The Washington times., 1916-07-23
Harry Vardon Says Golf Must Be
Started in Youth for Proficiency
Advocates Game as DispeIler OF
Thoughts Of Work and In.
disposition.

ed up many valuable hints from his
though Mr.. Ball. junior. must have
been real prodigy. seeing that; when
he was fourteen years old, he finished
sixth In the open championship. j. n,
Taylor has stated that the hero OF his
professional attached to the Westward
Jo! links, and George SDuncan-a won
derfully accurate mimic of styles-de-
clares that he has tried everybody's
body. 80 II IL right through the realm
Of first class golf. The finest teaching
for. the youngster 10 that OF example
rather than precept.
Arches Wrists Outward.
II is the Same with girls. although
there In one point would always study
In connection with the early efforts OF
a little maid to master the art OF golf.
As a rule. she Is either learning or
has learned the plano. an instrument
on which probably she practices every
day. I do not know whether her de-
votion to music can be held reasonable
for very pronounced disposition which
she displays to arch her wrists out
ward when playing golf; what i have
noticed IN that In an extraordinary
number Of cases she does this whereas
II Is not a particularly common fault
where boys are concerned. She ac-
duires the habit of ordering her wrists
In that way when performing on the
plano. and 1t Is lust possible that IL
e the cause Of this cnaractSsri err ,u IL
on the links. One cannot hope to hit
the ball properly unless. at the top OF
the swing the left wrist is bent inward
so that It is right under the handle OF
the club.
In "A previous article suggested that
for the novice at golf the first equip
ment should consist of four clubs.
brassie Nor drives as well as shots
a anG pat.e ene Mest r,EoTcns~ would
enforce such a principle where the boy
| or girl beginner Is concerned. Proud
| fathers and doting mothers are apt to
set Of clubs will enable the young con-
vert to learn properly. In point OF fact
most prominent golfers have started to
| play with singularlv small and sorry
looking collections OF implements =,
cases. been caddies and glad to pick W
S s.qss eve We seldom had f even that modes
good fortune. We made ourselves
wooden clubs by ghieing blackthorr
sticks into chunks Of wood. which stood
for heads. and trusted TO Providence
/ to send us an iron one day.
Plays With One Club.
i
who possessed an iron. II was som'
time before I secured my first. and. ole
Though 1t may have been. II was like
new toy to me-a toy which AFFORDED
the opportunity of conquering fresl
worlds. We made 1t a practice In thos
days to take out only one club for
round: on some occasions II would b.
the improvised driver. and on other
the iron would be honored. have N
doubt that. trusting TO- an iron whel
opposed to n boy who had his woodel
sheer necessity the way to get lon
distance with the metal-headed tnstru
ment. We were not going to be out
driven simply because the other fello'
had club better suited to the lon
| game.
I would, start a boy with q brassi
and Ipid-iron appropriate to hi
height, ard let him practice with ther
after having watched n good player. a
twelve years OF age he Will be ADJ
to copy almost anyb0dy; or eours.
siderably earlier than that. and ! be
lieve that the family of the late Cap
John Graham. who was killed in Flar
/, ders last year. have q card which n
returned In a children's medal compet
ton In which he took mart at Hoylak
at the age OF six. A boy Of those ter
, der years would not pick Up much e,
cept in the sense that he would OF
come accustomed to the environment {
the links. but I do really believe
youngsters, being given a chance =
. game. They will be glad OF II at
later period when golf comes 20 tsel
: as a deliverance from the pinprich
and hammer-drives OF business.
downright, 1916. by the Wheeler Synd
u cate. Inc.).