Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1916-05-09

BOUNDING the ball UP to the green with
ID nice roll on it is the new fashion this
season in approach work on the links, and
is being substituted by advance-style golf
ers for the old-fashioned habit of sticking
the ball up in the air and dropping 1t as
near the hole as might be, with a kick on
II TO one side or tother.
The increasing number Of players that
are just rolling EN- up from Off the green
instead of trying a deadly pitch is be-
ginning TO cause some concern In gofing
circles, the question coming UP whether
this is. or is not good golf Many contend
that Little Fat Boy Luck has more or
less to do with the shot that is rolled over
the rough of the fairway and then the
smooth of the green for as feet or more.
The good players using the shot claim
that It is safest, a the line is pretty sure
to be true and the distance Is easier to
gauge.
Enemies of the shot claim 1t is basic.
ally. or something like that, a duffer shot
and without science. They would debar
its use by guarding every green with a
moat of sand, such as stands before the
18th hole at Huntington Valley, or else
would bar out the rollers with bulwarh
of mounds making a pitch shot necessary
for accuracy Meanwhile the fashion
gains in favor, with the users laughing
as they sink the long ones after bumpy
roll
Another Fashion Opening
Among the early season styles Is also
noticed the evident turn.over-a. .new.leaf
desire of the golfers to improve this sea-
son, taking shape in a change Of grip.
Some of the tangles and twisted clutching
of the shafts would make Harry Vardon,
who invented the grip that most of the
golfers think they are using, weep. The
why and the wherefore for the astound-
ing grips is often reason like this:
A player one day knocks out a ball that
goes off in a wide circle, like a sparrow
on a debauch and then takes a sudden
zip to the rough.
Whats the reason for a shot like
that?" asks the player dejectedy.
Too much little and ring finger" re-
plies his opponent promptly. BY a proc
ess Of shifting and knuctling under the
obnoxious fingers are then eliminated
from the grip by the hopeful golfer Max
Marston just takes hold of his clubs and
uses all the digits with which nature has
blessed him. He manages to do fairly
well. If he had acknowledged a putt
that was conceded him in the champion
ships by Robert Gardner. he would prob
ably be national champion right now
instead of the latter
Joseph Homet Kerrick. ex-Lafayette
colegian, finds much tlme-out from the
cares of raising his second nustache. for
the pursuit of the golf ball around the
Philadelphia Cricket Club links, His
game is coming forward with not little
speed and he hopes to be in shape for
some of the tournaments later in the
season.
There is a story in circulation about
certain 'Philadelphia golf enthusiast
concerning the only time he is known to
have broken his scruples on betting. He
had been going fairly we'll over the early
part of round and was getting more
and more enthusiastic over both his own
work and the faltering shots of his
opponent.
II wish you were a betting man." said
the opponent, after he had been con-
graduated on fine shot he had just
made. "and / would bet that win out"