Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1922-01-04
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S,uERE Is no sport which affords tue
for friendly converse /,
oppVd does rolf. and / am often asked
ton 10 not consider that IL one takes
u ! .,ro -" of this to too great an eX-
aovaniitt s a. does not interfere with his
game. noo,lo argue that this
.aoris entirely upon the. character OF
aepeotcb IL one is playing n friendly
t.h tne .t conversation is undoubtedly
ma'in in,nortant part In the afternoon
.osure. ~ IL. however. one is pnrtici-
pI.ss, pI.ssa IN n competitive match, conver-
kspaune on, very nicely be eliminated TO
sa.ion s,nen,aSe. although this too depends
.,uon whether or not the conversation
G.Ipt,rferes Gpur with the game OF the par
tc1ph%h,o 3p ho%h,ompionship golf, as rule, one s
"a tbc important factor, and In
GAM 20 70 do oneself justice the greatest
ooa.nncentration Is necessary.
usually argue In regard to the
~,,h;ect that because concentration Is
uoS an important factor In champion
.Stn .Sin rolf It should be practiced III less
;nportant matches.
hne OF the best ways to decide
rbether or not you are one who. must
nroctice the strlctest concentration Is
comnare your medal rounds with
~ ~ different men with whom you play,
For instance, when you go out with
.p,l', Smith, who talks incessantly,
wbo no. springs his little joke on every
tse lust before you are ready TO drive
And who thinks OF another good one
rb.n YOU are ready to make your ap'
nroach, make note of your round.
Then make note OF your round when
vou piay with Jack Jones, who never
islks. and who takes his golf as seri-
ously as though 1t we're matter OF llte
'nI 70 there Is much discrepancy In the
ton figures you can figure It out for
vonrseIf whether your game suffers or
improyes rs the result Cf lack Of con.
centration.
Extremes In Types
THESE two examples show the ex-
l treme, and perhaps when you play
With n man who is conservative, both
about his silence and his talk you get
the best results. Of course, no man can
make shot satisfactorily during n con-
yersation to which he Is supposed to be
listening.
extent to which you visit during the
round should depend upon your oppo-
nent. II he is the type of man who.
when he plays golf, wishes to put his
whole attention to 1t. to the exclusion
OF other matters, his wish should be re-
spected. When, however. the case is re L.
yersed and you feel that in playing
you desire to play your best and can
do so only when you give 1t the great
est concentration, your opponent should
realize the situation and permit you to
play unmolested.
There are probably OIL every ones
list Of friends those with whom play,ne
Is . great pleasure, not because they
can be defeated handliy, bat because o,
the mutual understanding which exists
IN regard to Idle chatter,
Talk at Nineteenth Hole
Tn NO other sport is there an oppor-
y tunity for conversation while the
game Is actually being p '"p'. an .,
Imagine n baseball game with the sec
ond haSeman and shortstop standing
toyether swapping jokes while the game
Is being played?
Most OF the talking Is done by the
substitutes or the team not on the. field.
and doubt IL thev are talking anything
but the game which Is going on.
Picture n football game with the two
ends standing on one side talking while
the game is in progress. In tennis,
pole, ice hockey. in virtually every
game You mention, the strictest concen :
tration is necessary.
Even during little game Of cards In
the evening In your own home, how
annoying 1t Is to have one Of the par
icipants continually forgetting the
trump because the conversation Is o
more interest than the game in prog
Nrsss.
The fact that every other sport dc