Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-06-25

THE hardest shot In golf will be
played at Winged Foot Thurs
day. It will be played by each
of the $50 or more entries. And
It will be the first drive from the
first tee. Getting that first drive away
TO leave one fair, open shot for the
first green means a lot And 1t means
a. lot just as the nervous system Is re-
plete with tension. before the mocha
nism Of the swing under pressure has
been oiled up by action.
The first hole at Winged Foot is a
dog-leg type that calls for both direc-
ton and distance. One must hit the
ball hard and straight to have fair
crack at the green. Some good golfers
might take q or O 6 at this hole and
still win the championship, but or 6
won't help him any or soothe his feel
ings. For after bad start there comes
q matter of heavier pressure all the
rest of the way. And bad holes are
hard to make up at Winged Foot, where
pars are none too easy to earn.
That first one in cold blood-with
the big gallery looking on-is not the
simplest thing In sport. They all
know the quality of this held-Jones,
Hagen, the two Smiths, Armour, Far
rell, Sarazen, Diegel, Cruickshank,
Mehlhorn, Turnesa, MacFarland,
Won Elm, Voigt, Cooper. Burke.
Watrous, Espinoza, Dudley-and the
list is only started.
For there will be the unknowns, out
side of their own home towns, and many
of these are good. Some nearly I'M
known always seems to lead the open
ing march. He may not be able to last
the route~-but he has his day.
And they are all praying for 4 on
that first hole-a hole that can double
pressure later on II badly played.
There will be many pulse quivering
on that first tee. And many Of them
won't stop quivering until Saturday aft
ernoon, just before sunset.
An open golf championship Is the
greatest test of nerves in sport-not
nerve, perhaps, but nerves. Which at
times means the same thing
The Two Known Quantities.
THERE are two known quantities
l. connected with the meeting be-
tween Pauline and Schmeling, In the
battle that Is supposed to nominate
the next challenger for the heavyweight
championship.
One is that Pauline can take 1t in
astonishing quantities. and the other
Is that Schmeling can give 1t with his
right hand.
Pauline has been a remarkable
catcher, without the use of a mast,
but only fair pitcher. He did no
great damage to Heeney or Risko or
most of the others he has met in
the last two years.
Yet it must be admitted that he had
TO throw his gloves against some tough
Notifications in the persons of Godfrey,
Heeney and Risko. One of the UNI
known quantities concerns Scfmeling's
ability TO stand up undersa few punches.
Pauline can hit hard. enough to prove
the durability Of the Germans chin and
body, and If neither Is rugged Herr
Schmeling will have little chance. It is
hard to believe that any one or two
blows will bring Pauline down, no mat
ter who may be throwing them In.
And he can wear down an opponent
In Is rounds who doesn't happen to
have a complete share of stamina.
II Pauline wins 1t will be no great
boost for the championship test,
since his stuff Is pretty well known
and he hasn't shown sufficient box
ing ability and punching power to
stir up any great excitement. He
Will have to show a vast improve
ment to be rated as O heavyweight
champion later. no matter how many
pounds Of rugged fiber his system
may carry.
IL Scnmellng can win by knockout
or by an aggressive show of punching
he will have better chance to steam
things up later on. He hasn't been
around so long and he also has q better
chance to pick up new stuff and show q
big improvement in the next six months
Schmeling would be q better card
against either Sharkey or Dempsey than
Pauline would be, unless, as suggested
before, the Spaniard has q number Of
new acts to offer In the coming scrin-
mage.
FarrelPs Hard Week End.
| FARRELL faces the hardest Job any
l. champion In sport can tackle. There
Is no other sport where the odds against
the champion defending his title are
7 or to I and possibly higher.
If he can win again he will be the
first open champion to defend O title
since Johnny McDermott repeated in
1912. which seems to be something like
| IL years ago.
An open golf champion who wins one
| year has to face 10 or IL rivals the next
year just about as good rs he is. And
this doesn't include Is or 20 others who
may be good enough to hit streak and
upset the apple cart.
Farrell Is fine golfer and o win
ming one, but this Winged Foot field
Is literally elHttered up with other