Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1928-07-10
HUNTERS LONGEST
IN CONTEST TIMED
Jones and Hagen. Though. Hit
Balls That Remain Up
Shorter Period.
BY WALTER Il. McCALLUM.

How long must properly hit soil
ball remain in the air to secure proper
distance
1t depends a good deal upon course
conditions. wind and the way the bali
Is hit, whether ii stays III the air five
seconds, or seven or only two. But We
believe we have found the answer TO
the approximately correct time a prop
erly hit ball should stay in the air to
set maximum distance. We've watched
J. Monro Hunter, the mighty man of
Indian Spring, hit quite few, with the
idea of finding out how long the ball.
hit with the richt trajectory. hangs IN
the air. And we watched Johnny Far
rel. and Bob Jones and Water Hagen
at Chicago, for the same purpose.
Last Friday at Rock Greek, We veri-
ned the result Of our previous conviction
that Hunters ball remains in the air
longer than any man among the long
fitters. and consequently, If hit with
the right trajectory. sees further. Last
Friday Hunter really got hold of only
tvo tee shots in a match at Rock Greek
Park He hit one on the seventh and
he got behind one at the ninth Both
stayed IN the air about seven seconds.
Jones Ball Drops Quickly.
Walter Hagen'S bail stays in the air
longer than that of any of the other
tcpnotch PLAYERS. because 1t usually
starts cut with fairly high trajectory.
But Jones we found hits a ball that
remains IN the air something short OF
four seconds. while that of Hagen re-
manned in the air five seconds or longer
most of the time. Farrell. on the other
hand. hitting a tee shot with fairly low
trajectory and usually with hook.
held his ball in the air four seconds or
less.
Now of course We adhere TO our the
DRY that Bob Jones is consistently the
longest hitter in tbs world, the Gull
fords. Hunters. Con1pstons and others
to the contrary. That is, when the
great Albanian wants to bear down
But his bail doesn't remain in the
air as long as the mighty wallopS OF
Hunter. and we believe that on fast
course Hunter would outhit Jones. even
though he probably wouldn't be as
likely 10 hit so many of them SO well
or so straight. Last Friday Hunter hit
one on the ninth hole at Rock Greek
that hung UP in the ozone just seven
seconds. The ball had just the right
Trajectory. carried some ESQ YARDS ana 11
ended five yards short Of the green. 32o
yards away.
Bobby Smashes One.
Three weeks ago at Olympic Fields
,Jon,- got hold of his first well hit drive
OF the day on the 530-yard first hole
in the afternoon round. The ball ira
veIed about $50 yards. for he played his
second shot with a No. iron. But the
conditions we're quite different. Jones
ban hit on a down slope. while Hun
ter's ball hit into the face of slope:
although the face was almost as naro
as concrete.
OF course, a skied tee shot. where
the club hits too far under the ball
and sends 1t far I'D in the air without
much distance, might conceivably stay
M more than seven seconds But the
distance will be lacking. And because
q bail stays up six seconds or more
doesn't mean that it viii get tre-
rnendous distance. Fora we've seen
snothered hook that ran and ran and
ran until ii reached out TO something
more than $50 yards. But we believe
that the properly hit ball with that
curving trajectory that eats up dis
lance should stay in the air at least