The Washington times., 1929-06-01


My young friend Harry Cotton,
who was with US during our jour.
neyings in the south Of the United
states this past. winter. has told his
countrymen that conservatism, as
they apply 1t to the game Of golf.
ID one drawback.
Now Archie Compston--that tall.
strong Englishman who appears to
be continually scowling at the world
but isn't-declares that strictel
training In needed In his homeland
as a stiTnulant toward better golf.
Compston has paid two visits to the
United States. He has been q close
observer OF our methods and man.
ner OF preparing for championship
events.
COmpstOn has come to the
conclusion that the mere mat.
ter of lunch can affect n start.
ling change In mans form.
Archie declares, for example:
''One man, who has broken the
record of the course with his first
round, goes out in the afternoon
full of cold roast beef and conf.
dence. and finds that he cannot
hole q single putt, while another,
who has spent half the morning
In the rough. energies from the
clubhouse like giant refreshed. to
do hole after hole In par. used
to be content to accept such va
garies OF form a. part OF the luck
of the game. 1t is only lately
that have been brought to realize
that the lunch itself 10 q thing
which has good deal to do with
the question.
"In America no first.class player,
whether amateur or professional.
would dream OF taking a heavy
meal In between two championship
rounds. A glass of milk and one
or two chicken sandwiches Is usu-
ally all that they permit them.
selves and have proved by per-
sonal experience that 1t IL a sound
PLAN"
Compston also mentioned the
nerves" factor In this wise:
a modern first-cIass tournament
is always a tremendous strain on
the players nervous system. II
don't suppose that am of a more
nervous temperament than the
average man; / dare say that II
show 1t less than many. But l can
didly confess that in a big event
] invariably find myself becoming
all worked up
II will even 90 further and
say that, unless q golfer pos
SeSSeS some of the keenness Of
which that nervousness il q ;,
symptom, he will never be able
to produce the little bit extra
which Is needed to win . cham.
piOnsllip nowadays.
Now, when a mans nerves are
I'm this state, the less work he
gives his digestive apparatus to
do the better for his play. The
mere dryness Of the mouth, which
is the first symptom of the nervous
strain. is one of natures signals
that the gastric juices have gone
on short time And a heavy meal
in these circumstances Is sheer
madness"
And so Compston concluded:
THE other day came across a
saying attributed to Bob Har.
ris, the British amateur champion
of 1921, to the effect that Sin youth
golf is played by strength and skill;
between the ages of IS and 40 by
the head; but after 20 entirely by
the stotmach.'
My american friends have con-
vinced me that the stomach Is an
important factor at any stage of
life. / have found myself that the
habit Of a light lunch between
rounds has benefited my general
form a great deal / am often
asked whether seriously consider
that our young golfers ought to
adopt a definite system Of dieting
and training. Most certainly I do"
Copyright. 1879. bv Kin& Features
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