The Washington times., 1922-12-24

fadssWay to The right.
This shot Il very useful when
Slippsry. The reverse twist which
~ ths bah sitter Il lands. A slice
had not noticed that most pro-
\ fessionsls and star amateur play
srs Generally shifted their feet
sfwhsnever they wanted to hit this
kind Of shot or whenever they
WANTED TO hit any unusual shot.
had Got my swing groovsd -
,Eswell and had worked out such .
cenafovtatIs stancs absolutely
hated the idea Of changing my feet
ITO play q different shot.
One day went out for my
I usual practice session. I had
givep this matter considsrabss
atkouGht and had finally decided on
. plan. ! knew that II changed
2my feet, the so1ndness Of my game
would b impaired and that any
mot ] played IN . different man
ntr from W1sA& I had bsSn a.
customed to would probably b .
Nit or miss shot.
/ didn't want that. / wanted .
shot cottld rely upon; one that I
worth fig X 1t isn't . part
Of your regular equipment.
AZ / say / had decided on .
plan. 1t was to change the posi-
ition Of the ba1l instead Of the
position OF my fest. figured
could obtain the same results; %
set out to experiment..
WORKS SAME PLAN ON SLICE.
q moved the ball to and fro until
! had located the risht spot. That
spot was almost opposite the heel
bsf my left foot. In other words
III found that by playing the bali
more off the loft foot than the
s1ight, and by cutting across the
uball slightly, got the results I
sdesired. play most of my shots
with the ball almost opposite the
eeenter of my stance.
sn Finding / could slice a ball play
eng in the manner described above
81 practiced and practiced on the
oShot until had It perfected. Even
oahen continued to practice on It.
II wanted to be sure 1t wouldn't
60 wrong at an important time.
One wrong shot can ruin you in
q tight tournament.
7r The next shot j went after was
the hook or pull. Beginners are
oRpt to develop chronic case of
shooking II they haven't learned
!. sthe proper method of gripping the
yelub. Hooking Is bad FAULT and
ashould be avoided as you s1ouiI
avoid any infection. But there are
times when 1t 10 mighty useful
70 be able to play a hook, especially
On some dogleg holes have se3
worked out the hook the SAME
way worked out the slice. This
YAs a little easier. because Il had
bound that by moving the ball for
: ward I could get the slice. II was
natural. then. that by moving the
ball back and by playing It off
the right foot could obtain
book. That 10 what happened ard,
by considerable practice, I finally
perfected the shot.
B. I think 1t 10 well to remember.
though, that it is better to move
the ball than to change the posi-.
tion of the feet. i figure the ball,
no matter what the shot, should
always be struck in the same way
and with the same kind of swing.
Changing the feet In apt to upset
the rest Of the game.
LEARNED BODY CONTROL.
% I now began to practice hard
and faithfully for the National
Open championship which was held
at the Inverness club at Toledo
that year. That was my first ap.
pearance In the National tourna-
ment.
I was as thrilled a. Q youngstsr
taking his first train ride whom I
went to Toledo. Every star in the
country was on hand. including those
t~ great English players. Harry
Vardon and Ted Ray, who were
making . tour Of the country.
= AZ soon - arrived went out to
gWAtch the BnSlishmen. They were
round.
. A soon - I saw vardon I know
thsn why he was called the caster.
He made . great impr ession on me.
followed him closely. watching
every move he mada. He made rolf
look Ike paS10r game.
-es It wes from Vasdon that I learned
(, ehe neceosify and the art Of oontroll-
Ing the body, 9ir Harry plays an
q hig sh0tD with The arms and wrists,
N body hardly enters into the
irving sxcept on the pivot. That was
~ most valuable lesson TO me and
ous from whiSh profitsd greatly.
sr Vardon's perfect pivoting was
Something worth seeing. He did
that % naturally and easily Il looked
simple. whereas Il 10 one of the
hardest things In solf to do. Control
of the body and the art Of pivoting
were the points took from Vardon's
ganne.
Rays tremendous driving was i'm.
,pressive, but his game did not help
me much because his physique IL far
diffsrent from mine. He 10 big and
heavy and numbering. He gets re-
suits more by his remarkable power
than by any grace Of manner.
j Ike the punch and have tried
20 put 1t into my own game. But
the skill and grace Of q vardon.
even without the punch. will carry
you further in golf than sheer power
will.
Studies Starr and Finishes THIRD.
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