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Show MAJORITY THINK THE f PUTT IS BEST STROKE NEW YORK, May 2, Golfers in j England havo become terribly excited i over tho question as to which stroko ia I ; tho most valuable So heated has bo- j: ( come the discussion that tho peaco-lov- ! ing rosidonts aro fcurful that a InTgo numbor of .duels will be fought out to acquit the honor of tho various geutlr- I men on one sido whose ideas ou ihia I riuestion havo beon ridicuiod by tho ! lolk on tho other side. The question was put to fifty-Bix of "' tho best golfers in England. Forty-five answers came in. Of those twenty-three twenty-three thought the putt the most vaN uable, while twenty-two stood out for t ' the approach. .Tames Braid, regan'ed i as one of tho bost putters in the world, j headed tho faction that favored the Eutt, while J. IT. Taylor, one o tho j est golfors tho gamo'bas evor hnown, ; and a man almost without a peer as a S driver, headed tho faction that de- J clored tho approach shot was tho best one iu tho game. I The approach clan asserted I hat this shot was the most vnluablo becatiEe of tho psychological effect it had upon u player, A good drive from the too f;avo H a player conlidonce; u poor one inado H him nervous and spoilod his natiirul r- IH feutiveness for tho next shots nnd also H the putt. H In rebuttal, tho putting clan declares v 1 that an indifferent drive on ;he firtt .; jH shot from tho tee rarely meant v.n ex- 'M tra stroke because ou His socond t'rivo ; or third drivo the golfer hud a good ; ; chance to inako up for tho poor first '. drive, whereas, if a golfer mliseil u & short putt it certainly meant nn extra jH stroko. t ' Just now. thc. whole British domain is mightily workod up over this quos- ; tion. nnd tho different factions uru ho busily calling each other names mid doclnring thnt the other doesn't know a darned thing about what he's talking : about, thnt George, the wcil-knowu king, is fearful those fellows will get " to fighting among themselves with . something moro deadly than lists, thc result that so much ouriingo will ; bo done thnt only a handful of golflng ; Britishers will be on hand next n.ontli to do battle with the American invud- ! Prices Paralleled. r Paying bs pricos for tho exclmnse of American bull players from one club to T another flnds Its parallel iu English as- ; soclatlon football. Tlie Dluckbum Rov- ; dru recently paid 535,000 for the transfer -of throe players. |