The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1932-04-12
TALKING
IT OVER
BY JOE WILLIAMS

NEW YORK, April ia gentle
~ man of my acquaintance said:
Why don't you write more about
golf in your column? You play,
don't you?"
DO play: I am practically the
Joe Kirkwood of the amateurs. In
a sense, my game is even more ex-
citing. 1 employ neither routine
nor technique, and yet get aston
ishing results.
I am listed as a high ranking
golfer. Once last fall I ranked high
in a field of four with 142, including
seven conceded puts. True, this
was trife above my normal gait.
l believe the new ball helped me.
AT least seemed able to control it
better in the rough.
u think it will be. generally conceded
that Maureen circuit knows a golfer when
sne sees one-to say. nothing OF one OF
req efo ao99i si1 PLAYED roIbnd , With
nature ddb Se eT 0i Yet ebs
couldn't restrain her enthusiasm.
I've never seen such golf she said.
lovely Kid, she Is, and nne critic.
q, Few people. believe me when I tell them
never took a lesson in my life:
suppose I am what you would call
prodigy. The thing Just comes natural
with me. I mean my ability TO do the
IS no trick TO hit the ball down the fair
way. million golfers do that every day.
But pegging windshield In the road $50
trick.
A say, my golf is more excit-
IA ing than Kirkwoods. He tells
you what he is going to do and does
1t. let you guess. think guess
ing is grand fun, anyhow. This
puts the element Of suspense and
drama in the thing. 1t is like play
ing roulette, keeping a blind date
or drinking sorority gin. You never
can tell what's going to happen.
started out to be a conformist.
read what the. masters wrote. practiced
keeping the.left arm stiff, getting the CLUB
ance. and all that It didn't work. Be
sides. it struck me as silly. I mean that
bali. with a stick should demand studious
application. 1t was, like taxing four
year year course course IN chemistry to learn how 70
Also I have noticed that golfers who
and sour They don't even get along oaa
With With themselyes somethinE Is always
wrong. a ROOQ arrive LOOK a Ddu KICK.
well-hit putt trimmed the CUP. short
why they didn't do better,
think nv kind of golf is much more
conducive to happiness and hilarity There
is adventure in exploring uncharted lands
forests. once in Florida came across an
alligator feeding It's Young. It was cx-
ceedinglv more thrilling than birdie.
II n
NNE of the first tournaments I
~ ever covered was the national
amateur at Flossmoor. Captain
Ernie Carter was competing as
representative of Ireland. I had
seen "Abie's Irish Rose" the night
before and the spell of the old
Shamrock still was on me. So I
decided I would follow the captain.
His tee shot off the first tee
curved beautifully into deep will
derness to the right. Undaunted,
the captain plunged in after it, with
the courageous Williams right at
his heels.
Gosh, that was break" pulled the
captain. as he reached into his pocket
Here have one" he commanded. you
need it on a day like this"
My adventure with the Captain that
afternoon was extremely delightful, except
that there we're only seven places on the
course where a fellow could drive out of
bounds and be sure of privacy.