New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-03-05

W. jerome ID. Tra'ers-
LEN SMITH. Of Nykagyl. Now 10
a chclle and Bcileair ! Ia, pas dis
Guessing ;he short game 81 Jerome y.
Trarers. Open Champion.
"I'll take Jerry against any golfer m
the world" said Alex at fifty yards
from the cup. lie p.ill got down oft"ner
~ TO shots than tardou. Ray. Hrsid.
Tra;i- Hagen. Hilton or any other
star amateur or Dro.
With tho colfnC p sdom tnat NcS
Smith carries this statement ls paced
vi.h Weight. If means eomethinP. For
Aloe 's absolutely correct.
Va MYSTERY.
80 nucn aas been known. secr. sal
ard written about Trarers's fine put
ting that We decided 20 have Jerry o.
plain his aord"riul kecnness At this
valuable feature Of play. Unfortunate
Is. 10 WRECK the drama % tho occasion.
there wasn't thc >emnlance % mys-
'err to be u1folcod.
Tho facts gro about a. follows:
"Pufirg." a,d Jorry. "i- largely =
matter # confidence. ! have seen
mans hcg.nnor who could no' make
another eho' stem out and putt we'll
idcncc. I'm w- case L. so happened
that I used 70 practise putting three or
four hours al n time when ] vas oulr
fourteen or fifteen Years old learned
how 10 putt vol before ever went
into any hard match. The result vas
that / never bothered about this par,
OF my game took IL for granted.
But tho averagc golfer doesn't take
Ia Ip
fov matches o. tho green's r. this
time his confidence IN his putting abil-
ity Is gone and once gone ~ is hard
thing 80 Ger get back.
That is fh, trouble With Chick
Eyans. lie lost confidence "a his abil-
- go putt before be ever practised
putting 80 any extent Al the putting
practice he has known sine has helped
him very '.,;le. Tor deep down IN his
hear there is .ha. Old lurking fear Of
missed pu.' lack Of confidence
that has never left h,~'.
No Falr Confidence.
NO one car fake this confidence -"
continued the open champ. on. III has
20 be on tho level bedrock 30 stand
the test - hard match where t."
other fellow b. dropping then IN fror
eight % ten feet away. The moro you
RS 20 force this confidence. the NOR
YOU are likely 20 worry and get upse-
Then you miss thrce-rooter and the
r.reckago is comp.o.o.'
Putting Faults.
Dc" hat GO you consider the main put
ing fault physical oncs?' we asked.
Tier are Two. he said. "One H.
zig .di;y crampinc Of the muscle
Putting Is the most delicate part o.
golf. Tic goi'cr who holds biz muscles
c~ampcd and rigid has TO chance % get
h. right toscr -Ac free tap that FOL
')us tie ~i~h' line.
"The othe~ Is looking up just a tn
club head -oacho5 thc bali. The msn
rho iakee "a comfortable, easy STANCE.
vhl doe. waste n time fussias
over tho sho'. no f1er ieeps his head
s'.'i Er-,l 'no BAL '- .-rIc.. IS pretty
su-r 20 D" "a good o...c-.
T-a,crs re Nar.
r~-e . ~cnc-a no'icf nat Travc,s
fta- .. r-. N-i fer nerves j.
lois body . TRICKY lh.egmatic type.
Hl .ho contrary. desn.." III, apparent
,loiucsr. fe - ORC e ,ir most neryol
non playing gof
- rncrely tho wonderful facultv
ne HIS Of keeping an iron grip upon h,i
rervoGs ystcm that teeps MIN going.
Hero 10 aa instance. Last summer
a. Raltusroi IN She open Nc found thai
Ire mus play tho last nine holes in
rar 20 sin by a stroke.
For the ne; three hole, rervousnes.
a' this STAGE came near bringing dis-
aste~ A. the tenth he sliced a driving
ron shot his sIresi sho; OUT al
ooand art hooked tho nest 20 the
rough Then bY p great effort ne pu''c '
himself together. LAID his next shof
dead and 80. his four
Two Other Breaks.
y che eleventh hole . return o.
nervousness followed and tho tee sho,
"as topped. Again Trsyers pulled