The Wolf Point herald. (Wolf Point, Mont.) 1913-1940, 1927-01-28

m V P J.GAUDIN
SkOKIg COUNTRY CLUE
& UNION LEAGUE CLUB
Chicago
22-The Ball.

and have an excess of muscula
power 10 get the best results out o
the modern golf ball. 1t is to-
heavy and TOO small for use by TIL
player of less than average skill
Nearly all women and any man un
ill his golf swing is well along viii
do better with Il larger and lighter
ball. Even the foater type is bet
ter for these players than the so
called standard ball.
The manufacture of golf balls
now has been perfected until al
balls on the market must be good
The core must be well and truly
wound, must be glued firmly to the
cover and the cover itself must be
tough, yet thin enough TO permit
the resiliency of the rubber III to
be effective. The markings r q
matter of taste. All have been
tried out thoroughly before being
put to use, and all lend themselves
TO true fight. AS a rule, Ameri-
cans prefer the dimple marking and
the British prefer mesh marking.
But while all balls are fairly
good, it will be found there is a
considerable difference between
balls ont Of the same box. Sup
posedly all of them have e been
tested for sp%hericity, but balls not
perfectly round sometimes pass the
seyerest fest. If the ball is not
round it will not roll straight. Also
it viii not roll straight nor fly
straight IL its center of gravity is
not exactly in the middle. A rough
test can be made by rolling the ball
or other fiat table. A ball Is round
and conferred correctly if it does not
roll off when it comes almost to
rest. An expert will not use a ball
that does. IL it Wabbles at all in
play, another ball is put in play at
The next tee. On the contrary. II
the ball seems to be absolutely
true. il may be used for a full
round or more. All Watrous scored
q 81 at French Lick. In the pre-
vlous round he used fourteen balls
on the first fourteen holes. On the
fifteenth rhe ball worked perfectly.
He used il on the remaining fouI
holes and the full eighteen of the
record round Of "a. A ball which
has proved its worth has often been
used on more than a hundred holes.
There may be a slight loss in
resiliency but not enough to be no
ticed by the average player.
23-Putting Stroke With Other
Clubs.
Aside from the ''hole-in-one"
here is no more ~pleasurable sensa-
Ion in golf than an approach shot
lose to or into the cup 1t Is the
purpose OF this article TO tell how
his can be accomplished far more
than it is.
We will take it for granted that
'ou r fairly expert with the put
and that you understand fully
hat the putter face shall go back
nd come through the ball at right
ngies to produce the overspin putt.
II a distance Of perhaps 20 feet
find that on a slow green you
OSe accuracy through having to
1T the ball TOO hard for your put
ing stroke. When this distance Is
cached, 20 or 80 feet, take your
iron or clees and<putt with
t. Forget entirely that the club is
OF a putter. Play exactly as if it
a pulitzer. A little practice
ill make YOU as accurate with the
rlvlng iron as with the putter.
Cnng1nas- ur., ~ ~ fha a1tf #CitIs
ace of the green, 30 to 80 feet from
ne pin. Here is a chance to use
our head. Ii you can loft the ball
> the cut surface. use a midiron
" preference but be sure and
Sc the regular putting stroke.
.ctualiy the shot is a pitch-and-run
ut 1t is nothing like the stroke
ecessary if You are more than 50
from the hole. 1t Is a putt
ure and simple, the only move
tent being with the wrists, the rest
the body being held without the
.ightest motion, stiff as a wedge
you wish SO long as You LET the
.rlsts do the work freely. II the
all Is lying close in grass an inch
ing, better try a jlgger on account
z it's greater loft. You win find
lat with a moderate amount of
you car be az certain of
ding out In one or two strokes I,
nder these conditions as with the
from half the distance.
hen try the mashie with the put
ng stroke. Without trying for
note carefully just how
II the ball will loft and how
UGH of a roll ii will have. Prob
lily you will md that on an ver :
,e you can loft the ball 10 to IS
followed by a roll of the same
ngth, by putting with the mashie.
0W try the same shot over a sand
ap. You can be certain of better
suits than by using the regular
ashie stroke. BY putting with the
lbs as noted, YOU can materially
duce your score.
Muscles Must Not Be Tense.
Perhaps the worst error, certain
the commonest, in the average
IL swing is the tensing or stiffen-
of the muscles. Much of that
is in the hands and wrists
{ by far the greater part is in
legs.
There is no wish in the above to
minnie that coordination of nus
IS that eliminates in the timing,
the club and ball are in con
CT. There IS the very decided
sh, however, TO emphasize the
that tense muscles are not eff