Evening star., 1935-07-02

You plead and curse-to no apdil
But still the rdctim holds his gro
"pick up-come on" you cry in ,
The Jungle holds him in it's grip
on, sueeter than the nightingale
Far sneeter than the piolin 1boue
Yes, stUeeter than oil lyric sounds
The cuddie hollers-"Here 1t ts'-
~ EFT maxims don't always work
out. It always has been asserted
that a fine billiard player was
~ sure to make fine putter-that
the two strokes were basically the
same.
Some time ago Jack Doyle got Will
lie Hoppe to take up golf.
You may have a little trouble for
a while" Mr.. Doyle said, soothingly,
with the woods and irons-with the
drives and the approaches-but you
will soon be the best putter that ever
lived You have to work your way
through a few slices and smothered
hooks You may shank few or top
few. You may pop one or two
into the air. You may lose stroke
here and there in some deep bunker
that happens to be full of heel prints.
But 1t will be entirely different, Willie,
once you reach the green where got
games are won and lost"
So Willie Hoppe set out to conquer
e+a hn YrNo
progress with driver, brassie, iron and
niblick. He developed smooth, we'll
timed swing, which had its share OF
power also. There was only one sour
note along the even tenor of Willie's
way. For some annoying reason, the
puts refused to drop.
For while Jack Doyle laughed
away this inconsistent turn Of fate.
Don't bother about your putting"
he told Hoppe. That will come
almost any second"
Waits in Vain Two Years.
uOPPE now has waited two years
l. l. for this putting touch to respond
to the most brilliantly attuned hands
and wrists that ever waved a billiard
cue.
Wood straight-a neat iron-and
then three puts.
IT can't figure it out" Jack Doyle
says. Willie Hoppe today would be
down in the nigh 70s-if he could only
putt. He has tried every grip and
every type of stance. He has played
golf steadily, scoring in the middle
80s. But the art Of putting has kept
him foiled and almost embittered
his life. Hoppe is great competitor.
He is smart and COOL His hands and
wrists have known one Of the rarest
touches of all time. But when he
comes to that part of the game where
he should be among the greatest-he
Is among the worst. How do you ac-
count for that?"
That is the way golf is. If it doesn't
tie you up In one way, 1t will find an
other. It may give you the drive,
the approach or the putt, but rarely
the three together-no matter who
YOU happen to be. Hoppe should be
q great putter-but should" doesn't
count in golf.
Speaking Of Parlays.
COME smart soothsayer, trifie tired
- of work, anxious to retire and
live upon his income, had the chance
Of his life a few weeks ago-any time
up to the first of June.
The process is quite simple. All
that he needed to do was to pick Sam
Parks, jr., to win the United States
this money on Jim Brad
dock, and then name Alfred Perry OF
Great Britain as the final cleanup.
The odds against Sam Parks were
at least so to possibly higher. The
odds against Braddock averaged
around 7 to l. The odds against
Perry were IS to l or more.
The names Of Parks and Perry
were not even mentioned in the ad-
vance notices. They received almost
no notice at all after their first two
rounds. But the gods of chance ap-
parently decided that some new names
were needed-that most Of the old
ones were wearing out.
The High Cost Of Cups.
"EEW people realize" Gene Sarazen
said, what it costs an Amer
ican invader 70 win a British open.
went across Tor 10 years and it
cost me more than $4,000 to win
one first, which amounted to $3.50
at the time. First prize Is 100 pounds
and the pound was then $3.50.
Walter Hagen has paid an even
higher price. Hagen figures his trips