap tourna-
ment for women and a handsome prize
was awarded. Tea and dancing added to
the merriment.
An earnest effort is being made by the
Merton Club to get Travers and Ouimet
together for a match over the course
msfe, Travers, who was much disap-
pointed that Ouimet was unable to COM
pete In the Lynnewood Hall contest re-
Gently, expressed himself as willing to
enter in match with Ouimet at any
TINS convenient to the latter. Jerry is
resting these days in an effort to get his
hands back in shape again, They were
IN very bad condition as a result of the