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Evening star., 1924-07-27
4gan Forging Front Golf Tennis Fans Haze Eyes Johnston
The "Sian,ese Toin" Of Golf Explained Here by Expert
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Having tried this so successfully
no doubt and having let your arms
just take the natural course afser the
shoulder turn, it is question
whether to let you go along hitting
the much better balls you now send
forth, or to tell you how to get over
that peculiar feeling you develop
when your club gets near the top OF
the back swing. You might as well
hit still better ones, though, SO here
is the answer.
IL you have relaxed your wrists
at the beginning of your back swing
you have been able to feel the weight
of the clubhead distinctly in your nm
gers all the way back. (By this wrist
relaxation | mean you should make
the wrists so loose that if the club
head weighed two ounces more it
would slip out of your f1ngers) Up
near the top of the back swing, how
ever, the clubhead can very easily
get away from this distinct sense of
touch because. at that particular
point where the clubhead ceases to go
up and starts to fall down toward
the position of parallel across the
shoulders, there is an instant when it's
weight, being directly on top of the
shaft as the shaft points up, ceases to
have any pull against the finger mus
cles-and right there is where the un-
trained finger and thumb muscles lose
the clubhead.
Loss of the Clubhead."
It is this Toss of the clubhead" that
promotes that almost indescri beable
feeling of having to go it blindly'
around the top of the back swing.
This confusion results because, hav-
ing lost the clubhead without actual
ly knowing what has happened. you
Vainly struggle to get hold of it
again, but now the heavy arm and
shoulder muscles are feeling |or it
an they are too coarse to grasp it.
So your arm shot is spoiled.
This "over the top action of the
clubhead is really the outstanding
crucial point in the golf swing. Any
one can acquire the shift of weight,
because it is merely a body action
throughout. But it takes training of
the sensitive finger and thumb mus
cles to be able to feel the clubh he ID
all the way up in the back swing.
An the only way / know of TO
train them is TO train them. Il have
known a good many golfers who have
helped themselves greatly by taking
a clubhead in their thumbs and fore
fingers and working" it back and
forth through this tiny segment of
the back swing until their digits de-
veloped lot of sense of their own. -
Copyright. 192f)
Evening star., 1924-07-27
THERE is a crucis

THERE is a crucial point in
every golf stroke. and some
times there are two of them.
That implies that when the player
conquerS one of these he will do
well to train his eyes for look now
and then at the other.
Between these two crucial points
III the swing there is little choice
as to which is possessed of the most
deviltry. About the only satisfac-
tory way | know of to stack them
one against the other would be to
toss them to the ceiling, and say
the one. that stuck up there is the
worst offender.
Taking them as twins, we might
say, the two crucial points in the
swing, as l have observed them in
nearly every player who has come to
my direct attention, are wrapped I'D
In, first, the shifting OF weight at
the beginning of the back swing, and
in the continuation of control Of the
clubhead just before the club attains
the top of the back swing. In these
your swing is made or ruined.
Discussion of these should begin
with the shift of weight because, OBJ
viously, it comes first in the swing
l have been preaching my shift of
weight until it would seem that every
golfer on earth would BY now have
this little advice for the hard hit,
long. arrowy, flying ball down pat
and yet-odd as 1t is-apparently the
players who can do it correctly are
few and far between.
Assuming that perhaps you have
never heard of the very necessa ry
SHIFT of weight l might cite here.
briefly, just how the back swing is
started. You take your address posi-
tipn. Now depress the right shoulder
About , inches and at the same time let
your right knee press inWard-to-
ward the hole ahead-slightly, and
let your left hip go forward with the
same movemeut-by forward. | mean
toward the hole ahead. This conSti-
tutes a forward press with the body
Your weight remains evenly divided
on your feet. You are now set for
the shift of weight with which all
shots except the putt must begin.
To Shift the Weight.
To shift this weight, make your
right leg strdighten up under you.
Your entire body-shoulders and all
will move over to the right as this
Evening star., 1924-07-27
MISS WILLS EARNS
FRIENDS IN EUROPE
By WALTER CAMP.

No American victor in the Olympics
in France created a finer impression
than Miss Helen Wills. Little Miss
Poker-face," a term employed when
she appeared at Forest Hills last
year for her memorable triumph over
Mrs. Mallory has come to mean some
thing as an example to set up before
all sportsmen and sportswomen.
Her inscrutable smile, as ready in
adversely as in success, her inimtable e
poise, the absence of anything like
conceit, as well as the entire avoid
ance of assumed modesty-all these
have made friends for her every
where. =-<
She could hold a bad hand. or a
good one, and not a flicker of dis
fappointment nor a flash of glee would
manifest itself. Her courage in Eng
land and France in seeing every play
through drew the greatest admira-
tion from opponents and onlookers.
Finally, in defeating Mile. Vlasto,
the conqueror of Miss McKane, the
English champion, she proved that
she already was Americas greatest
woman player and that in the world
there is only one whom she may
fear. Mile. Lenglen.
1t is to be regretted greatly that
the two failed to meet. However the
match turned out. it would have been
the very best experience possible for
the American girl and she, even in
event of defeat, would have so re-
garded it.
Evening star., 1924-07-27
MARCEY SETS PACE
IN MEET AT TRAPS

Marcy led the trapshooters of the
Washington Gun Club yesterday by
breaking 46 out of so targets in the
distance handicap event He shot
from 10 yards, while his closest rival
Burrows. eurned in a 43 from the Is
yard line.
Marcy also triumphed in the dou-
bles. but he shared that honor with
Parsons, as each registered 19 out
of "a.
Scores in the singles, SO targets be-
ing fired at, follow:
Marcy. 46: Burrows, 43: Parsons,
Al; Orlowski. Al: Britt, Al; Derringer,
40; Porcher, 40: Franklin. 40: Monroe
40; Wynkoop. 80; Midyette. 80: Stone,
50; Flanagan. 80; Shelton, 3S; Hunter
81; Gillett, 20; Robertson, 21; Sau-
bespin, Is.
The doubles results follow:
Marcy. 19; Parsons, 10; Robertson
IS: Hunter, IS; Monroe, IS; Morgan
Is; Shelton, IT; Britt, II; Porcher, 16i
wynkoop. '1S; Cain. 10: Gillett, Is
Evening star., 1924-07-27

twisting your shoulders directly
around to the right as you start
away from the ball must learn that
it isn't done any more. When you
thus twist your shoulders you twist
all your weight over TO your left leg.
This. as you Vainly struggle to get
the club back, causes you to fall for
ward-toward the hole aheaG-so
that you are directly above the ball
The correct shift of weight puts you
IN behind the ball. The left shoulder,
then, stays right where it was in the
address while you shift the weight
over. Keep both shoulders facing to-
ward the ball.
Strengthening up your right leg
will cause your clubhead to move di-
rectly back from the ball. on a
straight line, some Is to IS inches
ing thus shifted. Xou could stand un-
supported on your right leg only,
and that is the Sxact position YOU
should be in Your shoulders, re-
member, are still turned toward the
ball Now, Immediately after the
shift of weight, turn your shoulders
to the right. While turning your
shoulders do not lift the clubhead
with your arms. When your should
ers have turned as far TO the right
as you feel they should go Gnstinct
alone will give you the guide in this)
just let your arms take the perfectly
natural course, and for the first time
in your life, perhaps, you will hit out
long. straight. true flying ball.
Evening star., 1924-07-27
COAST STAR OPENS DRIVE
NTOURNEY AT SEABRICHT
Little Bill Has Saved Himself This Season for Cam.
paign in East-He and Griffin Also Will
Take Part in Doubles

chief interesting points
nament of the Sabright On j. Lawn Tennis Cricket Club
which begins tomorrow will be the form displayed William
o second ranking
Little Bill has done tournament playing date He
building himself sxweek OF
expec-o find himself O mandn NJ
tter condition he has been.
Last Johnston abroad the playing
England and winning all sorts OF hono including the champion
ship a Wimbledon.
Returning this his future career
Anderson defeated
Forest Hills,
condition William Of
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REIGN OF KID LINkSMEN
In TITLE PLAY is BROKEN
Seasoned PLAYERS Like Walker, Marston, Hagen and
Brady Recently Have Bettered Efforts of
Sarazen, Sweeser and Jones.

years hearing that golf
And the knowing who their stuff about
the youth the bunkeind coming along and trimming the
barely old enough long
l. on
1923 appeared youth the doni
in tha
of
and driven home by the
the championship Brooklne in the
Fall old Bobby Jones the
June the lnwood the
Evening star., 1924-07-27

Woodward will captain a formida-
BILE aggregation of stars. including
all the tournament winners about
Washington this year. while Fred
Mcleod. diminutive Columbia pro,
will lead into action Leo Diegel, re-
cent winner of the Shawnee open;
Bob Barnett, former Philadelphia pro-
fessional champion, and others The
issue appears even, for, while the
anna atcurs probably will lose in the
top half of the pairings against Die
gel Mcleod and Barnett, they ex-
pect to pick up many points further
down the line, for the amateur con-
tingent is well balanced, composed
OF men who shoot consistently below
so over any course.
Mcleod also will have Wilfred
Thompson, Dave Thomson. Arthur B.
Thorn, Jimmie Crabbe, Peter Jack
son. Lionel G. Walker, George Diegel,
Ralph Beach, Danny Horgan, Mel
Shorey, John Monahan. Tom Ryan
and possibly one or two more.
on Woodward's team will be r c.
McI[immie, the Middle Atlantic title
holder; George J. Noight, winner of
the Columbia tourney; Albert r.
Mackenzie, Roland r Mackenzie, Mil
Ter B. STEVENSON, George P. James.
Karl j.. Kellerman, jr.; a. McCook
T. Lynde, h. w. Freeman, Robert
Stead. jr.; w. r. McCallum and
others.
There isn't much question that the
match will be close.
To conclude n busy two days, the
pros about the city on their day
off will jump over to the Washing
ton Golf and Country Club tomorrow
afternoon to engage in handicap
competition, at the same time play
ing in an amateur-pro best ball
match, with the simop-pures being
selected f>om the host. club. Neither
Fred Mcleod nor Leo Diegel will
compete in this affair, probably in
stalling Dave Thomson, the Washing
ton professional as the favorite. Dave
has been getting around the course
consistently in the low 70s. After
the match the pros will hold dinner
ut the clubhouse.
Roland Mackenzie found the going
hard in a match with couple OF
Young pros at Columbia last Friday
afternoon. Two of Red" Bannagan's
ball match and licked him on the last
hole, the young amateur star shoot
ing a rs.
from the rear tee on the fifteenth
hole, w. r. McCallum~ set a new
amateur record for the course of the
Washington Golf and Country Club
Yesterday with a mark of IL, beating
the previous mark. made by himself
a few days ago, by one shot. Nc
.Callum's 10 ties the professional rec
ord for the course of the Virginia
club made two months ago by Dave
Thomson the club professional.
The brightest part of McCallum's.
card was the last nine, which he
completed in 33 strokes, after an
ordinary out nine of So Coming
back he had six As and three 3s,
while going out he was over par on
the sixth, seventh, eighth and ninth
holes. He was playing in a four-ball
match with F. d. Paxton, Henry a
Linn and MartinR~ Wests The nsM
Evening star., 1924-07-27


it nm absolute necessity. In the fat
swing the action of the left wrist
ut the start of the back swing Is
different. Ii brenks the club back
ward from the ball Immediately, and
the left forearm also rolls some. turn
ing the clubface away from the ball
and back. The circle of this swing
''cemeS inside the line" immediately
and The left arm il thrown out some
from the body instead of being kept
in close, aS in the more upright
swings. Ii is permissible to let the
left wrist break the cIubhead away
from the ball at once, in any swing,
but my method urges players to use
the "iate break" OF the wr&tS-that
is, keep the clubhead in line with the
Shaft until near the top of the back
swing. 1t is important TINT you get
one method and stick to it, All good
players do that.
Copyright, 1921
Evening star., 1924-07-27

With the termination of the junior
competition,, tennis followers here
cipal court tournament, which will
get under way the first part of Au
gust.
Louis I. Doyle, who is one of the
matches, has devised a tentative plan
whereby this years tournament will
be truly representative of the netmen
who frequent the public courts.
In the near future Doyle will call a
meeting of delegates selected by the
leading players at the Bathing Beach,
Sixteenth Street Reservoir, Monument t
Lot and the Sixth and B Street courts
! for the purpose of conducting four
distinct tournaments on these play
| ing grounds.
The winners and runners-up OF
| each tourney will be eligible to com
| pete in the final matches that will de-
! eide the doubles and singles Munich
| pal champions. Doyle believes tha t
| this plan will inject keen sectional
| rivalry and produce the most talented
| netmen.
Last year the tournament was run
| on Il different basis. as only one Sc
| ries of matches was played on one
| set of courts. Doyle declares that he
| has conferred with number of ten
| mis- followers who are in accord with
| his plan. This will mark the fourth
year for the Municipal competition.
| n rfNIcSF OF the JuiltcT cIl1Hl pioH
ships reveals that no really brilliant
| players were uncovered. but it does
show that several promising young
sters flashed to the limelight. Hicks
is a typical example, and if he masters
| the poise demanded of a finished rack
eter he will go far. In the tournament
play, however. Hicks performance was
mixture of good and bad play. Duley
and Jimmy Mitchell, who were elimi-
| mated, also displayed some cleverness,
but they appeared to lack the tenacity
of pressing their opponents.
Hicks is apt to acquire the polished
tactics of an expert if he gets the
proper kind of coaching. The Holmead
Club. one of the oldest tennis organiza-
tions in the city, is continually on the
lookout for young talent. Hicks, Nc
Ginty. Callan and Phillips have been
members of that club.
Those fans interested in the Depart
mental Tennis League expect TO be
well entertained this week. Treasury
and the Veterans Burau will meet
Tuesday; Post Office and Interstate,
Thursday; Navy and the War Reds,
Friday, and Navy and the War Blues,
Saturday. Commerce-Interior, which is
leading the race, appears to have the
best chance to win the title Play IN
the series will end August II.
7 T. l. eN nd
Evening star., 1924-07-27
CAPT. SEXTON GETS ACE
ON WASHINGTON COURSE

Capt. w. r. sexton Joined the
hOle-in-One club yesterday, scOr-
ing an ace on the Ilth hole of the
Washington Golf and Country Club
course. With the wind against
him Capt. sexton piaye n maahie
from the elevated tee and had the
satisfaction of watching the ball
disappear in the hole. He was
playing with Capt. G.. II. Munger.
Evening star., 1924-07-27

Leo Dieeel. the District open cham
pion and recent winner of the
Shawnee open tournaments will leave
Washington tonight for Canada to
play in the Canadian championship.
Shortly after the championship
Diegel will start an exhibition tour.
He plans to play tournament golf ex-
clusively for few months.
Bob Barnett of Chevy Chase an
nounces the acquisition of a few
mashie niblicks with concave faces.
which will shortly be in the shops
Of all the professionals about Wash
ington. The new niblick, Barnett
says, effectively takes the place of
the ribbed face clubs which have been
barred from competition by the
United States Golf Association, and
will stop ball even on hard put
ting green's.
The concave niblick is an adapta-
tion of the one invented two decades
ago by Dave FOULS, then professional
attached to the Chicago Golf Club
and which were sold extensively
through the West
At that time the ribbed clubs made
famous by Jock Hutchinson, with
which Hutch was wonderful
performer had not made their ap-
pearance, and the shallow markings
on the faces of iron clubs did not
have holding power to stop the ball
on fast putting greens. Hence the
concave niblick which has again made
its appearance.
George II. Howard and c. G.
Duganne of the Washington Golf and
Country Club are still marveling al
the length of the drives made By
Goose" Goslin, outfielder of the
Washington ball club, who played al
the Virginia course a few DAYS ago
Goose only got hold of two drives
well, and the rest of his game did
not come up to his tee shots, but
those two drives were great ones
AT the third he put his tee shot al
most level with the bunker guard
ing the green, and at the seventeenth
he carried the trees in line with the
hole, his ball coming to rest on the
down slope in front OF the green
Goslin was one of party composed
of Peckinpaugh, Ruel, Zahniser and
Rice, who played over the course.
Evening star., 1924-07-27

Most golfers use
one or the other
of theSe--the me
dunn upright per-
haps is the COM
mon swing among
the average run
of players.
There are some
players. however,
who use success
fully the fiat
swing. 4 few
take TO this M
turaIIy. n few fall
In with inStruc-
tors who teach it.
like Jock Hutch
inSon. while the
Evening star., 1924-07-27
LET'S GOLF TROPHY
TO JUDGE Campbell

Judge E. X. Campbell won the an
nual tournament for the John {.
Let's trophy, open to members of the
Seniors Golf Association of the Chevy
Chase Club yesterday, defeating Dr.
r. w. Baker on the last hole
DR.. Baker was one up at the turn.
The Let's cup competition is a
handicap event in which members of
the club 81 years of age or over. who
are also members of the seniors as
sociation, are eligible.
Evening star., 1924-07-27
MUJNY TENNIS TOURNEY
is SLATED NEXT MONTH


~ est boon for the advancement OF the Washington
will promptly divulge District junior
championships and the Municipal
The
Those who have followed the
full OF
Evening star., 1924-07-27


Meanwhile out at Cleveland Chick
Evans. d veteran of the old school,
who went to the semi final of the
amateur championship in 1919 and
has figured rather much in cham
pionShipS since then, was pointing the
way tor the veterans by winning the
Western amateur chamionship for
the eighth time. But Chicks tri-
umph was only foretaste of what
storm of triumphs for the the older
generation Of golting greats that
eventually would completely snow
under the young and perhaps pre-
sumDItous element in storm of
brides.
30 rhere came along Walter Hagen
In the South. running up an impress
SlVs list of Victories. and then the
PROS, resting from their Winter trav-
els for Il few weeks. travelled out
to Detroit, where they saw Oakland
Hills. All. here. indeed. wrote the
';npcSterS. was a course where Stam-
ina and perhaps beef, the abalitY to
pound out u great long ball over ~
holes of tough going would win. They
had it all figured out as a course for
kid-the kind of course some kid
well up on his toes, with the exuber-
anCe and strength of youth, would
do up brown.
Cyril Walker Is No Kid.
and what happened? Oakland
HilIs great distances and keen
greens turned up IA new champion
a champion completely in the veteran
class. for Cyril Walker is more than
50 years old-sutficiently old to be
comfortably out of the boy wonder
class and has been walking around
golf courses some 20 years, as long
rs the life span of the youngsters the
critics had picked to win.
Then the pros went down to the
Engineers course at Roslyn Long Is
land, minus Jim Barnes, Cyril Walker,
Hagen and SaraZen. Here again, the
Spurr writer's opined, was course
where the wallop and strength of a
young golfer would win. And John
ny Farrell. 24-year- pro, and a
really great golfer, did appear to be
the winner up to the 63d hole. But
again veteran of the game-Mike
Brady of Namaroneck, where the new
Winged Foot Club is located-came
through. Mike is getting along. He
hasn't the dash and fire he used to
have and Mikes hair is getting a
little thin on top. But Mike had the
punch in the last round to put it over,
while the kids were Wavering and
trying to hold their game in the path
it should go.
Last Fall. at FIossmoor. another
sluggers course, We saw Max Mars
ton, the golfing gent from Philadel-
phia. who has been performing golf
ing miracles for many, many years,
and now boasts slight paunch-
something the Kid wonder never has
-romp through field of youngsters
to a victory in the amateur cham
piorship. Again the younger ele-
a1ent had failed. for Max is over 30,
and his kid days far behind him
The scene should properly shift to
England, where we find Walter Hagen
Evening star., 1924-07-27
GERMANS LIKE PONIES,

is enjoying the greatest season since
1913 There are running races three
and four days weekly in Berlin,
Hamburg. Leipzig and other cities,
as we'll as trotting races in Breslau,
Munich, Dusseldorf, Koenigsberg and
various centers.
Evening star., 1924-07-27
Inside
!-Ry Chester Horton-

1t should be assumed by the Golfc
that when L describe n method. 1 an
discussing its application to an up
right or n medium upright swing
Evening star., 1924-07-27
PROS AND AMATEURS FACE
ON THE COLUMBIA LINKS

popped up, hoping the contingent Donald
golfers today awaiting the signal
will send them action against team of professionals
will Columbia
whether
cI,L@, tho
Evening star., 1924-07-27
Answered by
RAY SCHALk

Catcher, Chicago White SOx. One of
the greatest backStOps of NIL time.
Has caught in 100 or more games per
Season for the past IL years.
Playing golf will not interfere
with playing good base ball if the
player uses common sense. When
a player has to engage in a base
ball game in the afternoon | con-
slider that it would be the height
of foolishness for him to indulge
iii a round of golf in the morning.
The reason for not indulging is
that golf or any other game, takes
the pep" out of player and will
not allow him to play his best game
of base ball. During the winter or
rainy or "of" days l think that
round or so of golf will help rather
than harm a players game of base
ball.
Evening star., 1924-07-27
PITCHING.

Canada has nearly a5o golf clubs
and more than $25 100000 has been
invested in land and building. The
amount spent each year on playing
golf in the Dominion easily exceeds
Evening star., 1924-07-27

groove.
Veterans Are the Steadicst.
Sure thing, golf is a young mans
game. But not always in competi-
tion. How many times have the
youngsters shot great round or
two-brilliant, indeed; far more
brilliant than the older mans plod-
ding efforts? But how often again
do we find these same kid wonders
dropping a shot here and there
through the last SO holes of d
trying competition, while the elder
ly gents of 80 Summers or more forEes
ahead in his plodding way to win
To the swift goes not always the
race.
Evening star., 1924-07-27

Ontario has more golf links than
any other part of Canada-lO4 The
city of Toronto leads with the num-
ber of clubs-twenty-
Evening star., 1924-07-27

The veteran Iris Speaker ~has just
rounded out his nth year as man
sEer Of the Cleveland Indiana
Evening star., 1924-07-27
WANTS CULLEN AT COACH.

The Naval Academy has requested
that Ira G. Mckee of Butler. Pa. and
Carl E.. Cullen of Washington, D. C..
two of the leading athletes to be
graduated from Annapolis this year,
beN>assigned as assistant coaches to
Bob Folwell in basket ball, foot ball
and base ball.
Evening star., 1924-07-27

The basket ball team Of the West
ern Pennsylvania School for Deal
Mutes has a record of winning seven
teen out ct NentX EameenlzNed
Evening star., 1924-07-27
CAN PLAY CHESS, THOUGH.

Datu Alp. 40 years of age, Moro
of Ramain, the new chess champion
of the Philippines, can neither read
nor write the Arabic nor any other
alphabet. When playing the game,
Alp smokes cigarettes and sings con-
tinuously, his songs being mostly
from the Koran.