Show t 99 oi of aS A Ja ide ee m e J y L LAND GRANT RICE 1924 1 24 New York Trib- Trib Tribune une une Inc Ihen Joe KIrkwood won eon the big 6 t San Antonio tournament tournament ment moot last la t wok cock the argument a 1 h ed as to why the wander far wander far leg Ing Australian should ever be beaten Any golfer folter who can call es e cry ery h pe of shot hot In the th game Km and isho ho can make mak the ball bali do exactly hat he anta want It to do In a long e exhibition would seem eem to be b In a clas by himself He H can kp koep the ball low or high he can hook or slice at will and ho he h can make II a a caddIe duck at 00 yard yards His control 0 oser er the golf ball I Is so an great that h he should be able abl to break 70 at almost en e start atari It If exhibitions exhibition and competitions were ere the tho th same cante thing Which they are ar not And I It Is the exhibition pia the dis- dis display dis display pia play of astonishing tricks I keeps Kirkwood from leading the field ld consistently Kirkwood has haa almost every qualification for championship pIa pla In addition to his hi rare skill lie he h I Is Ic It finely built athlete around ISO pounds and one on who WIIO keeps In the I fInest possible condition He not oni doesn doen t smoke amok 01 ot drink notI but butI I also I o pe passes up coffee coffeo and rarely inhales the fragrant tea We e l know now of oC no other athlete also hO trains a as carefully and who keeps In such great physical condition year in and out s We e e base p studied play pla plaIn In championships for some oar and nud Use the only conclusion we cn reach i Is that the th of nf trIcK shot chOt exhibitions exhibition has cut In lIy hea upon his hi pI play plays play s hen hn h n Hagen Higen or Jones or Sr rome come to a certain shot sho shot they n cin name conic almot almost at lit first glance lance the I tub c-tub the thes will III use On this thi came samo shot hot can cnn call coil upon a Ide variety of choices choice and nod the debate must always e Io a certaIn certain tam tain amount of or doubt lie He his hll too nun n strokes at his hi command to tohA tob he hA effective e In a pinch with wills tho thone Ie one stroke that must b be under pe- pe pei command Last spring In tie North and South open at Pine Pine- Pinehurst Pine hurst hurst we sa taw saw I Kirkwood pla pIa three thre I different types of pf short pitches shifting his hi stance and 8 assing In for each ellch type forI I Now 0 and then Kirkwood geh get going and break breaks up the th field In DC bill big hole 72 test tet In Englan I last before the open camel camelon came cameon cameon on Kirkwood led a field with I mol most of the th tar star entered bv by ele eleen en strokes stroke Later on In the British I open at Troon he had the title till ml In I I I l his grip until an Iron shot bot to the I thIrteenth green on the last hut round I just hit the top of a It trap guard guard- guardI ling guard ling I leg the th green falling failing back mb Into trouble lioni that point pointon pointon on he h played the th last the five holes hole badi and vet et finished t O strokes back of Maser Haver Ha erR He has ha won eon a number of or first t class tour tour- tournaments tournament foments but so 0 fir r ha has hac never ne won on an aD open after arter eight starts In this I country and GI beat eat Britain lie He Ie is I till a a youngster around 26 2 or 27 till and there Is h I a a lot of time tim let But ButI Buthe Buthe Buthe I he will find the th championship I road pretty well barricaded as os long longI longas longas lao I as he ha h continues continue his trick shot ex eJ e exhibitions which will III continue to 10 I affect any ony consistent st at style Ie Ic Control over z t few Important I strokes and confidence In playing these thee strokes ai al e vital assets in III championship pla pIa play could get thiS thia by devoting his time timeto timeto timeto to golf Bolt His putting Is 10 erratic duo d du uc to a tendency to cut acron the th ball In place of o the theesen esen en steady through follow thit Hagen uses without any slim sIgn of a poke jerk or stab tab With Ith this 5 victori Ictor to start his spring season aOn Kirkwood Kirk will be a 1 ahard ahard hard battler r through Florida and Carolina tests tet where consIderable con kale can be b collected by the win winner In- In Inners 1 ncr ner ners The Australian picked up 31 1 00 at San Antonio and this thic I Is enough nough for an en opening hike The fhe main test will III be found In florida r he e and are re guarding J hlll coast lIu lines n at Miami an and Hagen at It St SI G where the latter I la is now floe acting as a a golf architect There I ic a a strong trong trong chance chanco chanc that HaGen Sal I Kirkwood Haver JIa and Ockenden will cill meet In more mOle than one of these epting tournament that wind from Florida through the C on lo to White Sul- Sul Sulphur Sul Sulphur Kirk Kirkwood's nods nod's feat Ceat In plo Ing 73 hole holes holen In 79 strokes an av as er- er Crage cr crag age ag lightly slightly un under ler 70 for each round shows show how s swiftly he be h can an mo most moe e once one under tinder full team steam stean H lie as as th the only one on lat ln t spring to tn halt Hagen between Florid i and I Pinehurst and If he eases ease do down n a trine trifle on his Ilia trick stuff and sUcks sticks to hitting th the ball boll for tor the pin ho homay homay hmay may halt the th field again before I March has hs passed on Into April and I Ith th the wild stampede of the northern dotter line follow folio follows th the receding snow anew I |