The Birmingham age-herald., 1922-07-30
Watch Your Elbows.

How can the average golfer do all the things he wants to dc. and forget to do all the things he Is supposed not to do in making his swIng-and still make 1t? l think l have an answer to that question and if am right lot of players are in for a fine im- provement In their game.
 Looping. pressing. Jerking, slicing, pulling. topping-aIl these result. ac- cordlng to the common theory. from failing to do some one part of the swing just as 1t should be done. The fact Is, most of those faults can be traced to one common source. When the player really understands what 1 the source Is, and follows the simple method or eliminating 1t. he can, | think, get finally into the way of seeing his tee shots fly far and straight while his irons will yield an accuracy new to his play. He can. in other words, free himself largely, from all the confusion of what to do and what not to do In making his swings.
 Keep Elbows Close.
 The answer to all this is: Keep the elbows In close to the body. just won another championship with my elbows, 80 to speak. The one thing l kept uppermost in nay mind at Kansas City, during tho play of the recent western amateur cham pionship, which I won for the seventh time. was my elbows Keep your elbows In close to your side, and ! everything else is apt to be as you wish. Let them stray out, and no one can foretell what may happen to your stroke.
 Players who follow me for play ling aids will do well, my most re- cent tournament experience has indi- cated, to make the first move in prep aration for nwing the lscing of both elbows lightly against the side. Then keep them there. Adjust the stance to fit the elbows held against the I side. In the upswing the pivot will draw the left elbow slightly away | from the side, but hold the right one In close-do not let 1t leave your 1 side. And remember to use the bent ; follow through. keeping the left ei- | bow against the side on the down stroke and the follow through. This | will keep your right hand under an the clubhead goes through. Try 1t, and watch your game improve. 1 have some further mental notes resulting from the play of the west ern amateur that I might pass along. Here they are:
 Wooden shots.
 On wooden shots. I noticed on a few of these that real blow follows ed by full follow through gave me a splendid ball. Feel yourself behind the ball as it were; feel the club in your fingers; hit the ball upwards. When you are slicing 1t Is because you do not follow through bent enough. It Is surprising how much of the Job clubhead properly intro dueed into the ball does. Do not swing ahead of your clubhead; that
 Is like a prizefighter who punches without getting his weight behind the blow. It Is inaccurate placing of l the clubhead at the time of impact 1 that invariably makes you get your hands ahead of your clubhead. All tie strength in the world would not push a ball far if you have not waited for the clubhead to do it's share in the work. Do not try to do so much of the work yourself, but hold tight m the fingers is good little hint. Be sure to hit Into the imaginary line. Hit the ball sharply. too, and don't hold on too long. Be sure not to fall back. Fall forward if any thing. Don't forget to press that left leg back, and let the arms go through in bent follow through.
 There is great deal of importance
 in the position of the hands on the follow through of these fast, modern balls. think that we should try for the ''all carry" shot. with little suggestion of slice. and therefore your right hand is not turned over as you go through. Rather 1t stays under until the ball ia well under way. and gradually turns over from
 then on in the natural course of the | swing.
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