New Britain herald., 1928-03-17
rBY NEA SERNICE1

New York, March 17.--There's m old, familiar magic in Macdonald smiths butter a menacing while 10 his woods and q confident click 10 his irons that have forced the golf ing wiseacres 10 take a new lnven- tory of how the summers tourna- ,nant spells are to be divided,
 Mac Smith, ruddy-faced youngest member of the Carnoustie Smiths. is back "on," and the fact brings no particular joy to the professional clan, who knows that when he is able to haul out all the shots in his weather stained bag there's no man harder to catch.
 Since 1910, when he first appeared in the National Open to lose out in the playoff with his brother, Aleck. and J, J. McDermott. Mac smith s career has been a battle against such odds as only ill health can produce.
 From that year until 1915 he was a mediocre campaigner, a player whose game steadily grew more polished, but who was increasingly | unable to stand the physical strain of a championship grind. He dis appeared from the picture in 1915 going 10 California to pull himself together, and because he had been ! almost forgotten, he astonished golf dom by finishing fifth, II strokes | behind Jim Barnes in the Open at ! Columbia in 1921.
 | He was back again in 'cs to come in eight strokes zk<Nind Bobby Jones and the following year to be II away from Armour and Cooper. Then he had another breakdown That, even his closest friends de clared. was the end of Mac smith. But for q man consigned to tn. golf scrap heap, the kid of the Car noustie Smiths appears to have been slightly underestimatcd as the re- suits of the winter golf campaign are tabulated.
 Mas has literally cleaned house
 He won the Los Angeles Open. rich
 est of all the western prizes, ths
 South Central and Palos Verde:
 Opens He tied with Tommy Ar.
 mour for top money at Long Beach
 finished second at Fl Paso. a stroke
 behind Larry Nabholtz. and fourtl
 i'll the Texas Opon. Birdios. 'aglc. and gold have clung to him like { long-lost brother.
 II is one oi the most brilliant con quests in the annala Of the gano oi ) this side Of the water.
 Smith has been winning right anc 5 left. not because of any particular. , record smashing rounds. but by tn l simplest and most effective manne
 possihlo-iakinc Old Man Par ou , for 2 rid day after day. \earl all his most bitter rivals have out , done him on q certain round or tive
 but Macs dogged clinging 10 or'ho , ! dox figures has killed them off on x by one.
 1 What's moro important, the Mac
 donald Smith who will come mort . before many weeks for the nationa
 tournament roundelay. will bc
 golfer who will not be whipped h
 any course. Last spring Oakmont hills were 2 physical handicap tha
 he couldn't overcome: time an
 again he has been brought down |
 he fact that his body could nc
 stand the gaff.
 They say that he Is now as neg :. perfection as he was the best da 7 he ever swung into q tee shot. physician persuaded him to trad U his old teeth for new and the troub Il at last appears to have been foun
 At any rate. no reckoning of q S way the boys will split up the mon. l. next autumn sends them scurryi' 't back to the warm country will O complete without Mac Smiths nam q Hes the man 10 watch.
 {" Mac has always wanted an Amer n can Open title more than anythir ?. else. just so the folks back home a Carnoustie will know the line !" famous Smiths fasn't lost it's fi l. with him. His chances new I seemed brighter.