Show 1 I VETERAN PRO S SHOWS HOW TO SQUIRM OUT OF TRAPS I BY HY BO ROY ROT GROVE It ni C S c Writer We W will assume th the average I golfer has hos b been en In a trap MJ'S Jack Smith one of ot the greatest I teachers r of the th gante fum and we willi will I also assume that this same golfer goiter I but out out but HO lOW HOW There are says aya ot of eig- eig edgIng I Ing out of ot these Irritable ean canonS cans ons Some use u e shies ma-shies or s some me take tahe all the th sand and others maY mayta tahe ta It cI clean an Of course coura much will depend en on the lie There are ar numerous profession profession- pr professionals ala als and class first amateurs who go gon C sn n far tar a as to take the putter and androli I andI roll roli the ball bell out of ot the th most moat den dan dangerous dan dan-cerous places But we w II call that luck because th the roll rOil Is not under control The most moet thing thin r to re- re remember remember r member In the th trap Is the sure ur footing and to keep these f feet tet et well planted Th There res Is I all th the chance In Inthe inthe the w world to slip dip and slide with the force of f the top swing swine or the lh down Stroke yourself yourself off oft bal bal- balance ance nc The mahie n meets the ball nd the sand nand at the um same me time your left lett leg Its I Is straightened out ut utI I and then comes the climax Keep Heep thAt left heel on the th ground other other- otherwise I 1 wise the th game cam will wUl be like two two- two of ot the outs you 11 top your I pill pUl In the th fear tear you will wUl dill dIg dl inThe In I ITh The Th above abose e photograph of ot Smith In action Illustrates s the play ery He lie shows exactly what on One t do to get fet the hall ball away That lifting of ot the th left heel I which throws the th shoulders andI and I raises the arms topping the ballI ball I It is very amusing to watch the spectacular J Jock Hutchison at atI I ork In the th sand traps trap During th first days day s qualifying rounds at In- In Inwood Inwood wood In-wood wood he h seemed Immune to the I a eer every shot hot was to the traps Jn Un r the ball the famous Jock would Immediately start to todie I dIg himself Into the sand and he t stop squirming until he had r reached the bottom of ot someI something some- some I thing thine or oth other r and the well over the th tops of ot his bis shoes lie He was as well planted I Ouimet Jones and Hagen Haren nil ll moet meet the ball and the th sand at tl the e same time producing what hat Is kno knon n as an explosion shot where hero herS see seems to blow V up with i v a ii sa I L me z Zt j N 4 c at Jack Jac Smith how you das t shouldn't Jt get out ot of a trap Dont Don't ral raise e left heel off aU the ground The insert s shim him the shot eliot the out except on rare occasions I Ithe hore the th lie he Is p perfect and the ball may be controlled with plenty ot of back spin for or clean elean shot It lt as was the topping of ot just ju t such lass las as these which cost coit even the professionals proCessionals at In Inwood mani strokes owing osIng to a tooting footing tooled fooled them w t t t s v 1 t T |