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Show GRIPPING GOLF I GLUBPHOBLEM I Different Experts Have Dif- 1 fcrent Holds, No Standard I Seems Set B Willi all the expert golfers han llnT III out expert advice on how to play and how not t play the ancient a:id hon- Interesting to note K ' that there Is an unanimity of opinion Hl , on how the ball should be. hit to n.ee. Hl tin situations, but the experts can- not agree on what is and what is not Kj the proper manner to grip the sticks. ftf I vises an inter-locking Bj grip, another ) tends what Is common- called the V grip, while others od vocate holds which are most satis- ' factory to themselves and admit there Is no "one best" way to grip the club. I Gripping the Club Is one feature ot I the Sotch pastime that secnn to have i ! escaped the standnrdlzers when they I charted the pastime for the unltlated, I and despite the fact that nearly all In- i j structors cling to and advocate their fl own grip, none of them try to fnr tl 11 i eri iln grip, so long as the nbvlee tnlft Jd i 'conceded to be the proper style. 1 1 OUXatETS GRIP I i . I t i i i e i ' i I it ovcred to be using an Interlocking el a in which thi little finger of his In Forefinger the lefl band. The grip Hr u.i thought to be next to Impossible. a' but Ouimet's success prevented It from M being thrown entlrelj Into the discard iflfc catalogued as "dangerous." U HAGEX'S METHOD if Walter FTagen, open champ, uses an fffMrl pplng grip i really cui iflr'k folki 1 w titer seems H in get excellent results on his lone iiB H times a champion, had some difficult;.' H to get tho best out of the V grip, but H now that he has mastered It. he ad- H vocates it as the one best chance for H the aspiring golfer. "Chick" Evans H uses the most peculiar grip of all. an I H he Is perhaps ! ss ready to defend t H as the best. Both of Brans' thumbs ISHl point down the shaft when his grip Is IBbbbbbI at Its best, and he frankly admits that iBBBsafl the grip may not be perfect nor easy iiiiftl for all, but it la easy for him and he '' has gotten good results. John G. An- iiiiia derson Is one golf star who says the IliiiVl matter of gripping a rluh Is one thing iiiiflaH thai should be lefl to the player as HrV' long at tbe propel swing la madt n t I, W tho Brlp la nol orampy" other- I wise troublesome. Anderson Is one of kliiiff the liberals among the topnotrhers In B . tha great game of golf, and hla attti- IsbbbbbT ! lude has won many friends. K oo 1 |