Evening star., 1934-01-02

TlVE years ago struggling
r amateur. Today the holder
L of the coveted British open
golf championship, one Of
the two major titles of the pro-
fesSional golf world. Five years
back one of a hundred good ANA
teurS. Today one OF the first half
dozen golfers of the world.
That is the way tall. lanky Densma,.
Shute, the blaCk-nalled West Vilglulau
who had ambitions to win the amateur
championship a few Years ago. has
risen in the world Of golf Is t a.,
wonder tlat anywhere Throughout H.
land you can flnd group OF b.gh--
eyed caddies looking lOngugly toward
the day when they, too. can 20 on, an
try for major links titles. with the e.
ampIes OF Shute and Sarazen before
them?
The present British open champion =,
not y. .ec4Se4y prOCCCL OF the Caod..
ranks, as was Sarazen. Shute was born
under an even more fortunate star. f.
MS daddy was a golf professional az
Huntington, W. Va. Under the watch
idl eyes OF a father VINO taugh hill
all he knew Of the game Denemay
Shute grew up to bee .ne a good b..
not great amateur. HIS first appea.
ance IN the amateur Champlonsh.g
found him qualifying at Flossmoor 81.
1923 where he went cut III the thiI.
round at the hands of Bob Gardner.
Turns Pro in 1928.
CUBSEQUENT attempts TO lift IL
= crown on which Bob Jones alreac
was gaining a virtual monopC.
ended III failure. and along IN 1925
Shute TUNED pro. after winning tn
known to most Of his brother pro!es-
sionals young Shute had a great cham .
to win the open championship Of 49,
With four holes TO 90 he needed leyr
par to win by a single shot. He MISE
py two shots. finishing with four D.
when three IS and a 5. exactly pa
would have won. But he learned some
thing from this failure. for in 1913
he started the winning habit which ha
remained with this sturdy. taCltuTn PFC
! fesslonal ever since
In the years intervening he has Won
! such tournaments as the Miami Bit
more, the Glen Falls open, the Les
! Angeles open. and other events TOda.
+ Densmore Shute, the amature of fl g
years ago, is regarded By his brother
pros as one Of the leaders of the game.
/ Last Spring he went to England. where
he tied with Craig Wood OF New jersey
Tor the British open chGmpiCnShp and
won the playof, marking the tenth win
! for an American in II consecutive Brlt-
lsh open championships.
+ Denny" Shute is not a great styiis.
as are Tommy Armour and Jones But
the tall West VrginIan. with his loose.
upright swing atIaInS the same results
as 90 these masters Ol the tICient Scot
ush game. TAX" his wooden club plav.
You could Gnd maL- men Who hit the
ball further than Shute. But YOU could
also lool; long way and no. find manv
who hit il straighter. Suites iong
game IS not short. but he gi, es more At
tentlcn 10 accuracy and direction than
TO colossal tee shots. HIS s..,ing IS very
upright, probably rl-~c . than cny OF
the top notchers OF the professional
game today. But he has a big pivo,
and a great arc, possibly as long as The
lengthy arc OF Jones.
Plays a Sound Game.
4 SOLID hitter. this Shuto bOv AMI
| "A one who doesn't often miss the
middle OF the fairWay. Denny
Shute is one of those who plays well
within his capabilities at all times. a
| man who never forces a club and who
prefers to take longer cub and play
it easily than a short club and force
II to the limit He stands we'll up &
The ball, much Straightcr than do most
Of the modern masters and instead Of
playing his long sl-ots with a rolling
hook Shute pays EN- with suggestion
OF a fade. II cuts down his lengti
slightly. but it also pays returns il
accuracy. And accuracy makes fol
cash dividends in the professional game
Sometimes Shute gets putting
streac as he did in the Gasparilla opeI
at Tampa last February, where h
played the course-a tough one-in 6,
strokes
But the strongest part of Densmor,
Shute's game, as il is of those two
little masters of today-Paul Runya!
and George Dunlap-is his play arounc
the greens. Shuta can chip and put
almost as well as Runyan, from a pecu-
liar SQUAT stance which forces the clu
INTO the coveted inside out" grooy7
Densmore Shute is only started on til
championship trail, His game is s.
sound, his courage so magnificent thu
he will probably win all the major tit,-
of the world before he starts to s..
back. He IS one of the outstandir
examples Of the fair amateur "
turned professional end made good
the toughest angle of the game