Show 1 1 re teI e t GIDI e II t r i SOME TECHNICAL J POINTS MADE CLEAR c 0 0 I How to Play Golf Golfo ci F v S w k r N V V By to iI FREDERICK R TOOMBS 4 I HE lIE ancient and royal game of oC got golf Is fast tast becoming n t 1 lIre pre predominating I dominating pastime In the I f T United States but Il It Is le a n po pa fact that few tew ew p ople F outside of ot the punks ot of I players eis have more a n nm modicum m of oC practical knowledge of at the 4 principles and nomenclature of ot th the I Scotch S Importation Many lany I II strictly tip IiI to 10 date In othur re confess conf absolute n h Ignorance a nu ai a to Ui the th Ins and outs of Ut golf goll and anil their chief 4 Is that tho thio game ganic Is II I too Involved l with I technicalities Others there thero nr pre pretending I I tending to know much golf gott whose whole t I observations convey COUl about as liS much In Information 4 formation ns ne would their howe low on the manufacture ot of de do Gorgon I 41 z iIa 1 Notwithstanding Not all 1111 that haH ban been Ifon I said ad to the contrary golf golt gol is le among the I of ot games Rapid Is If Isi i way oIsy tor for the tho beginner and enil If lit he h will I hut huh himself to ef of effort Ij p fort ir he will be bl b surprised ut lit the lie degree t of ot proficiency he hI can call attain In n nt t months practice I will undertake to give a 1 seasonable and not too technical I explanation of ot the rudimentary prin principles of ot if golf golt as I It Is ts played today to fO tot t that he who runs run may read und and to 10 1111 I show how that the merest inere tyro need not rot find j the game a very proposition after nil all allA nilA nilA A full tull golf gait course Includes 18 boles V There Is no reason for tor tills this and even L tIMI the tho origin of ot the arbitrary measure Is 18 i all the other sticks It consists of n a n handle or shaft made malle of ot tough toughest est cit und aHI ending In a n head Tho The left Iff stile side of ot this head hend In a n right handed stick Is the he tR and It Is this particular part that comes In contact with till the ball Jail The far tar end Is II I called tho the hK while the bottom of the club chub is the tho sole Hol the taco face of ot the driver Is usually perpendicular l though many y players I alter It r It II to suit their fancy The driver is supposed ui posed to ko keep p the boll ball lower after bring struck than any other club In dimming It due regard must bo he b had to length weight springiness and bal lIal balante ante of ot shaft A novice should take tako taken a n comparatively stiff ethiC ojie as aB the alluring ing springiness requires experience In adopting adapting It to 10 conditions and Is for or tho the expert Length and weight depend on tile tite height hel ht and swing of ot tho the player layer Concerning the balls bails little need bo be Mill Mid They are ore mails made of solid rubber And composition and are aro painted 1 white For play when snow Is on ou the ground red re balls bails are arc used The golf golt course Is divided Into three ports Hie teeing ground from which play begins the fair green which Is 11 the remainder of at the course to within a few yards ards of ot the hole and tin put Iut putting ting tin green a n smooth though not hori lion horizontal horizontal spare about the hole holo on which the tho ball bali Is driven preliminary to the tho delicate task of ot putting It Into the tho hole Put Iut In this connection by hy the tho way Is pronounced to rhyme with but Jut i L t U I II I IL II I I I Lic AW ii 1 si I if h ys f fI I fr c 2 I 11 t I I 1 4 ic 11 A J 1 1 x a ar r lt ct S I V I Iv It II sW v i t 4 i y 4 A I ii i c cI I tc t pP t g i I t r r j J t 1 t j L oJ l lI J I Photo l by 7 flair McIntosh Studio New hew elf Yok YokA elk M A GROUP OF YOUTHFUL GOLF CADDIES i unknown No two t O courses are aro alike aUke In distance between holes hole as liS they vary var Alt according to the lay Iny of ot the land Simi Similarly I larl there Is no reason why the num aum number t her ber Jer of ot holes should be the Iho same As a matter of ot tact fact 18 is hole holl courses are ure not noti i very ery numerous most links In fact tact I having but nine holes This number Is ample amille except for tor clubs having an nn un unusually t usually largo large lar c membership Match games gaines are always played over 36 holes holesh h and It Is I well for tor the tho number of ot holes holts I to be Le some multiple of ot three It Is 18 just as nl a easy to play three times over a 12 I 1 hole course or four tour times over a nine hole course courso as It Is to go twice the I round fOund of ot the tho regulation links and the play pin Is ls then much fairer to strangers stranger I I for they are enabled by Jy each recurring round fOund to get a better Letter acquaintance t I i with the ground t I I Holes are from SO EO 0 to 40 00 yards apart a 1 I and the first nut Is III always the longest one oue The general rule Is that the distance i shall be bt such luch that each badly V ball hail Is accompanied by b some lame penalty To Tn aid In this advantage Is ha taken of at nil all natural obstacles within range rance and when hindrances are lacking artificial arll ela ones on are constructed construe led Anything Inter Interfering I feting fering terin with the play lilay Ila of ot the ball lIall Is 1111 I cd td a 1 hazard and different nam names s are I t given ghen to varied obstructions ob A bun hun bunker hunker bunker ker formerly was as n a sand Band pit lIt but hut now It may be a stone wall willi or n a ridge of earth 4 S common forms torm of hazard I The Tho fair gren of ot the course which Is ts isS S the space In w tt it direct line lino of ot piny Viti be between b tween tw the holt holes la is kept free from un an undergrowth stones etc leaving but th the hunkers ditches and oth other r Im Important I hazards to o be overcome The ground on either side Ide of o the S however should have as u many as all pe to the player tinier enough enouch to troy tray there i The essential idea Idra of ot golf It Is III i Im c 1 ly t Starting from a certain point Ii the object la Is to Und lend the small C i sitton ball In a hole hok loo or JM yards away with the fewest possible strokes stroke I The player who reaches the hole hoi In the th smallest number Dumber of ot strokes wins ivins the 1 hole hoie and the captor of a majority of ot the holes holts land the match 1 The clubs club with which the game came Is II isI I played appear more or less formidable i to 10 the novice but Lut are not so 10 mysterious I as ns they the stem Mem The most remarkable i thing thin about them theta la Is their nomenclature i ture turo First Fir In point of ot utility Is b the I driver the club of ot general play LIke Ploy Play begins on the teeing ground This Thill Is I to 10 quote from the language of ot ho tho rules rUle Indicated by b two marks placed In a line 1110 at right angles to 10 the course and the player Is not allowed to o tee In front of ot or on either side of ot those marks or more morl than two to club chub marks behind them In practice tho the teeing grounds are generally a n parallel parallelogram parallelogram parallelogram In whitewash marked on the ground perhaps five or six yards anIle In length and two or three In breadth within tho the limits of at which the tall ball must be teed This ground Is usually level or else sloping slightly backward from rom the fore to Tees are nrc slight pinches or pyramids of ot sand land upon which the th balls ball are lire placed ed preliminary to driving Patent latent pa paper I Iper paper per tees are found to be bo a great con convenience The first thing following the teeing of the ball IJ I Is ts the tho determining of ot where whereto to stand to 10 strike the sphere with the best b t effect t Concerning this position or as It Is ts called ca II much has baa been and uti much Is still In dispute The Th best authorities agree agre on the position described AS ns follows With the In brel el of at atthe the club not Its sole lole resting on the ground behind the bell ball the end of nf the shaft should reach about to the time knee as the player stands upright The Tue left leU foot oat should hollid be he slightly In advance of ot th the ball about four tour Inch nd the I right toot foot should hoUld he about a foot and sn a half holt distant n a little behind JI the left lefto I No o arbitrary distances can be I given for tor they the will vill differ with height and a andreach lid reach The proper grip TIp of ot the club comes I next and should be lie carefully consider considered ed td 4 The right hand li is placed b below the I lift left the latter tatter being b placed Ilia an nn luch laeh or two below 1 low tho the top tOl op of ot the handle The main Idea Id U is to grasp the tM handle hal llo firmly with the upper hand while hlll the lower or right hand must hold It more loose looe loosely ly If and serve as a guide to the stroke The left letl hand Imports Imparts the force toru to 10 the tho awing and Its hold holt should hould be firm and tady tN To act e at as a correct guide Idl the right hand of ot course OUre must also lao have hae havea haea a steady hold but It U has ba a freer and more inert d touch than that of ot the left The club shaft hart should be laid along slone the th middle joints JoInt of the right fingers which ate are then clasped about It with lIb Ith th tb nails nail upp uppermost rm st The hands handl should hook be 1 f ek elo riot together t and the Vs a formed dby by th tilt the thumb and forefinger of ot P T L J f I 1 ij 1 o ii NIl ft I 1 I I L tel P N IQ V VV Ve 4 I V e b lil by eLm The JI ji Holland ANOTHER RIVAL OF Still another rival of ot Pad In tha person of ot Eduard will tour this country during tho coming season Mr lr Is a native of ot Amsterdam Holland but bUI for tor many years has lived In Paris where most of his hla reputation lies has been lJ n earned After his hili piano playing had attracted l the attention of ot the best critics allies of ot tho time Trench French capital was offered en engagements In tho the various Important European musical centers center Everywhere he created a furore In many places I lacos being hailed as the time equal of ot This Is not a 0 novel noel comparison for tor nn an musical critic to 0 make upon n a new nl piano liano Ilia no forte torte performer of at genuine merit but would sv v ld real really really ly Iy seem to be something out of or the ordinary At tt any rate Americans will shortly have hao tho the opportunity to pat s judgment upon his hili execution as all he lie will perform p In tn most of ot the tho Important cities of ot the United either cither In tn conjunction with orchestras or Dr In recitals each ach hand humid should be parallel down the shaft haft Knuckles should be bo invisible to 10 the he Special caro care should bo be betaken taken that the club be gripped by the fIngers Ingers and ami not by b the tho palms of the lands and anel above all the grasp be us easy and unconstrained as possible ble Stiffness or awkwardness Is fa ta fatal a atal tal to accuracy In driving After obtaining the proper grasp It ItIs ItIs itis Is time to address the Jail ball preparatory preparatory preparatory tory to the tho swing This also gives an nn other chance to see lIte If It the stance Is cor con correct correct The club head Is placed behind the ball bali so 80 tint that Its solo sole rests resh even eon Iy ly on the ground and so that the ball bull will be struck with the Iho clubs face faceIn facein In Its downward swing Do 1 0 not Hand too near nean or over or too far tar awn from room the ball bali Careful attention to th these s dl di directions will prevent the tho errors In driving driving ing known as 19 topping heeling toeing and anil ng Topping Is striking the ball Jail above a lio the Iho center Instead of ot hitting It full tull With an un Iron Iroll club topping usually takes tok a apiece pl piece ce out of ot the ball boll Toeing as al Its name Implies In is the striking of at the tIme ball Jal with the lie toe of the club Its effect Is Isto Isto isto to send rend the ball away to th the left of ot the direction It should take while a 1 heeled ball or one hit lilt by the heel of ot the club would woul be driven to tl the right rl ht Is striking the ground under th the ball sending send In the spheroid pherold skyward The This preliminary swing It is a part of ot the addressing process It Is a II waving of ot tile the club to and fro tro no over oer tho the bull bill to test teat the suppleness of the wrists rl ls and arms arnie and amid to more accurately gauge gaug the force torce necessary ne to exert urt urtA A slight body l hod action comes naturally with the preliminary swing Ing It Is ac ire accomplished by jetting the left let heel rise rIle slightly from the ground Too much attention Is frequently given shen to this point l Int It II will come JOint unaided bettor better than by hy premeditated action The Time advise adlee e of ot ofa a ft prominent golfing expert on the Ihl sub lub subject subject J t of at the body both swing awing Is 18 as follows Keep Jeep your and wrists free trel anti and easy euy your our arms loose looe out from the holy body and let your whole person yield lightly slightly to the swing Ut Lt the lit heel of ot your ur left toot loot rise rie a 11 little ort off the turf so o as not to strain your OUr leg legand legand and never cever exert all al your strength but hold yourself well In tn hand Finally keep your our eyes steadfastly en tin the ball This Is the first and last secret of or all successful golfing The Tho play lar through the green ap approaching the hole holl varies arlu according aC to tile the lay of the ball and must depend dt nd on circumstances For full tull shots the position required for tor the drive should be takes tak For shorter approach shots the right foot toot should be somewhat nearer the ball and slightly In advance of th the left lett which should point to the hole The legs It should be bo bent Lent slightly with the weight principally on th the I right Th The grasp p should be tight an almost equal with Ith both hands hand Putting Is the play pia of ot the ball for tor the tho hole holer after atter It St is safely landed on the green It can cnn be done donI accurately only after atter much practice The chief core should bo be to swing the club Iuli no matter how long or how short the th distance tile lance In Ina ina a straight line for tor the hole and ond to car carry carry carmy ry my the stroke cleanly and firmly through The ball must be struck fair fairly ly lp and muot t not be pushed The Tho best beat guide guld to direction Is to select and aim over a n bunch of at grass gras In tn apparent line lino with the put This Tills Is a surer method than that of aiming with the eye ee alone aloneA A stymie In Is II something which appears appears formidable to the uninitiated It oc occurs occurs curs curll when ono One ball bali lies on the time green to In toa Ina n na a direct hue lino between another ball boll and the hole hol If It the he distance between the two balls bail Is less les than Mian six Inches the ball Jail nearer near r the tho Ih hole may ilia be lifted while the time other is III If It the distance is ismore Ismore ismore more tho time outer ball boll must be played over the other under the penalty of at losing the time hole hol In case rase of or collision |