The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1921-09-11

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Lesson No. LThe Short Approach.
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near the pin. Jhls Is especially
true IL there Is any wind blowing.
where the higher air route might
easily lead to trouble.
Again, want to remind my
readers that the head is the anchor
to the swing. On the chip shot it
doesn't move. On the longer pitch
and run 1t moves slightly in a nat
ural turn OF the chin. but its POSI-
ton remains fixed until the swing
Is completed.
Don't look up until the right
arm is, straight toward the green.
And don't forget that no fiabby,
rubber wrist motion will ever con-
troll either the chip or the pitch
and run. The average way of the
average player on these two i'm
portant strokes Is to break the
wrists far more than they should
be broken. The wrist MUST be
firm all the way through the stroke,
and while the grip also Is firm
there should be no part of a squeeze
or a clenching OF fingers upon the
shaft. And, again. don't swing
back too far. just far enough TO
get the distance you want. Don't
make the mistakeN of swinging back
too far and then easing up on the
downward blow. There Is no easing
up In either stroke. Both the chip
and the pitch and run are more
forearm strokes than anything
else. with the right wrist swapping
through at the moment OF impact,
the left arm alwass straight Any
decided bend to the left elbow-a
common faults always fatal.
The next section OF the short APP
proach. the long and short pitch.
will be taken up in an early ar
ticle.
II we are to figure from the cha M
pionship form chart of the last two
or three years, the leading candi-
dates should be Evans, Jones and
Ouimet. Two of these were the
fnalists a year ago, with all in
the semi final turn.
Evans is undoubtedly the star
amateur of the game. He has won
two out Of three of the last anna
teur championships. and in addition
has led all amateurs for three years
in the open at medal play, thereby
proving his rare versatility.
Jones has finished one stroke back
Of Evans in the last two opens,
while his showing in the last two
amateur championships has been re-
markedly strong. He Is beyond
question one Of the finest amateurs
golf has ever called to the fairway.
and with the increasing experience
that he has been acquiring year by
year he will be harder than ever to
stop.
Ouimet at times is fully as brill
liant as he ever was. But the Bos-
tonian has seemed to lack the physi-
cal stamina Of some years ago. and
with all his briiliancy the old stead
mess has been missing. He Is still
a very fine golfer and one OF the
soundest putters In the game. a
golfer still capable of reaching the
top.
To Re Watched.
Robert A. Gardner, of Chicago.
title winner in 1905 and 1915, is al
ways to be figured in. He is not
only a front rank golfer in every
way, but a strong, hard fighting
match player who is never beaten
until the final putt is holcd.
Gardner won in 1915 at Detroit
for the second time and reached
the final turn at Marion, where he
fell before Evans. He was beaten
by Jones at Oakmont and by Fownes
1t Roslyn, but only great golf rolled
sim back.
Bill Fownes, of Pittsburgh. will
be one Of the hardest in the field
to stop for the first two days. On
Tuesday and Wednesday OF match
play he will have an even chance
against any opponent on the scene.
But he will be hardly able to go at
top seed after the second round, and
SO his chance to win again is re-
mote on this account.
Back of these come such strong
entries as Jesse Guilford, Jesse
Sweetser and a few more at least
capable of beating even a national
champion.
1t will be Interesting to see how
such young Western stars as Wolf,
Gockencamp, Won Elm. Knepper, etc,
get along, for there are possibilities
here not to be overlooked. Wolf is
good enough to go quite a distance,
and he will be no soft opponent to
draw in an early round.
The South will depend in the main
upon Bobby Jones and Nelson Whit
ney. the two finest yet developed
south of the classic border Inc.
Unless Dave Heron, Of Pittsburgh,
be rated from the East, that section
of the country has figured lightly in
championship golf snce Oumet won
in 1914. Chicago has won three out
of the four last championships play
ed. and Chicago, with Evans and
Gardner, will again be the leading
city. Boston is well up with ouimet
and Gulford, while Philadelphia is
strong with such talent as Max
Morston, now at his top form; Nor
man Maxwell and Woodie Platt. But
II is somewhat doubtful as to how
many of these will start. New York
doesn't come near reaching the old
days of Travis-Travers stardom,
where the two together turned out
seven titles, not including an open
championship and a British cham
pionship.
st. Louis is waiting with an old
fashioned Western welcome. which is
better than par for any hospitality.
The main question left concerns the
name of the golfer good enough to
finish in front of Evans. Ouimet.
Jones and Gardner. Is there any
such name in the roster?