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Evening star., 1925-02-14
COLLEGE POLO LOOP
NOW BEING PLANNED

NEW YORK, February 14.-First
steps in the formation of an intercol-
legiate polo association were taken
today when Alvin Devereux, presi-
dent Of the Princeton Polo Associa-
ton, sent out a call to nine universi-
ties asking their representatives to
attend meeting in New York, with
the objective the formation Of q coll
lege Organization and the promotion
Of intercollegiate polo.
The colleges which have been asked
to attend the meeting, the date of
which has been tentatively set for
February 20, are Harvard. Norwich.
Princeton, Pennsylvania Military Col
lege, the University of Pennsylvania,
Virginia Military Institute, West Point,
Yale and Cornell.
All of these universities have sup
ported polo teams in the past, and
all have taken part in the intercolle-
giate championship event. Yale win
ming in the tournament Of 1928, and
Princeton carrying off the title last
season.
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triotic pride. 1t consisted of such
marvellous players as the Waterbury
brothers, Harry Payne Whitney. Mr.
Milburn and others.
As the field was cleared the
crowds rose and in one thunder
Gus voice yelled. ~Here they comev,
MY Arst thrill came as I gaxed
upon the finest polo players and
the fastest polo ponies in the
world prancfnE down the Aeld.
The game was full of thrills. One
especially stands out in my mind al
present, that of an Englishman and
an American racing the length of the
held neck and neck to end by the
American just nosing the Englishmar
out and cracking the ball for a goal
Another thrill came when I
wanted to call q friend's attention
to . play and found that I had lost
my voice entirely.
remember the feeling that gripped
me as 1 watched those daring play
ers and their wonderful little ponies
match their wits, horsemanship and
stamina against each other with
never a thought of commercialisn
entering their minds. All was in the
name of honor and sportsmanship.
The biggest and AAal thrill
came when the American team
shot the winning goal and won tho
game. Believe me, 1 was weak
from excitement:
TomorrOw-Gertrud Artelt
Copyright. 1925. by Public Ledger Coz
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NURMI is Defeated:
RUNS AGAIN TONIGHT
By the Associated p.ess.

By the Associated P.ess.
NEW YORK, February 14-Madi-
son Square Gardens board track is
ready for Paavo Nurmrs greatest of
all tests tonight, when he runs two
miles in the New York A. c.. games.
Nurmi. after weeks journey which
has taken him to Portland, Me-: Buf-
falo and Syracuse. will enter his
fourth race In six days with the rec
ord for the distance cut almost to
nine minutes by Willie Ritola.
Ritola's accomplishment in racing
to victory in 8 minutes 3 3-5 seconds
at Buffalo almost overshadowed the
breaking OF three records by Nurmi
himself. and the mark that Ritola
made was 4 2-5 seconds better than
the best time the Olympic champion
has attained.
The long train journeys may be
telling on the Finnish sensation. for
last night he ran second to Gottlieb
OF Syracuse University in a mile race,
in which the collegian was given q
65yard advantage.
Nurm's race tonight will be q spe-
cial event against Verne Booth and
Harry Helme, and possibly the great
Yale runner, MaoAulay Smith.
Ritola, Plant. Frigerio, Scholz and
host of college athletes will COM
pete in these games
By the Associated Press
SYRACUSE, N. Y, February IA
Paayo Nurmi was beaten for the Sec
ond time in his American invasion
when he trailed AL Gottlieb. Syracuse
star, to the tape by 10 yards In a
handicap mile race. Gottlieb started
with 65-yard allowance.
Nurmi. apparently believing he had
shaken OFF all pursuit, seemed to slow
up about 100 yards from the finish,
but the Orange star put on a squirt
that carried him to tho front again.
Despite his defeat, Nurmi was
credited with lowering the track rec
ord for the Syracuse gymnasium. His
time of 4:27 2-5 Clipped three -fifths
of second Off the former mark set
by Joie Ray OF Chicago last year.
Gottlieb, a 21-year-old junior and
captain OF the Syracuse cross-coun-
try team, ran the greatest milo race
of his career against the most famous
opposition he has ever faced.
Among the most noteworthy per-
formances was the victory OF Chester
Bowman, track captain and member
OF the American Olympic team last
year, in a 40-yard dash. Bowman
raced the distance in 4 3-5 seconds.
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sage hens, prairie chickens, quail,
grouse and many kinds Of ducks
They also destroy great numbers Of
full-grown birds and are probably
the most destructive enemy of our
game resources. Because Of their fox
like skill in concealing themselves
and in escaping pursuit, they often
successfully locate their dens and
rear their young in close proximity
to ranches and farms"
Coyotes are controlled by the
poison squad" of tho survey. Some
Of the work engaged in by the pris-
oners has come in for a good deal of
criticism, especially their warfare on
small birds. Here's how they enter
the trenches against coyotes:
Extended lines Of feeding stations
are often established and maintained
until the coyotes become accustomed
to feeding at them, and then small.
specially prepared poison bats are
placed, and a short, intensive cam
paign carried on, often resulting in
the destruction Of practically all the
coyotes in the territory. Any poisoned
material left uneaten is then picked
up and destroyed or used elsewhere.
During the year more than 3,567,-
900 especially prepared poisoned bats
were methodically put out In ac-
cordance with definite plans, and
those poisoning operations covered an
area of about 2S4.4oe square miles"
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AMATEUR BASE BALL
TEAMS TO GATHER

Plans intended to place amateur
base ball on a sound financial basis
will be formulated during tho week
by the Washington Base Ball and
Amateur Athletic Association. The
date of the get-together of the offi-
GERS and team managers has not been
set, but definite announcement will
be made in time for all teams to ap-
point representatives.
Delegates from a dozen unlimited
clubs met with James r. O'Malley,
the District representative to the Ma
tional Base Ball Federation last
night and heard a general outline Of
the proposed work Of the Washington
association for the coming season
An attempt will be made to organ
ize a league of eight strong teams,
playing twice a week, and probably
on every other Sunday. If necessary
eight-team leagues playing, playing
strictly Sunday ball or performing on
week days only, also will be arranged
for. but the big proposition is to form
the best talent of the city into one
league, thereby insuring good COM
petition and making it possible to
pick champion nine to take part In
the national tourney at Cleveland at
the close of the season.
A project for financing this league,
while still keeping the sport on q
strictly amateur basis, will be un-
folded at the big meeting next week.
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RING TITLE TOURNEY
PAIRINGS ARE MADE

NEW YORK, February 14-George
CLANCY Of Baltimore will meet Tom
my O'Brien of Milwaukee. and Jim
my Goodrich Of Buffalo will face Ed
die (kid) Wagner OF Philadelphia, at
Madison Square Garden, February 90
in the opening matches of the light
weight elimination tournament.
This was determined by the State
Athletic Commission, which an
nounced the pairings for the first
| round. All first-round matches will
be 10-round affairs
Other matches arranged, and the
dates. follow:
K. o. Clyde JeakIe Of Columbus,
Ohio, versus Rocky Kansas of Buffalo,
at the Pioneer Club. February "a;
Charley O'Connell Of Cleveland VS..
Joe Dundee of Baltimore, at the Man
haitian Club. February 25: Benny
Valgar Of New York vs. Alex Hart Of
Philadelphia and Archie Walker of
Brooklyn VS.. Solly Seaman of New
York, at the Rink S. c.. February 27;
Jack Bernstein OF Yonkers VS.. Basil
Galiano of New Orleans, at the Com
monwealth S. c., February %.
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&oSo VI NoyoSNS ~ ShiS SOdhlAJs
"At present coyotes. which in the
aggregate in the United States must
number several million animals. are
unquestionably the most destructive
predatory animals in this country.
One Of the most difficult problems Of
predatory animal control Is raised by
them. They are widely distributed
and well endowed by their mental
qualifications to protect themselves
and secure food under a great variety
of conditions. To insure their per-
petuation they are prolific breeders.
sometimes having II In a litter. Con-
trary to their habits. coyotes may
now be found throughout high and
rugged mountain ranges and in dense
forests.
mot only have they occupied prac-
tically all the available territory in
the Western States, but they have
successfully maintained themselves
in such States as Illinois, Indiana and
Michigan, and continually invade new
territory.
Coyotes persistently follow live
stock and game in their seasonal
movements between Summer and
Winter ranges, constantly preying
upon the young and even adult cat
tie, sheep, goats and swine and deer
and antelope. Coyotes are also no.
torious destroyers OF the eggs and
young of ground birds, in
cludiuG such important species as
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ALOYSIUS' RACE IS OPEN
TO ALL LOCAL RUNNERS

A seven-mile event, open to local
runners, will be staged by the
Aloysius Club at the Georgetown Uni
'versity track tomorrow morning at
II o'clock.
Twenty-eight laps around the track
will be necessary to complete the
distance.
Eighteen hill and dale men are to
represent the host organization, and
it Is expected that at least 40 will
face the starter.
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xtes Success to Rigid Training Lots BASKET Ball Here Tonight
BASKET BALL RESULTS

At GeOrEetOwn-Fordha 22I
Georgetown, Is.
At College Park-Maryland, =, City
College of New York, 18.
At Raletgh-SOuth Carolina, -,
North Carolina state, c3.
At New Haven-Yale, 20, Brown, is,
At CambridEe-Harvard ~; Spring
Aeld, 30.
At MOrgantown-West VfrYfnin
Wesleyan, Is, West Virginia, c3.
At Pittsburgh-CarneEi Tech, 81,
Pittsburxh, 10.
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Thompson, David Keppel, ". Leater
and T. w. Heinrich are the committee
In charge.
AIOysiuS ca4efs will oppose City
Club tonight at $3.50 In Gonzaga gym
nasium- Earlier in the season the
downtown clubmen were trounced by
the Alloys. Gonzaga Reserves and
Aloysius Midgets appear in the pre-
ltminary battle.
Kenilworth tossers added a pair OF
wins to their list by downing the
Nationals. 80 to 6, and the Lafayettes
SO to 18.
TrcmOnts and Warwick Preps were
outclassed by the Epiphany Juniors
the churchmen taking the long end
of 48 to % and 80 to % scores.
O'keefe starred for the reorganized
Owls, when the Corinthians were
beaten, 25 to %.
Columbia Juniors took both halve,
of double-header with Petworth
Boys Club and Olympia Juniors by
scores of II to % and 55 to IL.
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george Washington's team probably
Is about as good now as it will be a t
any time this Winter, and seemingly
well prepared to give the Hopkins
bunch good battle. Coach Daily
has been drilling his Hatchetites
strenuously the past week, perfecting
several plays expected to be uncoy-
cred tonight. The Hopkins team
visiting Washington is not q strictly
representative team of the Baltimore
university, but a combination of men
playing the game for the games
sake. Hopkins officially no longer
fosters basket ball.
Catholic University, stung by nu-
merous defeats, undoubtedly will
make valiant effort to redeem itself
at the expense of the New Workers
But doing SO may prove a difficult
matter. The Gotham quint Is fast
and well versed in its game, and will
take a deal of beating.
Maryland certainly surprised its
ardent supporters, as we'll as City
College of New York, when it bowled
over the latter. The Gothamites came
here with splendid record. and their
play last night demonstrated they
had rightly earned 1t. But the Old
Liners went about their work so
methodically that the sharp thrusts
Of the visitors were withstood re
peatedly, and kept enough in reserve
to put over q winning punch in the
late stages Of the fray.
Both teams devoted so much atten-
tion to defense in the first half that
at it's expiration the count stood only
to in Maryland's favor. More was
given to attack in the second session.
ha faa n H-1
Then Beatty put the Marylanders
ahead with a successful free toss, and
EnSor followed with a trio of scrim-
mage throws to clinch the argum ent.
Maryland might have been on the
short end of the count had 1t not
been for a scoring spurt by Faber al
the outset of the second half. He
counted nine points in three minutes
on a trio Of field goals and as many
from the foul line.
After winning ave games, George
town last night suffered its first
basket ball defeat of the Winter,
bowling to Fordham in a 22-to-15
engagement in Ryan gymnasium. Il
was the eleventh straight win for the
Maroon, which outplayed the Blue
and Gray all the way.
The first half ended with the
visitors leading, IA to s. Georgetown
spurted in the second half, but again
was unable to match Fordham' s
count. Frank Frisch. stellar infielder
Of the National League champion
Giants, and Fordham aIumnus, was
one of the officials of the game.
Swimmers of Catholic Universit Y
failed to make much of a splash in
the pool at Bethlehem. Pa, last night,
being defeated, 81 to II, by Lehigh.
Not a Brookland entrant scored d
first place. Pilot of Lehigh esta b.
lished a pool record in the breast
stroke swim.
Only two Washington teams Will
compete at Annapolis today. George
town freshmen basketers are to meet
the Navy plebes and George Wash
ington swimmers will encounter the
Mfdshfpman tank team. Catholic
University's boxing team will appear
at Annapolis March instead of to-
day as was originally announced.
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GIRLS SHARE In VARSITY
CARD WITH MAN PLAYERS
Triple.Reader Listed for George Washington Gym
City College of New York at Brookland-N1ary.
land Five Wins-C. IT, Beaten

HO-EDS as well males will take
tests to be offered by District
Washington University will of
Hahette
versy court performers the FIVE of Johns Hopkins
All told three will be played o'clock
Epiphany Juniors Boys Club Cetics
girls will under varsity tilt
will begin.
Another varsity match, starting o'clock
Brookand Catholic University College
York. beaten TO- in Rche College night
Evening star., 1925-02-14
KAPLAN'S PILOT PUNISHED

SAN DIEGO, Calf. February IL
Scotty Monteith of New York man
ager Of Kid Kaplan, featherweiebt
boxing champion, and Jackie Snyder
and Joe Ryder, lost his California
license after a long discussion last
night over the amount of bandages
to be allowed Snyder for his 10-round
bout with frankie Garcia, Hollywood
featherweight
Evening star., 1925-02-14

BY JOHN SCHOMMER,
Basket Ball Coach, Armour In.tftute,
Former u. OF c. Star.
X X
1t In my belief that the diet pre-
cautions which should be taken by q
basket ball player or BY 4 man en-
gagged In any other form Of athletics
shOuld resolve Themselves into two
main pOints-temperance and mOder-
alton. I believe that for many men
a break In their regular scheme Of
living VIXEN they "Go into training
is Injurious to the player and fatal
to achieving the best results. Natur-
ally q man engaged In 4 form Of
athletics M fast and as violent aB
basket hall cannot overeat. Neither
can h6 try to be . Thomas Edison
and exist ON three or four h0urs'
sleep each night.
Copyright, 10o5.)
Evening star., 1925-02-14
S. A. BOXING TOURNEY
ENTRIES BEING RECEIVED

Charles L. Ornstein, 233 Equitable
Building, Baltimore, is receiving en-
tries for the amateur boxing cham
pionships of the South Atlantic
A A. u. to be held in the Monumental
City on March II and IL.
The competition is open to all anna
teur athletes registered with the
A. A U. who have not won champion
ships In junior. senior or Olympic
events, and Will include all classes
from the f1yweight to the unlimited.
Evening star., 1925-02-14

About all that most followers of
the game know Is that Jones took
q on the par 4 final hole, while
Cruickshank, by virtue Of a wonder
full No. 1 iron shot, laid his ball
five feet from the cup and got down
in a birdie for a tie.
Cruickshank's finish was wonder
ful-nothing more thrilling could be
imagined-and he is entitled to all
uraise. Nevertheless. Jones had some
pretty hard luck.
To begin with, II he could have
done the last hole in par he would
have had a total of 2s4 and no one
could possibly have caught him. But
after a good drive he hooked his sec
ond shot into a crowd at the left
Of the green. His ball came to q
stop directly underneath q chain
which had been strung around three
sides of an adjoining tee to keep
spectators back while the competing
players were driving.
There was quite . discussion as to
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CENTRAL IS PLAYING
TWO GAMES IN DAY

Central High School basketers,
beaten, % to "a, In Lancaster last
night, have two games scheduled for
today. This afternoon the Washing
ton champions are meeting Tome In
stitute at Port Deposit Md, and later
will clash with Loyola High at Bal
timore.
Having defeated the Pennsylvania
team last year, Central was favored
to win on the Lancaster court, but
while outplaying their opponents in
the final half, were unable to over
come the early lead piled up by the
Red Tornadoes.
Gonsaga and Western were to clash
this afternoon on the George Wash
ington University court. AS Gonzaga
teams that conquered Western in the
high school championship series, a
real battle is looked for.
Freshmen baskefers at Georgetown
had little to offer against the whirl-
wind attack of the Western High
quint last night, and took the small
end of 28-to-7 count. CARRIER and
Lamar accounted for a. trio of field
goals each, and the former made good
on five out Of six free tosses.
Eastern lfEhtweightS are claiming
the 130-pound title Of the high
schools and are willing to defend it
against all comers. The Western five
was defeated yesterday, 81 to II.
Burnett and Abramson led the Gen.
trail cubs to victory against the Dev-
lit Prep Reserves, the score being %
to %.
Dewitt Prep basketers are planning
an extensive trip next week. and hope
to meet freshmen fives at Virginia
Military Institute, Washington and
Lee and University OF Virginia ST.
Adams was defeated yesterday. Is
to IL
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at 8 :3O.
The Stantons. while unbeaten dur
Ing the first half Of the season. have
lost In their last two starts
Slowly but surely the Eastern team
has been forging to the front as a
contender for the championship OF
the city. and a win tonight will boost
It's stock considerably and practically
leave only the Corby Bakery quint
and the Aloysius Big Five as OBJ
stacles in the march to a title.
Berman, Nash, Woodward, O'Nen,
Sumner, Cincy and Spiess are avail
able for the Eastern lineup, while o.
Mitchell. Sweeny. Trip, Hanback,,
Gooch and ]. Mitchell are expected
to perform for the Stantons.
Al thirty teams were represented
at the first meeting called by Alo-
ystus Club to consider plans for a
city tournament, the idea of an elimi-
nation series for the District cham
pionshtps seems to be going over big
Another meeting will be held at A
l street Monday night to make final
arrangements for series in senior and
junior classes. Teams that wish to
enter must have delegates at hand
Joe Fitzgerald, ]. H. Hagan, 1. B.
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whipped or 5erked hack all command
or 1t ts hmm edfately lost. When IT is
controiled In tho hack swing 1t stnrts
forward. under complete control. and
Its downward pace then fncrea ses
naturally and easily. The down
swing OF the iron L. quick and speedy
-snappy In . good term. 1t snaps
because the hands, working on the
clubhead, speed 1t up greatly. A good
iden Is thisi Feel that In the back
swing You are sneakinS back behind
the ba1l-then hit 1T.
(Copyright, 1881
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what should be done about that
chain. which had been installed mere
ly during the tournament. officials
finally concluding that it should be
cut. This used up more time. Mean
while Bobby was cooling of and
thinking more and more about the short
pitch shot to the green which now
confronted him.
1t wasn't a very hard shot, although
the green was we'll guarded, but there
was plenty Of room in which to drop
his ball and he had a good lie. How
ever, the long wait had unsettled
Jones and his effort was q weak one
which landed him in q trap. He
needed another stroke to get out and
two puts to get down for a 6.
A would have settled the cham
pionship then and there. Even as 1t
was. Cruickshank tied him only by
a superhuman play. But in the end
Jones shook his jinx and conquered
in the play..offa
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SCHOOL SOCCERISTS
FACE AGAIN MONDAY

Graded school soccer players of
Park View of the Blow School elevens
will make another effort to decide the
title on Monday afternoon on the
Union Station Plaza playground. It
will be their sixth clash in what was
originally intended to be a three
game series
Blow defeated the Park View kick
ers, TO o. yesterday to tie up the
series.
Park View won the opening con-
test, to l, but three other battles
ended in 1-to-1 deadlocks.
The teams lined up as follows.
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HOCKEY GAMES

At Duluth-Duluth, 3; Pittsburgh.
O.
At Eveleth-Minneapol Rockets,
9; EveIeth, I.
At Pittsburgh-Pittsbur Hornets,
8; Boston H. c., I.
At Boston-Boston A. A., 3, BsstoD
Naples, z.
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MATMEN MUST SWEAR
TO GIVE BEST EFFORTS

ST. LOUIS. February 14.-Declaring
-'the game is thoroughly crooked"
Prosecuting Attorney Albert Schweitzer
has announced that wrestling COM
petitors here in the future would
be required to sign affidavits in ad-
vance pledging themselves to give
their best efforts and swear that the
match is to be bona fide.
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ALLEN LEADS SKATERS.

REPLACED. N. Y, February IL.
Francis Allen, Chicago skater, who
wears the international amateur out
door speed skating crown, won both
events on the American diamond
trophy program, the 220-yard and one
mile races, here yesterday. He now
leads in points for the trophy.
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FL RED SOX ENROLLED.

BOSTON, February 1.-THE 1925
contracts Of John A Heving, a
catcher of Covington, Ky, and Louis
Temple. pitcher of Franklin. Pa,
have been received by the Boston
Americans. Twenty-one men have
now signed
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ESPiN0SA IN FRONT
IN BIG GOLF EVENT

SAN ANTONIO, Tex, February IA
Abe Espinosa, San Francisco pro-
fessional, led the field in the first day
of medal play for the Texas open golf
championship. turning in a card OF
139 for the two rounds.
Espinosa had a IS for the morning
round and II for the afternoon, one
stroke under Macdonald Smith, also
of San Francisco, who scored a pair
Of 70s.
Jack Burke of Houston, Tex, was
third with 142
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1000 TICKETS ON SALE
FOR MCBRIDE BENEFIT

Two thousand tickets have been
placed on sale for the Bill Mcbride
benefit dance at the Elks' Club, on
Tuesday night.
Entertainment by the Mohawk
Quartet is the latest attraction to be
added to the program.
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GIANTS GET IN LINE.

NEW YORK, February 14.-The
Giant management has announced re-
ceipt Of signed contracts from Out
fielder Billy Southworth and Pitcher
John Wisner, the latter a Rochester
recruit.
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Before the game 1 had been talking
to one of the officials, who told me
that the English sportsmen had
searched all England and her col
onies for the fastest thoroughbred
polo ponies to be had. OF course,
America had done likewise. The Eng
lish club, through a long process of
elimination. had sent to our shores
the pick of her polo circle" Their
names l cannot recall, but suffice to
say they were splendid specimens Of
athletic horsemen.
The American team had been
watching with a sort OF subdued pa
Evening star., 1925-02-14

ere at curse Of
golfers is tn e
quick, jerky back
swin8. Many q
player fs 100 per
cent guilty OF this
fault and never
even suspects 1T.
The club In not
drawn back 50
slowly that all
sense OF balance
Is lost. but 1T II
taken back at an
even. flowing pace
"a pace that lets
the player feel
the club to be
under hIs COM
mAnd all the time.
When the club In