Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-08-10
ACCURATE SHORT
GAME NOT WINNER
Capital Pros Give Views on
WalIoping, but New Ball
May Bring Change.

who can wallop ball SO YARDS
mast his lesser brethren a decided eoge
over his boy friends, even though ne
may be of the line few yards? AND
has the man who knocks the ball
moderate distance and couples his
straight game with the ability to CHIP
and putt, lost the edge he had few
years ago because the golf ball could be
driven so far?
All golfers remember the era Of the
straight, accurate hitter, who could
knock a golf ball 200 yards straight
down the alley and had better than
average ability around the putting
green. and how foolish he used to make
the long hitters look How when they
came in from round with him. they
muttered something about never of
the course He just Toured me TO
death"
The gent of the accurate, short era,
still is a formidable opponent, but he
Is not anywhere near as dangerous as
he used to be, in the view of Fred
Mcleod, veteran Columbia professional,
who himself is what one might call
short hitter and deadly man around
the putting green.
Won National Open That Way.
Fred won the national open golf
championship at Myopia, away back in
the mauve decade when 250-yaro
drive was a terriffic wallop and when
the big premium came on pitching and
putting. 1t still does, according to Fred,
but the big hitters who came In the
wake of the present long ball have
neutralized the ability of the short
hitter.
At knock the ball further than I used
TO do" Mcleod says. And hit 1t just
as straight. But what am going to do
against men who outweigh me by so or
20 pounds and who can outdrive me 40
or SO yards. Some of these long hitters
forget what to do with the ball after
they have pounded out big tee shot
but most Of them today can play the
spade and maShie niblick fairly we'll
That means that where have to take
a medium iron or a long mashie, they
are playing mashie-niblick. And that
means that their margin of error is
smaller, If they have the ability to play
the mashie-niblick shot, or the spade
shot"
Bob Barnett of Chevy Chase feels
the same way about the matter. But
Bob has heightened his tee shot within
the last two years and today the little
Chevy Chase mentor is as long as any
of them. He has developed full body
pivot on the tee which enables him to
keep pace with the bigger men who
used to outhit him from the tee.
Take our fifth hole at Columbia"
Mcleod says. Il may hit one of my
best and get it out there 240 yards or
so, straight down the middle Along
comes the kid with the big shoulders
and knocks the ball 40 yards OF the
Iina In, he Aa,k ~ff1 a
past me. I take a spoon or a brassie
and hit it over the bunker and have
a short pitch shot left to the green.
The big-shouldered fellow goes over
there in the rough with a spoon or a
big iron and pounds the ball nearly
to the green. If he misses the green
he still has a shorter pitch left than
I have, and sometimes he has a putt
for an eagle. Or take our ninth hole,
which I think is the hardest par 4
on the course. The big boy will knock
one out in the tall and uncut many
yards of the line, while I may park
mine straight down the middle.
have a full iron shot home and the
big boy has a mashie shot. His mar
gin or error is smaller than mine, even
though he is in the rough. But the
rough nowadays don't amount to much
anyway, and a fellow who can knock
golf ball 270 yards is not much afraid
of the little bit of high grass they
leave on the golf courses nowadays"
Rough More Lady-like.
In other days, when rough was
rough. the short hitter who was at
the same time accurate from the tee
had the edge, for he played his second
shot from a smooth lie in the fairway,
while the big hitter who slid on into
the rough really had to make shot
to get home. But that has all been
changed. The rough isn't what 1t
used to be on the golf courses about
Washington and the day OF the Dig
hitter is here.
some wears back q lad named Henry
@. Davis used to play at Chevy Chase:
You probably won't believe some OF
the things he has done. Such things
as driving on the edge of the f1rst
green at Chevy Chase, driving within
4 yards Of the sixteenth green, driving
into the ditch at the fourteenth from
the back tee and nearly driving the
seventeenth green. But ne olo al oseSe
things, and we saw him one DAY carry
over the first green at Washington,
using a spoon from the tee. Henry
paws was the longest hitter (when he
met the balD We ever have seen, put
he forgot what to do with 1t after the
tee shot. He didn't score as wen as
his lengthy wallopS should have en-
abled him to score. Out at Columbia
these days Everett Eynon Is mucn tns
same way. Everett knocks the gol pan
an astounding distance, even tnougn ne
hasn't the big leverage some taller men
nave. But Eynon knows what 10 40
with it after he hits 1t.
Play golf with Monro Hunter some
dav at Indian Spring, and If you THINK
the short. accurate hitter has an eoge
over the big boy you will learn some
thing you never knew before. EVery
once in a while Hunter gets streaK
Of hooking from the tee, but even wneal
he Coes hook badly he Stin hasn
rouch lief. Ealt q short iron to the green
'IYne after time We have seen him play
the ftftaenth and sixteenth holes ..
indian Sp;ing with drive and no. !
iron While the sI:3rter land perhaps
coore accurate pvotS were pounclns
,,ot two voodar. rub shots and then
pIayirr q short pitrh to reacn uAe
rrrr.. Yes, the short. accurate hittsi
kae his place. bit l:e simpy Can noIO
o., with the big hitter. II the pig p0S
Is no. getune into any more UouDie
than the Tougn holds
View Eau May Bring Change.
The big change my zone With thu
ad-ent Of The bigger, lighter pan o.
JANUARY next. IT may make heG'
difference. but the tendency OF The oit
BAH 70 soar from the wooden CLUBS O.
ths hIg Iit.ers will make them a bi
n,n,e careful! as 70 direction and &C
cu-acy of fight. They won't go afte
the bal Is they do today. knowing tina
It won't f.y up in the air like bal
NON. Yes, the era of the slugger !
nero. ard until TIE new bali comes int
i.se De vent be oowned.
Take the case OF Bob Jones. n
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