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BY GRANTLAND RICE,
Special Correspondent OF The Star.
AUGUSTA, Ga, April (N.A.
N.A0.-Starting from Los Angeles
in January and winding up at Au-
gusta in April, there seems to be
one outstanding query concerning
three men - Ben Hogan, Jimmy
Thomson and Sammy Snead-"How
do they hit 'em that far?"
This especially is applicable to
Ben Hogan, who weighs under 140
pounds.
1t all gets back to a pair of main
fundamentals clubhead speed
through the moment of impact and
keeping the club face squarely on
the ball.
Hogan takes something more than
normally full swing. He turns
his backsWing loose to fuller de-
gree than any other around, and
he has pair of live hands and live
wrists that whip the clubhead
through like splinter of lightning.
Naturally Ben has to have the
foot action and the correct body
turn to use hands and wrists as he
does. He also comes into the ball,
as Sam Snead does, with flatter
trajectory, with less arc than most
Of the others use. This means less
cut in the takeoff.
And you might also keep an eye
on the way he keeps his wrists
cooked until the final split second.
This is one of the vital factors when
1t comes to distance.
Still Plenty Of Money
Around for Louis
Johnny Paychek lasted somewhat
less than four minutes, elapsed time,
against Joe Louis week ago, but
= he helped, however feebly, to stir
up conversation about the cham
pion.
The burden of it is:
Louis tops the heavyweight field
who even has remote chance to
beat him. He already has disposed
of Max Baer, Tony Galento and
Bob Pastor, while Billy Conn is at
least a year away and Lee Savold
and the rest of the pack farther
away than that.
with nobody to fight him and in
danger of having his reputation
tarnished by repetitions of the Pay
thi1o
That may be right-but can't
60 along with it. Retire? At "a
unhurt-in magnificent condition
and possibly not yet at his fighting
peak? What for?
Fighting is Joes business. It is
the only thing he knoWs-the thing
to which he has given seven years
of work and training. 1t has made
him rich, and yet there are untold
thousands of dollars waiting for him
to move along and pick them up.
Unreasonable for Joe
To Retire at "a
The time for a fighter to retire
Is when he is old and worn and
battered-or when he grows soft
and slow and the urge to fight is
gone from him. Louis is young and
has taken only one beating in his
career-that which Max Schmeling
gave him in their first fight-and
that rolled off him, leaving no scars
The way he trained for Paychek,
an obvious setup for him, and the
cold savagery with which he brought
down his frightened foe left no
doubt that the urge to battle still
is strong within him.
Quit now? And do what? Settle
down on the dude ranch he plans to
run some day? Sit around twid-
ding his thumbs? At "a?
One thing think he will door
Mike Jacobs and his managers will
do for him. That is to space his
fights a little more widely. He
doesn't have to go on proving that
he is a fighting champion by taking
on everybody who bobs up reach
Ing for the short end of the gate.
No champion, big or little, the ring
has even known was so willing to
defend his title.
He has established himself not
only as fighting champion but
also as one of the really great
champions of all time He can and
should reserve the right to fight
only those who have at least an
outside chance to beat him. But
he should-and undoubtedly will
continue to fight and to reap a full
reward for the things he has done.
No Pitching Worries
Seen for McCorthy