1931-09-19 — Page 7

SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 19, 1931.

EASIER

GOLF

by

H. STUART HOBSON

HOW STEEL SHAFTS REMEDIED Á HOOK.

· IMPORTANCE OF GRIP.

Twenty years ago a youngsterping with two fingers, instead. of went round a royal golf more in one, finding that he secured better 62-fourteen strokes under bogey, control of the patter in this way.

He was hailed as a coming cham- pian.

About a month after this feat. however, in some mysterious and ancanny way, he developed a hook, fendish hook. Once in every round

at least, far twenty years, that hook would play its unpleasant part. It made a hard-working golf- "er of a pisnontenul young man, and only by diligent effort did he reach and maintain a handicap of plus

three.

Plus three will sound a good ennagh handicap to most golfers, but it is not what this player might have been.

The Remedy.

Every professional of any cele brity tried to traze the use of that hook, but none found the reason or the remedy for it.

Then came steel-shafted clubs, When this golfer took to steel, the hook disappeared as mysterious ly as it had come. It would have seemed incredible to me that this could happen, but for the fact that I know the golfer intimately. He

*round the corner

still-puts one

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The Grip on the Shaft. The commonest error among goliers is holding the club at the extreme and of the shaft.

THE BREEDING -INDUSTRY.

Pedigree Greyhound Puppies.

HIGH PRICES..

Farmers in all parts of the coan- try are taking up the breeding of racing greyhounds, and requests for advice about starting this profitable sideline, are constantly being re- ceived by the National Greyhound Racing Club.

THE CHINA... „MAIL.

DONOGHUE'S

AIR THRILL.

GENE TUNNEY AGAIN STEVE

IN LIMELIGHT.

Question of Come Back

Discussed. 1

NOW "TALKING FIGHT.”

Forced Landing on

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Way to Race.

COMES THIRD.

***Will Gene Tunnoy, retired'

Steve Donoghue, the jackoy, had heavyweight champion of the thrill when an airplane in which world, follow the example of many he was travelling from Blackpool another retired champion and at-to the Haydock Park racecourse tempt to come back," asks A. J. rnu into a thick mist and måde ́s Dantels in the Sporting Life. forced landing at Huyton, on the

outskirts of Liverpool.

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The aeroplane, a

two-seater which had once belonged to Prince George, was piloted by Captain G. W. Penlnington, 'of Blackpool, the racehorse trainer.

Being suddenly trapped in "mist, which made it difficult to follow the route, Captain Pennington had to make a forced landing

By skilful piloting he managed to bring off a safe landing in a small field near Prescot Road,

he dit, for Tunney is still n'young "I would not be surprising if

in the primo of his boxing In some parts of the country- [Jife. 1 have just had a letter from notably in Norfolk-greyhound My Billy M¿Carney; the silent breeding for coursing purpoets has partner of Mr. Joe Jacobs in the management of Max Schmeling, long been established, but the new the present world's champion, and sport of chasing the mechaneta Frankie Genaro, the world's fly hare has opened up a much wider weight champion, and my corres market.

pondent is of the firm opinion that "There should, however, always be Greyhound breeding for the track Tunney will be fighting in the ring certain amount of leather pro is supplanting horse-breeding in again before very long. McCarney truding above the hands. A good Ireland as a national industry, and buses his opinies on the fact that There was little room to land, many players and that gripping representatives of English, Welsh, Turney is now a regular attend- and the machine narrowly missed about the middle of the leather and Scottish owners are continual ant at boxing shows, 'and is 'talk- sitas overkend tramway wires and helps them to bring the club-head ly scouring the country for likelying fight.

the roof of a cottage. sweetly through the mill. If one "liers" and paying good prices For "That is a big change, and is The aeroplane come to a stand- end of the leather grip is to be them.

significant, because for two years still a few yards from a hedge? preferred to the other, it should be

Prices secured for puppies de-after he beat Tom Heeney Tunney The weather conditions minde it the lawer end.

pend largely, of course, upon their cut himself right out of the game,impossible for Donoghue to pedigrees, but £25 to

£46 is the and refuseil even to talk about it.tinue the journey by air, and a current market price for novices

Tunney came to see me at Cleve- taxicab was telephoned for, the two with a know'sire. ... ·

Innd,' saya Mr. McCarney, and wo men belug invited into a cottage to If It good'

talked fight for several hours. Ho await it price IN to be obtained

also attended the Sharkey-Walker for the puppies, ft раук to secure the ver fight, posed for the pictures, and vices of a Arst-class sire, the rooted" for Walker from a ring This grip position causes, the face fees for which range from three to of the club to be turned forward twenty-five guineas. There ant-downward in the forward

several owners of famous sires who swing, and often even in the ad-are at present making an income of dress,, The fault is sometimes call-

over £1,000 a year from atud fees ed "pronation" with the left fore- A more common mistake is arm. to have the left hand too far to the right. This encourages rigidity of

the right hand underneath the club.

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Gripping in, the middle of the leather, adds firmness to the wrists without hindering flexibility.

Too Much Left Hand.

A common cause of smothering the ball is having the left hand much too far to the left in the grip

alone.

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In Ireland, most breeders give their youngster a trial on the track to see how they shape. If they put

side reat.

"Yes; I think Tunney will have another fling at the game. He has been offered a big purse to fight Schmeling, and although he has not made any sign of accepting it he has not refused it. That is something to go on. Geno in evi dently thinking the matter over. and you need not be surprised to

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The breakdown of the taxicab on the way to Haydock caused further delay, and the jockey had barely time to change for the Club Maiden Handicap on his arrival.

He rode Blue Rock in the race, and came in third.

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When you are going to play' to ¦ the left see that the stance is right, All too often players, whilst turn- Ing the body, stand as if they were going to hit the ball on the straight

sometimes, but he now has a grip the. wrists, and tends also to force up a good performance, their value find him battling with Schmeling line, and they are bound to poll the

on the houk.

If theenuse of this strange. sequence of events ebuld be found. we should. I believe, make some new, discoveries about golf.

"Feel" of the Club,

11 was generally agreed that "shut face" was the cause of the hook, but why changing to steel

should stop the golfer from schatting the face of the club it is difßrult to determine.

„Papsibly the different "feel" of the club caused an imperceptible alteration In the grip..

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Alex. Herd.

goes up at once, and any sum from The left hand grip should 460 to £200 may be asked for them. next year for the world's title, and hands in and the club across it! taken so that the first two knuckles One London owner paid £600 for another million-dollar gate,"

an Irish greyhound without even may be seen as the eye looks direct-seeing it, on the strength of a re- sport and the demand for good-class ly downwards.

The left thumb is slightly to the port by a local friend who saw the racing greyhounds is likely to grow animal run. Father Brophy, who year by year. English breeders right of top-centre of the shaft.

bred Mick the Miller, though he The Importance of the Right Hand. once falled toket £160 guineas for always face the line of flight of the him, sold him later for £800 and a ball," and "ge through" as though you were hitting the ball away with the flat hand.

The palm of the right hand 'must

Always in the golf swing the right hand and arm exert an influ- At the moment the club-head"re-

ence to overpower the left, this be turns to the ball in the forward; cause the right is the stronger side swing, the face of the club must be the reverse being true, of course,, at exact right-angles to the line with left-handed players. Or the of fight the hall is to be kept right hand may be doing this, mere- straight. The light will lackaely because you let your left hand curacy in proportion to the degree and arm collange during your „för- of variation of the club face from right-angle contact.

Hands at Fault.

ward swing. I do not think the theory of equal pressure with the bands In gripping can be consider-

While some other factors have toed a fixed golfing rule. be with changing the club's angle

at impact, ally the hands are at fault in one way or another.

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Prevents Blisters.

The shortest way to eliminate right-hand domination of the for- ward swing is naturally to grip more firmly with your left hand and more loosely with the right. This also ia a quick correction for twisting the club shaft during your swing, which causes those blaters to appear.

-Grip has been discussed in golf at very considerable length, and a good many players, have come to the conclusion that most of this talk serves no useful purpose. They say that the golfer settles down very early in his career to a grip that is natural to him and that To grip tighter with the left hand once he has established a grip it is is not curing one fault with an- absolutely fatal for him to change other-it is not a fault to make, the it, or to experiment with it.. left-hand grip the dominant one.

That is not quite my experience. Many expert golfers have solved One professional I know took their troubles, by doing just that— strokes off his putting by overlap- | (China Mail Copyright.)

ENID WILSON AFTER U.S. TITLES.

Father's Twenty-First Birthday Gift.

PLAYING A LONE HAND,

the

Mies Enid Wilson, who since the retirement of Mies Joyce Wethered has established herself as the greatest lady golfer in country, is a stylist, but of a somewhat different kind 20 Miss Wethered, who seems never to be working at the game but hitting the ball; with an effortless rhythm. But If Mies Wilson gives the impression of dourness and determination when she is engaged in a bly match those who know her best also understand that she is auffering from the same nervous strain as most-of-her rivals.

Miss Wilson has left, England for America, where she intends to contest the American and the Cana dian ladies championships. It will be surprising if she falls completely. in her quest of the titles, and though she is playing alone hand- abe is one of those self-reliant young people who is certain to give good account of herself in the

tournaments in which she competce,

It must be acknowledged that it is a particularly brave essay to make the journey alone for the joy and the experience of competing for these titles. Miss Wilson has re- ceived this expensive tour as her twenty-first-birthday present from her father, who has made the tribute to his daughter's prowess at the game of golf.

PING PONG. Men Singles Tourney Dates Fixed.

Further matches In the above tournament have been scheduled to take place, as follows:-

September 22-Leung Ful-wab v Chan Ying-ding (at the Fuklen Athletic), September 22-Lui Wat-hung vă Blu Sui-ching (at the Eastern Athletic). September 23-Cheng Kwok-wing v. Chuf. Fook-theung (at the Confucian Association).. September 28-So Put-yip v. Slu Biu-nang (Confucian Asso ciation), SAN September 24 CM. Xavier v. Siu Sik-chuen (South China Athletic Association),

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share-in the stake money he won.

Greyhound racing is only a young |

stand every chance of securing a share in this profitable side of the sport, provided that they devote the same attention to it as do the Irish farmers.

A centre-half 'should not shadow the centre forward, but select a space in the middle, in which ho can cover the three opposing inside forwards. If he makes this the base from which he works, he will always be at hand to Lackle the opposition.-Alec James.

Siam's Rulers Visit Canada

"anada's rdost flustrious guests for the prescat wook are un- doubtedly Their Majesties the King and Queen of Siam, who, with a party of relatives, officiate and servante from their own land, are at present making their wAY across this country and missing TAW I any of the sights that should seen by the intelligent tourist in our midst.

The beautiful Wat Po templa, at Bangkok, capital of Siam, tīros m splénātā sample of the country's architecture. Insets Thale Mujotina King Penjado kipsk and Queen Ranibet Barni, landing from the Canadian Government stes mer "Lady Grey" ",at Montreal, where they were socorded na enthusiastic welcome.

Hie Majesty King Prajadhipok,|| pronounced Pra-cha-ti-pok, with the accent on the second syllable, is the descendant of Buddha, and holder of half a dozca

stirring kingship seriously. You see it la] He was bare six years ago on his Oriental titles, and furthermore, his every movao, la bis grave, way to Europe and he already. the unquestioned master of the thoughtful air, and in the serious knew something of our history. destiates of ten million people. respectful manner in which, the In that fact lies the explanation

Naturally, then,

one looks to-members of his suits approach of the exceedingly interesting ward seeing him with keen inter- him. More than all it is seen in statement he issued, to the people est, and all unprepared for the what he has done for Blam. Of of Canada upon his arrival at shock when a

a well-groomed gen-his Queen, Rambai Rarni, columns Quebec. It was as follows: tleman steps from his train and might be written. He

Her charm of with rolling courtesy and in Eng manner and captivating smile lish speech quite undistinguish have captured all who have met able from that spoken cultured her ever since she first set fost

by Canadians greets those who await on Canadian soil at Quebec, him. Later we understand it An modera, as her husband, and Oxford education and a term or speaking as excellent English, as two at a French military school indood do all sixteen members of as well as visits of study to the their suite, Her Majekty seems United States and other ocelden enjoy every moment of her stay in tal countries have had their effect| Conndan naman ni upon a naturally metive mind of

As

to

an outstandingly Intelligent na- It is astonishing how interested the party are in Canadian history, Lure.

When at am in fortunate in her King and blatorio scenes, Blam Under his enlightened guidance Quebeo the battlefields of the she, is moving lowly out of Plains of Abraham were gone over Oriental mediaevalism into, much most carefully and every inter- moderniam as good for the eating relie in and about the elty country's welfare and happiness, was duly visited. The party co hot by revalor the sudden cupled a complete upper floor in way of long-tried things the tower of the Chafenu Fron- :casting:

that proved their, use, but by tones from where they had a view

have the gradual assimilation of the the whole theatre of the strug- things that are found good among glo that ended in the fall of the the modern, red do

French regime... His Majesty did

"In landing upon this contin- ent in British Columbia - Inst April I expressed the hope that I might have an opportunity of secing more of this great and growing member of the British Commonwealth of Nations. That hope is about to bo rezified, We. skull remain for à time here in '014 Canada where the sturdy characteristles of French and British forbears have blanded in a culture an admirable anit is unique. After meeting util clals of the Government, and Ylaiting the Capital of the Do- miniam, we shall travel west through Canada, remaining for Nookies A time in the Canadian before encharking at Vancouver.

I look forward, to the opportun- ity of sealng at closer range tha people, and the Institutting of

this nation whore', vigor and progressivazione ere so bappily

This ruler of men takes his not come to Canada as a stranger.... apparent",

The foregoing article was malled: to us from Canada on August 20.]

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