The Washington times., 1922-12-17

W0o ~ GLdku1tae I0.s q RA0AhAh~AAs
Southern resort. The glamour of
the entire setting and the presence
Of 90 many professional stars made
me fell III s. ease, / was Wishing
hadn't made. the trip. l. pined.
for the old home town and lite ia
miliar surroundings. l. was home.
sick.
When the tournament began ]
was quite nervous. watched all,
OF the others step up to the first
tee confidently and smash their
drives easily and without any nerv.
ousness. My brain was cluttered
with q thousand and more thoughts.
was in sort OF daze.
Gene Sarazen," IS, 2
The loud calling of that name
sounded strangely in my ear, I
took my driver and went to the
sand-box. There was q big gallery
sitting about ! could hear the on
Mttle fellow2 Just boy, isn't he7
! wonder where he comes lfrom7'..
Many Of the pros were asking the
safme questions OF one another.
GOT A GOOD HAND. AZ
= Az teed my ball my only hope
was to get off q good drive. =
must keep my head down." kept.
saying to myself. Don't hurry
your swing" my subconscious mind
( kept telling me. tried to take It
easy. but / suppose did hurry
my swing somewhat, for didn't
hit the baIl soiidly. Nevertheless,
Il was fairly good drive and the
crowd gave me a good hand. Thai
made me feel better. 81
I didn't finish In the money in
that tournament. Didn't have even
q low round. Didn't begin to play.
a. ] used to on the home course
But I learned q great deal. In fact
! learned something on each and
every hole. - III ~, ~. y a, "a 3 Z, I,
After my first drive ] found my
~ wondering about the distance
tosthe green.
ats a fun iron shot," my caddy
1T can't be-" replied.
IT H." he repeated. some use
3 spoon"
N spite Of the caddy's advice I.
used a mashie and was way short
0f the green. A little further On.
when the caddy told me TO use-uxy
mashie did as he suggested but
again was short. Then / was com
pleteiy at sea reached the green
on some OF my second shots but on
the majority I was either oyer or
abort. a9ss
j had never learned how to sight
the lay OF the land, as we ssys on
the green, and my puts were con
stantly sliding by the hole. Also
fnntead Of hitting the ball s0ltdiy
ana boldly with my putter. = WAS
trsfng TO dribble the ball into the
cup :
QUITS TOURNAMENT.
4 learned many things about the
game 'of golf in that, tournament
ana realized I had long distance
70 travel. In fact I was Q little
discouraged over my showing,
Home of the boys were grumbling
sbelat their luck and the putting
green's. I felt i had had hard luck
on1he greens also. because 90 many
nutfs stayed out OF the hole. How
eysr.l hhye since learned thAti II
yss a,;.,s,SS hit ySrs putt puts properly they
T PLAYED IN q few other tourna.
mS1ts, learning something In each
c0<Dpetition but winning no money.
However. my confidence was I'M
cSeasing and the more I saw Of the
other players the more thought 1
could do as well rs most Of them.
tfhs convinced Of this by the time
Lfeached Pinehurst.
\ But / also realized that fellows
IKE Hutchinson. Barnes and Hagen
t&d .shots knew nothing about
dnd were champions because Of
their exceptional skill
Hutchison's iron play particularly
in1prosscd me, Al Pinehurst I
watched him closely. In facti after
EhAd played two rounds ! with.
leFsd Jock. studying his swing All
NJ noticed that Hutchinson used =
very short back-swing on his iron
skofs and saw that In this way he
could control the shot better. II
YOU have ever seen the Hutch play
you win notice he II usually right
On the line OF the pin on all Of his
iron ahots. His short back-sWing
e1eblss him to control the shot 70
After the tournament at Pinehurst
nreturned 10 Bridgeport. George
0Enrling Immediately noticed O.
change in my game;
q -I0uE experience 0aa uauxul you
fcrkplay your shots with more as-
nkfance and with more firmness,y =
~ commentcd. II see you have cut
dawn your baclr.swing. That won't
ht1ff you. But keep practiclnR.
Don't quit on that
ANALYzEs HIS MISTAKES.
.on my return North I found .
si1w lob awaiting me. was to b
Hnnsny Hunters assistant af Fort
Vlayna. \ Ramsay II q brother of
willie Hunter. former Bitish
au1afeur champion. rushed right
OF TO Fort wayne, and worked
hard ali spring, both n the shop
"a on my game. In June. Hunt er
T1rsusded the membcrs a. the club
70 send me 70 tire Metropolitan Open
~ Grsenwfoh. Conn Hunter vas
slxays ono of my best boosters
my trip through the South, I
f1ond. had helped me Immensely
snd / broke through IN the Metro
r&1|tan Open with two fine rounds.
on the second round had : 10
sH6 on my last. or fourth round,
Z ~ But an 22, eache qn the nrrf