New-York tribune., 1922-02-05

-ycrs. how they are made. Why they
e leaders are
There is Of course. no man wro cx-
cells With every club. although I sup
pose Harry 1ardon came closer to this
point than any other. Bus even Nardon
has been bad pltter, OF and on, ano
10 one could ssy that nc j. fine
mashie player than Taylor or bette
with the spoon than George Duncan
or Haiold Hilton.
American Amateurs
In tnis article an going to restrict
nv comment 10 fine pay Of leadire
American amateur.
IL my opinion INC snest Of the To-
%ith the aeivcr, orassie ard spoon IS
Bobby Jones
Jones 20, onig gets bota distance
and direction l. faultless vav, b.,
hc gets Dota without apparent effort.
And hi form is so correct thai J..
can rarely wander into faults The
chief feature Of his wooden cinb paJ
Is the perfect control be has over head
and body
TT body, aran but never rig,d, comes
in exactly at inc righl place back o
be swing.
There s 10 body etror. ;n this sWinr
ID. SO he can keep long hal
straight.
Jones alsc ma discovered the saiae
of thr spoon. c.cb he uses with tel
;ns effect.
Il ne has &ny fault s,l,h wooden
club should sa, i Was the matter @
sometimes hitting TOO quickly throue
an oTeri;cenness. which is only nrtcls'
il bos of nineteen or tayen:s
Iron PLAYERS
psy ~ ana dsy OUT I should .ay tAs.
"Chick' Evans IS the srrest IRON player
ne nave among the amateurs
Francis Opimet and BcboS Jones wi
b. just Us spectacular and ino4t OF the
time Just good.
But their aserage with the masnlo.
nidiron and driving iron in getting rhs
ball close 20 the pin won't he quite
as high
Evans has almost perfect rhythm
a-mness and crispnes. withou. stlain-
ing for the stroke
AZ $. Louis in the last amateur
champion snip even when his game Wa
some what off, IS ron piav ,.as ths
best of me feld. On his long iror
shots the ball moved steadily straigr
FOR the pin. He m GIT have been sho~,
or over by q fcw yards but lis direc-
ION was almost perfect
Jesse Gu.lsord. although only a. or
dina. mashic PLAYER. is one of nc
best nith the longer irons
Guiiford has the physical power =
mt ALI iron shot long Gav witnout
effort. His powerful wrists ard hand
just N the case Of Walter Hagen
are q big advantage here
He doesn't have 70 kill the ball to
get 100 or 100 yards with 4 nidirci
Short Game STARE
There vas time when iranos-
Uuimet looked to pc the successor t.,
travis and Travers around tie greens
But at present it begins t. look d
= Guilford had taken this honor ava
from MIN.
Guilford can play almost any tgrc
Or shot around the green. He i. nlas
ter Of the chip shot just of the green.
edge, very fine d. the snort niblicL
pitch over trap and finer still when
1t comes TO putting. Few golfer
hold their bodies as firmly as Guilford
does in going after 4 putt and lie
touch is usually good.
inconsistent putting seems TO be tnc
weakness Of most amateurs. II cer-
talnl' the most erratic part Of tht
games Of Jones and Evans and lateIv
OF Oulmet, Who m the last three ana
,cur championship starts at tie En-
s'neers. Hoylake ana 81. Louis putte,
very poorly, losing where he once wa=
strongest. No one could IMAGINE
Ouimet, feW years ago. taking three
puts Oh the las, TOUR greens. as lie cid
against Johnston 1t s.. Lonis
Bob Gardner is good aud bad around
the green. and the same applies t.
many others high up in the list "
Fovnes jr. IS probably the most con
slstent player among all amateurs fron
tne edge of the green 10 the cup, a.
long as he isn't physically worn down
by oyerplay ii & big tournament.
IN thirty -six-holc match there
would be little difference among Evans
Jones. Ouimct and Guiford One woula
be almost as likely TO WIN as the others
the first three being trife stead e
than Guiford up to the 2Aeen. but los
ing their advantage erot Gd the pin
| believe these are nov the four best
amateur golfers In the United States
il not in tie world. GulfoYd nth his
unusual Gamma and physical adv~i
tagc, coupled With his fine snort gamc
will be more Of a factor than eve
When he gets to handling Ills ,nashic
be close to unbeatable over any thirt.
six hole route al mate play.
Ouimet is stili oae of ;he most 5fil
jIant OF American amateurs but OF lat
years seems TO sip phys caily after two
hard days of play. He is still Just a.
likely to break course record as any
Of the others. and at Brookline next
fall will be one of the big fasorites.
he plays this course IN wonderful
way. In this connection it might be
mentioned that man misft be one O.
the greatest of all golfers AID still =
nany years without winning y cham
pionship, il the luck OF the draw anc
the breaks of the game happen to go
against him.
Carleton Breaks Eastern
Ski jumping Record
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