The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1917-08-15
||BY" JONES
ESovERWORkED
leran Golfers Fear Strain Is
Much for YoungSter'

- question whether they are not
~ \ willing horse to death 10 sug-
So2 b. the playing OF Bobby Jones,
S AtlAnta bog golfer and southern
CkNian lnNhs 9ualifyins play Of nv, ne
~ round and was three strokes
SS 1he second round for total OF
e ~ strokes more than the menhi-
~ poNaiA Edwards. ,.,o
l1f3S0N after no won the Southern utie
~ o1ylAingham, Ala, on juno ~; boopy
6v IN four-ball match NJ fnssmoo,
,& yvne II against two OF tho sreAtert
u 6ejoan golfers. Champion Chick
\ ~ and former Champion Robert A.
F1aer In this match Bobby and
- were beaten 1 to .. On this CON
~ the following comment appeared IN
H Dagis on June ~ m .
Svos6olfsA and rushed from place to place
way quite unsuited to his tender
S1SSa toe q boy 10 only boy, even " ne
n 6haA Apion. II hs visits New fork "
r koCo1 that he win have plenty OF time
- ret before playing
s. Menace 70 Hls style.
I. fAls opinion does not seem to need
sr631k change ayter considering tho re-
~ Of his playing at Chicago, To put
= the strain OF two big champion
~ and big exhibition match all IN
lKOoSacs 10 his style, whatever may be
~ Or the strain upon his health.
ID II health 10 . feature with when mo
fSISuo OF HE play a. . golfer has moth
- DO. That 10 something entlrsly
Nm and his family TO consider But
r. = the effect Of such pressure OF com
5oI(1pa upon his golf future, II may %
1lGnate for the lovers Of tho game to
attention 10 the danger OF such
cHrno. IKE anything else undartak-
- ap0oy Of HE years, must be IN tne
MN stags. and 10 force him al this
~ n to threaten him with pressing
o4Aor erroPs In style that may WORK
1otual ruin 10 his future. u.
31SSsr aeeins his apparent mastery OF
- ohot As displayed In tho national
niooship at Nsrion last year. when
X-G out FORMER Champion Byers and
" foonsylva champion. Frank yW
oWo might be led to bAlievs tnat
Z 01yts II destined 10 psrpetuity' but
nanency 10 hardly to bs expected OF
0opect Of golf form.
vleum o. Physical Ailments. :,
aH Vilj IS recalled that the great ], n
4. the British professional. who has
oonceded the palm Al the greatest
- a the mashie OF all time. lost the
- a. playine that club for severnl
= hi utter despair. II seemed Tor
= he might never rs-ac9uirs his OLD
ut BY persistent practice ana pa,
9 study ne At last got back MS o'o
,zp| ~ 1 thing can happen to Taylor
"a goifsr. with his style set. a. J
31A what slump may not be poasipl'
x \ 10y stil In his formative .per'od
HG1Dr won his last and ntth ope'
championship In 1914. Discuss
triumph: a.: ~ E;fl: y's,,T on ., 'cT SGysi
- Oonts, the most distressinS thlns
SK51or IN the last few years was the
~ ke went off his mashie play
= 10 been the feature OF his game
~ early days and the nearest ap-
~ 20 Wtsardry that could be imsE
u the links Try. an he might ne
= not recover his old form with the
'.<f - 70 Oct Needed Rest,
4. ,.HssfSvvving his arms forward during
A hovu owing' was the diagnosis OF MS
BY the experts who studied his
lods during this period, but although
WActisd assiduously In his endeav-
ID " eradicate his fault, he could only
&6 tor NTH place In the championship
< ~ oandwich In 1871. Later on he went
Noior again. and last season he had .
4IS9kaps someone will see the necessit,
Z HE geifing future Of giving Bobby !
oh-uSeded rest from exciting matches
& ~ Ct the risk OF depriving tournament,
3 NJ Attracting and advertising valu
* - name - a competitor. Flauery
4 80 moro insidious and dangerou
Il UAon Il impels q person to striv
n M powers and thus TO endanKs
461nre Of his achievement, wheths
w q In any other field OF huma