Show Methodic George Dunlap Saves Energy Until He Reaches Pained St. St Andrews l s 9 2 t f 1 F t t f i sY r U C- C 94 s g 44 V iz sf V 14 I S 1 tE I J Af N t GEORGE DUNLAP Played No Practice Rounds Before Leaving America Shuns Staleness EDITORS EDITOR'S NOTE This Is another of a series of articles on the careers and personalities of the members of Americas America's 1934 Walker cup IOU golf team which meets the British at St SL An An- drews May ay 1112 11 By BOB CAVAGNARO Associated Press Sports Writer An early and careful introduction to golf goIt has had its effect on the golf goIt Ing habits ot of George Terry Dunlap Dunap Jr making the national amateur champions champion's game a model of style and and discretion To have spent 25 wInters at Pinehurst Pine Pine- hurst N N. N C. C and not to have swung a mashie would have been the gravest offense one could commit there where everybody plays golf From the time he was able to keep his balance on his slender legs hes he's been playing the game although not to lo the point of over indulgence At Atthe Atthe the age of 2 he was handed a putter and pushed a ball over a green in his back yard Always a a. Threat Five years later he was given a set ot of clubs and by the time he was 16 he was playing in junior tournaments At aU all times George mixes wisdom with his golf whether during a tour or between seasons He Is a threat in every tournament largely because he lays of off the game until two weeks before a championship He never permits staleness to defeat him Dunlap Dunap for Cor the second time awarded a berth on the AmerIcan Walker cup squad sailed for England without having played any practice rounds Hes He's saving that energy until until un- un til he reaches St St. Andrews where hell heH don heavy woolen underwear to protect himself against he fierce and biting gales and prepare himself for forthe forthe the team competition an anti later the British amateur When George returns from Eng land Jand in June he plans to take his Lam fame fly ily to a secluded spot In the Maine woods to rest fish and swim and forget for for- get all about fairways traps and rough until two weeks before he is scheduled to defend the amateur title Theres a great danger in playing got golf the year ear round George says Its just as foolish to do that as for fora a 1 tight fight champion to engage in about 20 fights a year I dont don't believe in too much practice either ither Theres There's always the chance that you'll leave your game on some course youve you've practiced on when the time comes for some tournament Theres There's been nothing sensational about the 25 year Dunlap's Dunap's rise in golf goll Hes He's made the grade slowly but surely Lacking in distance because be cause of a fairly slender build George has relied on accuracy for his long game His approaching and putting are deadly and have accounted for his three victories in a row in the north and south amateur championship eight triumphs in the midwinter tournament tour tour- at PInehurst the intercollegiate championship once and numerous numer numer- ous minor events |