Show f H Wey of o u ee e ff My RICE Copyright 1922 New York Tri Tri- Tribune Tri Tribune bune Inc Why does golf colt form among monr both stars and nd the suffering duffers shirt shift iv ith greater creater suddenness than thanIn thanIn thanin In any other same game Why hy is it that a IL golfer such sueh s is Clarence could fall tall to qualify at and beat boat many stars from froni the same samo field at Phila Phila- Philadelphia delphia and ond nd in Can Canida Or fob Bob McDonald drop behind ono one week only to lead le d such sueh an Hagen and Barnes Darnes the thenet thene f nest t Why is a golfer goiter good foi tOl 9 95 one oneda da day and two days later is struggling for This query has been walled wailed to the guarding skies from many an an- an anguIshed anguished an soul Yet there are ire set reasons rea- rea sons ons for the baffling and sud sudden lel change hange that attacks atticks e eel el form of game I Golf GolC calls o for a belter better guarded or more durable ordination co-ordination of mInd and muscle than thin any other oth game For In golf golC concentration Is more likely to wander wonder leaving tho two operating forces of mind and wide wid apart i In such games as tennis id a-id 1 the u J lush ush of ot action makes the mental reactIon r action a more mor instinctive thing There Ther isn't time for much or for formy any vivid l display play of ImagInation There Is less temptation to think 0 of an anything but the ne next f play Is little timo for tor or brooding or Iret- Iret linc Iret-linc ling or i orr Ing Being hard harJ t tIt t tit It the 01 It of hands an and l feet he- he become be becomes comes come more In and there there- therefore therefore tort there fore more normal The selous mind is in fuller command It 1 is ts much easier elsler to keep the tho eye and mind on a moving mo target that must be followed fall 0 e l Thereas There as was ft a a time lima In batting baiting up fhe to the tho outfield for tor one cx- cx ample that we could place a Lace Lace- Last bait ball far snore moro than we weI can place placa a mashie shot bot Yet the baseball I is a II moving mo target that I ouId seem much harder to control than Ihan n a golf ball at rc t But Dut there thero I as little temptation in hitting at ata ata ata a I baseball baseball 1 e batting out fly to ball to lift litt the head 01 oi hit too quIckly The eye ye and mind sere ere following that falling ball Up to lilt hit So 10 o If It there is not good food co- co co hon between mind and muscle in tennis or baseball or foot foot- football football toot ball ball the rush 0 of action soon wipes away such outside forces as s may distract the attention This rush 0 of action helps to force attention and concentration and co ordination co upon normal Instinctive methods Golf Is different On one on day dayI our ordination co-ordination Is natural and you swing s in the right way think think- thinkIng thinking ing lug on through each stroke A day or tl two to 0 later may find you fe just as tit fit in every way Yet you youcan youcan can do nothing nothIng right The co I co coordination nation is cracked vou ou are hit hit- hitting tins hit ting too so you ore are lifting your head you a ate ie e getting sour our hands too far in front of oC the club hea head l ou are s swaying your you bod-you bod you are not timing at all IV hy POJ sibly beuse be use your our our mental attitude I on this day Is all unknowingly changed Any element clement of outside sorry orry nay may ay haye hae a bl bis effect effect effect- worry that might be forgotten more quickly in tennis boxing boxing- or ot foot foot- football toot ball ball Fretting over a IL poor start has many ninny a whole round Ove Ove- Ov eagel ne s keenness to get got at it may start hurried flurried lUtting and lookin up The harder you consciously in try In golf the harder time you ha hae have e in no other sport IGa leads ls to sikh depressing re- re returns re returns turns The Th mental attitude altitude for tor the day clay ha aast a ast vast effect In golf A halt half half la lay y 01 o Indifferent Is Ls frequently much better belter than one reeking with nith eagerness ambition and high expectations frequently wonder why hy they hM 0 many of their best belt rounds on ondas das s where they expected to phy bad badly I or where they were not look look- looking log InS for any classic returns return This quite possibly led to mental and physical with sith Ith most 0 of the t removed The keen keen- keenor keener er or one Is 1 0 o over Er the tho result of a x stroke the more likely cly ho Is isto to hoist bolst the well known n head to see e just what happens The Th vast ast discrepancies in golf galt the sudden loudden udd n changes es back and forth are largely mUI I The Tho s It- It Itself Belt it-Belt self would not change that much from day lay to day The Th muscular change Int that marked It Is Ig Ignot Inot not that gOI golf requires more mor thInk thInk- thInkIng log Ing than other games In a way It requires require less than many 0 of the others But what it doel reQuire Is r grer grf r mental balance balane and nerve control a 0 firner grip upon the emotional side Bid of ones one's n nature ture row rev golfers who have hae e taken token part In the Brutish British open have hae made mO-de any great sho Ing In the th U S open a Iff weeks alter niter After Aller getting keyed k up to one on rd rd week teck of at play th y 1 nero ero not able abl to pot got back b ck In form Jim Barnes in 1921 was the sole ole exception e Hagen H een son son Saraz n Duncan Mitchell and I I Kirkwood have hav been leading Ha Haren en hM hs r neer been M as r formidable In in The fhe U V S open since he began begin his hi Brit b invasions In 1920 |