The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1916-1920, 1919-05-11
NO PERSONAL TONE
TO COLOR IN GOLP{
Unlike Baseball, Enthusiasm
Is Aroused by the Play, IA
Not by Player.
ANDERSON EXPLAINS 1T
NV ~
Tells Of Evans and Mashie, Of
Travis and His Putter and Of a
Ray and His Driver.
ANDERSON EXPLAINS TT

sports 10 primarily q matter OF psrvSu.
atty. Color in golf, found usually
In the ranks Of the best players, is s,rrs
OF all an ability to perform some ons
~ OF unusual interest or briiitancy
mated. pe''''i' enm-
This one peculiar difrerenc. a.,w..n
golf and other sports in part IL &c.,
mined by the fact that Il 10 a slow NOV
ins game with emotions rsther wen con-
ceaied. ana scarcely q chance OF soSIn1
n.s taking place. such a., for IN
stance. q man playing the whole ronnd
WIN out one or two errors.
mere are probably half q DOZEN trans
70 eech hole. there are unduletion. on the
nens. mere are dangers OF the ball bec@
ms oirected Into rough places By the
only one for complete success. sn,sjI ,
wohner then that a drab steadfness most
10 oesired over a spasmodic 6riiliance
ana that the galleries stand on the Sar
neignts to watch the brilliant shots but
plod faithfully after tho steady rolfer
As me probable prize winner.
however. II Is fortunate, ALTHOUGH
quite to be expected. that many of The
sreat golfers Of the country have what
We cal color, which attracts equally
with personality.
Back in 1910 the East Boston IN nav
ticular, was keenly alive to the oonsin~
VI youth about whom much had bean
wri..eh as the possessor Of the finest
mssn'e shot play In the land. Previous
TO the amateur title play at tbe Countrv
CUB Brookline. that year, nothing OF
importance In the golfing line wa. ssnt
OUT from Chicago which did not refer
% INC oIiliant mashie work Of Chick
Evans who could place q caddy at 6ftv
ano pop Into his hand ten out of
1osen Daiis and do II again and again.
Evans did not arrive until m. d.v r.
torc the Qualifying round, but he found
wonderful gallery ready whom he start-
co on on practice match. All were In
tent upon one thing: not the personal
manner or charm OF the player, but only
on the perfection OF his mashie NAV
rhat was his donation to the color scherne
pius that rather unwtse method of putt
ing with midiron. The latter fad long
SINCE mas been given up. but every ono
n ~ INC gallery stands expeotant when
evans takes his mashie In hand.
The "siese Gun.~
Than there was that Now Hamn.,,-.
prodigy. who began winning state titis,
AZ thirteen yearA His friend visited
the Massa chusetts courses and sang the
praises OF the youthful phsnom who
could hit them a mile"
Yet the best there 10 at this club and
~ match my long driver aRainst the
iot no said at Brae Burn one Satur-
day But there was little response
when a match was played Il failed "a
reveal any hidden talent far above IN.
ordinary. ~'e
But the chap grew in strength and
stature and In the qualifying round OF
inc amateur championship Of the land
at Ekwanok at the twelfth hole he hi,
one drive which carried we'll over a
landmark rock fifty yards at least be-.
yond the usual lengthy swat.
ouiiford. you're siege gun" we
remarked as We put forth what looked
i'ke a puny effort, and tho name has
stuck to the long hitter now from the
Bay State ever since.
On that hole we took a 8, oDe under
par. while Guilford took a fiye. one
over par. but the brilliancy of the un-
Usual IN his drive raised him at once
from the mass OF good players TO a
class almost by himself and gave him a
color which attracts a gallery which
his rather phiesnIatic disposition never
would draw nor hold
A newspaper headline when recoun,.
ing the play of Brlce Evans, formerly
one OF the Bay States best golfers and
once In the final for the Canadian anna
teur Championship. always foretold a
story OF something extraordinary. There
was color in this left hand golfers play.
At the fourth hole at wollaston he
sliced hundred yards out of line.
played a second with q hook that carried
him over q barn and toward a railway
track still fully ITS yards from the
/ ~ A.N-
yards Then with an iron he laid the
ball dead for q par Z. Never a round
but some crazy quilt golf on this order
until he secured galleries intent upon
watching for the unusual. we'll content
to pass by mediocre scores
Long Iron of Traveru,
Travers is a player Of color" because
he has in his golf bag a long iron with
heavy head which on occasion-and
that occasion Is usually whenever Jerry
wants It to be-can propel a rubber core
straight as an arrow. low flying and
wind cheating. 226 yards. Bad lies
mean nothing when that iron comes out
OF the bag. Opponents begin to look a.
the green and wonder at which spot tho
ball will como to rest. while possibly
Travers simply Is wondering whether
he will be near enough to 20 down In
one putt.
That trusty old weapon. Is sturdy to-
day as decade ago and as feared gives
the real setting to a long shot, for #
will be noticed that IN most instances Il
10 the lengthy shots which tell the story
and the delicate features Of wrist action
short distance golf are brushed aside
The moment n distance is reached yher.
all golfers OF mediocre ability can yet
home then color" fades.
II IL rather interesting to note how
namos arc linked up with clubs through
whose use unusual. admiration prevails
Say ~. H. Taylor to a man and he
will think of mashie pitch with a
terrific cut and sharp stop: speak OF
Braid and the color scheme Is livened
with the thought OF a turf clsavine
clock mention the name OF Aleck Herd
and spoon shot par excellence pops
into the Imagination.
Then mention Vardon, the six TINA
winner OF tho open championship O..
Great Britain. perhaps the greatest
golfer OF all time One looks and
thinks almost in vain for a strong. co..
orful feature. All we can think about
Is his missed puts. and let no man take
poor golf as a sample.
1t 10 by no means necessary for "A
golfer to have q single unusual talent
to win titles. ! doubt II the readers OF
this article could name the extraordi-
nary talents OF either Harold Hilton or
John Ball. who between them have won
over q score OF championships. Tho
same holds true OF golfers OF all ma =
ffana Hraddv TAFT and his claaL. w.