Show J giving i 1 I Too Early in Season hij FRANK K BAKER ER as the state driving contest Is s at Nibley parks park's opening It nevertheless Is is' held too e early in the season eason to bring out the best possIble possible pos pas sible driving Even with the advanced play this year because c of the mild mUd winter and the early spring none of the competitors at Sundays Sunday's inaugural will willbe willbe be in the form they y should be to enter a tournament for a state cham chain t. t Of course the competition is fair The early start handicaps all ail golfers alike although it does not mot permit any to be at their best Basketball tournaments are not held as preseason events ts Bowlers Bowlers- arent aren't expected to vie for the state championship bip before they're rounded into seasonal form If they were the competition w wouldn't be half as go good goodas d das as it is nor nor- northe the thc fan fait liz interest nearly as keen In III- fact its it's the seasons season's development that act actually 11 a stimulates s s interest interest inter inter- est in ill in the thc tournaments and it would be the thc same in ill golf Dozens Shoot Out of Bounds In Every C Contest One need but recall the driving tournaments of at the past post two years to realize how inferior Interior the winning results ar ate are to what they really ought to tobe b be Ordinarily a golfer ioler Is Ls more erratic early in the season than he Is after fter the campaign Is well welI under way way and he has had opportunity to groove his stroking Hooks and slices particularly when the golfer golter is striving for long shots are common 4 A br brisk k headwind has faced the golfers gofers at Nibley's inaugural cereL ceremonies ceremonies cere cere- L monies montes the past two years It takes steady stroking to drive into the bree breezes and few there are who dont don't hook or slice out of oS bounds during the three-shot three test Many men disqualified themselves with shots outside the fairway on the first or second trial last spring and dozens more went out before all three shots were completed Only a handful actually kept all three trials in bounds For that reason I should like to see sec Nibley substitute some sort of exhibition for the opening day ceremonies and list the driving meet later in the season when the golfers are in better better better bet bet- ter form Many golfers goiters who now hesitate to enter the contest would be Inclined ed to try r their fortune at the later date I believe Of course that presents resents a practical al lesson to to f the competitor that three medium t length trials in Itt bounds is better than two brilliant shots inside and one hooked or It sliced off the fairway The urge to 10 hit one a mile e has been becis the be p cause of wore more than thai one downfall when a cautious cautious cau caz- stroke might have brought victor victory Lets Let's Make Sure of Entry List Long Before Tournament Time M l any rate t trw trust the he officials In charge Q of Sundays Sunday's s. s event will us use more foresight this f year ear in z making the entry list than theY did a a year ago I recall that the contest did no not get under way until more than a half halt hour after alter the scheduled start and that less than a dozen competitors competitors tors were listed at the starting time Such an event as a st state te tournament is too Important to depend upon the volunteer appearance of the competitors at the last minute The golfers Kolers should hould be contacted several days beforehand and the order of oZ appearance arranged so ro that fan interest does not lag at any time because of of a a. prolonged session of novices |