New Britain herald., 1930-02-17
RUTH IS PLAYING
 GOOD GOLF GAME
King Of Swat in Baseball Has Tendency to Push Wood Shots

St. Petersburg. Fla. Feb. 17 lP-- The great man of baseball plays q
 great game Of golf. when he rid>
 himself of q bad habit ot pushing
 his wood shots.
 Babe Ruth's performances on the links justify no criticism from tn"
 duGer or even the bcttcr-than-avrr- age player. for tI'r big slugecr cuIl bust Su" with considerable consist eUcy and flourish A matter O: fact, he won't b. content until h
 'busts 7o'' on the woll-trapp"d, tricky Junslr club course out on ch" border of Tampa Bay,
 His chief trouble. however. is a desire to vhack the golf ball with all the gusto and enthusiasm with which he cracks baseball. In fact. distance. with very little, if any. direction was the Babes chief diff dculty a few years ago when his golf was in its infancy. Since then he has altered. developed and im- proved his game.
 T don't lang him for distance any luorc," he remarked after d round oNcr 'he Jungle club cours. that Was somewhat cratic but goo i enough 10 produce & score of ~. nine over par. He has sbot this particular course in = this winter.
 '1 still like 10 wallop 'rm and srr 'rm ride but | have found that au extra 5o or fo yards isn't the main thinS. It's sticking; thc second shot up around the pin that counts. They don't pay off on those long drives, especially if they wind up in tIl- rouGh or thc Nooda.'
 stories have circulated about th" Babes prodrgjous driving. probably for the reason that the ordinary golfer gets more satisfaction out Of a spanking. long drive down the middle than any other shot unless it's long putt The debate on this points isn't settled.
 Ruth has carried more than $GJ wards from the fee. This is basel on fact and actual measurement. IT,. has several times driven into a ditch only 2J wards in front Of the 3S, yard fourth hole at the Jungle club Beyond that the Babe cannot say definitely as to his record for long. 
 Any time he hits one "on inc nose" it is good for close to 3oq wards, but his average drives nov arc not much over 45u yards. II. carries that far with a wooden cIcri> that he has just acquired but ha some difficulty in controlling.
 He uses Il number ; iron to reach the 2lS yard fifth green and he WAS hole high, eight feet from the pin. with q number five iron on the 195 yard seventh hole in a match with this correspondent.
 On this seventh ole. one Of the liabc's companions WaItor CrcSo. O. l'a}side. x. Y, hoicI ont from oG he green. but the bis fellow then stepped up to sink his long putt 10. .t deuce 10 halIo j.~. hole. It WIS ,l perfect "Nampj" Of the fine com pctltIve temperament. the ability 'tu step up and do his stun under som.. pressure that has always been a i;u'lIian characteristic. There .s nothing inc Babe likes better than competition or tough spot. His baseball record is full Of marvellous achievements nude under pressure.
 Ituth's tendency 10 push or slr- .us shots Is common 10 most south. i1aWs Of the links, just as WiIdncSs Is generally attributed 10 portsids pitchers in baseball on the other hand, the Babe has S1 natural. easy and graceful goIf swing that all h. requires Is tre application of mod rate pressure 70 keep his shots uu- der control
 Golf @G holes of fl. nearly every laA, IS putin" Ruth in prime shape Tor what ho expects 10 hc another great season Of baseball It has cu, his weight down to -g@ and his "astluc 70 4o. If ho entcrtaias any doubts about coming to terms over his 1880 contract with tn. Yankees. in time 10 start training ou inc diamond here March !. he doc4 not manifest |, All reports anI palIyhoo 10 the contrary Babe Ruth has not the slightest lica of quit ling baseball. IIo has been In th. game too loag and hy loves 1t toJ