Show f fHE'S HES HE'S THE KING OF PRO GOLFERS J F b 7 7 V Vi i I ci i t y i U UN Ua a N 4 iiI T V 47 Ii d s P-s 4 I VI BY nr JOE JOR WILLIAMS It Is all very well to go so Into hysterics hysteric over the righting heart of ot Walter Hagen who has just staged another up- up uphill hill up-hill hill bill climb to win a notable golf golt match from Abe Ab Mitchell one ot of Great Britain's finest finett gunners gunners- runner But Dut It does seem thit that a a few casual remarks remark ought to be made somewhere along the line ot of eulogies concerning the tho Amer Amer- AmerIcan's Amerlean's American's ican's leans actual ability as t t golfer goiter From rom the boisterous manner In which his triumphs are habitually received one would seem seem entitled to the opinion that Havens Haven's solo claim to prominence Is Ii du due dud to the fact tact that he can betour be b four down downIn downin downIn In a match and still smite smil The Th truth Is this Rochester Ger Ger- German Ger- Ger German German man Is one of ot the th finest round all-round shot makers the th sport has hu ever known and Is Indubitably and without reservation the gr greatest putter In the th cam gam game HAGEN IS GREATEST There has hils been 0 a a lot of ot expert yipping about this player and that player possessing the th perfect put put- putting tint tins touch There Is still a legend In American gOlt tolt that nobody putte pulis as IlS well or as beautifully as Francis Ouimet of ot Undoubtedly there are ar a a number of good food putters In the game came There are a few tew great creat ones But Hagen we Insist is tho the greatest Most 1 matches are arc I won on on th the greens Practically all of or are ore won there It was Karens Karen's putter that over over- overwhelmed whelmed Bobby Dobby Jones In the south last lut winter It was his putter that enabled hInt him to overcome a a tour four tour holt hole handicap and nd beat but Mitchell In the recent match mUch over Putting was WaIl the tho th first phase ot of golf golt Hagen Hazen mastered You may maybe maybe mayb be Interested Int In kno Ing that He coddled caddied In the th Rochester district an and like most roost caddies addles a putter puller Will was the th tint first club he h owned It naturally followed that putting was the first stroke he ho perfected You may be b Interested further r rIn In knowing that as a teacher Hacen Haen advised ad his lila pupils to learn with the putter first and then nd- nd ad advance vance by degrees to the distance distance- getting clubs His theory Is ts that control ot or the ball bali Is th first es- es essential essential es essential Hagen Hacen has a pair ot of remarkable eyes I once heard them as yard stick eye eyes Till I Is II a tribute to his uncanny accuracy In judging distance especially on the greens When the stakes slakes lore are re largo large Hagen wont won't miss the tho cup moro more than thon an nn Inch or so from any dis- dis distance dis distance tance lance USUALLY OFF BEHIND So often Is Hagen behind In matches and tournaments tournament which In tho final stases rind find him out in front tho the attack that thata a popular suspicion exists that he actually prefers to let the other fellow get away In front ThIs certainly doesn't Stem seem to bother him Yet I recall that he lie wa Wll senu- senu e nu In ly happy when h ha finished eight or nine nino holes ahead of or Jones In tho the fIrst halt half of ot their match In Florida last Someone suggested that his po- po po sillon was unusual probablY probably ably feel teel more natural tr If you were three or four tour holes down you Walter he h was asked Dont make matt me lunch laugh nn- nn an answered Hac-en Hac Anytime I can get the lead Im I'm going going- coin to take tak It ItI I wish Ish I was 15 IS up on Bobby Bobby- Dobby |