The Birmingham age-herald., 1922-06-25
LAPS DON'T MAKE
 GOOD GOLFERS, IS NATURES DEGREE
Small Wrists and ForearmS Poor Attributes for Long
 Driving
By JAMES J. ooRBETr

Nature opposes efforts of the Japa- nese to achieve any real greatness in the goifing world.
 HaHme kamasakl says so--And Hajime ought to know something about it. He's the amateur golf per son of Nippon-the ranking club swinger of the entire empire.
 If golf were game played only on the putting grenB, 1t is likely that Japan would soon annex all the hampionships." he declared. "Japa- nese are truly wonderful in the;r short work. which requires technique and infinite skill. l have seen Japa- nese of but little real golfinE ex- perience putt with far greater ac- curacy than soma of the best known stars in America.
 Japs Are Poor Drivers
 But in driving and approach work, Japanese players ara woefuily poor That is due, in the main, to the fact that Japanese, small by nature, have worry small wrists and forearms, and, therefore, cannot got any power Into their drives.
 Where tho ordinary American golfer will get 400 or more yards from the tee. tho good Japanese player must be content with 125 or 15o Tt the outside. In the rough. a Japanese player again is handIcap ppe i by lack of great power and cannot get the lift and the carry tho Ameri- cans do."
 Japan now has seven standardized d linka and the building of moro is contemplated. The game is growing in popularity there by leaps. accord- Ing to Kamnsaki.
 Chinese eLtuieist Here, Too
 Charlie Chung. like Kamasaki, has come to those shores to put on his colfing act, alice samee likee Kama saki.
 Hut Chung is a Chinese.
 He is only 1a. has been playing but short time. yet, in tournament play in Honolulu. was runner-up Tn tho Hawaiian championship there He was beaten by Francis Brown, . wealthy American sugar planter. Chung is no whale in the matter of kize, but he has extremely power fui forearms and wrists for man of hiH race and can drive with much fervor and distance.
 Steel Shafts Fin Route
 Steel clubs are barred by the golf ing powers, but the linkists are ex- IcTlIneUlHS Wiln lneHl JuBl the sa istH They have In mind the day when all golf sticks probably will be equippe l with steel shafts
 | Second growth hickory now is used. It requires about 5000. 900 feet of 1t annually to keep up with the golf club demand. And, as matters stand now. it'll be only few years before tho hickory growth Is 30 re- drced that not enough can be secured for golf purposes.
 Those who have tried tho .steel Bhafted clubs claim they do not dlt- fer radically from the hickory one, and that If the shift has to he made it will not harm the standard ci | Bolfing play.
 l Radio Golf Course
 Every tee on the wIngedfood Coll club. now building In Mamaroneck | x. r.. Is to be equipped with a radio receiving station. with the clubhoust serving IS the sending point Golfers who have joined the clil have often been lnconvenlenced Es the fact that urgent phone calls came for them while they wore out on tn, links and they couldn't be reached Under the new system, all that will be necessary for the club house attaches to do when man Is want. ed. Is to page each tee. 1 The club officials also can see m other use for the radio. And that is | to send along message, whenever | the occasion necessitates, which wi. say to guilty players: Please replace tho divot."