The Washington times., 1922-12-08
By CHARLES e. (chickj EVAN

assuming that tney deyelop any BORT
Of q game at an. All the really ex-
pert players. the championship con-
tenders. have one OF these styles or
the other. Some Of them are careful.
players. have naturally
into that group. j,
The others are the dashing. peppy,
bold players. Jesse Sweotser. ma
tional amateur champion. 10 an ex-
ample OF the latter group.
OF the two groups the dashing
player, I think. makes the best
golfer. ..r.....s .
Nearly a the British stars arc
Of the dasliing styIe Of plAyers.
though this element Of thoar game
nearly always b lost 70 the casual
observer who seos only tho Brit
on's exprcssiouless, studious face.
This facial expression reflects what
appears 70 bo . plodding, mechani-
cal, nethodlcal game. but the play
Of the Britisfer b preciSely tho
opposite. ...-
Tho game never developed boider
golfers than Abe Mitchell. the superb
George Duncan. Cyril Tolley. Tor.
rance. the terrible driver. and others.
An these men have veritabls store
houses Of courage within their make
I'D and they know exactly when 70
use Il and when not to.
I have watched them play many a
round and, unlike our own players.
I never saw George Duncan. for In
stance, falter for q moment on Q
bold play when I could ses that q
bold play was called for. -
And I never saw him risk . bold
play when boldness and dash were
not called for-A rare judgment in
deed. II is just such Judgment that
sets apart q player like Duncan
from the rank and fiie Of good golf,
ers generally. ..'
while Duncan represents perfectly
the bold game, boldness and dash in
golf to a lesser degree are great as
sets to the rising player. These
a qualities In the player lead 70 q
greater confidence and they fire.
ouently sweep him to greater heights
than, otherwise would be obtained.
The methOdical player seldom
soes beyOud himself. By the
ssu,e rule. he never has anything
10 fan back on when his usual
skiII deserts him for ono reason
or snothsr. Tho bold player, On
the Other hand, may miss . few
Of his Risks for bold shots, but
even 20 he h even with his aver.
ago game anyhow.
Sweetser's boldness undoubtedly
won him the amateur title this
year. His turning point came dur
ing his match with Guilford. They
were both playing very ragged goi.
I suspect that Sweetser doubted MS
ability TO dispose of Guilford when
their match started. But after
some twenty-seven holes Of indif-
terent golf, II dawned on Sweetser
that he was still alive with q game
OF golf that should have put him
out of tho running long before.
Then his natural dash moved INTO
the play. So long as he was alive
at all he determined to reach out
boldly for the match. He did. and
won II. This one, factor alone,
dare say, marked the dividing line
between SWoeteer aHu SoAAoaN e
Guilford II methodical player.
Sweetser introduced boldness In his
reached the wire q win
ner. What more natural than that
this spirit Of dash should remain
with him the rest OF the week. It
was with him when met
him in the final. I>observed that
he played the boldest game had
ever seen In the several champion.
ship Tights I have taken part In. !
: The player who has drifted into
a-same that IL mechanical win
profit II he chases himself out Of
that style group and adds q bit OF
dash to his playing. II win get
him into some trouble here and
there. but wfthal II win Pep up
his play and improve him generally.
since thing never tried u never
accomplished. .
lcopyrisht. Josn =. Ollie Co.,