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Show mDap of a MM JSMb GRANTLAND RICE tttjbt. 1522 New York Tribune) htsalf of some 967,000 average III belter phras? than duffer or t recently made a tour of pros' pro-s' opinion Itreuble. as you may know, with rue jolfcr l not the inability Ijifinc 'hot. but the inability maklntr thev. g.......i -h..r- ..n- h and bteadily. SBt, of course, is the secret of Blltlon of low si ..rink and sue-I sue-I Play tare hearj an endless j.arade of 1 uk thK qui stlon 1 f 1 1 a n I fine shot once wh- con I I keep If IP The ball la the same, th the tame and 1 am th same Mo many of us hit fine shots 10 hi' mi mn poor on,v " A PEW Hl .AsoN s with, this .pjerv thnt we tte professional highways seek-1eand seek-1eand suggestion In behalf of node. hiding Instructor offered this ifolfer walks up to his ball al la hole und hlta a fine shol In Mbiulasm ow iW1 member anj thing SPJfJOt effort h" mi- l. i!,, - J elos-r furthei jam' , mV bo playing the ball off Wt heel in ,,v j lhe elt u Bhing how ofr en golfers !sssvJi vlr sta ithour know I'hcy swln flH$ at u,u' pla:- nil anolh W81" Pl-ice. Th ack aWlooe awing and 11. hurr1 'iml:'?'' Tn"y car. nsl ten i U)lr swings are not eonslst- BCH IS HU r I N Ol Gil ."r notice.' continued thla B;1 difference betven a golfer food ball and hitting a poor r hitting a good shot he walks W d After hitting a ba.1 IJJiMiops and tries out two or three "ndngs. to see what the trouble ""y ihouldn t he. after hitting L5?i' try t0 ke"l' 1,1 'oind Just "al1- This Is the Urn. totnko T10 additional swlnre. In order .. velP the habit. 1 recall the WMlfer lately, who was play-0ne play-0ne 'eek and who the nexl vf f'Vvlntf buuiy. Within a .' Ea5 move.1 l, a. I; ! in.-hes C1? ,he all. yet he had no m-'- no had made any change at & mi OR MISS lw many golfers." remarked llKu r of DIOt. "It Is all a Lcl1 or miss. .ow take Jesse WrT' Swceuier sUuids with his sjarnan u.n ,np u Hn( paranej K'ne of fi1(?ht. This Is easy K fctnernbor ana slmpde BlflL . u h('i,B 10 shc "is fc- P foundatlon. to start with. H?tpn ano doc8 tno same thing ""'"tly shoving hLs left foot Lv Ho'l brlnKin " back of the Kt? 8 ro-Al; jUML )lliv. fur aW(ly he Bijt from th" "n es h Hka f ft10 mur h for a wooden shot. or an hon. so much less for EJ nProach. He keeps these Hfc ( etandardl7.ed. Any duffer 0r mc by merely taking a I 'V'.in- '"d . Irig lb. e fe 1 - lni4 mor'- att. t.tlun The I Position of the ball start ssKwrn " ff cTcctlj tp .ftV)" tn swing. 1 ne time the T 01ter will swing back on the right arc Inside the ball and get away 'a fine stroke But the nexl tim h. 'may .swing back outside lhe ball. Why ,doeK he do this7 liecause he doesn't oncentr ite in the right way If his stance remains the same and his distance dis-tance from the ball remains fixed for each type of shot, he doesn't have to I DOther with these details after a round or two. His next thought Is merely to Isec that this club head starts back In ,the right way. an even, steady back .swing with the left hand in control 'at the start, the club head starting btt. Ic on the arc inside the ball, not lifting back outside the ball. "The standard golf stroke for all normal shots Is from the Inside out the club head comes back on the ln-jalde ln-jalde and then hits back through th" 'bull, traveling outward at the moment of impact How many pay any consistent consist-ent attention to this Important feature'' fea-ture'' They may once In a while, but they prOSO ply forget It." "Few golfers make a habit of the right things. " remarked .another pro 'They don't make a habit oT swinging back" with an rhythm or with any even beat. Yet this Is easy to do. if they will only think about it a few times and practice doing the right thin with a club, leaving the ball out of It Another general w eakness is that so few among the average make j certain of the line of flight they want, to take. They merely try to hit thei ball In a general direction, which may be fifteen or tweni. yards off the right j line I have seen thousands of them piay shots well to the right or well to the left, where the ball was well hit and went exactly where they were ( facing 'But I thought. 1 was facing right,' they will tell you. 'how can , tell " ThLs Is easy enough If they will onh keep the same stance and not keen shifting around It Is mainly a matter of closer attention Most mis-, takes of this sort are caused by carelessness care-lessness or bv too much concentration concentra-tion on something else Tet what !could be more important thnn tnc right line to the pin?" Consistency is the foundation of good golf. But It Will only mc h . more careful attention, by having Hs- ed ways of doing things and then toi ' .owing as far as possible theso se ss-temo ss-temo The hlt-or-mlss style will get I n. where except Into trouble OO |