Show HORTON NORTON SMITH REGAINS FORM AFTER INJURY Famous Golfer Shatters Par Despite Painful Wrist Mishap CHICAGO April 4 P P-Golf's P Golf's mos most t celebrated cripple Horton Horlon Smith Isn't satisfied to merely trudge trude Over the road back Hes He's galloping back tossing alibis alibi S aside and chasing Old Man Par into Inti i his dugouts with time old flashes o of ot I brilliance despite a painful wrist that tha thaI ot t would force almost any stout hearted I campaigner to park his clubs an and I wait for the healing process to end The Joplin ghost broke his right t arm just above the wrist last December Decem V ber and was forced out of the bi big winter money tournaments Even Eve 3 many of or his friends feared the injury would forever ruin his scoring punch Smith remained idle for tor a little over three months and arid then tested out his game He surprised even himself Although Although Al Al- Although though his wrist pained him hUn severely at nt times he toured tho the Lake Shore club layout at Springfield Mo with par flirting scores and then followed through to score a 69 two under par He then tackled the tougher Hickory Hills course nearby compiled a fine tine average of ot 74 and left his enforced retirement This year he will teach the duffers duers of or the Suburban Oak Park Country club here and get himself inthe Inthe in inthe the pink until the big summer tournament tournament tournament tour tour- comes I Im satisfied that my game or mental mental men men- tal attitude hasn't suffered from the injury he beamed with his usual con con- The wrist troubles me quite a bit now and then especially on cool days and I cant can't get all the flexibility I need But some more time and I warmer weather should remove that Impediment Since I started to play again about two weeks ago I d discovered discovered ered that my short game was never better while my long iron shots were far off oU form torm Im I'm not worrying a bit and intend to play playa a lot of tournament golf olf this summer and shoot my best game in the national open and Professional Protes Golfers Golfers' association tournament at St. St Paul If It I fall tall to make a good record I wont won't alibi on the strength of my broken broken bro bro- ken arm |