Show g ej Yalei of ofa s hK 41 0 s av de yee y cy GRANTLAND RICE Copyright 1923 1323 New York Inc YorkI I Ju Just t what do iou ou nian tan do- do deMan Man de-Man Man nanis 1 Ja a reader bv bv letting the c do de more of the nork ork 1 I cant can't qute ff follow you on thio phrase clib Is an inanimate Instrument mont ment at al the tha mercy of ot th the pla r I 01 cm tf in In no sense en e do more nor the player so 10 directs direct i 1 1 The hc ad advice adIce Ice to let the club noro v vork I Is merely a line in i w InI I per cent of all Mho sho play nl am e t too o keen to hit the ball bait Ther ma II i an eagerness s that gets their DolIs in ahead ot their hands ii in ahead of the swing There swine is a great ereal fault tault of elto of ot h Ing too hard for this this- dis distance tance or direction l No o the club although is also part of ot the swing awing runt is II It has Its work ork to do It It must UI u ti gl glen en some som atlon low d to have hav Its o of the enterprise It is not to be ignored completely with the bod body ands nd aid ard arms doing doln it all alt l fur sur ur wh when n tl ii I re e is 18 l a Ignoring of ot the club and Jad the club head It I In is almost to drAt drag along alone the tha Jb cb In let letting ling the th club do more ot of Vie the work stork v the grip while l shil firm hould should e be b lightened until one on can fE the club head bead This I Is almost where the th crip Is sie Ise lil and ind somewhat strained To tighter one grips tho the less ha Ito teel feol t tto tro tight Ight of the tho club head bead and andi e I Itt tt tte OJ more or n-or likely h ht hb Is la to tel handle the I 0 Instrument as a u dead stick I ot wood wod oil Ion the down swing I is there should ba Le T feeling I or 01 tho duo and Ind club head traVel lue lug ing on Its lt way Theme Thole C can 1 be bo no such uch feeling when hen one attempts to hit too quickly for tor th the th do n sweep ot of the tho u head I is checked and Its lt momentum n before thol lade reaches the ball bali Whoa When the th average golfer goiter Is Sll at lit a clear cigar stump or a dandelion or a leaf ho gen rally I lets the club head do lo Its share horo of tito ork It lL comes hurtling on ml in the most mOlit powerful onI of ot I 1011 s Is perfect hero i no restraint I ll is put upon Ue tie cl b at III the wrong wrone spot It ts is only when the tho ball Is la taking the of cigar dear slum slump or oc dandelion tJ that t the tho trouble begins for at this moment a certain ten tenseness I creeps In insidiously through the thu ys- ys tern tm in strain ain t-ain and nd rigidity sot ot In and andI J I tilO work of ot the th club and duo duo CillO head are aro in a mixture of fear tear anty eagerness and effort Th club head no longer lonter ft through the th air all on its carefree way I sl through Ue the til object Be- Be Bet Be t one was vas merey merey swinging a club in the right and normal a Nov oss o with the th ball to be b hit h hO Is Js with aith th body and arms It 3 ou has ha ha e e the th feeling that the club ic i to do more of the work thero is a gl gi crater eater tendency o swing back more evenly and not slog floe out of 0 It is of cour ti merely a figure of ot speech a suggestIon to hi Ip r tho burden put upon arms rma and wrists lake e the he case cos of the l putter as a simpler e example ample You rarely see Bee I 1 i good putter puller r gt II hurl hurr the the back suing sIng s Ing and Jab D at t tie PlU Among the IJ better ter pu you see more of o a n with with wIlli a I follow through ly the blade blad is allowed allotted to go BO at esst part of bt Its WB a not stopped t The Tho natural path ot of o the putting blade is on through the a baIl l on past the th spot pot where the Jail ball w wis s lilt hit It If the blade Is Js halted at this thia spot It l J la not ai I to do Its share of the tho hl cnn can be b accomplished hd only by of tenseness and by lighter gripping How often when hen the hole lost host beyond re recall recall all base e IOU au st stepped up In careless fashion possibly with one on hand and holed time fite fhe lie or seen te foot putt Under such conditions putts are aro rarely for th the thu simple reason redson the nand starts the olad on its way say sayan and an nd check It tt or other Ise The putter In this case enso no longer controlled bv by a tight gill ird taut muscles can do its share of t the th job To le lc let the tho club do more of ot the stork orl ILa as suggested the wrists wi-l-f must bo left loft flexible flexible-flexIble flexible flexible but Jut firm 1 a I doesn't mean they are ure to bo be blimp and nd P I It means mean they are arc not toe to b e be turned into cast iron or orwood wod od When hen hen the th wrists a are ar prop prop- properly prop properly erly flexible the tha duo duo head once on the tI th right path will keep keepIt It Cut But the club rarely figures fl at atall all 11 when the golfer goiter is trying to tobit lilt with Ith hi his body Lody an and his bis shoulders ard his liu arm arms without any thought of- of the Iho Instrument or Its relation to tte te rang Ing n |