The Washington times., 1922-11-18

The underspin, which makes the
ball whiri from tho bottom up. and
which enables the ball to remain
longer in the air: II turns backward.
toward the player.
The overspin. In which the ball
whiris from the bottom UP. turning
away from the player. and which
gives legs" to the ball after 1t
strikes the ground. enabling II to
run.
The first three of these spins are
overspin shot, In used only In ap-
All these spins are impaired to the
bail without the least change In
stance or grip. Many players seek
o curve the ball, left TO right. by
playing II off the left toe, for q slice.
md off the right toe for q hook. the
dea being to so strike the ball that
he clubhead will be drawn across
he ball, instead Of going straight
through It. for the curve that is
Santed.
To change stance OF grip II,
.hinl. tho wrong way, because
any change In grip or stance Inn
mediately results In . feeling that
lacks the natural comfort the
player has learned to accustOm
himself 70.
When he plays the ball off the
left toe for q slice; for instance. he
win almost surely find himself reach.
:ng for the ball and struggling to
hit II. When the ball is played off
The right toe, for q hook, the player
ieels that his clubhead 10 going down
into the ground instead Of through
he ball and across II for the right
left whirl Of the ball.
/ The easiest spin to apply II the
hook spin. This 10 done by rolling
.he right wrist over Just as the club.
head passes through the ball. The
next easiest spin to impart n the
I slice spin. This is obtained by shoot.
Ing the right wrist under just as the
cluhhead passes through the ball
The underspln which expert play.
ers impart to the ball on their tee
shots 10 the factor In driving that
sends out those far.fyins, floating
drives that seem veritably to hang
In the air. This makes yo,f's most
beautiful shot-the long, arrowy,
straight drive Of $50 to 275 yards.
The underspin has the same effect
on the ball that an airpiane's en-.
gfne has on the machine In flight.
The pressure Of tho air against
the han. which has been mae to
whirt Itself constantly upward,
enabling the air pressure to ex.
ert . force against Il, actually
holds the hall aloft. And obvious.
" the longer the ball can he
made 10 stay up In the air the,
greater the distance Il will take.
To apply underspin the player
striltes. the ball with his driver
head on. or just q trifle above its
dead center. He then forces the
clubhead through on q straight
line. The wrists are not permitted
to turn At all as the clubhead goes
thrnnsh. The bali thus hit Leaves
the clubhead with q pop" tina,
sounds somewhat different from the
| smack" Of the ball otherwise hit
| There II q sort Of "music" In the
sound of clubhead against bali
which, the expert player gets his
| ar htIuncd o. 40 that n know
when his opponent has put spin
Of one kind or another on his drive
| For the overspin shot. In ap
preaching the pin the player
strikes the ball With meshlc. dead
stop or jigger. then comes up with
the blade just a. II strikes the ball
The wrists are not allowed TO turn
without this ovcrspin the ball Of
the mashie or beckspin niblick viii
fan dead on the edge Of the green
The overspin helps long putts, too
There n . way Of applying al
these spins that makes II easy e
~ ]. will xeplain II in q latel