Show ualey ap of f a I ide tee I W R RICE I I When you OU ses I ee a a. a golfer of any an anaro ago age or 01 mold wak up to io his or her bi b. 11 take lake a stance and start the swing without any undue delay the tb-a odds are arc that you jou will vill see a 11 smooth even awing no so 1 0 far as Its speed Is concerned But ut when you see a golfer goiter take his stance and then stand stan l rigid as most mOISt of ot them do fiddling with grip or the chances chantes are arc you will see nee a fast tast jerky swing without any rhythm at all i The number of ot golfers goiters who iund over the th ball long enough to ret get et rigid as a I. I post is surprisIng ing Tho The list must run up to 73 7 or SO 10 per pr cent And this rigidity is sure to lead to 10 a hur- hur hurriel riel back swing which is ono of ot tho the main maln Ills of ot all golf golt Those who ho stand s and dally above the tho ball l. l fiddling waggling agI and rn rd cen 5 growing taut ta are ard like a piece I of ofru rul ru ruber ru ber that Is being stretched Almot Al- Al mot roo every nerve strand In their systems Is pull pull-ii pull 10 to the limit of Its elasticity When hen the tho ho swing sing starts the nerves then act like a l of ot stretched rubber with one I end nd released relea ed Everything works wick wil wila a sudden snap minus any foi fori fOl x of ot smoothness I r There are arc two sides to a golf golt swing The first Is the mechanical cal side which consists largely in taking tho the club back from front tho the ball in tho the proper arc and bringing bring bring- bringIng bringing I ing It back In the tho proper arc through tho the fairly straight left letL arm arri pivoting and hitting through The Th other side sid Involves timing possibly the most moat important part and anel timing depends s largely largel upon tho work worl of ot tho tto ho nerves If It the nervous system Is relaxed tho the swing Immediately becomes much simpler If It the tho nervous system isn't relaxed there will bo be 1 nough no ugh Ills and troubles around to malta make mal e even cven a j. j good swinger look like the tho worst of ot tho the duffers A flute lIno me me- swing siring s 1 of ot no use cv ev r If It It Is badly timed There is all tho the talk you hear about lifting the th thead head ead How often otten Is tho the head lifted when tho the back swing begins smoothly and order order- orderly ly I reaches retches Its finish fI arll tho the down downswing downswing swing starts without a lurch Rard- Rard 1 iy lv 1 Not once In a dozen times Th rh flie head is usually lifted because tho lie golfer goiter is swinging back too or att to hit too quickly Ills his nUr nervous and muscular lIlt system is working at too tOll much and all this In intern turn tern causes the head to come como up with a Jerk But Slut the tho trouble be- be began began gan before tho the head ever moved When there U is smoothness and rhythm to tho the swing tho the head Is faIrly certain to toJ remain in And there thero can be only smoothness and rhythm to the tho swing onU- onU ordinarily tHy at least when there is a amount of ot relaxation It Is for tor this reason that Mac Mac- MacDonald I Donald Smith believes the swing swing- swinger er Is I sure to be more consistent MaC MaC-I I th m n the hitter The hitter he lie says Is liable to snap anal nt at the ball too quickly I Is la a natural thing to do lo The Tho- swinger Is under no such temptation HII cl is la Gathering speed on the way down increasing increasing- Its speed all tho the way but speeding up ii without any ex ex- extra extra tra effort being applied It is ts this extra effort that causes most of or the tho trouble because It nearly always alwa's Is used too soon I believe belleVo tint every golfer ought to cultivate cultivate vate the tho thought of ot swinging stringing and let It sink Into Ills hIs mental system I 1 know krow most of ot the tho experts are alO against this theory theor but hut I believe I Iam Iam am null right You Vote can get all tho the distance you want with a II swing and you can control your timing far tar better It Isn't hard to time or a t. t punch lint Hut It Is hard halLl to time a II hit or a to punch A swing started In the thc right way vay wa will gen gon- generally take talc car of ot Itself Rut But a ahU hit hU will generally A pet get ct away from the tho hitter and hint him apply the punch ahead of ot time In reference to swinging Smith continued I dont don't of ot course cours believe bellevo in a n loose type of ot swing Is also such lIuch sucha a as a firm compact swing wh re 11 the thought of ot a It direct lilt hit I or 01 S punch at the tIme ball Is eliminated ed rd I know It hat has worked 1 better Id for fo me 1 p titan than lh Ih I i. i hit hIe The fhe thought of or IiI tin often ortell tightens up ul pr e ve ave and muscle In let the hi body bod- bod and an I to so there Is la nothing noth left to hit with I There Is a b. chance to keep relaxed tim In the swing whIch r caught add lt is mainly under tinder tIme of the Ihl left anti a mid the left I ft 1 Time The right hand caus more moore faults and In golf golt than arty any other part of the body |