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 Now that the stymle is with us again and since the season is we'll under way, suppose we take as our perform on its ear" Golf turns up some strange correspondence. For instance. I have on my desk right now two letters from enthusiasts. One of these wants to know how he can avoid slicing and pulling while the other asks me to tell him just how to go about it to make the ball slice or pull.
 It frequently happens that an in- tentionally, sliced or pulled drive is of the greatest advantage to the player. In fact, Harry vardon, the master, claims that golf's greatest shot is the one wherein the player gains, through intentionally hooking or slicing his drive, an advantage that could be gained in no other way. Moreover, the Intentionally curved ball always lets the player out of some unusual situation without loss on his score card.
 Intentional Slices
 As every expert golfer knows, an intentional slice or pulled shot Is perfectly possible and is quite frequently used by skIlful players. The execution of such a shot is primarily matter of stance, so that the face of the club may be drawn across the ball in such a way as to impart the desired curve to it. There Is rather an analogy between the slice and pull shot and billiard play, as IS also the case in a pitched base ball. The main idea is to impart a whirling motion to the ball which makes it curve to the right or left as the case may be. It is compara- lively easy for me to tell how to execute these shots but l say frankly 1t will be more difficult matter for you to successfully play.
 In order to get a sliced ball or what pitcher would call an in-curve, the stance is taken much more behind the ball than for an ordinary drive. And this is one of the controlling factors of the sliced shot. The effect of this is to move the body around to the left. The usual grip is taken but the upward swing of the club head should move in a line distinctly outside of that ordinarily employed. When the clubhead comes down on the return 1t takes this same line with the result that the face of the club is drawn across the bail at the mo- ment of impact. Instead of hitting tlAS DoAA S4aa4C tie lniQQle or the face of the club the ball should be struck a little nearer the heel. This imparts to the ball a spin so that when it starts it's flight 1t is rotating rapidly to the right. This rotating motion produces the desired curve or sliced" ball.
 The Pulled BaIiv
 When a pulled" ball is desired and there are many times when 1t IS very desirable shot, the reverse of the factors controlling the sliced ball are necessary. In other words. the usual grip is taken but the stance. and this is important. is taken considerably to the front of the ball. as distinguished from the ordinary stance for straight ball.
 On the upward stroke the clubhead q will then pass considerably inside of the line it would follow in an ordi ] nary shot. The descending stroke will follow this same path and tha cubhead should strike the ball rather nearer the toe than the center.
 The effect of combining this down. ward stroke to the inside line with impact with the ball coming rather on the toe of the c1ubh1ad draws the the face of the club across the ball and causes the ball in its flight to rotate rapidly to the left In this manner pulled" shot is produced and Is similar in result 10 the out curve used by. pitcher.
 The pulled" ball is valSabls one. not only when the lay of t,3e course lemands 1t. but In the face of cross.