The sun., 1918-08-18
ANDERSON RATES
GOLF SKILL AT 10 Pc.
Combined With Strength 1t
Develops Proficiency in
Game, He Says.
WEIGHT SLIGHT FACTOR
By JOHN G. ANDERSON.

The question has been asked and
seldom answered why a girl weighing
only few pounds over hundred can
! consistently drive a golf bali 200 yards,
while many men with 40 pounds OF
flesh and muscle are we'll satisfied to
average 1870 yards, from the tee.
A careful analysis would seem to In
dictate the following points in connec-
ton with the proposition
/. Exceptional proficiency in golf Is
the result of a combination OF skill and
strength, and would give mark Of 20
per cent. for skill, and only 80 for
physical strength.
2. There are as many star golfers
| among the women in proportion to the
number who play as there are among
men, which permits my ratio to stand
without question.
8. Skill In golf is a happy combina-
ton OF true balance, excellent timing
and a natural free swing. These at
tributes never fail to produce note
worthy results Women golfers in pro-
portionate. although in much fewer
numbers. possess the necessary qualities
of 20 per cent. start toward tee per-
lection when they can keep a true
balance, time sweetly and swing
! rhythmicaly. They are nowadays helped
more than ever by golf balls with lively
and sensitive centres. About one shot
in a hundred made from the tees
measures UP to my standards of what
constitutes a real golf shot The ball
seldom gets the beneht OF a well timed
shot and the heart of the ball when
struck instead Of being pressed close to
the club head is twisted out Of shape ana
the ball scurries Off to the risht or left
NTH ct
to get soaring finish. The prettiest
golfers do not slog at the ball. Harry
vardon typifes the lot A young girl or
boy, a light weight man or woman can
win the encomums OF the golf critics
Of form and accomplishment and be sure
OF zoo yard drives II possessed OF the
ability to hit the heart Of the ball at
the right time with a natural. confident,
sensitive smack.
Aiding the Red Cross.
Miss Gladys Ravenscroft. Miss Cecilia
Leitch and Americas foremost woman
player years ago, as Miss Lillian Hyde.
have played rounds with an average OF
$50 yards for each tee shot and each
| has driven ball in more than one
match as far as go yards. This was
because to their genius in swinging,
! timing and balancing they added the
power of a physique which was her
culean In strength. So Miss Margaret
| Curtis OF Boston fame SO. too. does The
exceptional hold true in the case or the
/ men. such as Ted Ray. Jesse Guilford.
! Maurice Dauge. Horne. Barnes and
others OF like build. They performed
the spectacular when their extra
strength was applied in conjunction with
! all the other elements of clean hitting.
Freddy Mcleod. Jackie bowling. Perry
! Adair Norman Maxwell all have played
rounds with average drives around 24O
yards and have won big events, but none
will ever perform the exceptional in dis
lance Those extra yards which make
! for the spectacular come from the ap-
| plcation of greater power and not from
| the better application OF form and style.
| 1t would hardly be fair to the players
! to not mention the tour recently ended
of the now famous junior quartet, Miss
Alexa Stirling, Miss Elaine Rosenthal,
Perry Adair and Robert Jones. For
| one month they campaigned through the
| New England States and in Pennsyl-
vania and New York. Any doubt which
people may have had as to the good they
might do has been dispelled by the re-
; port of their financial success. The
sum of money collected through their
| efforts amounted to s25. 400. a worthy
| contribution TO war relief Letters have
poured In after the visit OF these splendid
golfers telling of the pleasure afforded
| by their exhibitions.
A few statistics may be interesting,
! Although the courses over which the
four played were new the scoring was
high class. Miss Stirling. Just a bit OF
| her best game at the start of the
| ma tches. averaged about Sc for the If
| teen contests, a mark which~many men
might hope to attain, But in this re-
/ spect Miss Rosenthal outshone the cham
pion, for her average was around 81.
the best achievement of all being an so
at Wannamosett c. c. at Providence,
where the amateur record is "a. held
| by Francis Ouimet. In this round over
the $3.50 yard- links Miss Rosenthal
missed four puts OF the four foot va
riety. Her playing easily equalled the
! brilliant rounds made by Jones. includ-
| ing his splendid II at Ekwanok.
Adair and Jones Closely Matched.
! Adair had an average approximating
| rs. while Jones was stroke less; very
fine golf on strange courses. In the
matches the puts were all ho,ed out, q
| feature OF this tour, so that the usual
J approximations of a stroke OF. two less
| for a player was conspicuous by its alb
1
| sence. One of the interesting sidelights
| OF the tour was the match at Ekwanok.
where the TWO girl golf opponents at
| evens of two men whose average handi-
cap was nine, and they beat them de-
! cisively by goodly number of holes.
| Which leads one to think that there
might be some good fun for galleries
| II four ball match could be arranged
| between Miss Rosenthal and Miss Stir
| ling playing with six stroke handicap
against Evans and Wood or two East
ern cracks. keen match might be
expected.
! l would suggest to the local branches
of the Red Cross which have benefited
! $4,000 from this trip and by $275,OOO
from the other matches. not counting the
money raised on the Fourth OF July by
the U. S. C. A.. that these and all other
players who have given their time and
energy for the playing OF such matches
/ should receive a letter of appreciation
! from the societies general note of
! thanks is sent to the club which has.
staged the competition. but rarely do the
! players receive official praise. The four
! players who recently finished their tour
! travelled collectively $4,000 miles played
| / .OSO holes, garnered for the Red Cross
Sah O0O and have reCeiVed pnthipp IN,