San Antonio light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1911-1993, 1923-02-18
Sarazen Credits Morpheus
With an Assist in His
Comeback.
PLAY NATURAL, ADVICE
Developed Own Game and
Then Polished Up With
8 Pointers From Stars.
BY ROBERT EDGREN.

I saw Gene Sarazen and Jock Hutch
ison play one of the greatest game:
of golf in all the history of the sport
The match was at Annandale, in Pas.
adena. The rivals who went down 10
defeat were the same who twice beat
Hutchinson and Barnes last year, Ed
die Loos and DR.. Paul Hunter. Ed
die Loos, professional, was fire h from
winning the Southern California Open,
in which both Hutchison and Sarazen
competed. DR.. Hunter is on Of the
best amateurs in the West.
It was the teamwork of Sarazen
and Hutchinson that was so amazing,
and their individual play was the
play of two of the greatest champions
of the day. Their best ball for the SO
holes Of the match was lbs. For the
two eighteens it was IS aid So. Sar-
azen, at the very top of his magnifi-
cent form, shot 81 and 20 in the two
rounds of Il par course, and Hutch
ison's rounds were Y and SO. Sara
zen broke the course record. 1t was
Sarazen's first game at Annandale.
The match was won II up and 10 to
play.
At dinner the winners were consol-
ing the losers.
Never mind" said Loos, I'm not
WORRYING. No two golfers that ever
lived could have held you off today"
After the match Sarazen and Hutch
ison talked it over.
Team Play Does 1t.
eve are getting results with per;
feet team play" said Hutchinson. Il
NAV along in my steady way and Gene
goes out to take the chances. He has
come back to his real championship
form and his play on nearly ever hole
is unbeatable. i think the boy is go
ing to be one champion to improve
steadily. and he'll win championships
for n long time to come. Look at the
etur-r-rdy legs and thick hands on
the lad. Can you beat that equip
"How do you do it?" saraEen was
asked.
"Why." grinled the youthful
champion, give had two good nights
slrep. 1t makes all the difference in
The world. On this trip we have been
invited out often, and it's hard to
break away to get to bed early. Jock
has only missed getting to bed at ~
o'cIock twice since we started and he
icons watch over me like father and
gives me lots Of good advice. But
I've been keeping later hours.
81 tell you sleep is the one great
thing a golfer must have. You can
STAY up until midnight and play cham
pionship golf. Sleep is everything tor
an athlete. No more late hours loE
me. When l get home I'm going 10
eleep eight or ten hours every night
and play some real gon.
Naturalness First Lesson.
."When did you start playing golf
AZ started when l was years olu'
said Gene. "When / was caddylng
nlayed every minute could get, prac'
ticing shots. If had a boy ia star,
him playing golf as soon as he could
swing a club. I'd teach him few
tb;ngs and then have him play every
dsv ON the hardest course could find
THE only way TO learn how to play Is
10 practice where you have 10 sur
mount difficulties.
az wouldn't teach him very mucn
ia encourage him in playing IN 9
natural way without thinking too muc1
how he played his shots.
81 learned that way myself. play
al a long time and got natural swing
md a natural way Of playing all my
sbots before began to see many or tnt
,rset golfers, When l began playing
sronnd tournaments / watched some
~ the champions and picked up Few
y,oints here and there that improved
INV game. But have no, gone lhIG
- 20 Technically. You can study goll
80 much, After all it's a m.,tter Of
hittinp the ball in the way that l.
natnrel TO you. l think Jock IS one
20 tbe greatest match and medal play
ors ever saw, and he is showing me
many things that will improve my
aBut I am not going into the tech,
r;oue of playing shots too much. !
taye worked out my natural way Oh
b;ttirg and don't want to lose 1t by
Tettins confused by studying too much
an Never Tries to Hook.
.,fr idea is always to hit q per-
,.ctIv straight ball. never try to
book a ball. j can slice or hooS
hen I need slice or a hook, Of
nnnrse. hut that is very seldom. a
stroivbt ball that travels right where
SUR gant IL TO 20 is always the best
s".I know a lot of good golfers who
,a,o n drive with a slight hook be:
.ansc hooked ba rolls. But
can make a straight ball travel vel
snorgh and hitting them straight,
hit every ball in the same way. u
-or trv 10 use a slight hook you will
big hook when YOU don't want
and get into trouble that will cost
you strokes. -,