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( can compare Samrnaad Sammyd Sammy . have 1 1d ymr 011 d sswmg i l swing v \ ' h ch has a dcclded decided dccldedlI"luch decidedKhich dccidecwhich him from fromg frorrmag ( lI"luch lIluch Khich ( " is pre\cntmg pre cntmg pre\entmg entmg presenting \ g bg b g tournaments ) with Guth \ \ Ith s.it sit a aat aat . at suing SI\lDg SI lDg sang \ hke like l s Harry Vardon s ses ses ; 5 fesae es me met met fesaeItt [ Itt t do ao you yoo mean about Dagen Hagen Dagenand Hagenlen IIagenlien , len and J H Taylor beingiB-trs beingiB trs bemg being bemgers beingarse - ers arse ' Ihcy They certainly certaIDly were not noters notere no noiKcrs < [ iKcrs ers ere tut but d di-cidefl di cidefl dt.clded dtclded - . clded hitters hiUers And Anda Andrut [ a arc are writ ng on the subject olliters of ofen ofers en ers how can you possiblylook possibly possiblyIo9k possiblyrtnk , Io9k look Byron 1\ 1 \ 1elson I ? , clson elson eerson who I per pertlun perliy perany . liy tlun think bunk ! . is a much better betterer bcttel'via bcttelvia ' er and better grooved thanid than thanhas thanbas , Ins has bas been last two years yearsothe yearsB yearso o othe the layman your } ) OUT our article arllcle might mightt mighteal t , but to someone like hke myselfknows myself myselfknows myselli i knows a 1 I ttle about it It , , it isBytunny IS ISfunny isfunny funny funnySmcerely 1 Sincerely Smcerely yoursJ yours | J mnue mrme mime Donaldsondin Donaldson "J J " din in Rebuttal- Rebuttal - Rebuttal1imm Rebuttal - RebuttalThom i limm 1imm Thom e- e - eknow ebiow e - [ how know biow o of ( few golfers who swingpit swmg swing swmgIf swingK If K club better than you do-or do or door doorwhu dooralio do - orr rilo whu alio know imow as much about the thegame thegame theI game But I can cant t agree With Withabout withabout withI about Sammy Snead You sayps say saya a loop m bis hIS sWlDg swing swings ' ? So did didJones didJones diday Jones Do you know a better betterger betterger betterBser1 ger ' + Yet only a few days agoBy ago agoy 1 y Jones told me that in m hiswa IDS his IDSSnead hisIon Ion Snead had the best all allswing allswing allteri swing with every club that thatd thatM d ever seen seen-and seen and - and Bob playedb pJayed played pJayedVardon playedPardon Vardon Pardon as tar far back as 1920 1920y 1920&y 1920y & 7 y Jones \ was as referring referrmg to the theIlcal theneat theMil ( Ilcal neat makeup of Snead s swmg swing swingto swingItohis 10 to Ius his mental menial men 1 att tude m in a cham champ chamgets chamchip Aip chip p Aiptii chiptad tii tad gets amazing results withibow withshow with ! thaw ibow show of effort of e-ttra e ttra e\-ra ra extra - ' \ . - ! effortil effortd effort d s < down downfall all has never been due duey duefly 7 y fault m in his bls swmg-only swmg only swing-only swing swing - - only to tombU toeabft to'tutil totutil ' mbU eabft 1) 1 ty t ) Q to ( ( o concentrate-only concentrate only concentrate - - only to tomental tomental toI toImental mental attitude alhtude which as you youIs youfs * h Is fs W 10 70 per pee cent of golfplayed golfplayed golt golf goltplayed played played w'th wth w w'th wth ' " ' th Bobby Jones four fourago fourago tourn ago and he had a 6S 65 I still stilla ; a thr tbr U 11 ll from the slow smooth smoothw smoothu u y 1 of h s s v v ng Bob still m in inthat m'1 m1 mthat ' that Snead is the top The dlfce difce dif dlf difC C ce ( 15 IS that Bobby could alw al\\ al ala \ a ay > ) switrate s sentrate senbate entrate enbate and keep full control of ofmental ot'aental otaental ' mental ntal and nerve resourcesd resources ? d ! can l t . . Yet remember thls- thls this- this thlsIS thisii this - a IS ii last tour four big tournamentsM tournamentsd tournaments d bason has bas \ von \\on on won three and reached reachedful reachedBaal reachedtol ful Baal hole bole against agamst Nelson m in theP theP the P ! G Abve Ahave A Ala'e la'e lae bve have ' seen Snead ht h t many a aball aball a"an aan ' ball " but I have y ) et to see , "doc doc see"doc " doc iocded ded loopen loop ! ? en and I\ I A \ kelson Ielson Aelson kelsonMBnuing elson elsonntiflhiing MBnuing ntinulllg ntiflhiing Ito our correspondence I Ittodsagree to d dsagree sagree sagreeItb with \\Itb Itb \ an expert of ofrank ofrank rank lA . . . But to my m nd rid WalterTOisa WaIter Walter WaIterIs Walteris Is a better belter s vmger thanHagen thanBagen than " Hagen Bagen in lD h s pr me was one onene lUfal ideal Id oneId oneideal idealswingers al swingers swingersaten . 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' . , - - .elsonoreJnendous lelsonorbm1eudous bm1eudous mcnaous eJnendous ' cocccn conccn concen ratl ration n of ar a ai'ones r Ionesen i'ones iones Iones- Iones Joues- Joues aIones aJoues Jouesen ' - - en ' 'l l ' . . . as it It IS > < I T believe i-.n i.n i .n n - Sammy SammyIt.w - l lwll wll 11 11st st still l astonish It.w Itw it . worldit Watch worldWatch tbe the world h ro ml ' I : g Still Secondary 1 1lea tou lea are thmklng thinking in ofcts ofY terms of Y cts III III lanes luI listBobharry gIVe you ) OU my Il list-Bob list Bob ! > t-Bob t Bob - - Harry Vardon Sammy SmithPicard SmithPleard Waller wafter Dageu Ilagen Mac Smith Picard Pleard "i i " and Paul 10 b Rimyan Runyan . . It Itwvva ' : ! champ happens bappas ? that " "t t " winning cham cham'ton p 'ton ton ' CoU gall belongs even more in ht htrt wart * rt " lad and andabove above .it it . . . . - the ti . . , shoulders ' It h " " " " < - Duwulucra 11 dnA does doe "M M " * la Iu fn * the ; technique of any anyt anyshout any\ilb any ilb anyilbllt t tabout \ about shout llt Byron ron Nelson one of thOUgh through ofthOUgh ofthrough : Nela thOUghmany throughmany many years ? Nel a good & 00d 00dswmger goodSwinger swmg-er swmg er Swinger 106 - ' " ' who once " " 'e e ' m in " mgets ingets M glt gets ! $ . hit his hie left wrist tied up |