Evening star., 1923-02-04

championship began, was conceded
shattered the ancient dope all to sn
all time in the galaxy CT goli stars.
\ glance at the temperament and
rolfng style Of this boy champion.
Of the Eli's track stars. d 'scioses Il
lad with the ndoubted game and
ability TO reign. for some years TO
come at the top o? American golf.
Fine mechanical golf is one thing. but
The Will to win ard the courage -
Plug away. even when down. is an
other. and one OF the attributes OF
all champions in any sport.
Has Much Needed Punch.
Sweetsor has everything any cham
pion ever had Chief among his titu-
lar qualities and the one which has
made him stand out Is his ability TO
deliver the punch when ii is gravely
needed. Here's u yarn concerning
.his much needed punch:
SSeetser ended the morning round
of the final against Evans last sep
Iember up Sweetser hooked
his second shot TO the rough. finally
reaching the green twenty feet be-
yond the hole in s. while Evans;
quick to sense chance 10 win a hole,
played TWO perfect shots TO the green,
giving him a fairly easy putt FOR a
stepped in. lie ran down the putt for
a :, and Evans missed his try for
a 3, leaving the match just as Il
had begun. where every frenzied gal
leryite thought Evans was at last 20
annex a hole.
Earlier in the title play Sweetser
had holed his niblick shot for a on
the 3l5-yard second hole, against
Bobby Jones. giving him a physical
advantage of one hole, and psyche
logical advantage Of many strokes.
Learns TO Control Drive.
Sweetser. like Evans. has grooved
lis swing with great success. Two
years ago Jess. like most lads. was a
very free swinger. He swung hard,
universally good. he believed he could
get better results by cutting down
his swing. He shortened the back
stroke, cut down the follow through
slightly. and by pushing his body into
the ball at just the proper moment.
found that cutting down on his swing
did not make any material difference
as to length, and did make a big diff
lerence as to accuracy. In fact so
accurate did he find the shortened
swing that he Is, like Evans. Only
rarely off the tairway
Sweetser is big fellow, six feet
tall. and weighing 175 pounds. If
he loosens up he can hit with the best
of the long distance swatters, but
that is not his ambition He has
found, unusually early IN his golnng
career, that the middle Of the fairway
is far safer road to travel than the
edges OF the rough grassland IS apt
10 win more championships. That
the plan of the champion was well
executed is shown by the fact that
he won the metropolitan early in the
year and then. after shattering
numerous course records, won the
national amateur over the finest field
that ever competed in the classic.
One Blot on His Record.
Jess rolled up .pne blot against his
record last year. He and John Caven
"ame TO the thirty sixth hole at the
national links In the international
team play al square. and then Jess
hooked a wierd shot into the bushes
10 the left Of the first fairway. Per
haps he pressed bit too much in his
inxiety to WIN. In any event. he lost
= the match.
Maybe he thought of that strenuous
effort during the amateur. At any
rate. no one in the huge galleries
which followed him at Broolline ever
saw the champion extend himself to
get away phenomenal tee shot, eve n
when he was two down to Jesse
Gullford in the third round, and was
competing for distance against the
tremendous swats of the then title
holder.
To restrain oneself and keep
plugging away when down is another
or the true qualities Of champions.
Nothing can possibly be gained by
wild swats from the tee, unless the
case is truly desperate and nothing
but a phenomenal stroke will win and
Sweetser realized this. His accuracy
IN the hnal was noticeable against the
steady Evans, perhaps th., steadtest
player in the game today.