Show t 2 OP ot of ofa Ol a via ide fee yee J RICE McDonald Smith the new North and South champion champlon now pro at atthe atthe atthe the magnificent Country club deserves a far tar greater hold upon renown than he has received to date Mac Smith Is not only a great golfer but one of the greatest of the day and time In fact tact among the present leaders leaden he goes goel back for glory further than any of the others except Freddie McLeod It was back In 1910 UIO a matter of fifteen years yearl ago that young Mac lilac Smith tied with Alex his old older old old- older older er brother and Jack McDermott for the national open A few years later he broke a worlds world's rec record ord for tor 72 holes In winning the Metropolitan open with an aver aver- average average average age better than 70 for tor tour four our rounds Shortly after this his health gave way and he moved to California where for several leveral seasons he die die- dis disappeared appeared from tournament golf But once back In condition he began to mop up a along ong the Pacific coast and since then he has hal tar tar- tarried tar tarried ried nod hi his brilliant golf from Cali Call California California fornia to Scotland Mac Smith Is II a member of ot the worlds world's most famous golfing fam tam famIly family ily so 10 far as harvesting high hon lion honors honors ors ore Is concerned Alex White and Mac lilac are the three who have col- col colleted cot col collected most moat of the laurel but there are other members of the same clan who have done well So tar far this thia has haa been Mac Smiths Smith's great season He lie has played six six- sixteen six sixteen teen rounds of tournament golf with an average of o 72 This Is II one of 01 the most moat remarkable averages ever set even for holes In competition He I Is now California champion as well welt a as al North and South champion and within the next three months he ho may add one of the great title titles of the game to his collection from the U S and the British open Smith will wilt com corn compete compete pete In the United States open at Worcester the week In June and immediately after atler will wilt sail for to go after Hagens Hagen's Brit British ish lah title The fact tact that he lie led Hagen by eight strokes at Pine Pine- Pine hurst hunt burst and all alt others othera from eleven I strokes up shows the pace he was setting against an exceptional field He will be a contender well worth watching at Worcester and he ho will willbe willbe willbe be equally dangerous as there Is II IIno no other golfer goiter who can better beUer adjust his bis game to seaside winds Mac Smith Is fa on the slender Ild Ho He Isn't one of ot the great hitter but he Is long enough and consist consist- consistently consistently straight And no one Is out out- out driving him by any aDY fancy margin But the true strength of ot hIs bis game rests In his Iron play He has hasa hasa hasa a smoothness and simplicity ot of stroke that Is something to look upon There Is III apparently no ef- ef effort effort ef effort fort expended and yet the ball file as os It if hit with great powe JIll Ills iron play accuracy Is one ut of the features feature of ot golf There Is II a crispness and a a compactness hooked booked to pure rhythm to bring about the results he obtains andon and andon andon on a long Iron shot you will tind Ind no other golfer goiter quite so ao consistent consistently Iy ly close to the pin In the teat months few few months he has bas bee bead getting much better putting pulling results lie He has a peculiar putting style which no one else elle amon among the star uses After Arter taking laking his put put- putter putter put putter ter back to 10 the finish of or the back swing he holds the tha blade at t a Q dead top stop before stroking through It II I isn't a matter maUer of back and for for- forward forward for forward ward as al others othere do It is backward then I then atop stop then forward and the stop Is an appreciable one ODe He may mayI I have adopted this system to 10 keep front from hurrying the stroke So far as golfing temperaments go there Is none better We have never seen any type of round whIch could make him change ex expression cx- cx It Is Impossible to tell I ex-I from his general attitude whether he Is making a 10 a 68 or an 81 81 He wal was born to golf at I and brought up with it so with him golf golt is i golf to be taken as It comes There Is something of stoical stoical I cal serenity about his play pia with with- without without without out any show of dourness I Judging fro from the way he Is hit I ting hitting the bal bay Smith has a great chance to bag one of the two na na- na national championships on ahead His play at Oakland Hills lulls last June was brilliant but he was wu never quite able to manage the billowy greens greenl which gave most moet of the field even Hagen much trouble There Is la certainly no one man who stands a better chance In either of the big opens booked for June |