Pueblo chieftain., 1921-02-24
A GOLF BOOK
BY CHICK EVANS

Twenty years ago Charles tChick)
Evans. Jr., president Western and Ma
tional Amateur Golf Champion. started
to gather material for book on golf.
He finished writing it this winter. and
it is to be published March l.
"Chick Evans Golf Book" - that's
the title-was begun on the links OF
the Old Edgewater Golf club in Chi
cago, a course now covered with apart
ment buildings Chick didn't know
then that the notes he was always
scribbling would furnish the copy for
the most unique contribution to the
Scottish game ever put between covers.
He was simply imbued with one idea,
and that was to permit nothing to es-
cape him What he saw on the links
as a caddic he jotted down and filed
away.
Sometimes Chick made mistakes.
Occasionally he picked out the wrong
golfer as n model Then he had to be-
gin all over again. Hc copied the swing
of noted players of that period and
put his impression down on paper.
Then he started to practice He re-
peatd that swing "a million times" he
says, and made careful notations OF
how he progressed and why. only to
discover at a ltacr date that those mil
lion swings were all wrong.
His caddie DAYS over Chick became
a champion at an age when most golf-
ers begin their game, but he never
ceased being n student. After each
match he wrote down what he had
learned. and pride never prevented him
from changing his style. After long
and patient practice he once worked
out a grip which he considered perfect,
and which contributed TO his winning
championships. on his first trip abroad
he found that Harry Nardon had a bet
tor hi, civ ha N
unlearn the old ono.
Tho perststcncy which has marked
his career on the links is reflected thru
the 400. odd pages, OF his book. He
left nothing to chance. With him it
was to be shown" Results alone
counted. \ style. backed by years.
was dropped in day IL new style
off the course record.
A remark overheard by him on the
links while n caddie that his pcrsis-
tency would make him a champion. II
nothing else, was never forgotten. Il
was that as much as anything else
which started him on MS notes. In
time this accumulated informatio
brought him title after title, at home
and abroad, and eventually made him
the lone American possessor OF the
golfers Double Crown.
Printers ink has now made a per
manent record OF what Chick saw and
learned during the transition period OF
the game. Fortified by the mass OF
ma tcrial. biographical. historical and
technical, hc has written a book unlike
any which has gone before. The story
brings out in vivid style, not only the
picturesque career OF the author who.
with pure dogGedncss and without n
single golf lesson. made himself a
champion. but HISTORICALLY. and techni-
cslly IL is Invaluable
What twenty years of golf has taught
has been boiled down by Chick into
two chapters on Instructions. Shots
and how to mako thcp.'' and Clubs
and how to use them" tell 1t all ES-
planatory photographs ombollish the
text There are siSty-1ve OF these fun
page illustrations. Included is a pic
ture of the worlds greatest golfer and
a striking bit OF scenery on the most
difficult course in tho world.
Chick TNans' Golf Book is published
by The Reilly & Lee Co. for Thos. L.
Wilson c. In presenting this book to
the goifiinE world tn. Wilson house
is making a contribution OF incstima bic
value to the game.