Evening star., 1935-12-19
IAM|SON THR|VES
BY INITIATING COX
Assistant at KenWood Gets
81 Score by Following
Wiffy'S Style.
BY w. r. McCALLUM.

TNHEY never get so good that
they refuse to take helpful
hint from the other fellow.
n Professional golfers, who play
the game to the wonderment of the
amateurs, realize that every once in a
while the old swing gets out Of gear,
their putting stroke goes awry and
they don't waste any time in jumping
over to another pro in whom they
have confidence for tip or two.
ANY time Roland Mackenzie feels
that he isn't swinging or hitting the
ball as he should he goes over to Co.
lumbia to take lesson from Fred
Mcleod, even as he did 10 years and
more ago. as an amateur.
But the outstanding bit of advice
on golf form finds Al Jamison, assistant
to Witty Cox at Kenwood, carbon
copy of the form of the big Cox man.
Look at Al Jamison today and you
will find Witty in every action and
every phase of the Jamison swing.
Likes His Entire Game.
GO IMPRESSED is Al with the prin-
- ciples used by Witty that he has
become duplicate of Cox in every re-
spect, even down to the putting stroke
and the cooked putter blade. Incl
dentally, a sidelight on the squareness
of Witty is that when the time came
to have cards printed they read, wifi
fy Cox and AL Jamison. professionals
when Witty might have put his name
only on the cards.
Jamison was at Kenwood as as
sistant pro when Witty took over the
post
Witty Cox has a theory that the
modern golf swing should be more OF
less in a straight line from backsw1nG
to the moment of hitting the ball. He
doesn't lean toward a big pivot, mol
does he permit his shoulders and hips
to get around very far on the back
swing. His general theory is that the
club should be taken outward in 6
straight line and come through the
ball on the same straight line.
It is scheme much in ust
nowadays by the topnotchers, in
cluding Horton Smith, who started
it back in 1928; by KY Laffoon, anc
Henry Picard. among the best o.
Americas younger pros. The ole
theory was that big body turn wa!
necessary to get the hands in hitting
position and to put punch behinc
the shot.
Al Jamison has carefully watched
Witty and has inbibed his theorie:
to the extent that If you stood BOZ
Yards away and watched the two o.
them swing you couldn't tell then
apart. "That sort of swing keep.
the ball straighter," says Witty, "anc
prevents those wide hooks which tht
big pivot sometimes brings. A straight
tee shot is the best, under any con
ditiors."
Proves That 1t Pays.
GO WELL has Jamison done witt
~ the Cox theories of hitting th'
golf ball that he has played KenwooC
in 81 whacks and some day he i
going to get down to IS or better
That's the way good pros are devel
oped-by packing up the ways an'
methods of other pros. They all d.
it, from the best of them down, anC
if you could step in and listen II
the round table talk at an informa
professional discussion you woulC
learn plenty about how seriously thes'
boys 60 at golf and its theories.
Pronating, pivoting, hip and shoul
der action are taken apart and merci
lessly torn to shreds. It's all part O.
the advancement of game which
has become the fastest competitive
sport in the world, for the avarage o.
professional scoring has dropped abou
a stroke a round over the pas
decade. Not a little of this advance
has come from the willingness of thC
pros to absorb helpful hints from
their associates.