| Show I Lr 1 I. I rS a f I p. p Driving tying i i s l-s FRANK K BAKER BAKER- M I g telegram Telegram Sports Editor EJI I. I I concentrate on what Can you youre you're doing no matter I L how bow ouch much confusion surrounds you Can Car you take a joke g yourself Can you be at your best when the chips are I torn Kell J Neu fellow I if you can cant can't t don dont don't t expect to do important things 1 its competition J 1 III The e athlete ha has had to do all al these things and no o matter how I Iy Y alibis he may have he hell he'll 11 never be an important competitor gas as little jibes JI be s upset t him h. h lID I Hong along SO 1 John Geertsen the lanky lanky golf pro at the Bonneville lea learned n d that lesson municipal course much to his sorrow here bee ere a few years ago in In the he state open at the Country club Arisen Geertsen has bas always been a powerful hitter and two visiting stars JUrs took advantage of that fact to disturb him with inno teet remarks to that effect Geertsen got his first taste of this gentle bit of needling nee nee- ling when he stepped o onto to the first tee While he was tak- tak ghis practice swing he overheard one of them say Say is s fellow Geertsen really hits bits em a mile Lets Let's see what whai hell he'll U do on this hole Unconsciously Geertsen fell for the little scheme With ride he really laid the wood woo heart to his shot and a aJ drive right down the h heart art of the fair fairway i That That successful shot really proved his undoing It made bm fl more eager than ever to get some powerful shots off the theto lf to So 50 when the threesome went to the No 3 tee he was primed rt r ally eally sock stick the the ball when he heard that undertone behind him i something like this Boy OY this is a downhill shot I bet he really uncorks one i sue Geertsen hit one the pro proverbial mile all right but it wasn't I raight this time and he was In trouble I That disturbed him a little and when another bold attempt fined ed d on the next hole he was out of his usual stroking form K M Such tactics wouldn't work so well on John today because be- be Rause cause like anybody who has learned his lesson the hard way wayby wayby Mr by bitter experience he doesn't fall for it now m I knew a kegler one time who t took ok an important match itch game by asking his opponent what he did with pour left hand while running up to the foul line This subdued little question spoiled the victims game more morean San ram an if some abusive argument had developed between the etwo two The victim couldn't answer it and he got to Jinking about abo t it himself on his next delivery So much fein in fact that he ran into trouble became perturbed Jover over r the situation and never really got back ack into the game t A well-meaning well friend disturbed Herm Sch the lanky boa star g tar at Ogden last Sunday with a remark emark which was i Herm Hem fun had run i into to a lot of tro trouble bl early in the tournament w when en rolling with fJ a a sore hand So when he cut loose with This his first three games this friend approached him as follows 5 y who put a nickel ni kel in you today tSay was all keyed up and absorbed in his game Heed He Hed Heed ed d up uP in amazement and didn't find his stride again for many many v I Great stars school chool themselves to ignore the galleries en E the Walter Valter Hagens Dizzy Deans Babe Ruths andt and t kind rn who liked to strut their stuff in front of a learned to do it without listening to the remarks or Comments comments offered by the fans Golfers still are touchy about having photographers click Sr ell sr cameras or start them to grinding while they're making aa important putt because such noises distract them B Bas Baseball ball players play in an atmosphere of noise So do doas as and hockey stars One comment or shout is scarcely above another This is not the case however for the golfer or tennis player players players' s' s o performs at hys rhythmic game in a setting of silence If wants to be successful therefore he simply must learn to so intently that hes he's oblivious to the movements or orthe ortie tie the sideline remarks which may be going on constantly about ID he be e great or ever so humble the situation is b bly y the same Any time a player of any sport is really on lII game and playing at his peak hell he'll be so absorbed in it itha that ha he do does docs s' s it mechanically and as if inspired Whenever jt's ties tie's off Iloff form every little thing will disturb him |
