The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-11-06

TODAY'S SPORT PARADE
ny HENRY NEarRnsnRE

 United Press Stan Cofrespond0ns)
 Enroute to Texas, November G. (UP)--LAwson Little doesn't look much like a guinea pig, and neither does Jimmy DeEnaret, but that is just what they are going to double for when they start their 72.hole challenge match at Houston next Sunday.
 Their meeting will not be 50 much Q test of skill as 1t will be Q demonstration from which much can be learned concerning the prop CT mental attitude with which to approach the game of golf. Using the course as e laboratory, and the national open champion and one of his chief rivals as guinea pigs, 1t will be possible to determine wheth. CT Q jutting jaw or joviality, grim. ness or grin, concentration or ahan- don makes for better golf.
 No two more contrasting golf per- Sonalitles ever hooked up in Q match than Lawson Little and Jimmy Demaret. They are night and day, sunup and svndown, poison and antidote, itch and scratch, pegler and guest, and mole and stratoliner. You could search every sandtrap, water hazard, rough and 18th hole in the world without finding two other golfers who, once the first tee IS reached, are such direct opposites as the Californian and the Texan. Works Hard
 Ever since he cut his first milk tooth (on cleek, I believe the story goes) Little has been a bat tier on the golf course. He wraps himself in an afghan of concentra- ton, thrusts out his jaw and goes to work. It's e grim business with him. He pays little or no attention to his opponent and less to his gal. lery. Even when he gets an oppo. nent six or seven down he never relaxes but tries e little harder in the hope of getting him ten or elev- en down. Not until the match is over does he return to normal and become what he likes to be - Q laughing, pleasant companion.
 Not so brother Demaret.
 He was born with grin on his face and nothing he has ever en- countered on a golf course has been able to erase it. To him a golf match, be 1t the final round in 6 major tournament, is just another junior prom, Q night ct the Stork Club, or the first two acts of C musical show. Nothing serious, mind you. If you win, you win, if you lose you lose, that's Jimmy's motto. If you're on your stick you're on your stick, and If you aren't noth- ing Is going to save you, 50 you might as well have little fun out of the round.
 Little plays his shots carefully. Demaret is casual almost to the point of carelessness.
 Both Have Glass
 Which Is the better approach? Right now it's hard to say, because both have done better than all right. The stern, unyielding Little took two American and two British amateur titles and the American open with this method, and the carefree Demaret, with his let's a-little fun -out of this game attitude is one of the finest golfers this country has ever produced and the past winter and spring was al- most unbeatable.
 Their match starting Sunday should decide the question. Person. ally I am going to adopt the win- ner's attitude. Right now my ap- proach is 6 mixture of the two. Un- til I hit my first shot am a bit like Demaret-happy, laughing and without a care. Then when l tee off, and see where the confounded, blasted, idotic ball has gone to, get tougher than Little ever was. Come to think about 1t, I hate golf, boy, my roQue setl