Show THEN HIS PIPE WENT OUT ft 55 w. But Ted T rfd eel Ray Won Championship First RAY r. r 1 I Upper left how Golf Champion Ted Ray stands when whon he is making a putt This picture was snapped as os Ray holed for fOI a par 4 on his seventy second hole at Toledo and copped tho the golf crown Upper right Rays Ray's position when driving Inset Inet pictures pictures pic pie tures show th champions champion's grip on his club By Hal Cochran r Aug 21 As As usual T TOLEDO I there was a lady in the caso case I She Sho soothed his nerves She Sho quieted his strain of ot excite excite- ment Tho The man in the case caso was waa Ted Ray English golf golt wizard And for 72 7 trying holes of the open golf tournament tournament ment mont at nt the Inverness club hero here tho the him in a lady was was as with aiding quiet and unnoticed way nay She was Lad Lady Nicotine Lady Nicotine Not once during his play in the open golf championship did Ray re remove remove remove re- re move his pet long pipe from between his teeth teeth except except possibly pos pea sibly to relight It It or refill it with Lady Nicotine And on the 8 second seventy green where Ray made tho the final putt that made him the open golf go champion for 1 1420 20 lAdy Nicotine made a last lut and spectacular play pla- IU Ray Hay made an approach snot shot that th dropped his golf ball within about eight feet of Vic hole He lie sauntered up to it and stopped He tucked his golf club underneath un his arm and reached down In his coat pocket for his pouch Close to people were grouped about tho the great open space surrounding the green Ita Ray calm calmly took his pipe out of his mouth nIle filled it with tobacco tobacco- Lady Nicotine struCk struck a match on his trousers puffed putted a few times and then over and made tho the short that proclaimed him the beat best golf GOU player In the country And as he walked to the clubhouse his Ion long Jons briar pipe ceased to smoke It II ha had played Its part part part-It it di died d out Rays Ray's Grip Ra Ray as its a golfer is not unlike many other famous followers of ot the game In the tho wa way he holds his club A great reat many of the leading golfers If It not all of them bur bury the thumb of ot their left han hand beneath tho riEge of ot tho the right hand Ray docs does this too but also aiso more Ho lIo gets a more I Ie secure cure grip rip on his club by drooping j the tho little finger finer of t his left hand over the out outside two fingers of ot his right hand In other words ho practically locks the fingers of his two hands His left hand acts as the real l grip Ip hand He secures tho the tight hold with it and then directs tho the swing swing- of ot his club as well as ns adding to his left hand nd handgrip handgrip grip with his right hand lund Hie nis grip is fa the cathe tame in putting pulling as asin asin in driving driving- How He Stands As to his stance there is a a. difference differ dUter- enco ence between tho the now new champions champion's driving and his putting When Then teeIng teeing teeing tee tee- ing off oft or in tho the open fairway Ray stands with feet about two feet apart putting they are arc drawn to within about eight inches of or each ch other Man Many golfers goiters bend tho left lett knee when making a putt Ray keeps both knees practically stiff Rays Ray's golf game is ono one of ot deep concentration Ho He believes a man can play his hb best game same when he ho thinks of golf boUt and nothing but golf soU when on tho the course and forgets it when off ort tho the course Takes Full Swing The now champion In driving off takes a a. full tull swing carrying c. hi his club I all ali the tho time back of ot his shoulder He drives as a n. result an average usually I all ally around yards I His IUs pia play In all angles of the game same is deliberate He wastes little mUe time I in making a shot ahot but steps steps' up to a fairway shot and smacks the ball bali as soon as ho he has sized up just where his next swing should carry carr car car- I r ry him It was Rays nays ability t place the ball balt In just Ut that spot his coolness I IOn on tho the greens and his endless consistency consistency con con- con I that won nOn him the prized titie tI- tI I Itle tie In the golf world open champIon champlon- Ship p |