Show THE r HE ancient and honorable game 1 of at golf golt is looking for a standout one who can be labeled the champ S So far no such person has propped himself himsel against the skyline of fame Starting with the Los Angeles Open th the winners of this years year's tournaments have been Ben Hogan IL L 1 lay o y d Mangrum Bob Bobby b y LockeD L Locke 0 c k e. e I D u ute t c h Harrison q Jimmy Demaret and Sammy Snead Vt Close up and threatening threatening threat threat- Ji 5 ening we have had i Skip Alexander j f Dick Metz Meta Johnny f Palmer Pamer and sev- sev 1 1 1 era eral others who Sam Snead have ripped the hide off par to no avail with winners winners win win- ners beating the Old Man by 15 or 16 6 strokes One of the thrills was to find fand Snead locating a lost long-lost puttIng putting putt putt- ing touch which brought him the Texas open title in 26 1 for forthe forthe forthe the 72 holes just 20 under par Wherever he ho finishes Snead still carries a big gallery having having haying hav hay ing the t type pe of swing big galleries galleries galleries gal gal- love to watch watch full full and free with ith complete lack of effort Snead Hogan Demaret and Locke are the gallery favorites being being being be be- ing possessed to a large large degree of that indefinable ingredient known color as Color is something the galleries or r the crowds like something with witha a definite human appeal There must be better definitions but well we'll let you think them up Ruth and Dempsey had it to a greater degree than anyone else Locke is playing as well vell as he did last year but so far he hasn't been able to leave the pack behind The pros will all be in Florida at an early date and from Florida the trek will be into the Carolinas and then to Augusta Ga for the Masters Masters Masters Mas Mas- which should be bc a nectarine full of juice this season with so many possible winners playing over overa a championship course I Keep Swinging Recently we visited here and there with a number of leading pro professional professional pro pro- golfers The idea was to tc milk them of any helpful advice that might remove a few strokes s from the scores of any readers Here was ras the consensus The idea is 15 to keep swinging swinging- to swing every club Many 1 golfers golfers golf golf- ers seem to think the game is divided into three elements elements- wooden club play play Iron Iron play play- and putting This isn't true Every Every Ev Ev- ery cry golf stroke should be and must be a no swinging motion You certainly swing your wooden wood wood- woodI I en clubs Many figure the iron shot is a hit It Jt Any iron you use must be a swing This is also true ol of putting You must swing the putter not not use it to stab or jab Watch Horton Smith or Locke putt The trouble most bad putters have I is that they dont don't swing the putting blade You can get twice as mud much power from a swing as you can witla with witha a hit or a punch This advice came from such golfers golf gol- ers as Locke Hogan Demaret and Snead Snead has been swinging every club except his putter He was jabbing jabbing jabbing jab jab- bing and stabbing with this moneymaking moneymaking money money- making blade until he hit San Antonio Antonio Antonio An An- tonio where he started a n smooth swing in motion When you get the miseries miseries miser miser- ies jes you are a lost soul Snead told me On a yard hole he had just driven more than yards over a s baked out baked out terrain His approach with a wedge had stopped eight feet feel from the cup His first putt ran three feet past and he blew the next one a one a five In place of a probable three That's what Sammy meant by the miseries The Thc toughest part of a no big golf tournament one veteran said Is still trying to concentrate concentrate concentrate concen concen- through 72 holes There are arc times when It Is hard bard enough to concentrate on one hole Ethics in Boxing There is one ring division that thai should have set any number of rec rec- records in in place of cracking up This is the middleweight bunch It was discovered that Rocky Graziano acting as a soldier had deserted the army serving 8 or 10 it months for this escapade It also was charged that he had boasted of ol breaking out of service and earning many dollars Which he did As far as Graziano Is concerned the main argument has been along two lines No 1 Granted he was guilty which he was he has served his sentence and has paid the laws law's penalty Isn't that enough Why punish him further No 2 A war deserter should not be allowed to make a killing by running awa away Ills his penalty should have been death before a 1 firing squad or at least stir A weak-minded weak 10 years ears In court let him of off too easily If many young oung men find fand in time thile of war you can desert and come comeback comeback comeback back for a clean sp p p why hang around round |